Alumni Reunion Weekend 2008

Friday, May 16, 2008
P&S ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
P&S Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street
(between Broadway & Ft. Washington Avenue) Continental Breakfast served until 9:30.

8:15 “Giving Well: Tax and Estate Planning for the Senior Physician”
A noted trusts & estates attorney suggest ways to make the new tax law work for you and your heirs

9:30 Welcome:
Jacqueline A. Bello ‘80 President
P&S Alumni Association

Introduction:
Andrew G. Frantz ‘55
Chairman, Alumni Day Program

SCIENTIFIC SESSION

9:40    "The Diversity of Escherichia Coli Infections: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Outcomes, Future Therapies"
  Michael S. Donnenberg ‘83
  Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology University of Maryland School of Medicine

  "Corneal Transplants - Past, Present and Future"
   George J. Florakis ‘83
   Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
   Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

   "Antiphospholipid Syndrome Revisited: A Disorder Initiated by Inflammation"
    Jane Salmon '78
    Professor of Medicine
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University

 "Improving the Treatment of Depression: Results and Implications of the STAR*D Trial"
     A. John Rush '68
     Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Science
     University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

11:00      Intermission

11:15    "How Should a Modern Medical Library Act?"
     Donald A. Lindberg '58
     Director, National Library of Medicine
     Formerly Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Virginia

    "Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa"
     John R. Bryant ‘53
     Formerly Dean, Columbia University School of Public Health and
     Joseph R. Delamar Professor of Public Health

     "A Pre-Hippocratic Atlas of Wounds and Wound Healing"
      Horton A. Johnson '53
      Retired Professor of Pathology
      Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

      "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: There's Hope on the Horizon"
       Gerard M. Turino ‘48
        John H. Keating Sr. Professor of Medicine (Emeritus) Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

12:35                     ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
1:00 Alumni Day Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting
Donald F. Tapley Faculty Club,
630 West 168th Street, 4th Floor
Welcome:
Jacqueline A. Bello ‘80
President
P&S Alumni Association
Remarks:
Lee Goldman, M.D.
Executive Vice President for Health & Biomedical Sciences, Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine

2:30 Tour of the Health Sciences Campus
Leaving from P&S Faculty Club
630 West 168th Street, 4th Floor