Tuesday evenings, February 23 – March 30, 2010
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Almost everyone who goes to see a doctor or is admitted to a hospital goes to the Imaging or Radiology Department so that the radiologists can look beneath the skin into the depths of the body. With an ever-growing list of new technologies (X-rays, sound waves, magnets, isotopes, and more), this diagnostic imaging can reveal what ails you. And in many cases, these highly trained physicians using minimally invasive procedures, can provide treatment without a knife. A group of internationally known faculty from UCSF’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging will discuss how current imaging strategies can prevent, diagnose and treat an amazing array of important conditions.

Course Chair Bio / Course Description

Course Chair: Roy L. Gordon, MD
Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

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February 23 – Lecture Introduction
How We Look Into the Body with X-rays,
Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound Beams, Radio-isotope
Tracers and Catheters. You Won’t Believe these Images!
Peter W. Callen, MD, Professor in Residence,
Department of Radiology
Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, Associate Professor
in Residence, Department of Radiology

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March 2 – Lecture Introduction
Back and Neck Pain:
Imaging and Non-operative Interventions
William P. Dillon, MD, Professor of Radiology,
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
in Residence, Department of Radiology

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March 9 – Lecture Introduction
Imaging of the Breast: Who, How, When and Why;
Concepts and Controversies
Loretta M. Strachowski, MD, Associate Clinical
Professor, Department of Radiology

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March 16 – Lecture Introduction
Surgery Without the Knife:
The Modern Magic of the Interventional Radiologist
Roy L. Gordon, MD, Professor in Residence,
Department of Radiology
Robert K. Kerlan, MD, Professor of Radiology and
Surgery; Chief of Interventional Radiology

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March 23 – Lecture Introduction
What Are the Risks and Benefits of Lung,
Cardiac, and Colon Screening with CT?
Fergus V. Coakley, MD, Professor in Residence,
Department of Radiology
Brett Elicker, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology,
Department of Radiology
Judy Yee, MD, Professor in Residence,
Department of Radiology

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March 30 – Lecture Introduction
Stroke Diagnosis and Rapid Treatment:
Time is of the Essence
Christopher F. Dowd, MD, Professor of Radiology
and Biomedical Imaging, Neurological Surgery,
Neurology, and Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Wednesday evenings, February 24 – March 31, 2010
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Musculoskeletal problems are the second most common complaint presenting to a doctor’s office. These injuries affect everybody. They occur in the young and old and in both athletes and non-athletes. As the population ages, degenerative conditions such as disk hernations in the low back, osteoarthritis of the knees and rotator cuff tears in the shoulders will often develop. This series will discuss the progress made in medicine to manage these common joint problems. Reviewing from the head to toe, our experts from the new UCSF Orthopaedic Institute in Mission Bay will share the latest non-operative and surgical treatments to address your common joint concerns. Whether you are a casual walker or a competitive athlete, this series aims to provide practical information to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle and an exciting tour of the field of Orthopaedics to help you maximize your body’s performance.

Course Chair Bio / Course Description / Why should you attend?

Course Chair: Anthony Luke, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery;
Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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February 24
The Agony of “the Feet”: Foot and Ankle Problems
Kirstina M. Olson, MD, Professor of Surgery;
Chief, Foot and Ankle Surgery

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March 3
Hand, Wrist and Elbow Care from
Baby to Baby Boomer
Lisa Lattanza, MD, Professor of Surgery;
Chief, Hand and Elbow Surgery
Mohana Amirtharajah, MD, Assistant Professor in
Residence, Orthopaedic Surgery

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March 10
Shoulder Problems: Reach for the Top
Brian Feeley, MD,
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics in Residence
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March 17
Sports Medicine: What You “Kneed” to
Know to Maximize Your Performance
Anthony Luke MD, MPH, Associate Professor of
Clinical Orthopaedics, Director of Primary Care
Sports Medicine

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March 24
Osteoarthritis Care in the 21st Century:
Remarkable Advances in Joint Replacement
Kevin Bozic MD, MBA,
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics in Residence

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March 31
Back Pain and its Management:
Myths and Misconceptions
Shane Burch, MD, Associate Professor of
Orthopaedics in Residence

Diseases of the heart and blood vessels are the leading causes of death and disability in men and women in the United States. To provide the most advanced and effective treatments, the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center brings together leading cardiologists, cardiac and vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists and other specialists with a team approach that addresses the most challenging cardiovascular problems. Recent data demonstrates that you can have a positive impact on reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease through life style changes. This course will provide a comprehensive review of these complex, but now preventable and treatable, conditions.

Course Chair: Michael S. Conte, MD
Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

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February 25
Atrial Fibrillation: Unlocking the Mystery
of the Most Common Heart Arrhythmia
Gregory Marcus, MD,
Assistant Professor of Medicine

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March 4
Coronary Artery Disease: Medical Treatment,
Interventions, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
Which Treatment is Best For You?
Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology;
Director of Translational Cardiac Stem Cell Program;
Director of Peripheral Interventional Cardiology Program;
Co-Director of the UCSF Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

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March 11
Understanding Heart Failure:
Causes, Treatments, and Innovative New Strategies
for Living Well
Dana McGlothlin, MD,
Assistant Professor of Medicine;
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program;
Associate Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program;
Medical Director, Coronary Care Unit

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March 18
Peripheral Arterial Disease: When Does
“Poor Circulation” Really Become a Disease?
Michael S. Conte, MD,
Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular and
Endovascular Surgery;
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center

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March 25
Prevention: Reducing Your Risk of Heart
Attack and Stroke
William Grossman, MD,
Charles and Helen Schwab Endowed Chair in
Preventive Cardiology; Director, Center for
Prevention of Heart & Vascular Disease

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April 1
When to Repair Heart Valves
Scot H. Merrick, MD, Professor of Surgery;
Chief, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery;
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Tuesday evenings, October 13 – November 17
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Scientific understanding of the brain is increasing at a dramatic rate but how can we use this information to improve our psychological wellness? This course features outstanding speakers and researchers in the field of mental health and psychiatry. We will discuss how to reduce stress, improve mood, and decrease the risk of mental illness across the lifespan. You will also learn the latest innovations to improve your sleep as well as your ability to discern if someone is lying. Come gain insight into the biological basis of the brain and behavior and how recent scientific discoveries can help us to take better care of ourselves and our minds.

