Tuesday, March 12, 2013

March Med School Café - 'Tales of Sleep Medicine: Disk Jockeys, Nuclear Catastrophes and Obese Presidents'

The March Med School Café lecture will feature Dr. William A. Jet Broughton, professor of internal medicine at the USA College of Medicine.

His lecture, titled “Tales of Sleep Medicine: Disk Jockeys, Nuclear Catastrophes and Obese Presidents,” will take place March 22, 2013, at the USA Faculty Club on USA’s main campus. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation begins at noon.

Dr. Broughton, who is board-certified in sleep medicine by both the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Medical Specialties, will lecture about the development of sleep medicine and its most common disorder – obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Broughton is also board-certified in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine.

The Med School Café lecture and lunch are provided free of charge, but reservations are required. For more information or to make reservations, call Kim Partridge at (251) 460-7770 or e-mail kepartridge@usouthal.edu.

Med School Café is a free community lecture series sponsored by the USA Physicians Group. Each month, faculty from the USA College of Medicine share their expertise on a specific medical condition, providing insight on the latest treatment available.