#  Patrick Whelan 

Lecturer in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Pediatric Rheumatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

 

 



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 email <jpatrickwhelan@mgh.harvard.edu> 

 



 

I am a pediatric arthritis specialist affiliated with MGH, and also serve on the faculty at UCLA and USC in Los Angeles. I teach a course through Harvard Extension entitled, "Music and the Mind," about the evolutionary origins of the human music sense. I have an interest in Catholic bioethics, and led the music at one time for a mass at the Harvard Catholic Center. I have a great enthusiasm for the Lowell House Opera, and also have an ongoing involvement with my college singing group, the world-famous Din&amp;Tonics -- and the Glee Club and University Choir. This is my 25th year as a Lowell House pre-med tutor.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Interests
    
     [Opera](/interests/opera) [Medicine](/interests/medicine)
- ## Role
    
     [Senior Common Room](/role/senior-common-room) [Affiliates](/role/affiliates)