Seminar Series

Overview

Held three times each semester, these meetings alternate between an informal faculty presentation, a student chalk talk, and a visiting faculty lecture. Members of the Student Council are responsible for scheduling speakers and selecting food. These sessions represent outstanding opportunities for students to interact in a scientific, collegial forum. Students are expected to attend at least 2 sessions each semester. A particular emphasis of these seminars is how one balances the many callings of physician-scientists. For example, a popular forum from past years is a round table discussion with faculty and fellows at different career stages discussing their integration of research and clinical training.

Schedule 2007-2008

Valerae O. Lewis, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, MD Anderson

IL 11Rα as a Potential Target for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma

Wednesday, August 22^nd, 2007

Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Pathology, Urology and Oncologoy at the University of Rochester

Choices for MD-Ph.D.s: Research vs Clinical, Academia vs Industry/Private Practice

Monday, October 1^st, 2007

Alison Bertuch, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at Baylor College of Medicine

The Road Less Traveled: Perspectives on the journey of the MD/PhD

Tuesday, November 13^th, 2007

Laura Calvi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology Division) at the University of Rochester

Mentors and Project Choices

Monday, December 17^th, 2007

Alan Kenny, MD ('02), PhD ('00)

Alumnus, University of Rochester MSTP; Fellow in Neonatology, University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center

Making the Most of Life as a Physician-Scientist

Monday, February 18^th, 2008

Jason Mendler, MD ('05), PhD ('04), Laticia Valle, MD ('02)

Jason is an alumnus of University of Rochester's MSTP and a Resident in Internal Medicine (Chief Resident beginning 7/1/08), then doing a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Rochester; Jason's wife, Laticia Valle completed medical school at UR as well as her residency in internal medicine and is now an internal medicine hospitalist at Highland Hospital. Jason and Laticia are parents to twins Caleb and Ava, born on Valentine's Day, 2006!

Partners Seminar

Monday, March 17^th, 2008

Virginia Winn, MD ('96), PhD ('94), Leonard Dragone, MD ('96), PhD ('94)

This married couple are alumnus of the University of Rochester MSTP where they met! Dr. Winn is Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn (Basic Reproductive Sciences), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Dr. Dragone is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Ped. Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology Section), National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver Children's Hospital.

MSTP Career Paths

TBD

Schedule 2006-2007

Sol Shaftel, Candace Gildner, Kuei Lim

MD/PhD students

The Transition Points: We Survived and You Will, Too

Monday, September 25^th, 2006

Brad Berk, MD, PhD

Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Health

Why do Research? or The Road to Physician-Scientist-Administrator

Monday, October 16^th, 2006

Regis O'Keefe, MD, PhD

Professor of Orthopaedics, Associate Chair for Academic Affairs

Life as a Clinician-Scientist in Orthopaedic Surgery

Monday, November 6^th, 2006

Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Director of the Will Rogers Pulmonary Research Institute, UCLA

Give Chance a Chance: A Tale of Scientific Discovery

Monday, January 15^th, 2007

Martin Zand, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology Unit), Microbiology & Immunology, and Medical Humanities

Medical Director - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs

A Long and Winding Road: Academic Medicine, Research, and an MD/PhD.

Monday, February 26^th, 2007

Melanie Wellington, MD, PhD and Damian Krysan, MD, PhD

Recent MD/PhD graduates, now Pediatric Infectious Disease attendings

Unusual stories of despair and deliverance with an emphasis on deliverance.

Monday, March 26^th, 2007

James Battey, MD, PhD

Director of NIDCD at NIH

Physician-scientist career paths at NIH

Wednesday, May 23^rd, 2007