Max and Rose Sadoff Symposium

2009 Lecture

The College of Pharmacy’s Annual Max and Rose Sadoff Memorial Lecture on Pharmacy, Law and Ethics is Monday, May 4, 2009, from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Mayo Auditorium (Room 165 LifeSciences on the Duluth campus).

Hank Greely, J.D., will present “Neuro-Enhancement: What Should, and Shouldn’t, We Worry About.” Greely is a professor of law and professor (by courtesy) of genetics at Stanford University.

Greely is also a leading expert on the legal, ethical and social issues surrounding health law and the biosciences. He specializes in the implications of new biomedical technologies, especially those related to genetics, neuroscience and stem cells.

About the Symposium

The Max and Rose Sadoff Symposium on Pharmacy, Law and Ethics was established in 1992 by Robert and Harold Sadoff in memory of their parents, who were 1925 graduates of the College of Pharmacy.

In addition to establishing the symposium, the Sadoffs also funded an endowed scholarship for pharmacy students who have an interest in pharmacy, law and ethics. The 2007 Sadoff Scholarship recipients were first year pharmacy students, Arinzechukwu Nkemdirim Okere and Michael Austin. 

Robert Sadoff is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the director of the Center for Studies in Social-Legal Psychiatry and the director of the Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. in 1959 from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He and his wife, Joan, have four grown children.

Harold Sadoff received his B.S. degree from the College of Pharmacy in 1965. Harold went on to pursue his law degree and he now practices law in Minneapolis. He and his wife, Jacquelyn, have a daughter, and three sons.

Max and Rose Sadoff operated a community drugstore in South Minneapolis for many years.

2007 Sadoff Symposium Media

To review the 2007 Sadoff Symposium titled "The Celestial Fire of Conscience:  Personal Conviction, Professional Duties and Patient's Rights," presented by Professor R. Alta Charo, BA, JD, please click here.

Future Recipients

If you have any questions about the upcoming symposium, please contact Amy Olson at 612-624-4671.