Thousands of fitness gear-clad community members gathered at Miami’s Tropical Park on October 11 for the Start! Heart Walk, a 5K event that raised $523,000 to support the American Heart Association’s mission to prevent heart attack and stroke.

When friends told Ruth Joanis about the Little Haiti Health Fair, the annual free health services event put on by medical students in the Miller School’s Mitchell Wolfson, Sr. Department of Community Service (DOCS) Program, she decided it was the perfect opportunity to get student doctors and the trained UM physicians who assist them to attend to some of her family’s medical needs.

The event Saturday, in its fourteenth year, was one of the largest, serving Joanis, her 10-month-old son, Jasper, (pictured with medical student Christina Schafer) her father and grandmother, and about 400 other patients. It was also the year when Tom Wolfe, who stood out in his signature all white clothing, mingled with the volunteers and those who had come for medical aid. Wolfe, the celebrated author, and his wife, Sheila, toured the event at the Center for Haitian Studies with Barth Green, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and co-founder of Project Medishare, a nonprofit medical initiative Green co-founded nearly 20 years ago to assist people in Haiti. For more on this story, click here.

Attend the Benefits Fair Monday, October 20, through Friday, October 24, and visit with representatives from Aetna, the Medical Wellness Center, and others to get valuable information about your UMatter benefits. Raffle tickets for a chance to win fantastic prizes will be available at the fair. You can also take the opportunity to get a free flu shot. If you are interested in getting a flu shot, please review the flu shot vaccination statement and complete the flu shot consent form at www.miami.edu/ehs.

Open Enrollment will take place October 20 through November 7. It is important that you actively enroll in your 2009 benefits during Open Enrollment. If you had coverage in 2008 but do not visit myUM and elect coverage for 2009, you will be automatically enrolled in the Aetna HRA plan. Please take the time to review the literature, attend the Benefits Fair or an information session.  Helpful information is also available online at www.miami.edu/benefits/2009.

The Benefits Office will hold open enrollment information sessions for UMMG physicians on Monday, October 20, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium, and Wednesday, October 29, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. These sessions will provide updated information about the new 2009 health insurance plans.

The National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse, chaired by José Szapocznik, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and associate dean for community development, held its eighth annual conference, "Community, Behavioral and Molecular Sciences in Addictive Disorders," October 1-3 in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference was an outstanding success, attracting more than 220 participants from ten different countries.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has changed their policy for resubmitting or amending applications in an effort to fund high-quality applications sooner with fewer resubmissions. If you are applying for NIH funding here’s what the new policy means to you:

The Office of Research is now accepting internal submissions for the James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program, Team Science Program. The award supports broadly-based, multi-disciplinary research projects with well-defined major objectives or themes addressing the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of tobacco-related diseases. The program goal is to increase grant applications and competitively position Florida institutions for high-level federal funding.

The Calder Library's annual book sale to benefit the UnitedWay starts today (Tuesday). Books will be deeply discounted at $1 to $5 each. The book sale will be held in the library lobby during regular library hours.

As the countdown to the U.S. presidential election approaches, be aware that there are numerous e-mail spam campaigns which use the election as a social engineering mechanism to install malicious software on your PC. One example is an e-mail circulating with false news of a sex scandal involving one of the candidates. Recipients of the e-mail are encouraged to view the video. Users who click the link are shown a pornographic video, but while the video plays, malicious software is installed on the person's PC. Clicking on the link allows the attacker to scan the PC for existing vulnerabilities and exploit such weaknesses if the PC is not adequately protected. Other examples include amusing games allowing you to choose or express support for your candidate.

To read the entire tip including steps to protect yourself, please visit http://www.med.miami.edu/hipaa/public/x382.xml. If you have questions related to this or any other HIPAA Privacy or Security issue, please contact the Office of HIPAA Privacy and Security at hipaaprivacy@med.miami.edu.

