Bonnie Blomberg, Ph.D., was 9 years old when she checked out the book Microbe Hunters from her elementary school’s library.

The second annual Integrative Medicine Symposium and Expo 2009 is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the Medical Wellness Center. Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., will get things started with opening remarks beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. The Expo will continue until 5:15 p.m. with four to five sessions running concurrently throughout the day.

This Friday at 4 p.m., colleagues from the Miller School and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will present a tribute honoring the life and work of William J. Harrington Jr., M.D.

Harrington, a world-renowned expert in viral-induced malignant disease, died unexpectedly in January. His life and work continue to be an inspiration to his family and those who worked alongside him.

All are invited to attend a memorial tribute in his honor from 4 to 5 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Diagnostic Treatment Center, second-floor conference room.

For more information, please contact the Office of Education and Training at 305-243-2287.

On April 7, all faculty, staff and temporary employees received a communication requiring them to complete the new HIPAA Privacy and Security Awareness Training computer-based learning module in ULearn, as well as acknowledge the Confidentiality and Computer Use Agreement and the HIPAA Confidentiality Agreement on myUM. The deadline for completion of these items associated with the mandate is Monday, May 4. If you have not done so already, please complete these tasks prior to the deadline.

For more information, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Office of HIPAA Privacy and Security at http://www.med.miami.edu/hipaa/public/x426.xml.

In an effort to help health district employees and area residents obtain easier access to fresh fruits and vegetables and promote a healthier lifestyle, the Jackson Memorial Foundation is hosting a Green Market this Thursday and Thursday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Alamo Park.

There are certain medications covered by the UM/Aetna medical plan that have precertification requirements. Some of these medications include Nexium, Protonix, Prevacid, Avodart, Celebrex, Xolair and Allegra. For a complete list of medications which require precertification, visit www.miami.edu/benefits. If you filled one of these prescriptions between January 1 and March 31, your prior authorization under Humana was used and you do not need to obtain precertification for that medication for the remainder of the calendar year. 

Aetna’s precertification requirements apply to new prescriptions filled beginning April 1.  If you need to obtain a medication which requires precertification, your physician needs to obtain approval for you by either contacting Aetna’s precertification department at 1-800-414-2386, or
by faxing the Aetna precertification form, which can be found at www.miami.edu/benefits/forms to Aetna’s precertification department at 1-800-408-2386.

At its meeting on March 25, the Faculty Senate passed the following legislation that was approved by President Donna E. Shalala.

#2008-20(B) - Change in the Membership of the Graduate Faculty in the Faculty Manual, section C2.9 can be viewed at https://www.miami.edu/faculty-senate/2008-legislation/2008-20.pdf.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established new stipend levels for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) for undergraduate, pre- and post-doctoral trainees, and fellows for the 2009 federal fiscal year. Training-related expenses for trainees and the institutional allowance for individual fellows have not changed.

The University of Miami Stimulus Working Group was created to organize UM’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-related efforts. The Stimulus Working Group focuses on coordinating opportunities that will support the University’s core missions of education, research and service to the community including clinical care. Representatives of the group include leaders from all campuses and key administrative units including student services, strategic planning, facilities, real estate and construction, and business services. The group is led by Joe Natoli, senior vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer, in consultation with Rudy Fernandez, vice president of government affairs.

This is a reminder of the University’s policy for clinical research subject enrollment. The Office of Research tracks all subjects involved in clinical research protocols that test a drug, device or biologic and/or involve procedures such as lab tests and/or interventions on a patient. According to the policy, a principal investigator (or their designee) must submit a research subject enrollment/disenrollment form within 24 hours of subject consent or disenrollment from a study for any reason other than the end of the study.

April offers through the UMatter Employee Discount Program include discounts for UM athletic tickets, the new Saltimbanco by Cirque du Soleil, Orlando theme parks and more. To download the April "Tickets at Work" bulletin, visit www.miami.edu/benefits/2009/AprilDiscounts.pdf. 

