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On Tuesday, May 27th from noon – 1:00pm, Weill Cornell Medicine will host the annual William D. Stubenbord lecture sponsored by the Louis Calder Foundation. This year’s Stubenbord lecture will be given by Glenn Flores, MD, FAAP. His lecture is titled: “From Jungle Frogs to Eliminating Children’s Healthcare Disparities: Lessons from My Journey in Pediatrics and Advocacy”. Dr. Flores is Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, Senior Associate Dean of Child Health, and the George E. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Child Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief at Holtz Children’s Hospital in the Jackson Health System. The lecture will take place in Weill Cornell Medicine’s A-250 auditorium, located on the second floor of 1300 York Ave., followed by a reception in Griffis Faculty Club from 1:00 – 2:00pm. Please register today! The William D. Stubenbord Visiting Professorship was established in 1968 by a gift from the Louis Calder Foundation in memory of Louis Calder Sr. and Louis Calder Jr., and in recognition of the outstanding professional services and long friendship that the late Dr. William D. Stubenbord had for them and members of their families. Dr. Stubenbord, who died in 1982, was a 1931 graduate of Weill Cornell Medicine and was associated with The New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center during his entire medical career.