Columbia University College Of Physicians & Surgeons Holds Alumni Reunion Weekend May 17th And 18th
Contact: Adar Novak
212-305-3900 Kathy Couchells (212) 305-1472
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS HOLDS ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND MAY 17th AND 18th WHAT: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons will celebrate 235 years of medical excellence and continuing innovation at its 2002 Alumni Reunion Weekend. Activities include continuing medical educational sessions, class reunions, luncheons, and awards ceremonies. HIGHLIGHTS: Friday, May 17th Clark Conference Center, first floor Milstein Hospital Building 177 Fort Washington Ave Panel Discussion: P&S and the Environment, 9:50 a.m. Moderator: Allan G. Rosenfield M.D., Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; professor of obstetrics and gynecology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University The panel will discuss subjects relating to medicine and the environment. Topics include drug-resistant tuberculosis; public health issues relating to Sept. 11th; medical responses to chemical and nerve agent attacks; environmental aspects of asthma; and the international response to AIDS.
Keynote Presentation, 11:30 a.m. Charles S. Houston, M.D.; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Vermont Dr. Houston, a veteran mountain climber, will discuss high-altitude physiology in the context of his historic climb of K2 and show a vintage movie about his experience. The Virginia Kneeland Frantz, M.D. ’22 Distinguished Women in Medicine Award, 12:30 p.m. Recipient: Lila A. Wallis, M.D.
Saturday, May 18th P&S Alumni Auditorium 650 West 168th Street Management of Dislocation After Hip Replacement, 9:30 a.m. William B. Macaulay, M.D.; director, Center for Hip and Knee Replacement, Columbia University Aesthetic Reconstruction of the Craniofacial Skeleton: Application of Aesthetic Principles for
Superior Results, 9:45 a.m. Craig R. Dufresne, M.D.; clinical professor of plastic surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Science Addresses a Popular Movement, 10 a.m. Stephen E. Straus, M.D.; director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; chief, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIAID Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity in the U.S.A., 10:30 a.m. William M. Lee, M.D.; Meredith Mole Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a Risk Factor for Serious Community-Acquired and
Nosocomial Infections, 11 a.m. John M. Sheagren, M.D.; professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine; chair, Department of Internal Medicine Rheumatoid Arthritis: Fifty Years of Self Deception, 11:15 a.m. Wallace V. Epstein, M.D.; professor emeritus of medicine, University of California, San Francisco
A Successful, Cost-effective Diabetes Treatment Program in a University County Hospital, 11:30 a.m. Joseph C. Shipp, M.D.; professor emeritus of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; eminent scientist, Sansum Medical Research Institute, San Francisco Is Human Breast Cancer Infectious? Noon James F. Holland, M.D.; distinguished professor of neoplastic diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine FOR A COMPLETE AGENDA, PLEASE CALL (212) 305-3900. ### |