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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.

* Events sponsored by the late Esther and Don Davis.
Minimed is a Community Service Program of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo,The Sate University of New York

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

 



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/