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Maybe you have chosen to go to law school or enter the business world. Perhaps you just overslept and missed chemistry class or played too much Frisbee on the quad. For whatever reason, like most people, you didn’t go to medical school. Still think you’ve got what it takes? In 1997, Harry Sultz, DDS, MPH, Professor and Dean Emeritus and Alan M. Reynard, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology of the University at Buffalo began a mini-medical school for people without a medical background. They wondered whether anyone would show up. Show up they did, and in droves. Many people have wanted to check out what medical school is like without having to do the hard studying.

As usual, participants won’t graduate with a license to practice, but they will become immersed in medical science and do it in the company of some of the leading physicians and researchers in Buffalo. The mini-medical school is set up just like real medical schools, with each lecture corresponding to an entire medical school course.

Enrollment in the Mini-Medical School is limited to the first 300 registrants. All the lectures take place from 7 to 9 pm in Farber Hall, Butler Auditorium on the Main Street campus. Recommend reading and reference materials are provided.

 



UB’s Mini Medical School Fall Program will feature:
EMERGENCY 911
 
October 7

Tuesday Night at the ER
G. Richard Braen, MD
Chair, Emergency Medicine
 
Critical Care
Susan H. Schwartz, MD
Professor Emeritus, Medicine
 
October 14
The Drama of Trauma
Dietrich V. Jehle, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
 
October 21
Psychiatric Emergencies
Steven L. Dubovsky, MD
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry
 
Battlefield Medicine: Lessons from Iraq
James L. Budny, MD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery & Radiology
 
October 28
911 Obstetrical Emergencies in 2008: The 411
John Yeh, MD
Professor and Chair, Medicine, Gynecology-Obstetrics
 
Management of Burns
William J. Flynn, Jr., MD
Associate Professor, Surgery
 
Register online: www.smbs.buffalo.edu/minimed or call 829-2196.
 
Entrance fee for all four sessions.
Individual $35, Couple $50, Senior $25, Senior Couple $40 and Student $20.
Sponsored by the late Esther and Don Davis.
 
A Community Service Program of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The Sate University of New York
 
MMS Future Dates Mini-Veterinary School 2008:
High School Science Enrichment Program: October 15, 22, 29, November 5
 

October 2
The Whole Picture
Topic: Holistic Medicine
Cindy Lankenau, DVM
 
Wild And Wonderful Felines
Topic: Feral Cat Issues
Kathy Makolinski, DVM
 
October 9
The Perfect Smile
Topic: Dentistry
David E. Hansen, DVM, FAVC, DAVDC
 
Horsing Around
Topic: Equine Medicine
Jeanne Best, DVM
 
October 16
Under The Knife
Topic: Surgery
Jim Fingeroth, DVM, DACVS
 
Comfortably Sleeping Through It
Topic: Anesthesia
Robert M. Stein, DVM, DAAPM
 
October 23
Dreaming Of A Career With Animals?
Topic: Becoming A Veterinary Professional
Stephanie Westerman, DVM
 
Quick, My Pet Needs Help!
Topic: Emergency Care
Liane O’Hora, DVM
 
October 30
Nemo’s Health- It’s In The Water
Topic:  Aquatic Medicine
Ed Latson MS, DVM
 
From Anteaters To Zebras
Topic:  Zoo Medicine
Kurt Volle DVM
 
Entrance fee for all five sessions (full series) $50
Senior or Student (full series) $40
$20 per session
http://www.nfvsonline.org/
To register online for Mini-Medical or Mini-Veterinary School, visit
http://apps.med.buffalo.edu/minimed/

 

For more information call
(716)829-2196.

Roseanne C. Berger, MD
Director
Sr. Associate Dean for GME
bergerrc@buffalo.edu

Alan M. Reynard, PhD
Associate Director
medalan@buffalo.edu

Mechelle A. Lumpkin
Program Coordinator
mlumpkin@buffalo.edu