Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Med School Cafe' - SRO at Mobile Museum of Art


Last week, Dr. G. Mustafa Awan, director of Interventional Cardiology and assistant professor internal medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine gave a lecture titled “State of the Art Care for Peripheral Artery Disease” at the Mobile Museum of Art. 

In case you missed the lecture, it will be available to watch online next week.  Starting next week, you can view the entire lecture by visiting - http://www.southalabama.edu/usahealthsystem/medschoolcafe.html .

Pediatric Resident To Be Featured

Press-Register will feature Dr. Madichie in an article to publish sometime this week.   Pick up a paper or read online at http://www.al.com/ .

3rd Annual USA COM Research Forum

This year's Research Forum was held on Nov. 20th.  Below are several photos from the event.





H1N1 Vaccination Clinic at Mitchell Center


At the USA Mitchell Center this week, 1,160 flu shots were given to USA students, faculty and staff, and their dependents. Credit for the success goes to Tom and Mary Meyer, their nursing students, and other nursing faculty members for their expertise. Students were well prepared and handled the high volume of patients with great attitudes and professional demeanor. Kudos to all involved for a great team effort!


Endowed Eran & N.Q. Adams Lecture and Visiting Professorship in Neurology


Dr. Benn E. Smith will be presenting the first Endowed Eran and N.Q. Adams Lecture and Visiting Professorship in Neurology on December 2, 2009 at 10 a.m. Dr. Smith’s lecture, “What Does Autonomic Testing Bring to the Neurology Table,” will take place at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in the second floor conference room.

Dr. Smith is an associate professor of neurology with the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Smith also serves as the director of the Sensory Laboratory, the Electromyography Laboratory, and the EMG/Neuromuscular Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. In addition to his more than 20 years of experience as an instructor, Dr. Smith has made presentations throughout the world and written 30 peer-reviewed articles and 13 textbook chapters on the subject of neurology.

Dr. Smith received his bachelor of arts in physiology from the University of California at Berkley in 1980 and his medical degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1984. He completed his internship, residency and two fellowships at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Dr. Smith is certified with the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medical Examiners.