The Faculty Senate invites all faculty to attend a lecture and award ceremony to honor Thomas L. Curtright, Ph.D., professor of physics, as the 2007-2008 recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award. The event will take place on Monday, October 20, at 4 p.m. at Casa Bacardi, 1531 Brescia Avenue, Coral Gables. The award presentation and Dr. Curtright’s lecture titled "A Conformal Odyssey," will be followed by a reception. 

Kindly RSVP to the Faculty Senate at facsen@miami.edu or 305-284-3721.

Pick up your tickets to see the Hurricanes take on ACC rival Wake Forest to cap off the homecoming celebration on Saturday, October 25, at Dolphin Stadium. As a UM employee, you will receive one free ticket and will have the opportunity to purchase up to four more tickets for $1 each. To pick up Employee Day tickets, download and complete the form at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mifl/genrel/auto_pdf/PDF-Employee-Day-092508.pdf. You must bring the completed form and a valid employee ID to receive tickets. To expedite distribution, please fill out the entire form before coming to pick up tickets.

Representatives from the Hurricane Ticket Office will be on the Miller School campus today (Tuesday), tomorrow (Wednesday) and this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Schoninger Research Quadrangle and in the University of Miami Hospital cafeteria. 

Everyone is encouraged to show their support for UM by wearing orange. For more information, call the Hurricane Ticket Office at 305-284-2263.

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Please join us for Pediatric Grand Rounds today (Tuesday) from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Walter F. Lambert, M.D., associate professor of clinical pediatrics and medical director for UM's Child Protection Team, will present “Assessing Child Maltreatment in Multicultural Populations."

Please join us today (Tuesday) at noon, in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Christian Faul, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine. Dr. Faul will present a lecture titled “Calcineurin and the Synaptopodin Protein Family: From Podocytes to Cardiac Myocytes.” 

For additional information, please contact Nilcer Aviles at 305-243-6691 or naviles@med.miami.edu.

The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity Grand Rounds will feature Sheri Fink, M.D., Ph.D., medical reporter for ProPublica. Dr. Fink will present "Aid, Ethics and Human Rights in Conflict and Disaster Zones." The lecture will take place today (Tuesday) at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium.

Lunch will be provided. For more information, e-mail Katie Houghton at Khoughton@med.miami.edu or visit www.jayweisscenter.org.

Learn how to use the InfoEd Proposal Development System to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the NIH. InfoEd streamlines the proposal development process. It is Web-based and accessible almost anywhere by Mac and PC users with no additional software. InfoEd populates agency forms, includes built-in agency validations, stores proposals in a secure environment and provides a database of all proposals submitted. This session will help participants create, route, submit and track proposals using the InfoEd System.

The session will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to noon at Dominion Tower, room 1003. Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please contact the Sponsored Programs Education and Training team at ResEDU@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health will present Grand Rounds tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11 a.m. to noon at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, Broad-Bussel Auditorium located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building. Join us as Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., director of the Bioethics Program, discusses the ethics of conducting international research.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged and welcome to attend this presentation. No RSVP is required. Refreshments will be served at 10:45 a.m. For more information, please contact Fernanda Kuchkarian at 305-243-4312 or fkuchkarian@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Dermatology Grand Rounds tomorrow (Wednesday) from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 2090. Francisco Kerdel M.D., voluntary professor of dermatology, will present "EADV Lecture," which will discuss the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.

For more information, please call 305-243-4472.

Sylvester will team up with Saks Fifth Avenue Bal Harbour and Ocean Drive magazine for Key to the Cure, a national shopping weekend to benefit women’s cancer research, tomorrow (Wednesday) through October 19. This year’s kickoff party will be held at Saks Fifth Avenue in Bal Harbour tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. The entry donation is $40 and a percentage of sales from the shopping weekend will go directly to Sylvester.

Saks Fifth Avenue invites you to shop till you drop for a great cause with a percentage of sales benefiting Sylvester. Guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails, fabulous tastings from South Florida’s top restaurants and caterers, and three floors of live entertainment.