Sylvester and the Pap Corps are pleased to announce this year's Sylvester Pap Corps Developmental Cancer Research Grant Awardees. Congratulations to James Hnatyszyn, Ph.D., from the Department of Medicine, working on “The Role of STAB1 in Metastatic Breast Cancer;" Alan Pollack, M.D., Ph.D., from the Department of Radiation Oncology, working on "Genetic and Dosimetric Determinants of Toxicity in Men Treated with Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer;" Priyamvada Rai, Ph.D., from the Department of Medicine, working on "Defining Pro-Tumorigenic Mechanisms Associated with Elevated Levels of the Redox Regulatory Protein, Thioredoxin (TRX);" and Keith Webster, Ph.D., from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, working on "Targeting Hypoxic Cells in Breast Tumors by Combination Vacuolar ATPase, ERK and Glycolysis Inhibitors."

The Office of Research Information Management is offering a Velos Patient Management Workshop for all study personnel to learn how the system will help you manage patients. The workshop will include a hands-on module that will discuss patient enrollment, patient status management and patient calendars. Sessions will be held this Thursday; Thursday, April 23; and Thursday, April 30, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Dominion Tower, room 1003. 

On April 30, the Miller School of Medicine, College of Engineering and Office of the Provost will host Enterprise Development Corporation’s eighth annual Life Science Conference, Biotech 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami. The conference brings regional industry and academia together for one day to preview translational research being conducted in South Florida and to uncover new areas of collaboration.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Regenerative Medicine – New Frontiers in Cellular and Stem Cell Therapies and Tissue Engineering.” Participants will explore the field of regenerative medicine - harnessing the body's own power to regenerate a severed limb or create compatible organs for transplantation. It will also cover some of the business and ethical issues related to this theme, particularly in light of the current political and economic climate. Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University, will deliver the keynote address. Bart Chernow, M.D., vice president for special programs and resource strategy, vice provost of technology advancement, and professor of medicine; Joshua Hare, M.D., director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; and Camillo Ricordi, M.D., scientific director of the Diabetes Research Institute, will be participating in the conference.

For more information about the agenda, sponsorship and registration, please visit www.edc-tech.org.

If you refer a friend, family member or colleague to the Medical Wellness Center, you will both receive 20 percent off one month's membership. What are you waiting for? Save money and get in shape.

For more information or to sign up, please contact Nicole Nagel at nnagel@med.miami.edu.

Three UM-approved retirement vendors will visit in April to help with financial questions about your retirement plan. Employees are encouraged to schedule a meeting with a retirement consultant.

Travel Management is hosting its annual Travel Fair today (Tuesday) at the Miller School in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. The fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. At the event, you can participate in a raffle to win exciting prizes such as airline tickets, hotel stays and dinners at local restaurants. The fair will also feature UM-approved travel agencies, hotel and car rental companies among others. 

For additional information, please contact Travel Management at 305-284-1087, travel@miami.edu  or visit the Web site at www.miami.edu/travel.

Bascom Palmer invites you to the 2009 Vitreoretinal Course Update. This course, designed for retina specialists and comprehensive ophthalmologists who diagnose and treat retinal diseases, will review this year's highlights in retina care with an equal emphasis on medical and surgical advances. The course will include a two-hour "Fluorescein/OCT Imaging Conference," where faculty and fellows will present and discuss interesting and unusual cases. The course will be held May 1 and 2 at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium.

For more information and registration, please visit http://bascompalmer.org/site/info/pdf/VitreoretinalCourse2009.pdf or contact Monica Sotolongo at 305-326-6110 or msotolongo@med.miami.edu.

