1:30 p.m., King Library
What does it truly mean to live a successful life? In Is Your Life Successful?: Answers and Anecdotes From Over 200 Everyday People, Dr. Frank Boehm explores this universal question through more than 200 candid conversations with individuals from all walks of life. Drawing on decades of experience as a physician, educator, and ethics leader, Dr. Boehm offers an engaging and thought-provoking discussion that invites each of us to reconsider how we define success in our own lives.
Biography: Dr. Frank H. Boehm is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was on the faculty for 47 years, specializing in the field of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Dr. Boehm, a nationally known expert in the field of electronic fetal monitoring, has authored over 250 scientific papers as well as two books which deal with patient physician relationships, Doctors Cry, Too and Building Patient Doctor Trust, which were based on his 18 year “Healing Words” bi-monthly op-ed columns in The Tennessean. For fifteen years, Boehm served as the Chair of the Vanderbilt Medical Center Ethics Committee and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has received numerous prestigious teaching awards at Vanderbilt, one of which is in his name. In 2014 Boehm received the coveted Human Relations Award from Community Nashville. Dr. Boehm has been a prominent leader in the Nashville Jewish community, serving as president of the Nashville Jewish Federation and the Nashville Jewish Foundation. Boehm and his wife, Julie, live in Nashville, Tennessee and Boca Raton, Florida.
Florida Voices is generously supported by the Fred J. Brotherton Endowment for Literature, established at The Four Arts by the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Fred Brotherton, who died in 2003, was for many years a Benefactor of The Four Arts and a strong supporter of its programs. Florida Voices, featuring the state that was Mr. Brotherton’s winter home, serves as a continuing memorial to this much-respected member of The Four Arts.