UW Medicine 2009 Mini-Medical School Series

February 3, 2009

Welcome & Introductions to Mini-Med School
The Road to Becoming a Doctor

Explore the process of becoming a doctor from application to admission, the first and second years of basic science education, to the third year of clinical education and “clerkships.” Just what happens in the final years as interns, residents and fellows? Learn surgical principles and skills and try your hand at simulated surgery.

Presenters:

• Lawrence Robinson, M.D.
  UW Medicine Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs; Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, UW School of Medicine
  
• Joann G. Elmore, M.D., M.P.H.
  Professor, General Internal Medicine, UW School of Medicine
  Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology, UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine
  Head, General Internal Medicine, Harborview Medical Center
• Hugh M. Foy, M.D.
  Professor, Surgery, UW School of Medicine
  Director, Surgical Specialties Clinic, Harborview Medical Center
  Head, Wind River College, UW School of Medicine

February 10, 2009

 
Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards

A myriad of causes lead to environmental illness. Some 100,000 chemicals are in common workplace use today. Learn how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent or reduce injuries and health concerns. Explore the most common of occupational injuries – carpal tunnel syndrome and its related disorders.

Presenters:

• Christopher H. Allan, M.D.
  Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, UW School of Medicine
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Surgery, UW School of Medicine
• Matthew Keifer, M.D. M.P.H.
  Professor, Internal Medicine, UW School of Medicine
  Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, UW School of Public Health
  Adjunct Professor, Global Health
   

February 17, 2009

 
The Eyes Have It: The Modern Medicine of Vision

The eye is an extraordinary sensory organ, remarkably adapted to extracting crucial information from the environment. Diseases of the eye substantially degrade the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In these lectures we will discuss the leading causes of blindness, their symptoms and the current and emerging treatments.

Presenters:

• Russ Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D.
  Boyd K. Bucey Professor and Chair, Ophthalmology, UW School of Medicine
• Tueng Shen, M.D., Ph.D.
  Lions Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, UW School of Medicine

February 24, 2009

 
Breathtaking Advances: A Better Life for Those with Lung Injury and Lung Cancer

Survival and quality of life has vastly improved for those fighting Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and lung cancer. Learn how physicians at UW Medicine have made great strides in managing these diseases and what new and promising treatments are coming out of the Northwest.
 
Presenters:

• Len Hudson, M.D.
  Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UW School of Medicine
• Renato Martins, M.D., M.P.H.
  Associate Professor, Oncology, UW School of Medicine 

March 3, 2009

 
Prescription for Change at the FDA: A View from the Other Washington

Does the Food & Drug Administration need more rigorous reviews and trials before approving drugs and devices? Should the agency change the process for evaluating safety and effectiveness after products hit the market? What are the political and scientific forces that shape the context for FDA decision-making and how can the clinical and public health communities be included in the discussion?

• Bruce Psaty, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor, General Internal Medicine, UW School of Medicine
  Professor, Epidemiology and Health Services, UW School of Public Health
  Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Nutrition Research Unit
  Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
• Larry Kessler, Sc.D.
  Professor and Chair, Health Services, UW School of Public Health
  

March 10, 2009

Saving Your Life: Medical Miracles and Heroes

Technological breakthroughs and hybrid approaches to repairing abdominal aortic and brain aneurysms can mean the difference between life and death. These emergent, life-threatening conditions have been successfully treated by UW Medicine physicians who are leading the way surgically repairing these once devastating anomolies.

• Laligam N. Sekhar, M.D.
  William Joseph Leedom and Bennett Bigelow & Leedom Professor, Vice Chairman, Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery
  Co-Director, Skull Base Surgery
• Benjamin W. Starnes, M.D., F.A.C.S.
  Associate Professor, Surgery, UW School of Medicine
  Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Washington