During COVID we’re bringing you the best live and recorded events from many of our 85+ partnersAfter a break for COVID we’ll be back in 2023 to get Los Angeles excited about medicine through a diverse program of experiences, exhibitions, talks and activities. From behind the scenes tours of hospitals and specifically curated exhibitions, to talks from world experts and hands-on technology demonstrations – there’s something for all ages and interests.
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Check out the previous festival below –
Mar26-2020
Join a walking tour through The Huntington Botanical Gardens highlighting the plants and herbs used in medicine
Join Kelly Fernandez, Head Gardener of the Herb & Shakespeare Garden, and garden docents at the Huntington for a guided multi-sensory tour of the Herb Garden.
The Huntington
Free
Mar26-2020
Join a curator led tour through the history of medicine exhibition at The Huntington
Join Dr Joel Klein, Curator of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, at The Huntington for this special guided tour of the history of medicine section of their fantastic Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World exhibition.
The Huntington
Free
Mar26-2020
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator: Digital and Health Tech Showcase
Join us at the Cedars-Sinai Innovation Space and engage with technologies that are changing the healthcare experience. Take the opportunity to interact with healthcare startup CEOs, participate in hands-on demonstrations, and learn more about what healthcare innovation is all about.
Cedars-Sinai Innovation Space
Free
Mar27-2020
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Various locations across Los Angeles
Free
Mar27-2020
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find cures before humankind is wiped out. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Game Häus Cafe
Free
Mar28-2020
Growing healthy: Get creative with a free all-ages animation workshop on medicinal plants
Join us for an afternoon of animation fun as we celebrate the healing power of medicinal plants. We'll record stories and explore an array of analog techniques and digital technologies including claymation, cutouts, stop motion and drawing on film. No experience necessary!
Echo Park Film Center
Free
Mar28-2020
Join us for a special screening of The Cave and a talk on the role of doctors in the war in Syria
Watch this powerful award-winning documentary that follows physicians in the Syrian war treating besieged civilians inside the subterranean hospital known as The Cave. We'll also be joined for reflections and discussion by Dr. Souheil Habbal of the Syrian American Medical Society.
Echo Park Film Center
Free
Mar28-2020
Learn how to save lives with free Stop the Bleed training
Join this free class and learn new skills to assist trauma victims who are severely bleeding prior to EMS arrival. Take the course and become empowered to make a life or death difference when a bleeding emergency occurs. Stop the Bleed. Save a Life!
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Free
Mar29-2020
Investigate infectious disease with an afternoon of talks at LA Central Library
Join us for an afternoon of talks at Central Library as we investigate the history of infectious disease in LA and learn how medical science is keeping us one sneeze away from the next pandemic.
Los Angeles Central Library
Free
Mar29-2020
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 735,000 Americans suffer from a cardiac arrest - that's more than one every minute. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Various locations across Los Angeles
Free
Mar29-2020
Join us for a series of short films to see how medical science is helping to fight disease
Join us for four award-winning short films as part of our infectious disease afternoon at LA Central Library and learn more about how medical science is helping to fight future pandemics.
Los Angeles Central Library
Free