SIU to Host 8th Session of "Mini Med School"

SIU Mini Medical School, a six-week series of 12 lectures on various medical and health care topics, will be presented in Springfield on consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning February 17. A program of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, the lectures are presented in an easy to understand format and cover a range of topics. (Editor: See attached list.)

Two lectures will be given from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday evenings February 17 through March 23, in the School's South Auditorium, 801 N. Rutledge St. (second floor), Springfield. Refreshments will be served before each session beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Mini Medical School program is organized each year by SIU sophomore medical students. The lecturers are physicians and other faculty at the School of Medicine selected by the students in part because of their good teaching style. This year's topics are aging and age-related hearing loss, burn management, cancer care, family dynamics, health effects of exercise, heart disease, imaging, menopause and hormone replacement therapy, SARS, Social Security rights and rules, and total joint replacement.

The cost is $15 for the lecture series, which includes supplemental materials. Pre-registration is preferred and can be done by calling the School's Office of Research and Faculty Affairs at 217-545-7936 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Registration also can be done at the door. Parking is available on the north side of the building.

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February 17 -- Judith Bartels, Social Security Administration -- "Social Security - Rights and Rules"

Dr. Thomas Robbins, interim director of the SIU Cancer Institute and professor and chair of otolaryngology head and neck surgery division -- "Modern Cancer Care"

February 24 -- Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D., professor of internal medicine and physiology -- "Aging"

Dr. Stephen Milner, associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery -- "Latest Developments in Burn Management"

March 2 -- Debbie Andrews, Education and Curriculum staff member -- "Family Sculpture - A Delicate Balance"

Dr. Nancy Khardori, Ph.D., professor and chief of infectious diseases -- "SARS"

March 9 -- Dr. Andrew Sherrick, professor and chair of radiology -- "Advances in Imaging the Body - One Century Past the Invention of the X-ray"

Donald Caspary, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology -- "What Does Age-Related Hearing Loss Do to the Brain?"

March 16 -- Dr. Laura Rogers, associate professor of internal medicine -- "The Health Effects of Exercise"

Dr. Erica Nelson, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology -- "Current Management of Menopause"

March 23 -- Dr. Frank Aguirre, volunteer faculty member in internal medicine and Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd. -- "Heart Disease"

Dr. Per Freitag, Ph.D., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation -- "Total Joint Replacement"