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26TH ANNUAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINTER SEMINAR
DIRECTING OUR FOCUS ON HEALTHCARE ISSUES IN AN AGING POPULATION


AGENDA
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2009

7:00 PM

Opening Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Karl P. Adler, MD
President & CEO, New York Medical College
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 - 8:15 AM Welcoming Remarks
Joseph F. Dursi, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery – NYMC
8:15 - 8:30 AM Alumni President’s Report
Eileen A. Dieck, MD ‘86
President, NYMC Alumni Association
8:30 - 9:00 AM New Directions for an Aging School Planning
for our Sesquicentennial Celebration
Karl P. Adler, MD
President & CEO, NYMC
9:00 - 9:30 AM Surgical Management of DJD in Middle Aged Athletes
Peter A. Indelicato, MD
Professor & Chief, Division of Sports Medicine, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
9:30 - 10:00 AM The Kogod Center on Aging: Mayo’s Approach to
a Longer and Healthier Life

Nicholas F. Larusso, MD ‘69
Charles H. Weinman Endowed Professor of Medicine &
Director of the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
10:00 - 10:30 AM Current Treatment Options for Prostrate Cancer
Muhammad S. Choudhury, MD
Professor & Chairman, Department of Urology, NYMC
10:30 – 11:00 AM Special Anesthetic Considerations in Elderly Patients
Kathryn E. McGoldrick, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, NYMC
11:00 AM - 12 PM Panel Discussion
Joseph F. Dursi, MD - Moderator
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 AM NYMC 2009 – Dean’s Update
Ralph A. O’Connell, MD
Provost & Dean - NYMC
8:30 - 9:00 AM The Tyranny of the ACGME
Richard J. Macchia, MD ‘69
Chairman & SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Urology
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
9:00 – 9:30 AM Solving the Mysteries of Diverticulitis
John A. Savino, MD
Professor & Chairman of Surgery, NYMC
9:30 – 10:00 AM Total Joint Replacement in the Morbidly Obese Patient
Lester S. Borden, MD ‘69
Director, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery (Retired),
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
10:00 – 10:30 AM Indications for Implantable Defibrillators
Carmine A. Sorbera, MD, ‘83
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYMC
10:30 - 11:00 AM Emergency Surgical Care in the United States
Jay A. Yelon, DO
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, NYMC
11:00 – 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
Joseph F. Dursi, MD - Moderator
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 AM Bioengineering in Orthopaedic Surgery:
Past, Present, Future

David E. Asprinio, MD
Professor & Chairman of Othopaedics – NYMC
8:30 - 9:00 AM New Horizons in Lipid Management
Stephen J. Peterson, MD
Professor & Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, NYMC
9:00 – 9:30 AM Stroke: “From Biblical Wrath to Treatable Disease”
Stephen J. Marks, MD ‘89
Associate Professor of Neurology, NYMC
9:30 – 10:00 AM Can Surgery Cure Diabetes in the Non-Obese?
Ashutosh Kaul, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, NYMC
10:00 – 10:30 AM Strategies for the Management of Vascular Diseases in the Elderly
Sateesh Babu, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery, NYMC
10:30 - 11:00 AM Promoting Health and Function in an Aging Population
Daniel Zelazny, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYMC
11:00 – 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
Joseph F. Dursi, MD - Moderator
 

 


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