MURC Speaker on January 28, 2025 will be Phil Peterson, MD
Phil Peterson is a graduate of St. Olaf College (BA 1965) and of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD 1970). He is currently professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Medical School, where he served on the faculty for over four decades. He is past director of the Infectious Diseases and International Medicine Division at the U of M Medical Center and at Hennepin County Medical Center. He is the past director of the Medical School’s International Medical Education and Research Program and of the Academic Health Center’s Global Health and Social Responsibility. He has served on the steering committee of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, a Minnesota-based interprofessional organization that addresses the profound impacts of climate change on human health and the health of our planet.
Together with Dr. Paul Quie, fhe ounded and co-directed the International Medical Educational and Research (IMER) program, and have established a legacy of globalization of healthcare issues in the Medical School. Since its inception in 1998, IMER has become a force for providing global experiences for students and faculty and improving health conditions here and abroad. It is the shared vision of Dr. Peterson and Dr. Quie that has made IMER so successful.
