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NOVEMBER 2011
An educational bulletin of Mercer University School of Medicine & The Medical Center of Central Georgia
Volume 25: Issue 1
In this issue
1 History of Medicin
2012
2 Certified CME
Activities
3 Non-CME Activit
3 Trauma Symposiu
4 Joint Research Co
ference
5 Departmental New
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
13th Annual History of Medicine Symposium
February 9, 2012
Medical Center of Central Georgia
Eversole AuditoriumThe Mercer University School of medi-
cine Department of Surgery is pleased
to announce the 13th
Annual History of
Medicine Symposium will occur in the
MCCG Eversole Auditorium on Febru-
ary 9, 2012. PLEASE SAVE THE
DATE.
We are extremely fortunate to haveas our featured speaker Lamar S.
McGinnis, Jr. M.D., F.A.C.S., immedi-
ate Past-President of the American Col-
lege of Surgeons; former President of
the American Cancer Society.
We solicit abstracts for presentation at the symposium from students, resi-
dents, faculty and regional physicians. Please send your abstract for a 20
minute presentation to the Medical Education Department of Surgery on the
5th floor of the Peyton Anderson Health Education Center, MSC# 140.
Welcome New Employee!
Mrs. Keysha Piercejoins the Mercer University School of Medicine at the Medical Center
of Central Georgia, Department of Medical Education as their Clinical Medical Education
Coordinator for the 3rd and 4th Year Clerkship Program. Keysha comes to us from Com-
munity Medicine where she was the Administrative Secretary. Please join us in welcoming
Keysha to the team. You may contact Mrs. Pierce at (478) 633-1063 or
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Presented by:
Division of Basic Medical SciencesMercer University School of Medicine
Thursday, December 1, 2011
5:00 6:00 P.M.
Trice Auditorium First Floor
The Medical Center of Central Georgia
Program
5:00 p.m. Qihai (David) Gu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of PhysiologyHouse dust mite, protease-activated receptor-2, and allergic asthma.
Comments: Douglas P. Farman, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonology
5:20 p.m. Laura Silo-Suh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of MicrobiologyCharacterization ofPseudomonas aeruginosa genes involved in persistence.
Comments: Laurie Quinn, RN, Infection Preventionist
5:40 p.m. Mark Swanson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of GeneticsGenetic analysis of cellular response to stress.
Comments: Frank P. Bowyer, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
6:00 p.m. NETWORKING in the FOYER with SPEAKERS
Introductions: Joseph M. Van De Water, M.D.
Professor, Surgery, Assistant Dean for Research
NOTE: This is not a CME certified activity.
M e rc er U n i v e r s it y S c h o o l o f M e d i ci n e
M ed ica l Cen ter o f Cen t ra l Georg ia
Jo in t Resea rch Con ference
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The SynapseTony G. Blash, Medical Education Coordinator
Editor: Stacy Jackson, Administrative Coordinator, Continuing Medical Education
Office of Medical Education
790 First Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 (478) 633-1634
Fax: (478) 633-1578 e-mail: [email protected]
View this edition of the Synapse at:
http://medicine.mercer.edu/Departments/cme/cme_synapseThe Synapse is a monthly newsletter produced by Mercer University School of
Medicine/Medical Center of Central Georgia Office of Medical Education as a
resource for the physicians of Georgia.
DEPARTMENTAL NEWSInternal Medicine Department -
Four resident physicians from the Internal Medicine Residency Program at MUSM and MCCG have been se-
lected to present posters at the American College of Physicians/Georgia Chapter meeting being held atCalloway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, October 28-30, 2011.
The residents chosen to present posters are: Niki Patel, MD, PGY-3, David Cox, MD, PGY-2; Sara Chap-
pell-Knabe, MD, PGY-2; and Kamal Mandalapu, MD, PGY-2. Congratulations to all of these residents ontheir selection.
