This week's Med School Café lecture, "The Challenges of Parkinson's Disease," featured Dr. Dean Naritoku, professor and chair of neurology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Dr. Naritoku outlined the causes of the disease, as well as treatment options and promising new research. The lecture had a total of 67 attendees.
The next Med School Café is scheduled for July 22, 2010. The lecture will feature Dr. Ronald Franks, vice president for health sciences and professor of psychiatry at the USA College of Medicine. Dr. Franks will lecture on post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and loss in regards to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that has made a damaging impact on the Gulf Coast. If you are interested in attending, email kebarnes@usouthal.edu for details.