The Department of Neurological Surgery will present Grand Rounds this Thursday from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. David Benglis, M.D., neurosurgery resident, will present "Neuromonitoring Following Traumatic Brain Injury."

For more information or to add your name to our educational announcement distribution list, please contact Ingrid Menendez at 305-243-6751 or nrstraining@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Anesthesiology will present Grand Rounds this Thursday from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Bruce D. Spiess, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and emerging medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, will present "Oxygen Therapeutics (Blood Substitutes): Where Are We Now?"

The Department of Orthopaedics will host Grand Rounds this Thursday from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Visiting professor Hill Hastings II, M.D., clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Indiana University Medical Center, will present "Surgical Management of the Arthritic Elbow."

The Department of Otolaryngology will present a Grand Rounds lecture this Thursday from 8 to 9 a.m. at ACC East, room 356. Zoukaa Sargi, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology, and Ross Germani, M.D., resident, will present "The Role of Human Papilloma Virus in Cancers of the Head and Neck." 

Behavioral interviewing is a research-based technique used to determine the best candidate for a position. This technique has been shown to increase the success rate during the selection process by determining the most qualified candidates for a position, reducing turnover of new hires, and maintaining a stable, productive team.

The Institute for Women's Health will present Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds this Thursday, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Ivonne Hernandez Schulman, M.D., assistant professor of clinical medicine will present "Hypertension in Women."

A light lunch will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who attend will be eligible to receive one continuing medical education credit or contact hour. For more information or to expedite processing of your credit, please call 305-243-2576.

You are invited to attend a special Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center seminar this Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109. David Robbins, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School, will present "Elucidating the Hedgehog Signal Transduction Pathway."

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host a seminar by Michael P. Cancro, Ph.D., professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Cancro will present "B Cell Homeostasis: A Life-Long Clash of Opposing Demands" this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109

Please join us for Pathology Grand Rounds this Thursday at noon at Holtz Children's Hospital, conference room 2034. Richard Cote, M.D., FRC.Path., professor of pathology and urology, and director of the Biomedical Nanosciences Initiative at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine's Kenneth Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, will present a lecture titled "New Approaches to Cell Capture, Analysis and Molecular Biosensing using Novel Nanotechnology Platforms."

Late last year, UM acquired the Velos eResearch clinical research management system.  A Sponsored Programs Roundtable session will be held this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 4003. The session will provide an update on deployment status, process transformation and overview of functionality. This deployment is part of three major initiatives in the Office of Research to improve its ability to initiate and manage clinical research efforts and simplify as many of the supporting processes as possible. There will also be a Q&A session.

Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to resedu@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Neurology Grand Rounds this Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Reza Jahan, M.D., assistant professor of neuroradiology, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will present "Corkscrews and Drips: IA Thrombolytics and Mechanical Intervention in Hyperacute Stroke." 

Constance Lillas, Ph.D. director of the Interdisciplinary Training Institute, will present the next Friday Noon Lecture Series this Friday, at noon in the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023. Dr. Lillas lecture is titled "Shifting from Multi-Disciplinary to Interdisciplinary Practice: Using a Neurorelational Framework for Interdisciplinary Collaboration." 

Lunch will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information concerning this event, please contact Julieta Hernandez at JHernand@med.miami.edu or 305-243-4565.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences cordially invites you to attend Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "Transforming Florida’s Mental Health System," with Judge Steven Leifman, special advisor on criminal justice and mental health for the Supreme Court of Florida.   Participants will review the legal and medical history of the mental health crisis, identify how and why deinstitutionalization led to the criminalization of mental illness, and explore new and effective strategies to transform Florida’s mental health system. This educational activity has been approved for one continuing medical education credit, continuing education unit or contact hour. The lecture will take place this Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.

The Division of Complimentary and Integrative Medicine will present a lecture by David Hogsed, A.P., D.O.M. from National Healthcare Professionals, this Friday at 1 p.m. at the Medical Wellness Center, educational classroom. Dr. Hogsed will present "Foundations for Successful Weight Management."

