Nicholas A. Halasz Memorial Lecture
The Nicholas A. Halasz Memorial Lecture honors the life and work of Nicholas Halasz, M.D., one of the founding faculty members of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, who joined UC San Diego as a Professor of Surgery and head of the Division of Anatomy. Dr. Halasz was also the founding director of the UC San Diego Transplantation Program, and performed the first kidney transplant in San Diego. He developed one of the best human anatomy courses for medical students in the country, received numerous awards and prizes, both as an undergraduate and postgraduate, and was a Markle Scholar in academic medicine from 1964 to 1969. He holds the record at UC San Diego for receiving the Kaiser Award for Teaching Excellence in four separate years. He was also awarded the Chancellor's Associate Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1989, and was voted Physician of the Year at UC San Diego Medical Center in 1994.