Dr. David Walton to Deliver International Week Keynote Lecture

Dr. David Walton of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, will speak on Medicine and Social Justice in the BLC Theater on October 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Tirelessly working to prevent and eradicate diseases among the poorest of the poor, doctor, humanitarian and Paul Farmer protégé David Walton has dedicated his life to practicing medicine in a clinic in Haiti, where he is a witness to inequality and devastation on a daily basis.

In 1998, Walton entered Harvard Medical School where he quickly became a research assistant to Paul Farmer, the founder of Partners in Health, an international charity organization that brings health care and social justice to the poor of the world. Walton was also one of the first graduates of the Global Health Equity and Internal Medicine residency program allowing him to travel between Boston and Haiti for years. Today, he is on staff at the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and spends much of his time in Haiti where he provides medical care to impoverished Haitians.

Walton’s work in Haiti has garnered much publicity, as he brings attention to the travails of those less fortunate, actively providing primary health care, HIV prevention and treatment options, tuberculosis treatment, and care for any number of illnesses and diseases. His approach to health care rests on the foundation of public health, believing that it is truly necessary to provide everyone with health care access. Whether working in the United States or Haiti, Walton makes a huge imprint on different parts of the world, helping to change viewpoints and to eradicate and prevent disease.