Education / Medical Scientist Training Program / Events / Dinner Seminar Series Dinner Seminar Series The MSTP Dinner Seminar Series is held three times each semester. Seminars include a catered dinner from a local restaurant, and formats include scientific lectures and career guidance by practicing physician-scientists in Rochester, technical lectures by URMC staff, and panel-based discussions. Upcoming20242023202220212020 Finding Your NicheLaura Calvi, M.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrine/Metabolism Division), URMC Oct 01, 2012 @ 12:01 a.m.The field of pancreatic cancer, and the difficulties obtaining a good animal model for this diseaseAram Hezel, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), URMC Sep 01, 2012 @ 12:01 a.m.How to Graduate...Finally!MSTP Fourth Year Medical Students May 01, 2012 @ 12:01 a.m.A Jazz Approach to NeurobiologyGary Paige, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor & Chair, Neurobiology & Anatomy Mar 01, 2012 @ 12:01 a.m.The Commercialization of Science & Intellectual Property in Biomedical ResearchHarl Tolbert - Associate Director, Biological Sciences, Office of Technology Transfer Jan 01, 2012 @ 12:01 a.m.How I Chose My Career PathwayGary Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Director, Center for Pain Medicine, Mass. General Hospital Nov 01, 2011 @ 12:01 a.m.How I Chose My Lab with Handy and Career PathMatt Bellizzi, M.D., Ph.D. - Neuroimmunology Fellow in the Department of Neurology, URMC Sep 01, 2011 @ 12:01 a.m.How to Graduate...Finally!MSTP Fourth Year Medical Students May 01, 2010 @ 12:01 a.m.Blending Clinical, Research and Humanitarian Work in a Physician-Scientist CareerThuy Phung, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Pathology Feb 01, 2010 @ 12:01 a.m.Teaching, Learning, and Patient-Physician CommunicationShaw-Ree Chen, Ph.D. - Assistant Director, Life Sciences Learning Center Dec 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.Making the transition from residency to P.I.Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, URMC Sep 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.My Unique Path Down the MD/PhD RoadShawn Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS - Professor & Chair, Otolaryngology, University of Rochester May 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.Career Pathway and Pathway Independent RNA FoldingDavid Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Universty of Rochester Apr 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.Patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells for modeling and treating hematologic disordersElias Zambidis, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Oncology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Mar 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.Insight into the Transition from MD/PhD M4 to ResidencyThomas Carroll, M.D., Ph.D. - Internal Medicine Resident - First Year, University of Rochester Jan 01, 2009 @ 12:01 a.m.How I Got Started on the Clinician-Scientist Path and My Adventures Along The WayJulie Fudge, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester Nov 01, 2008 @ 12:01 a.m.From the Bench to the Bedside and Back: The Journey to Becoming a Physician-ScientistJoseph Bliss, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Brown Medical School Sep 01, 2008 @ 12:01 a.m.