Registration is free for students and $45 for faculty and staff. For more information or to register, please contact Jason Torres at 305-243-4751 or Jtorres2@med.miami.edu.

The Bioinformatics Program of the Center for Computational Science is pleased to present guest speaker Thomas Werner, Ph.D., CEO and CSO of Genomatix Software GmbH in Munich, Germany. Dr. Werner will speak this Friday at 1 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. The lecture title is "New Frontiers in the Analysis of Gene Regulation: NG, ChIP and Phylogeny."

Refreshments will be served. For more information, please send an e-mail to bioinformatics@med.miami.edu.

Join the UM team at Bayfront Park this Saturday for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a race dedicated to the effort to cure breast cancer. To register online, click here or sign up onsite the day of the race beginning at 6 a.m. Race for the Cure events start at 7:30 a.m., and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.komenmiaftl.org or call 305-284-5671 for UM-related participation information.

A memorial service for Edward “Ted” L. Chambers, M.D., a professor of physiology and biophysics at the Miller School for more than 40 years, will be held Tuesday, October 21, at 5 p.m. in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, room 1301.
 
Scientifically, Dr. Chambers is best known for his research on fertilization and early development. He was ahead of his time in his awareness, starting in the late 1930s, of the importance of ion transport in these processes. He came to the Department of Physiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1954.
 
Among his most significant accomplishments at UM was his creation of an informal collaboration between the basic sciences at the medical school and the Department of Biology at Coral Gables that led to an interdisciplinary NIH-funded Ph.D. program – the Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program – a bedrock on which basic biological science grew at the University.
 
Dr. Chambers died on July 3, 2008 in Miami. He was 91.

The Developmental Center for AIDS Research will present Grand Rounds on Tuesday, October 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Ken Fields, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, will present "A Model System to Investigate Novel Mechanisms of Chlamydia-Mediated Activation of HIV." 

The Division of Hospital Medicine will present Grand Rounds by Joshua Lenchus, D.O., assistant professor of clinical medicine, on Tuesday, October 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Central Building, second-floor auditorium. Dr. Lenchus will present a lecture titled "Overview of the Procedure Team."

For more information, please contact Karen Harvey at 305-243-1960 or Kharvey@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Urology invites you to its Tumor Board Meeting on Wednesday, October 22, at 7 a.m. at Sylvester, conference room 1537. Medical, radiation and urologic oncologists and urologic pathologists will present cases and discuss urologic malignancies and treatment. This conference also gives residents an opportunity to apply system-based and practice-based methodologies to urologic patient care.

Please join us for Dermatology Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 22, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 2090. Elizabeth Alvarez Connelly, M.D., assistant professor of clinical and pediatric dermatology, will present "A Review of the New Classification for Epidermolysis Bullosa."

For more information, please call 305-243-4472.

The Department of Anesthesiology will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 23, from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. John M. Murkin, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at London Health Sciences Center, will present "INVOS Cerebral/Somatic Oximetry and its Benefits During Adult Cardiovascular Surgery."

The Department of Orthopaedics will hold Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 23, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Carlos Lavernia, M.D., chief of orthopaedics at Mercy Hospital's Orthopedic Institute, will present "Avascular Necrosis of the Hip – Diagnosis and Treatment."

For more information, please contact Ledi Figueroa at 305-243-6725 or lfigueroa@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Urology invites you to its case discussion and resident lecture on Thursday, October 23, at 7 a.m. at the Professional Arts Center, room 309. The discussion will concentrate on diagnostic imaging and the surgical management of urologic patients. The resident lecture will be "Tubeless PCNL vs. Standard PCNL with a Nephrostomy Tube," presented by Miguel Castellan, M.D., and Jeffrey Gahan, M.D.

