Calendar and Event

UB’s Mini Medical School Fall Series features

Health Issues Affecting Western New Yorkers

In 2011, Mini Med will focus on diseases and major risks to health that threaten Western New Yorkers. WNY is engaged in community wide efforts to improve care through collaboration, prevention, research, and adherence to recognized standards of care. As always, Mini Med students will learn from experts from the University at Buffalo and its partnering organizations.

September 27
When Drugs Don't Kill Bugs: Antibiotic Resistance and Hospital Acquired Infections
Alan J. Lesse, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology/Toxicology & Medicine

The Shots Heard Round the World: Why Immunizations Save Our Species
John Sellick, Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine

October 4
Visions and Voices: The Mind with Schizophrenia
Cynthia A. Pristach, M.D.
rofessor, Psychiatry

The Roller Coaster Ride of Bipolar Disorder
Steven L. Dubovsky, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry

October 11
The Irritation of Irritable Bowel Disease
Jeffrey M. Lackner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine

October 18
Telling the Tale of the Heart: The Story of a Heart Attack
Perry M. Hogan, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology
Avery K. Ellis, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine & Physiology

$30 for series, $15 per session

Register by phone: 716-829-2196
Register online: www.smbs.buffalo.edu/minimed

Sponsored by the late Esther and Don Davis

A Community Service Program of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Mini-Veterinary School 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011

• 7-8 pm: Sandy Adamcak, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian), A Day in the Life of an Exotic Veterinarian
• 8-9 pm: Colleen Hitchcock, Certified Animal Trainer, Helping Shy, Nervous, or Fearful Dogs

Thursday, October 13, 2011

• 7-8 pm: Helen Roberts, DVM, Does Fido Need a Flashlight? - Disaster Preparedness
• 8-9 pm: Evan Reed, DVM, From Land to Sea: Amphibian Medicine

Thursday, October 20, 2011

• 7-8 pm: Stephanie Westerman, DVM, Building Blocks of Nutrition
• 7-8 pm: Jim Brown, DVM, Endocrine Disease Part II: Diabetes and Hyperadrenocorticism

Thursday, October 27, 2011

• 7-9 pm: Jean Feldman, DVM, A Potpourri of Large Animal Medicine

Thursday, November 3, 2011

• 7-8 pm: Sandy Marky, DVM, ZX-Rays and More - Seeing through to the inside
• 8-9 pm: Kurt Volle, DVM, Inside Zoo Animals

Entrance fee for all five sessions (full series) $60
Senior or Student (full series) $40
$20 per session
7:00p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
http://www.nfvsonline.org/

To register online for Mini-Medical or Mini-Veterinary School, visit http://apps.med.buffalo.edu/minimed/