Spring 2006 Mini Medical School

The Spring 2006 Mini Medical School will be a new series focusing on the gastrointestinal area of the body titled: On the Right (GI) Tract. Session topics will include:

March 27: GI Geography: Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract 

Ken Roberts, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Urologic Surgery, Medical School
Director, Program in Human Anatomy Education     

April 3: Watch Your Mouth! A Guide to Oral Health & Nutrition

Gary Anderson, D.D.S., M.S., Associate Professor, Diagnostic & Biological Sciences
Senior Associate Dean, School of Dentistry

Linda Brady, Ph.D., Professor, Food Science & Nutrition, College of Agricultural, Food, & Environmental Sciences and College of Human Ecology  

April 10: The Obesity Epidemic & Shrinking the Problem

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Medical School
Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Sayeed Ikramuddin, M.D., Associate Professor, Surgery, Medical School
Director, Bariatric Surgery; Co-Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery  

April 17: From the Colon to the Gas We Pass

Robert Madoff, M.D., Professor, Surgery, Medical School
Chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery

Michael Levitt, M.D, Professor, Medicine, Medical School
Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Minneapolis VA Medical Center

April 24:  When Good Organs Turn Bad: Diabetes & the Pancreas, Hepatitis & the Liver

Richard Bergenstal, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Medical School
Executive Director, International Diabetes Center

John Lake, M.D., Professor, Medicine, Medical School
Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition

Classes are Monday evenings, 6 to 8:30 p.m., in 3-120 Molecular Cellular Biology Building. Registration for the five classes is $60.

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