Mini-Med I
Spring 2014 Session: March 25 – May 13
Time: Tuesday evenings, 7-9 p.m.
March 25
Schizophrenia: The Facts and The Fiction
Deanna Barch, PhD Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology & Radiology Director, Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders
Giving Up a Kidney: Renal Transplant and Non-Direct Living Kidney Donation
Charles G. Rickert, MD, PhD Candidate
Washington University School of Medicine
April 1
Never Too Tiny For Surgery: Neonatal Surgery
Brad W. Warner, MD Jessie L. Ternberg, MD PhD Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief St Louis Children’s Hospital The Impact of Health Care Reform on BJC Richard J. Liekweg, MBA President of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
April 8
Am I Losing My Memory? A Primer on Alzheimer’s Disease
John C. Morris, MD
Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Foundation Distinguished Professor of Neurology Director, Center for Aging
Pathology in the Era of Genomics
Erin Rubin, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
April 15
Not All Red Eye is Pink Eye: Five Important Causes of Red Eye
Carla J. Siegfried, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Climbing Mt. Everest
Gosia Borchardt, CRNA
Certified Nurse Anesthetist, BJC
April 22
Sidelined! Injuries of Dancers and Musicians
Aaron M. Chamberlain, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Devyani M. Hunt, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Director of the Performing Arts Program
Keeping the Beat: Restoring Rhythms of the Heart
Phillip S. Cuculich, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center
April 29
High-Tech Minimally Invasive Surgery
L. Michael Brunt, MD
Professor of Surgery Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Suture Lab: Surgery Techniques and Laparoscopic Simulation
May 6
Danger in the Grass: Tick-Borne Diseases in Missouri
Gary J. Weil, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine: The Real ER
Cynthia A. Wichelman, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Course Director, Mini-Medical School
May 13
Medical and Surgical Ethics: Tough Issues
Ira J. Kodner, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Mini-Med II
Spring 2014 Session: March 27 – May 15
Time: Thursday evenings, 7-9 p.m.
March 27
Biliary Disease from Pain to Cholangitis
Daniel K. Mullady, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Sexual Health: Updates on Contraception, Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
David L. Eisenberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Family Planning
April 3
Myths and Realities of Psychiatry: Depression – Diagnosis and Treatment
Charles F. Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor of Psychiatry Head, Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatric Drugs
Eugene H. Rubin, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry Vice Chairman for Education, Department of Psychiatry
April 10
Myeloproliferative Diseases
Stephen T. Oh, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, with patient presentation
Michael J. Naughton, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Medical Oncology
April 17
Physical Therapy: Optimizing Movement Through the Ages
Suzanne M. Cornbleet, PT, DPT, MA Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
PT Lab: Screening For and Improving Common Posture and Movement Faults
Taught by Physical Therapy faculty and doctoral students
April 23, 24 (6:30-9:30pm)
(Wednesday and Thursday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Adult CPR Certification and Physical Examination and Anatomy Lab
Cynthia A. Wichelman, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in Medicine Course Director, Mini-Medical School
*Taught in conjunction with Washington University School of Medicine medical students and Department of Medicine faculty and residents. Note: These sessions meet from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Both topics will be offered each night. Students will complete one of the topics on Wednesday and the other on Thursday.
May 1
Behind the Bandages: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Keith E. Brandt, MD
William G. Hamm Professor of Surgery Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Microsurgery Lab
May 8
Human Hardware: Hip & Knee Replacement
Ryan M. Nunley, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Division of Joint Preservation and Replacement
Advances in Urology from Male Impotence to Prostate Cancer
Arnold D. Bullock, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery
May 15
Rabies: A Preventable Deadly Disease
Cynthia A. Wichelman, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in Medicine Course Director, Mini-Medical School
Graduation and Reception