Mini-Medical School Fall Zoom 2021
September 21 – November 9, 2021
Agenda
| SEPTEMBER 14 |
| 7:00pm Optional practice session to check Audiovisuals |
| WEEKLY 6:45 – 7:00PM: COVID-19 UPDATES |
| Jason Newland, MD, MEd Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| SEPTEMBER 21 |
| 6:30pm – 6:45pm COVID-19 Updates 6:45pm – 7:00pm Introduction to MMS 7:00pm An Update on Allergy and Asthma Tiffany Dy, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology 8:00pm The Robots Are Coming! Digital Health and What It Means for Healthcare Thomas M. Maddox MD MSc Executive Director, BJC Healthcare Innovation Lab Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology |
| SEPTEMBER 28 |
| 7:00pm Alzheimer’s 2021: New Treatments, New Controversies, with patient presentation Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology Principal Investigator, Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center 8:00pm Dementia: When is it Not Alzheimer’s Disease? David B. Carr, MD Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Neurology Clinical Director, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Medical Director, The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis (TRISL), Parc Provence and WU Geriatric Primary Care at Covenant Place |
| OCTOBER 5 |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm A Night on Forensic Psychiatry – Why People Kill Melissa Harbit, M.D. Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Forensic Psychiatry Assistant Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program Tahir Rahman, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry |
| OCTOBER 12 |
| 7:00pm Up Feet, Down Feet, Here Come Clown Feet! Updates in Foot and Ankle Surgery Jonathon D. Backus, MD Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery US Ski Team Pool Physician 8:00pm New Surgical Techniques in Lymphedema Rachel Anolik, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| OCTOBER 19 |
| 7:00pm Using the Mind to Heal the Brain, Advances in Stroke Patient Treatment Eric C. Leuthardt, MD Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Director, Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology Chief, Division of Neurotechnology; Director, Brain Laser Center 8:00pm What’s Your Diabetes Type? Let’s Talk Diabetes Paulina Cruz Bravo, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research |
| OCTOBER 26 |
| 7:00pm Tumors of the Eye Kisha D. Piggott, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Retina and Vitreous Diseases Assistant Residency Program Director 8:00pm Men’s Sexual Health – From Infertility to Testicular Pain Dane Johnson, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery |
| NOVEMBER 2 |
| 7:00pm Cardiac Ablation – When Scarring the Heart Can Be Good Daniel H. Cooper, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship 8:00pm Emergency Medicine Kidney Cases Cynthia Wichelman, MD Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Course Director, Mini-Medical School |
| NOVEMBER 9 |
| 7:00pm ALS – Hope in the Pipeline! Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD David Clayson Professor of Neurology ALS Center Director 8:00pm MMS Wrap-Up and Hot Topic TBA Cynthia Wichelman, MD Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Course Director, Mini-Medical School |