Drs. Natalie Carnes and Brewer Eberly discuss how beauty has been among the Christian names for God and why beauty, like suffering, is so central to the Christian story. What do these two parts of our existence—beauty and suffering—have to do with one another? And how can their togetherness help us love and attend in the strange world of medicine?

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiatve at Duke Divinity School warmly invites Duke medical students, graduate students, and faculty to join us for lunch and conversation with Jim O'Connell, MD. This event is co-sponsored by the Purpose Project at Duke, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine.

Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, will share his remarkable journey from serving as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital to becoming the nation’s first “street doctor” for individuals experiencing homelessness. Drawing on four decades of caring for Boston’s most vulnerable population, Dr. O’Connell will explore the history of homelessness and the profound challenges posed by co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders among chronically homeless persons.