Health Professions Speaker Series
Spring 2012
Thursdays, 5 to 7 pm
Hensill Hall, Room 501
Healthy Snacks and Refreshments Provided
Coordinators
Stella Chan (schan029@gmail.com)
Ed Kobayashi (edward.kobayashi@gmail.com)
Alexandria Meyers (ameyers07@gmail.com)
| Date | Speaker |
Thursday, February 23 |
Panel Discussion: UCSF Health Profession Students |
Thursday, March 1 |
Andrew Arellano, Recruiter and Advisor, Rosenberg School of Optometry |
Thursday, March 8 |
Hobart Harris, MD, UCSF Chief of General SurgeryDr. Harris has his expertise in treating surgical infections and diseases of the pancreas and biliary system. Dr. Harris is also a Principal Investigator in the UCSF Surgical Research Laboratory at San Francisco General Hospital and performs research on surgical infections, innate immunity, and inflammatory diseases of the pancreas. Dr. Harris earned his undergraduate, medical, and public health degrees at Harvard University and his internship and residency in surgery at UCSF. Dr. Harris will speak about topics and issues in general surgery. |
Thursday, March 15 |
Tom Hueller, Associate Director of Admissions for Ross University |
Thursday, April 12 |
Conan MacDougall, PharmD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSFDr. MacDougall is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. He provides clinical service to the Infectious Diseases Consult Service at UCSF Medical Center and participates in UCSF's antimicrobial management program. His research interests include the pharmacoepidemiology of antimicrobial use in hospitals and communities, associations between antimicrobial use and resistance, and the clinical use of antifungal agents. Dr. MacDougall co-coordinates the clinical pharmacy therapeutics course in infectious diseases and oncology, precepts students on the infectious diseases rotation, and lectures on antimicrobial agent pharmacology. He will be speaking about his experiences with pharmacy as a career. |
Thursday, April 26 |
Marc Anderson, Professor of Organic Chemistry, SFSU |
TBA |
Mike Ren, MD, Cardiologist, The Permanente Medical Group
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TBA |
Fred Tovar, Assistant Director of Admissions for Stanford’s PA Program, HCOP, and MCAT AcademyMr. Tovar is Assistant Director of Admissions for the Stanford SOM Primary Care Associate Program. He will speak to us about applying to Stanford SOM and the PA program, as well as about diversity issues in medical education. In addition, he will be presenting about the Stanford MCAT Academy program, an MCAT preparation program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
If you have any suggestions for a speaker please let us know.
If you are a health professions organization (AMSA, SHAC, PHSC, Pre-Dental Club, Pre-Pharm Club, Pre-Opto Club, etc.) and would like to sponsor an event, please contact us. We will hold this weekly Health Professions Speaker Series every fall and spring semester.
