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VCU Mini-Med School
The Mini-Medical School, a semi-annual lecture series sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at VCU, The Science Museum of Virginia and the Annabella R. Jenkins Foundation, presents cutting-edge scientific research and clinical medicine to the greater Richmond community. This one evening per week class allows participants to receive understandable biomedical information in a relaxed, but highly informative environment. Participants are provided information that allows them to make more educated decisions regarding health care management and public policy pertaining to science and technology.

Video – Mini-Med School

Winter 2008

The Cutting Edge: Advances in Surgical Technology
Wednesdays, Feb. 6 - March 12, 2008
7 – 9 p.m.

Healthcare experts from VCU Medical Center explore the latest surgical methods including gamma knife surgery, videoscopic, laparoscopic and laser surgery.
This lecture series is presented in conjunction with Zap! Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge at the Science Museum of Virginia Jan. 19 - May 4, 2008. This visiting exhibition is sponsored by Owens & Minor and Lipstock Lasik & Cataract Center.

Winter 2008 schedule

Robotic Surgery
Feb. 6, 2008

James W. Maher, M.D.
Paul J. Nutter Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Division of General Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
VCU Medical Center

Trilogy and Gamma Knife Neurosurgery
Feb. 13, 2008

William C. Broaddus, M.D., Ph.D.                                                                   HordProfessor
Director, VCU Neuro-oncology Program
Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Department of Radiation Oncology
VCU Medical Center

History of Surgery
Feb. 20, 2008

Charles E. Bagwell, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chairman, Division of Pediatric Surgery
VCU Medical Center

Cryotherapy of Human Tumors: History and Indications
Feb. 27, 2008

James Neifeld, M.D.
Stuart McGuire Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery
VCU Medical Center

Videoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery: Through the Looking Glass
March 5, 2008

Ronald Merrell, M.D., FACS
Professor of Surger
VCU Medical Center

Laser Surgery
March 12, 2008

George E. Sanborn, M.D.
Virginia Eye Institute
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
VCU Medical Center

All sessions meet in the Science Museum of Virginia’s Ethyl Corporation IMAX® DOME and Planetarium.

Tuition: $20 per semester or $7 per lecture; $15 per semester or $5 per lecture for members and students age 18 and under.

To register, please call (804) 864-1400, press 2; or enroll online. To guarantee your place in the winter 2008 session, register by Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.

Mini-Medical School is sponsored by the Science Museum of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Nunnally Charitable Lead Trust. This session is administered by Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., director of science education and museum scientist, Science Museum of Virginia; David S. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chairman, department of pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Joy L. Ware, Ph.D., professor of pathology, department of pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University.