Ticket distribution will begin today for your choice of UM Baseball Employee Day games. Attend on Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. versus Virginia Tech or on Sunday, May 10, at 1 p.m. versus Bethune-Cookman. UM employees receive one free ticket and will have the opportunity to purchase up to four more tickets to each game for $1 per ticket. To obtain UM Baseball Employee Day tickets, download and complete the registration form at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mifl/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/Baseball-Employee-Day-209.pdf. Individuals must bring the completed form and a valid UM ID to receive ticket(s). To expedite processing your request, please fill out the form in its entirety before going for tickets. The Hurricane Ticket Office will have representatives on the medical campus today (Tuesday); this Thursday; and Tuesday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Schoninger Research Quadrangle and today (Tuesday) and Tuesday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University of Miami Hospital cafeteria.

Individuals may also pick up tickets at the Hecht Athletic Center Ticket Office, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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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. Michael D. Strong, M.D., assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, will present "Abusive Head Trauma."

For more information, please contact Javier Salazar at 305-585-6042 or jsalazar@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will present a seminar by Rachel Green, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, today (Tuesday). Dr. Green's lecture is titled "Quality Control on the Ribosome Following Peptide Formation." The event will take place at 10 a.m. in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

If you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Zafar Nawaz, Ph.D., at malhotra@miami.edu.

The Cardiovascular Division will present Grand Rounds today (Tuesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Michael Kapiloff, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, will present "Role of Scaffold Proteins in Cardiac Myocytes Signaling." 

Please join us today (Tuesday) at noon, in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Michael Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology. Dr. Kim will present a lecture titled “Drosophila Models of Dendrite Development and Disease.”

The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity will present Grand Rounds with Victor W. Sidel, M.D., Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, today (Tuesday). Dr. Sidel will present “Preventing the Health and Environmental Consequences of War: A 21st Century Task for Health Workers” at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium.

This educational activity has been approved for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. For more information, e-mail Katie Houghton at Khoughton@med.miami.edu or visit www.jayweisscenter.org.

Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Ronald Silverman, M.D., associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will present "Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction."

Learn how to use the InfoEd Proposal Development System to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the NIH at the hands-on workshop tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to noon at Dominion Tower, room 1003. 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.

A Pediatric Clinical Research Forum will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, conference room 508B. The speaker will be Jorge A. Alvarez, research associate in the Division of Pediatric Clinical Research. His presentation is titled "Baseline Predictors of Outcomes in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy."

Please RSVP to Natalya Bublik 305-243-9936 or nbublik@med.miami.edu.

Did you know that stroke is the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and all forms of cancer combined? By the year 2010, it is estimated that 18.1 million people worldwide will die annually due to cardiovascular disease and stroke. Although advances have been made in the treatment and secondary prevention of stroke and vascular events, the number of people at risk is increasing. The challenges ahead will call for more accurately defining “global vascular risk” using the abundance of multi-dimensional data available and selecting people earlier for prevention strategies. Ralph Sacco, M.D., professor and chair of neurology, will share his valuable insights on the growing impact of vascular disease on America’s health at Epidemiology and Public Health Grand Rounds tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, conference room 989. His lecture is titled “Improving Prediction and Prevention of Stroke and Global Vascular Risk.”

Chad Aarons, M.D., fourth-year resident, will present Orthopaedic Grand Rounds this Thursday from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. The lecture is titled "Childhood Injuries: Are Heelys Safe for Children?"

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds this Thursday at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Relin Yang, M.D., post-graduate research fellow, will present "A Comprehensive Analysis of Breast Cancer." Upon completion of the lecture, participants will be able to examine the effects of demographics and treatment among women with inflammatory breast cancer.

Maitreyi Das, Ph.D., post-doctoral associate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, will present a lecture titled "Spatial Regulation of Cdc42: Setting the Boundaries for Cell Growth." The event will be held this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 6018.
 
For additional information, please contact Nivia Machin-Gonzalez at 305-243-1078.

