Community Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series Willed Body Program Getting Started Donor Registration Packets Donor Family Resources Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us Giving Areas to Give Alumni Giving Ways to Give Alumni About Us Get Involved Become a Mentor Join our Chapter Board Class Notes Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series The UCI School of Medicine Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DDLS) brings together influential leaders from healthcare and academia to share their insights, knowledge, experience and anecdotal stories with our faculty, staff, students and community members. Home Community Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series Scientific & Community Lectures The annual DDLS program includes three events, each with unique speakers: an extraordinary person from the basic sciences, an influential leader from the clinical arena and an exemplary individual from the area of clinical trials. The event consists of a scientific presentation and a separate community event, which draws more than 200 guests. Upcoming Lectures May 10–11, 2023 Bohdan Pomahac, MD Chief, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Yale New Haven Health Frank F. Kanthak Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine Scientific Lecture - May 10 "20 Years of Face Transplantation" Community Lecture - May 11 "Facial Restoration by Transplantation" RSVP & EVENT DETAILS Dr. Pomahac's Profile Past Lectures Mar 06, 2023 Richard J. Barohn, MD Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Hugh E. and Sarah D. Stephenson Dean, University of Missouri School of Medicine Event Details Recording See Photos Oct 20, 2022 Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech, PhD Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder | Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Event Details Recording See Photos Nov 12, 2021 Nobel Laureate Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD James B. Duke Professor of Medicine & Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Duke University School of Medicine Event Details Recording Sep 11, 2019 Maria T. Millan, MD President and CEO California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Event Details Recording See Photos