Thursday, August 14, 2014

August Med School Café - Cerebral Aneurysms: Prevention and Management

The August Med School Café lecture will feature Dr. Steve Cordina, assistant professor of neurology and medical director of the University of South Alabama Stroke Center.

His lecture, titled “Cerebral Aneurysms: Prevention and Management,” will take place Aug. 28, 2014, in the John Counts Room in the USA Mitchell Center on USA’s main campus. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation begins at noon.

During the talk, Dr. Cordina will discuss the risk factors of developing cerebral aneurysms and what can be done to repair them once they have been discovered.

Dr. Cordina earned his medical degree from the University of Malta in Msida, Malta. He completed his residency training in neurology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Department of Neurology and Neurosciences in Newark, N.J. This was followed by a vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Minnesota.

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@health.southalabama.edu.

Parking will be available in the South lot (Old Shell Road entrance) of the USA Mitchell Center. For directions, click here.

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.


Dr Cordina Med School Cafe Teaser from USA Health System on Vimeo.