Participate in a fun game of "InfoEd Wheel of Fortune," where advanced elements of the InfoEd Proposal Development system will be explored. The event is scheduled every first and third Thursday of each month. The next session will take place this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Dominion Tower, twelfth-floor conference room.

The Institute for Women’s Health will present its Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Kate O’Hanlan, M.D., attending gynecologic oncologist and surgeon at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, California, will present "The Origins of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and How Civil Rights Impact Health." 

The Employee Assistance Program is pleased to offer a seminar for those interested in developing greater emotional fortitude and resilience. Resilient individuals are adaptive and exhibit positive behaviors when faced with adversity or trauma. This seminar aims to help participants develop their own resilience to successfully weather our rapidly changing and challenging world. By attending the seminar, you will be able to define and gain a better understanding of resiliency, identify characteristics of resilient individuals and outline ways to develop resilience.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute will present a “Frontiers in Vision Science” seminar by Paul Sternberg Jr., M.D., the G.W. Hale Professor and Chairman at Vanderbilt Eye Institute, this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Bascom Palmer's Retter Auditorium. Dr. Sternberg’s lecture is titled “Oxidative Stress and Macular Degeneration.”

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences cordially invites you to Psychiatry Grand Rounds this Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Richard Steinbook, M.D., professor and vice chair of educational affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Karina Fajardo, M.D., post-doctoral research associate; and Adriana Cortes, M.D., research fellow, will present "The Metabolic Syndrome and Schizophrenia." Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to explain the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and morbidity in patients with schizophrenia, assess the potential for weight gain, glucose metabolic impairment, and lipid abnormality with antipsychotic agents, and discover research and clinical strategies for managing metabolic abnormalities in schizophrenia.  

This educational activity has been approved for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. For additional information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073 or cbou@med.miami.edu.

Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., chairman of the Department of Neurology, cordially invites the UM community to its grand opening of the neurology clinic this Friday, April 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Professional Arts Center, suite 609

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Austin J. Cooney, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular and cellular biology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Cooney will present “Regulation of ES Cell Gene Expression” this Friday at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 21, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium, for a seminar by Edward W. Harhaj, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology. Dr. Harhaj will present a lecture titled “Negative Regulation of NF-kB and Inflammation.”

The Cardiovascular Division will present Grand Rounds on Tuesday, April 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Scott D. Solomon, M.D., director of non-invasive cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will present "The High Risk Myocardial Infarction Patient."

The Division of Hospital Medicine will present Grand Rounds on Tuesday, April 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Central Building, second-floor auditorium. Hendrikus Vanderveldt, M.D., assistant professor of clinical medicine, will present "Approach to Small Bowel Disorders."

For more information, please call Karen Harvey at 305-243-1497.

The Medical Wellness Center will present a lecture on "Women and Weight Training" by wellness instructor Fernanda Hedmont, on Tuesday, April 21, at 12:15 p.m. at the Medical Wellness Center, twelfth-floor classroom. At the lecture, you will learn why weight training is a key component in weight loss management, how weight training affects women, the benefits of weight training and how to develop a successful weight training program.

Please RSVP by tomorrow (Wednesday), by calling the front desk at 305-243-7600.

Alexander van der Ven, M.D., fourth-year resident, will present Orthopaedic Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 23, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. The lecture is titled "The Tourniquet in Extremity Surgery."

For more information, please contact Ledinaida Figueroa at lfigueroa@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 23, at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. David V. Cossman, M.D., attending surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, will present "Evidence-Based Medicine: Good or Bad for the Medical Practice?" Upon completion of the lecture, participants will understand the value of evidence-based medicine.

The Division of Hospital Medicine will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 23, at noon at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Amar Deshpande, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, will present "Acute Upper GI Bleeding - 2009." By attending this lecture, participants will be able to assess the epidemiology and presentation of upper GI bleeding, understand the data regarding the initial management of bleeding, distinguish the indications for emergent/urgent endoscopic evaluation and treatment, and comprehend the signs of rebleeding. The lecture is designed for family practitioners, emergency physicians, surgeons, internists and hospitalists.

