Neurofax Calendar - Neuroscience Research Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston May 2009
Seminars and Lectures

Friday, 1

Department of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – The Methodist Hospital
Case Presentation Conference
7:00 a.m., Dunn Comal/Frio, (Methodist Hospital Conference Center)

Monday, 4

Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture – UTHMS
Douglas Mann, M.D., University of Washington, St. Louis
“The Treatment of Heart Failure in the Postmodern World”
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

Neurosurgery Curriculum Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100

Wednesday, 6

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Deidre E. Davis, M.D. and Leng Bang, M.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
"Video Game Addiction: Is It Real?"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Thursday, 7

Deborah M. Richman Memorial Lecture – UTMDACC
James M. Gallo, PharmD, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Temple University
"Target Tissue Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Models of Anticancer Drugs: A Missing Link in Translational Medicine"
10:00 a.m., Onstead Auditorium, Third Floor, Mitchell Building, MDACC

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Carlos Brody, Ph.D., Princeton University
"Title to be announced"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Neurosurgery M&M Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100

Friday, 8

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Anthony Zador, M.D., Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
“Mechanisms of Attention in Rat Auditory Cortex”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Richard Frye, M.D., Department of Pediatrics-Neurology, UTMSH
“To be announced”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Neurology Grand Rounds – The Methodist Hospital
Amit Verma, M.D., Director, Divisions of Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine, Methodist Neurological Institute
"Options for Patients with Refractory Epilepsy"
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137)

Monday, 11

Neurosurgery Curriculum Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100

Wednesday, 13

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Rhoda G. Seplowitz, M.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
"Management of Bipolar Disorder Through the Reproductive Years"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Kathy Scott-Gurnell, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH, and Toi Harris, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
"Title to be announced"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Friday, 15

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – Adult Tumor Board – The Methodist Hospital
Pamela New, M.D., Neuro-Oncologist, Department of Neurology, TMH
7:00 a.m., Dunn Comal/Frio, (Methodist Hospital Conference Center)

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Michael Shadlen, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine
“Believing and Time: A Neural Mechanism of Decision Making”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

32nd Annual Lewis A. Leavitt, M.D. Lectureship
Nicholas Schiff, M.D., Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
“Recovery of Consciousness after Brain Injury”
11:30 a.m., MSB 3.001
Cosponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
James Grotta, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
Neurology Case Presentation
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Monday, 18

Neurosurgery Curriculum Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100

Wednesday, 20

Department of Neurosurgery – The Methodist Hospital
David Carrier, M.D., Neuroradiologist
Neuroradiology Case Presentation Conference
7:00 a.m., Scurlock Tower, Suite 944

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Deborah Pearson, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
"Title to be announced"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Thursday, 21

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Jeremy D. Slater, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“New Antiepileptic Drugs in Development – A View of the Future”
7:30 a.m., MSB G.100

Neurosurgery M&M Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100

Friday, 22

Department of Neurosurgery – Neuroradiology Case Presentation Conference – The Methodist Hospital
Judy L. Paukert, Ph.D., DIO, Graduate Medical Education Department, TMH
"The Difficult or “Problem” Learner – Management"
7:00 a.m., Fondren 100 Conference Room

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Allen Burton, M.D., Department of Pain Medicine, UTMDACC
“Chronic Cancer Pain – A New Disease?”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Neurology Grand Rounds – The Methodist Hospital
Stanley Fisher, M.D., Co-Director of Movement Disorders and Neurorehabilitation Center, Methodist Neurological Institute
"The Role of MAO-B inhibitors in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease"
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137)

Wednesday, 27

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Ranjit Chacko , M.B.B.S., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
"Title to be announced"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Friday, 29

Department of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – The Methodist Hospital (TMH)
Journal Club Conference
7:00 a.m., Fondren 100 Conference Room

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Theresa Jones, Ph.D., Department of of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin
“To be announced”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

2nd Annual Stanley H. Appel Resident Education Distinguished Lecture – The Methodist Hospital
Clifton L. Gooch, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of South Florida College of Medicine
"The Life and Death of the Motor Unit in ALS"
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137)

 

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