Guitarist and Humorist Seamus Kelleher Tapped As Speaker

HOUSTON, TX –  April 24, 2018 -- Guitarist and humorist Seamus Kelleher has been tapped as the guest speaker and performer for The Pete & Erin Huttlinger Series on Humanism in Medicine at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine.  The private event is part of The Center For Professionalism in Medicine's "Profiles in Professionalism" lecture series. Kelleher will speak to an audience of physicians and medical students on May 10 at 12:00 PM and 4:00PM in Cullen Auditorium on the topic of “Shine The Light.”  Kelleher is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury and a recovering addict.

Seamus Kelleher was born in the West of Ireland in 1954. From an early age, music was an important part of his life. At age 14, he taught himself how to play guitar. Within a year, he was performing professionally in his hometown of Galway and quickly developed a large following. He played with several nationally known bands until his burgeoning music career was interrupted when he suffered a severe bout of depression at age 20. After getting professional help at St. Patrick’s psychiatric hospital in Dublin, he continued his music career and immigrated to the US in 1974. His 47-year music career has taken him all over the world playing venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Excelsior Hotel in Rome. During that time he has managed his depression and anxiety, survived a severe head trauma after falling down two flights of stairs, and battled addiction to alcohol.

The Pete & Erin Huttlinger Humanism in Medicine Series is a series named in honor of the late Pete Huttlinger, an internationally acclaimed musician. Huttlinger was the inaugural speaker for this series in November 2015 at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple, TX. His presentation, titled, “Don’t Just Live, Live Well,” was an inspiring exploration of how Pete and his wife, Erin, strived together to live a life of resiliency as they faced years of life threatening complications from Pete’s end-stage heart failure resulting in the implantation of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD).   Through determination, love and laughter, Pete was able to relearn to play guitar and resume a rigorous touring and recording schedule and even walk a half-marathon just 12 months later.   Pete died from a stroke on January 15, 2016.

For information about The Pete & Erin Huttlinger Humanism in Medicine Series contact Erin Huttlinger at 615.419.9988 or erin@morrispr.biz.