The inaugural Social Medicine Advocacy, Research and Training (SMART) Forum, hosted by the Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity, will take place on Friday, April 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

The aim of the forum is to encourage interdisciplinary and community-based approaches for addressing health disparities. All University faculty, staff and graduate students are encouraged to attend. The forum will address topics in social medicine and health equity including public health; social epidemiology; community-based participatory research; qualitative research with underserved populations; evaluation of University-community partnerships to impact community or individual health outcomes; health behaviors and lifestyles; health communications and education; health services and economics; health care ethics; population health; and genomics.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Christopher Francklyn, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington. Dr. Francklyn will present “Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases - First Responders to the Challenge of Protein Synthesis” on Friday, April 24, at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

The Employee Assistance Program is pleased to sponsor an informational seminar for those interested in learning more about Medicare benefits. If you are near retirement and have questions about this program, attend a one-hour presentation on Friday, April 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at Dominion Parking Garage, suite 155. Kathy Sarmiento, SHINE liaison for the Alliance for Aging, will be the speaker. By attending the seminar, participants will learn how Medicare works with other insurances and social security and how to make decisions about the different parts of Medicare (parts A, B, C and D).

Join us on Friday, April 24, at 1 p.m. at Sylvester conference room 1301 for a Sylvester Distinguished Lecture by Alan Ashworth, Ph.D., director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre and professor of molecular biology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. Dr. Ashworth will present "Synthetic Lethal Approaches to the Development of New Therapies Targeting DNA Repair Deficiencies in Cancer."

No RSVP is required. For further information, contact Diane Dames at ddames@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Medicine will present a research conference on Monday, April 27, at noon in the Medical Training and Simulation Laboratory, conference room. Antonio Bianco, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, will present "Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Action During Development."

Lunch will be provided. For more information, send an e-mail to zrodriguez@med.miami.edu or visit http://www.med.miami.edu/medicine/x522.xml.

The Faculty Senate invites all faculty to attend the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award ceremony and reception to honor Yadong Luo, Ph.D., professor and chair of management, on Monday, April 27, at 4 p.m. on the Coral Gables campus at the School of Business Administration, Storer Auditorium. Dr. Luo will also present a lecture titled "International Management in an Epoch of Global Co-Opetition," followed by a reception.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will present Grand Rounds on Monday, April 27, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Cynthia Henley and Kathryn Wollam, physical therapists in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine's Post Polio Clinic, will present “Rehabilitation Guidelines in Post Polio.” 

Please join us on Tuesday, April 28, at noon, in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Robert W. Keane, Ph.D., professor of physiology and biophysics at the Miller School. Dr. Keane will present a lecture titled "Inflammasome Activation in the CNS."

The Cardiovascular Division will present Grand Rounds on Tuesday, April 28, from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Vivek Reddy, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, will present "Advances in Non-Pharmacological Management of Atrial Fibrillation."

The Human Subjects Protections Program Brown Bag Lunch Series is intended to inform researchers and others who have an interest in research about issues surrounding Human Subjects Protections. The seminars are presented in an informal manner and interaction from participants is encouraged. The next seminar will take place on Tuesday, April 28, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023. 

Registration is required through ULearn. For questions, 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 is to educate key personnel and administrators about the fiscal and compliance issues of pre- and post-award management. The workshop will cover the most recent information on the grant process from finding funding opportunities to closing an account, review the principal investigator's role and responsibility for administering sponsored projects, explain established policies and procedures, and provide an overview of the central support services available with a focus on federal grants. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 29, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Dominion Tower, twelfth-floor conference room.

Space is limited, and registration is required through ULearn. For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu.

UM's Healthy Steps program will present a seminar by Sheah Rarback, R.D., director of the Mailman Center's Nutrition Division, on Wednesday, April 29, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023. The presentation will focus on promoting healthy eating habits for infants, toddlers and young children.

