January 13, 2005
Mini-Medical School registration open; classes begin Feb. 8
UW Medicine’s 2005 Mini-Medical School, a six-part series of exciting lectures and demonstrations designed to teach about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research, is open to the UW community and the public. Curriculum for each week’s presentation is chosen to broaden a participant’s knowledge of anatomy, physiology and various disease states.
Programs this year will focus on life-altering innovations and techniques of reconstructive plastic surgery, the effectiveness of pre-amputation medications and how the human mind controls pain, and the developing ability to create individualized therapies from disease predictions and molecular diagnosis.
The 2005 series is hosted by Dr. Norman Beauchamp Jr., professor and chair of the Department of Radiology, and Dr. Terry Mengert, professor of medicine and a physician in UW Medical Center’s Emergency Department.
Dates, titles and presenters for the six Tuesday evening programs are below. Each program begins at 7 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center.
Feb. 8 — “The Faces of Medical School” by Mengert and Dr. Alan Kent, director of counseling for the School of Medicine.
Feb. 15 — “Relieving Pain and Suffering: Real Problems, Real Solutions” by Dr. Dermot Fitzgibbon, associate professor of anesthesiology; Dr. Lawrence Robinson, professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Dr. David R. Patterson, professor of rehabilitation medicine and head of psychology services; and Dr. Hunter Hoffman, cognitive psychologist and research engineer at the UW Human Interface Technology Lab.
Feb. 22 — “Do No Harm: Teaching Safe Practices” with Dr. Thomas Gallagher, assistant professor of medicine; Dr. Mika Sinanan, professor of surgery; and Mengert.
March 1 — “Infections: Fighting Back!” with Dr. Dorothy Patton, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. Thomas “Mac” Hooton, professor of medicine and medical director of Madison Clinic.
March 8 — “Plastic Surgery: Reconstructive Success Stories” with Dr. Frank Isik, professor of surgery; Dr. Joseph Gruss, professor of surgery and chief of the plastic surgery division at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center; and Dr. Nicholas Vedder, professor of surgery and orthopaedics and head of the plastic surgery division.
March 15 — “Individualized Medicine: Creating Tailor-Made Therapies” with Dr. Wylie Burke, professor and chair of the Department of Medical History and Ethics; Dr. Benjamin Greer, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and head of gynecologic oncology; and Dr. Lee Hartwell, president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW professor of genome sciences.
For more information about the UW Medicine Mini-Medical School, or to register, please see the Web site at http://courses.washington.edu/minimed/ call the information line at 206-685-9420 or e-mail minimed@u.washington.edu.