UM's Area Health Education Center (AHEC), in collaboration with the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, the Office of Medical Education, and the Miami-Dade AHEC, will present a tobacco cessation provider course. The program will focus on the best practices for tobacco control and treatment, role of medications in tobacco addiction, and application of practical problem-solving skills and social support for treatment of tobacco addiction. The program will take place on Thursday, October 23, and Friday, October 24, at the Highland Professional Building, room 418 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Please contact Gladys Cordero at gcordero@med.miami.edu or 305-243-2847 for more information and to register.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 23, at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Camillo Ricordi, M.D., scientific director of the Diabetes Research Institute and professor of surgery and medicine, will present “Challenges in the Development of a Cell-Based Therapy for Diabetes.” Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to appraise pancreatic islet cell transplantation.

The Department of Otolaryngology will host Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 23, from 8 to 9 a.m. at ACC East in Chandler Library, room 356. Simon Angeli, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology, and David Neskey, M.D., resident, will present a lecture titled "Glomus Tumors."

The Division of Hospital Medicine will host Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 23, from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital's Seminar Center. Shirin Shafazand, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, will present “Stop that Snoring: The Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing.” After attending the lecture, participants will be able to review the signs and symptoms of sleep disordered breathing, discuss screening tools for obstructive sleep apnea, and highlight the health consequences of sleep disordered breathing.

Register today for the Third Annual Ventricular Arrhythmias Symposium. At the event, you will learn from top international experts in the management of ventricular arrhythmias and gain a detailed understanding of ventricular arrhythmia treatment in various disease states, including advances in non-pharmacological therapies such as implantable device therapy and catheter ablation. The scientific basis of new techniques and therapies, their clinical use and limitations will be also discussed.

The symposium will be held on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, at The Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne. To learn more or to register, please visit www.vtsymposium.com.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will present a seminar by Roger Laine, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and chemistry at Louisiana State University. Dr. Laine will present "The Formosan Subterranean Termites: A Look at Biochemical Weaponry, Including Novel Ceramides, and the Design of a Few Chemical Retorts of Our Own."

Join us on Friday, October 24, for a Sylvester Distinguished Lecture by John Schiller, Ph.D., senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute. Dr. Schiller will present a lecture on "HPV Vaccines for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer" at 1 p.m. in Sylvester, conference room 1301.

Lunch will be provided; RSVP is not required. For further information, contact Diane Dames at ddames@med.miami.edu.

The 12th annual Richard P. Bunge Memorial Lecture will feature James Salzer, M.D., Ph.D., professor of cell biology and neurology at New York University. Dr. Salzer will present "Axo-Glial Interactions that Direct Assembly of Myelinated Nerves." The lecture will be held on Friday, October 24, at noon in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. For more information, contact the Neuroscience Program at neurosci@med.miami.edu or 305-243-3368. 

The Department of Medicine invites you to a research conference on Monday, October 27, at noon in the Medical Training and Simulation Laboratory, conference room. William Harrington, Jr., M.D., professor of medicine, will present “Viral Associated Lymphomas.” 

Lunch will be served. For more information, e-mail Zurama Rodriguez at zrodriguez@med.miami.edu or visit http://www.med.miami.edu/medicine/x522.xml.

The Miami Institute for Human Genomics will present a lecture by Mayana Zatz, Ph.D., professor of genetics and director of the Center for the Study of the Human Genome at the Institute of Biosciences at the University of São Paulo. Dr. Zatz will present "Neuromuscular Diseases: From Gene Mapping to Pre-Clinical Research" on Tuesday, October 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

Lunch will be served after the lecture. For more information, please contact Nora Matelis at 305-243-8408 or nmatelis@miami.edu.

Genetic tests for specific maladies are known to raise ethical issues. These issues, including sharing results with patients and appropriate secondary use of data, are considerably magnified with the recent success of whole-genome sequencing. On Tuesday, October 28, Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., director of the Bioethics Program, will present a Human Subjects Protections Program seminar on "Whole-Genome Sequencing: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues."

The event will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to resedu@med.miami.edu.

The Sponsored Programs Education Workshop is a required institutional program for all key personnel listed on proposals. The goal of the program is to educate key personnel with the fiscal and compliance issues of pre- and post-award management. The workshop will focus on federal grants and will cover the most recent information on the grant process from finding funding opportunities to closing an account. The workshop will also review the principal investigator's role in administering sponsored projects, explain established policies and procedures, and provide an overview of the central support services available. 

