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Remaining events for MED2022
Saturday September 10, 3-5.30pm
Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to learn more about the psychiatric history of New York. Tours is conducted by a New York City-licensed guide.
Sunday September 11, 5-7pm
Join us for a savory experience of pseudoscience and bizarre health machinery hosted by Denny Daniel, proud collector and owner of The Museum of Interesting Things. Come see and feel actual items from the 1800’s and 1900’s.
Sep7-2022
Enjoy a night of comedy from Doctors Without Boundaries
Join real-life ER doctors Andres Mallipudi and Aaron Bola as they welcome chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. You'll leave feeling better with the real facts about scary diagnoses having laughed in sickness's face.
Caveat
$15
Sep8-2022
Join a special private visit to the School of Visual Arts ‘Health Poster Project’
Join a special visit as part of MED NYC to the School of Visual Arts “The Health Poster Project” exhibition led by Viktor Koen, Chair, BFA Comics and BFA Illustration Departments.
SVA Gramercy Gallery
Free
Sep8-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep8-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep9-2022
Wild Medicine Herb Walk in Central Park
Join this walking tour of Central Park exploring the native plants that herbalists have traditionally used for medicine. Led by expert herbalist Dawn Petter you will have the opportunity to discover the apothecary botanicals that grow in the wilds of our urban parks and landscapes.
Central Park
$20
Sep9-2022
View the Medical Botany Books from the New York Academy of Medicine Library’s Rare Book Collection
Join us for an intimate tour of the rare book room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where you will have the opportunity to see highlights from our extensive collection of medical botany books.
New York Academy of Medicine
Free
Sep9-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 735,000 Americans suffer from a cardiac arrest - that's more than one every minute. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Various locations across NYC
Free
Sep9-2022
Join a private tour of “Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Join a special tour of “Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics". Organized during the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition presents architectural case studies and historical narratives alongside creative design responses to COVID-19.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Free
Sep9-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep9-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep10-2022
History of Medicine Highlights of the New York Academy of Medicine’s Rare Book Room
Join us for an intimate tour of the rare book room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where you will have the opportunity to see highlights from the collections from the 15th century forward.
New York Academy of Medicine
Free
Sep10-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Various locations across NYC
Free
Sep10-2022
Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Tour of Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital
Get exclusive access inside Ellis Island's contagious disease hospital, which has been abandoned since 1954 and is now off-limits to the public. Explore the abandoned kitchen, laundry room, autopsy room, isolation wards and much more on this guided tour.
Ellis Island
$89
Sep10-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Hex & Company
$20
Sep10-2022
Join a Psychiatric History Walking Tour of New York
Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to learn more about the psychiatric history of New York on this walking tour.
Entrance to Carl Schurz Park
$34
Sep10-2022
TOKOPHOBIA – an interview-based play exploring our culturally created pregnancy and birth
TOKOPHOBIA is an interview-based play at The Center at West Park exploring choice, disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, and our culturally created fear of pregnancy and birth.
The Center at West Park
$25
Sep10-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
Sep10-2022
Learn the techniques that facilitated the biotechnology revolution at a Biohacker Boot Camp
Join a three day Biohacker Boot Camp. Learn the techniques that facilitated the biotechnology revolution, get hands-on experience, & find out where the future is going with DNA!
Genspace
from $210
Sep11-2022
Join us for a History of Quack Medicine Secret Speakeasy
Join us for a savory experience of pseudoscience and bizarre health machinery hosted by Denny Daniel, proud collector and owner of The Museum of Interesting Things. Come see and feel actual items from the 1800’s and 1900’s.
The Lofts at Prince Street
$10
Sep11-2022
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level at ‘Life of a Neuron’
Step into the human brain and discover what makes us unique at the cellular level. Experience the next dimension of storytelling while exploring how the brain shapes the universal human experience.
ARTECHOUSE NYC
from $25 / $17
