Seminar Series
Overview
Held three times each semester, these meetings alternate between an informal faculty presentation, a student chalk talk, and a visiting faculty lecture. Members of the Student Council are responsible for scheduling speakers and selecting food. These sessions represent outstanding opportunities for students to interact in a scientific, collegial forum. Students are expected to attend at least 2 sessions each semester. A particular emphasis of these seminars is how one balances the many callings of physician-scientists. For example, a popular forum from past years is a round table discussion with faculty and fellows at different career stages discussing their integration of research and clinical training.
Schedule 2008-2009
- Joseph Bliss, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Brown Medical School
From the Bench to the Bedside and Back: The Journey to Becoming a Physician-Scientist
- Monday, October 27th, 2008
- Julie Fudge, MD
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology and Anatomy
- University of Rochester
How I Got Started on the Clinician-Scientist Path and My Adventures Along The Way
- Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
- Thomas Carroll, MD, PhD
- Internal Medicine Resident - First Year, University of Rochester
- 2008 graduate of MD/PhD Program, University of Connecticut
Insight into the Transition from MD/PhD M4 to Residency
- Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
- Elias Zambidis, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor Oncology and Pediatrics
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 1998 graduate of MD/PhD Program, University of Rochester
Patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells for modeling and treating hematologic disorders
- Thursday, February 5th, 2009, 12-1 PM, Natapow Rm. (1-9545)
- David Mathews, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics
- University of Rochester
- 2003 graduate of the MD/PhD Program, University of Rochester
Career Pathway and Pathway Independent RNA Folding
- Thursday, April 21st, 2009, 6 PM, Case Method Room
- Shawn Newlands, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS
- Professor & Chair, Otolaryngology
- University of Rochester
- Graduate of MD/PhD Program, University of Texas Medical Branch
My Unique Path Down the MD/PhD Road
- Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, 6 PM, Case Method Room
Schedule 2007-2008
- Valerae O. Lewis, MD
- Associate Professor of Surgery, MD Anderson
IL 11Rα as a Potential Target for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma
- Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
- Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor in Pathology, Urology and Oncologoy at the University of Rochester
Choices for MD-Ph.D.s: Research vs Clinical, Academia vs Industry/Private Practice
- Monday, October 1st, 2007
- Alison Bertuch, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at Baylor College of Medicine
The Road Less Traveled: Perspectives on the journey of the MD/PhD
- Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
- Laura Calvi, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology Division) at the University of Rochester
Mentors and Project Choices
- Monday, December 17th, 2007
- Alan Kenny, MD ('02), PhD ('00)
- Alumnus, University of Rochester MSTP; Fellow in Neonatology, University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Making the Most of Life as a Physician-Scientist
- Monday, February 18th, 2008
- Jason Mendler, MD ('05), PhD ('04), Laticia Valle, MD ('02)
- Jason is an alumnus of University of Rochester's MSTP and a Resident in Internal Medicine (Chief Resident beginning 7/1/08), then doing a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Rochester; Jason's wife, Laticia Valle completed medical school at UR as well as her residency in internal medicine and is now an internal medicine hospitalist at Highland Hospital. Jason and Laticia are parents to twins Caleb and Ava, born on Valentine's Day, 2006!
Partners Seminar
- Monday, March 17th, 2008
- Virginia Winn, MD ('96), PhD ('94), Leonard Dragone, MD ('96), PhD ('94)
- This married couple are alumnus of the University of Rochester MSTP where they met! Dr. Winn is Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn (Basic Reproductive Sciences), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Dr. Dragone is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Ped. Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology Section), National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver Children's Hospital.
MSTP Career Paths
- Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