The next session will be held on Wednesday, October 29, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Dominion Tower, room 1003. Space is limited. Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu.  

Please join us for Dermatology Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 29, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 2090. Javier Alonso, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology, will present a lecture titled "My Best Cases."

For more information, please call 305-243-4472.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will host an oncogenomics seminar on Wednesday, October 29, from noon to 1 p.m. at Sylvester, conference room 1301. Brian Rabinovich, Ph.D., director of genetic engineering and molecular imaging and senior research scientist in the Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, will present a lecture titled "Visualizing Fewer than 10 Mouse T Cells with an Enhanced Firefly Luciferase in Immunocompetent Mouse Models of Cancer."

Steven P. Kalandiak, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedics will present Orthopaedic Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 30, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Dr. Kalandiak will present "First Do No Harm - Recognizing an Inadequate Shoulder Film and Reading it Properly."

For more information, please contact Ledi Figueroa at 305-243-6725 or lfigueroa@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 30, at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Eduardo Martinez, M.D., assistant professor of clinical surgery, will present: “Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Anatomy.” Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to review complex aortic anatomy and discuss new therapeutic approaches.

The Department of Otolaryngology will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 30, from 8 to 9 a.m. at ACC East in Chandler Library, room 356. Adrien Eshraghi, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology, and Samuel Reyes, M.D., resident, will present "Otolaryngologic Aspects of Autism."

The sixth annual Luminare Awards Gala for UM's Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency will be held on Saturday, November 1, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Miami at 7:30 p.m. The event will honor medical professionals for their support and dedication to saving lives through organ donation and transplantation. WQBA-AM radio personality, Humberto Cortina, will DJ  the event, that will also feature world renowned flamenco dancers, fine food and drink, dancing and a silent auction.

Tickets are $100 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency community and donor family services programs. For more information, visit http://lifealliance.iviproductions.com.

The Center for Computational Science is pleased to announce Microsoft’s scalable and multicore computing strategist, Daniel Reed, Ph.D., as guest speaker for its first Distinguished Lecture. Dr. Reed will present a lecture titled “ManyCore, Clouds, Research and the Future,” which will address the ever-changing technologically advanced world of multicore processors, distributed sensors and software, virtual organizations and cloud computing infrastructure and how the new experimental and computational data affect data analysis, transport, visualization and collaboration.

Registration is now open for the fourth in a series of one-day programs presented by the Joan K. Stout, R.N. Nurses Training Program. The seminar, "2008 Trauma Update," is designed to provide a practical update that teaches a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to the care of critically ill and injured patients. Hands-on workshops on clinical skills and treatment will emphasize the assessment and management of the trauma patient. Topics to be covered include traumatic brain injury, hypothermia for brain and spinal cord injuries, airway and chest tube management, and transfusion and pain management guidelines. A unique perspective on lessons learned from the battlefield will also be presented.

This program is designed for those who provide care to trauma patients. The seminar will be held on Friday, November 21, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education's Broad-Bussel Auditorium located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building.

The registration fee is $125 and includes all learning materials and lunch. Groups of three will receive a $25 per person discount. Registration for students is $50. The program is approved for a maximum of 6.5 continuing education hours for nurses, respiratory therapists and physical therapists and 7 hours for paramedics. Register online at http://www.gcrme.med.miami.edu/2008_trauma_update.html. For more information, call 305-243-6491 or e-mail gcrmence@med.miami.edu.

Saggy Abdominal Skin
Heather Woolery-Lloyd, M.D. of the University of Miami Cosmetic Medicine and Research Institute is looking for women ages 18 to 70 who have saggy, aging skin on the abdomen. The study will evaluate whether a light-based device is safe and effective for abdominal skin tightening. If you are interested in participating, contact a member of the research staff at 305-531-5788 or cosmeticresearch@med.miami.edu.

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