MARCH 25, 2008 PROGRAM: DR. STEPHEN SMITH, PIONEER IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Looking back on two centuries of public health history in Skaneateles will be the topic for the Historical Society’s March program, presented by local pediatrician and public health specialist, Dr. Philip Gioia. A special focus of the program will be Dr. Stephen Smith, a famous physician who was born on a farm in Spafford in 1823, and became a pioneer in sanitary reforms in New York City. In 1872, Dr. Smith was the founder and first president of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Gioia is a 1975 graduate of Upstate Medical School in Syracuse who summered for many years at his family’s Skaneateles camp. In 1981 he started his practice in Auburn and last fall opened a Skaneateles office on Fennell Street. Please join us on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:30 at the Creamery, to hear more from Dr. Gioia about the beginnings of public health practice, both locally and nationally, and about native son Dr. Stephen Smith, who played such a critical role.

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