Please RSVP by Monday, April 27, to Indira Abraham-Pratt at ipratt@med.miami.edu or 305-905-3915.

Please join us for the fifteenth annual Leon Schiff Department of Medicine Grand Rounds with guest speaker Nicholas Francis LaRusso, M.D., the Charles H. Weinman Endowed Professor of Medicine and medical director of the Center for Innovation at Mayo Clinic. Dr. LaRusso will present "Cholangiocytes, Cilia and Cysts: What's the Connection?" By attending, participants will have a better understanding of cholestatic liver disease. The lecture will focus on the importance of cholangiocytes to the physiology and pathophysiology of the liver, insights into the molecular mechanisms of ductal bile formation and hepatic cystogenesis and the importance of cilia in normal and abnormal cholangiocyte function. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 29, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium.

The Department of Orthopaedics will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 30, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Chitranjan Ranawat, M.D., clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Weill Medical College at Cornell University and director of the Ranawat Orthopaedic Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, will present "Arthroplasty: Observations from the Last Forty Years and Predictions for the Next Forty Years."

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 30, at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Gregory M. Buncke, M.D., director of the Buncke Clinic at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, will present "Microsurgical Management of Extremity Injuries." Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to explain the early history of microsurgery and  how to manage amputation injuries.

Registration is open for a one-day seminar presented by the Joan K. Stout R.N. Nurses Training Program. The program is designed for health care providers who diagnose and manage critical ECGs and arrhythmias in various practice settings. Interactive lectures will include case-based presentations using the audience response system. The event will also feature advanced and basic skills workshops that will provide practice and faculty feedback to enhance learning. Sessions will focus on simple and complex patient case studies of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, conduction defects and heart blocks, and 12-Lead ECG Abnormalities. 

The program is approved for 6.5 continuing education hours for nurses, respiratory therapists and physical therapists, and seven hours for paramedics. The registration fee is $125 for licensed professionals and $50 for non-licensed students, and includes learning materials, a continental breakfast and breaks; lunch is not included. Groups of three or more licensed professionals will receive a $25 per person discount. The program will be May 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building. Please register online at http://www.gcrme.med.miami.edu/2009_ecg_arrhythmias.html. For more information, call 305-243-6491 or send an e-mail to gcrmence@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Masayori Inouye, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry at the State University of New Jersey Rutgers in Piscataway. Dr. Inouye will present "Deciphering Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Systems" on Friday, May 1, at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

Take time for your health and join University of Miami Hospital and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in celebrating National Women’s Health Week at the second annual Women’s Health Day Miami. The event will feature interactive information sessions with UHealth physicians, a keynote lecture by CBS4 news anchor Shannon Hori, hospital tours, health exhibits, a heart-healthy breakfast and door prizes.

Lecture topics include "Preparing for Pregnancy;" "Managing Menopause;" "Cancer Prevention and Early Detection;" "Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women;" and "Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery." Sessions will be presented in English and Spanish.

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute will hold its third annual Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Symposium on Friday, May 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium. This symposium brings together leading experts to discuss novel data on cutting-edge advancements in the field of stem cell research. Discussions from prominent keynote speakers include Evangelos Badiavas, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the Miller School; Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D., associate professor of the stem cell program in the Institute of Cell Engineering at Johns Hopkins University; W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair and professor of neurological surgery and scientific director of The Miami Project to Paralysis; Eli Gilboa, Dodson Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Joshua M. Hare, M.D., director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; Richard Jones, M.D., professor of oncology and medicine and director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Johns Hopkins University; Jane Lebkowski, Ph.D., senior vice president of regenerative medicine at Geron Corporation in California; Paul Schiller, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine and biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miller School; and John Wagner, M.D., professor and clinical director of the Stem Cell Institute at the University of Minnesota. 

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