The American Civil War's Impact on Modern Medicine

Join Dr. Dianne Murphy to learn about how the American Civil War changed the medical field, from life-saving discoveries to the ways in which women participated in the medical profession like never before. This talk will start at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 18. Due to limited space, advance registration is required and is $5 per person.

This talk is the third in a series of lectures hosted by the Lee-Fendall House Museum in March which will explore different aspects of the Civil War and its impact on Alexandria, Virginia.

Dr. Dianne Murphy retired in 2016 as the Director of the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics in the FDA’s Office of the Commissioner (2004-20016). Prior to that she worked with the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation (1998-2004), where she spent time directing oversight for all of the Divisions involved with antimicrobial/viral and special pathogen therapeutics. Dr. Murphy received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. After completing a pediatric residency at the University of Virginia, she spent three years at the National Naval Medical Center before completing a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Colorado. Dr. Murphy was an Assistant Professor for Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and medical consultant to the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville and Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of General Pediatrics at the University of Florida Health Science Center at Jacksonville. Dr. Murphy has numerous articles in refereed publications on pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric drug development, residency teaching, and laboratory diagnosis. Dr. Murphy has volunteered as a docent at the Lee Fendall House since 2010, the Carlyle House from 2018 to 2020 and presently at Belle Grove in the Shenandoah Valley.