Surviving The Extremes What Happens To The Body And Mind At The Limits Of Human Endurance, 1/31, MSU

2005-01-31 19:30:00

MSU’s Strand Union Building ballrooms

Contact: MSU Leadership Institute at 994-7275.

On Monday, January 31st at 7:30 pm in MSU’s Strand Union Building ballrooms, the public is invited to the multimedia presentation titled SURVIVING THE EXTREMES, presented by Kenneth Kamler, M.D.

Kamler has set fractures in the Andes, treated frostbite on Mt. Everest, resuscitated scuba divers in the Galapagos, and performed surgery on the muddy banks of the Amazon. Taking us across the farthest reaches of the earth and into the uncharted territory within the human body, brain and spirit, Kamler’s new book "SURVIVING THE EXTREMES: What Happens to the Body and Mind at the Limits of Human Endurance", is a true-to-life scientific thriller no reader could forget. As vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, surgeon, explorer and masterful storyteller, Kamler has spent the better part of his years discovering what happens to the human body in extreme environmental conditions.

At the presentation, Kamler will recount tales from first hand experience of survival in the most extreme conditions. The author of "Doctor on Everest", a memoir about his experience as the only physician on Mt. Everest during the tragic 1996 expedition documented in The Climb and Into Thin Air, Kamler will tell the audience about the human body and its astounding capacities based on his first-hand experiences practicing medicine in extreme environments.

From the frozen expanses of Mt. Everest to the deepest underwater caves known to man, Kamler examines those who live and those who died. Kamler’s lecture takes the audience into six extreme environments-jungle, high seas, desert, underwater, high altitude and outer space-to investigate the science of what a body goes through and how it can sometimes miraculously and strategically protect itself.

In addition to practicing medicine in the most remote corners of the world, Kamler is also a microsurgeon who was trained at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He has served as doctor on many National Geographic expeditions, as well as Chief High Altitude Physician for NASA-sponsored research on human physiological responses to extreme altitude and has climbed to within 900 feet of the summit of Mt. Everest. He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 48 Hours, Nightline and CNN and profiled in The New York Times and USA TODAY and was chosen by New York magazine as one of New York City’s best doctors in 2002.

"Surviving the Extremes" is sponsored by ASMSU and MSU’s Parent Family Association. It is open to the public and free of charge. For more information call the MSU Leadership Institute at 994-7275.