A number of interesting events is scheduled for the upcoming week at the Medical Center.
Tuesday, Nov. 1
Dental students to give Grand Rounds presentation
Leah Waits, dental student, will present “Indications for Tooth Supported Overdentures” and Dennis Cao, dental student, will present “Detection and Management of Oral Lesions Associated with Removable Dental Prosthetics” as part of Dental Grand Rounds at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in classroom R153 (lower amphitheatre).
For more information, call Angela Stokes at 4-6250 or email her at alstokes@umc.edu.
Wednesday, Nov. 2
Surgery chair to discuss cholangiocarcinoma treatment
Anderson
Dr. Christopher D. Anderson, professor and chair of surgery, will give the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds presentation, “Cholangiocarcinoma: Epidemiology and Surgical Treatment,” at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in room CW308 of the Classroom Wing.
Continuing medical education credits are available. For more information, email Carol Hollingsworth at cphollingsworth@umc.edu.
Louisville physiologist to talk myocardial regeneration
LeBlanc
Dr. Amanda LeBlanc, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics and of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville, Kentucky, will present “Myocardial Regeneration in Aging: A Plumbing-First Approach” from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in room CW308 of the Classroom Wing.
All Medical Center faculty, staff and students are invited. Refreshments will be available on a first-come basis.
The seminar is presented by the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. For more information, call Courtney Graham at 4-1820 or email her at chortongraham@umc.edu.
On the horizon
Wash. psychiatrist to preach location, location, location
Neumaier
Dr. John Neumaier, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and pharmacology and director of the Division of Neurosciences at the University of Washington, will present “5-HT6 Receptors: Location, Location, Location” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, in the Guyton Library (room G351).
The lecture is presented by the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. For more information, call Tasha Mosley at 5-5392 or email her at tmosley2@umc.edu.
Starkville pastor to discuss body, soul physician
Vargas
Father Lenin Vargas, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville and a former emergency medicine physician, will present “Physician of the Body, Physician of the Soul” at noon on Thursday, Dec. 1, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).
The event is sponsored by the UMMC Catholic Students Association. Lunch will be available to the first 50 in attendance. For more information, email Edgar Meyer at emeyer@umc.edu.