Winter Seminar Updates Physicians on Managing Sports Injuries
The Alumni Association presented its 17th Annual Winter Seminar from January 30 to February 5 at the Hyatt Regency Cerromar Beach Resort in Dorado, Puerto Rico. During the four-day Continuing Medical Education program, College and guest faculty brought primary care physicians up-to-date on new directions in the diagnosis and treatment of common sports injuries and associated problems, ranging from tennis elbow to spinal injury and osteoporosis.
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| College presenters at the Annual Winter Seminar in Puerto Rico are, from left, Louis E. Fierro, M.D.'60; Rev. Msgr. Harry C. Barrett, D. Min., M.P.H.; Susan A. Kline, M.D., executive vice dean, academic affairs; Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. '59; and Robert E. Zickel, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. |
Chaired by Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. ’59, associate professor of surgery and associate dean of continuing medical education, the program opened with an Alumni Association report by Louis E. Fierro, M.D. ’60, association president, and a discussion by Rev. Msgr. Harry C. Barrett, D.Min., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer, of how the future of NYMC will impact on the next generation of physicians. The program offered participants 18 hours of Category I credit toward the American Medical Association’s Physician’s Recognition Award.
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| Joseph F. Dursi, M.D. '59, and his wife Martha, center, are flanked by Julie A. Kubaska, director for university alumni relations, and her husband David. |