The Fountain
Before the film, Dr. Michael Rosenthal, MD, PhD, diagnostic radiology physician-scientist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham And Women’s Hospital and Assistant Professor Of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, will discuss the past, present, and future of cancer treatments.
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death.
Hugh Jackman plays that man, devoted to one woman (Rachel Weisz) and determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to a Tree of Life...and to an adventure into eternity. Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) directs, continuing his string of imaginative filmmaking with a tale alive with ideas and filled with astonishing vistas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Michael Rosenthal, MD, PhD is a diagnostic radiology physician-scientist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham And Women’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor Of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the imaging of gastrointestinal cancers with a focus on pancreatic cancers. He also leads a data science research group that seeks to extract novel imaging biomarkers from routine imaging studies that can enhance the understanding and management of cancer.
Dr. Rosenthal received his medical degree and his PhD in Computer Science from the University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As part of his doctoral work he developed methods for three-dimensional guidance of minimally invasive interventional radiology procedures, including methods for real-time image analysis and statistical object recognition. He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a fellowship in cancer imaging at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
