Nov 14, 2007

Tropical & Travel Medicine Seminar

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As we continue this fall's TTM seminars, the November Seminar was held on Wed, Nov 14.  We hope you enjoyed the evening. If you missed any of the speakers.   The November TTM will focus on "What's New in Travel & Tropical Medicine in 2007" 

Location:

Twin Cities Shriners Hospital for Children

2025 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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The schedule is as follows:

6:00  Dinner and Announcements

6:10 - 6:25   Global Health Update  David R Boulware MD, MPH, DTMH - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & International Medicine, University of Minnesota. 

6:25 - 7:00   Update in Refugee Health: Malaria in Minnesota Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?  Stefan Colinet-Alder MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. Internal Medicine Resident.

7:00 - 7:10   Break

7:10 - 7:45   Update from the 2007 American Society of Tropical Medicine (ASTMH) Conference  - What's new in tropical medicine? Nadia Sam Agudu MD DTM&H, Senior Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Minnesota.       Follow up References to Artesunate derivatives and use of rectal artemether BMJ 2005 

Nothing But Nets Campaign to provide mosquito nets to prevent malaria.

7:45  Adjournment

8:00 - 8:30   [Optional] University of Minnesota, Global Health Residency Pathway meeting.  This is a quarterly meeting of internal medicine residents involved in the global health pathway.  This meeting will cover the possibilities for international electives for 2007-2008, mentoring, and other programmatic activities. This is an open meeting, thus any community members interested in learning more about the ongoing residency pathway programs are welcome to attend.

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All are welcome; there is no fee.  We would like to sincerely thank Mark Prueter and Shelly Golden from GlaxoSmithKline for their ongoing support.

We hope you may attend.  RSVP's are appreciated via Email. Please express your gratitude to the presenters and supporters as all participants volunteer their knowledge, time and services. Also, we appreciate your ongoing feedback as we strive to make this seminar series high quality and aim to provide information that will help you care for patients locally and globally.

 

      Sincerely,

      Ann Settgast, David Boulware, Jonathan Sellman, Bill Stauffer & Pat Walker

 

Last updated:16 Apr 2009