Journeys – From Rural New York to the Ends of the Earth
Tuesday, Nov. 12, noon to 12:50 p.m.
BTC Auditorium
Ella Derbyshire, MD, a 1995 graduate of Hudson Valley Community College and current village-based physician in Upalakleet, Alaska, discusses the long road to becoming a physician, and some of the unique challenges and rewards of serving as a physician in remote corners of the world. She has worked at Amundsen Scott South Pole Station and provided primary and emergency healthcare in remote Indigenous Alaskan communities.
This Voices: A Library Lecture Series event is co-sponsored by the Marvin Library and the Hudson Valley Community College Alumni Association. It is open free to the public.