Midicine's Michelangelo: The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD

Event Recap

November 16, 2014
Luncheon Program Presented by Francine Netter Roberson
Starmount Forest Country Club

On November 16, 2014 the ESU Greensboro Branch welcomed as our luncheon program speaker, Francine Netter Roberson, author of the book, "Medicine's Michelangelo", a biography of her famous father, Dr. Frank Netter. Frank Netter was a doctor and an author whose award-winning "Atlas of Human Anatomy" remains today the best-selling illustrated anatomy atlas in the English language. Frank Netter worked with the medical giants of his day illustrating the first open-heart surgical operations and the first organ transplants. CIBA Pharmaceutical Company and its successor CIBA-GEIGY (now Novartis) sponsored his drawings for over 50 years. Francine's mother, also a medical doctor, grew up in Greensboro. Francine is President of the ESU Research Triangle Branch.

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