Course Chair Bio / Course Description / Why should you attend?

Course chair :
Descartes Li, MD, Associate Professor Psychiatry;
Director of UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
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October 13
The Biology of Depression: How Stress
Affects the Brain and the Body
Owen Wolkowitz, MD, Professor of Psychiatry;
Director of the Psychopharmacology Assessment
Clinic
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October 20
Maintaining Mood in Late Life
Stephen E. Hall, MD
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October 27
Sleep: How Much Do You Really Need?
How to Get What You Really Need!
Allison Harvey, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
Department, UC Berkeley
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November 3
What Emerging Antidepressant
Treatments Tell Us About the Brain
Descartes Li, MD, Associate Professor Psychiatry;
Director of UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
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November 10
Reading Facial Expressions: the Science
Behind the Hit TV Show “Lie to Me”
Paul Ekman, PhD, Professor Emeritus
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November 17
Staying in the Now: Maintaining Mental
Health Through Mindfulness
Stuart Eisendrath, MD, Professor of Clinical
Psychiatry; Director, The UCSF Depression Center

Wednesday evenings, October 14 – December 2
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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Mind-Body medicine uses the power of thought and emotion to promote health and healing. More and more evidence shows how our emotional state influences our physical body– endocrine and immune function, susceptibility to infections, the development and progression of coronary artery disease, and many others. Evidence also mounts for the effectiveness of m­ind body approaches in improving health, including: diabetes, arthritis, migraines, and cancer care. Join us to learn more about how we can benefit from this connection, with surprising results!

Course Chair Bio / Course Description / Why should you attend?

Course Chair:
Rick McKinney, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician,
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine,
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
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October 14
The Art & Science of Mind-Body Medicine
Kevin Barrows, MD, Interim Director of Clinical
Programs, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Family and
Community Medicine
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October 21
Expanding Creativity and Effectiveness:
Reducing the Impact of Stress on our
Cognitive Functioning
Rick McKinney, MD, Associate Clinical Professor,
Family and Community Medicine and the UCSF
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
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October 28
Positive Emotion in the Midst of Stress:
It’s Not Crazy, it’s Adaptive!
Judy Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor,
UCSF Osher Center and the Department of Medicine
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November 4
The Science of Healthy Aging: Living
Better, Not Just Longer
Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine;
Former Director of Education, Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine
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November 18
Worrying Well: How Your Brain Can Turn
Anxiety and Stress Into Calmness and
Confidence
Martin L. Rossman, MD, Assistant Professor, Family
Health Care Nursing; Member, Educational Advisory
Board, UCSF Osher Center; Founder, The Healing
Mind
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December 2
Body, Breath, and Psyche: Tapping into
the Transformative Power of Yoga
Sudha Prathikanti, MD, Associate Clinical Professor
of Psychiatry, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine

Thursday evenings, October 15 – November 19
7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue
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The shift from the term “International Health” to “Global Health” reflects the fact that many health problems in “developing” countries with limited resources also affect “developed” countries with abundant resources. This course presents a framework for understanding complex global health problems, and highlights how some of these problems are understood and confronted by those seeking to alleviate them. Topics include emerging infections such as H1N1 (swine flu) and SARS; the epidemic of HIV/AIDS; the fight against malaria; and health
as a human right. For each topic, implications for us (and the US), and how we all might get involved to help address these issues is discussed.
Course Chair Bio / Why should you attend?

Course Chair:
Christopher C. Stewart, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics;
Director, Child Abuse Evaluation and Management,
San Francisco General Hospital
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October 15
Global Health: Past to Present, Struggles and Successes
Christopher C. Stewart, MD, Associate Clinical
Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF; Director, Global Health
Pathways to Discovery
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October 22
Living with Smoke: Global Health Impact of Air Pollution
from Household Cooking Fires
Lisa M. Thompson, FNP, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Family Health Care Nursing
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October 29
Shrinking the Malaria Map
Sir Richard Feachem, DSc, PhD, Professor Global Health
Sir Richard, former director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank and Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was also the founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. During this time, the Global Fund grew from scratch to become the world’s largest health financing institution for developing countries, with assets of US $11 billion, supporting 450 programmes in 136 countries. He now directs the Global Health Group at UCSF, with a focus on eliminating malaria, and strengthening health systems through Public-Private Investment Partnerships (PPIP), and Social Franchising.
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November 5
Health as a Human Right
Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, Assistant Adjunct Professor
of Medicine, Positive Health Program
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November 12
HIV and the Epidemic in Africa
Craig R. Cohen, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
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November 19
Avian Flu, Swine Flu and Global Health
Susan E. Fernyak, MD, MPH, Director, Communicable
Disease Control and Prevention Section San
Francisco Department of Public Health

UCSF invites the public to Mini Medical School
10 January 2007

UCSF invites the public to Mini Medical School
13 September 2006

UCSF events for May 2006
7 April 2006

UCSF invites the public to Mini Medical School
17 March 2006

UCSF events for March 2006
3 February 2006

New classes for the public on medical discovery at UCSF
16 December 2005

UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning classes begin in October
13 September 2005

Preventive health care classes for older adults begin
8 April 2005

UCSF professor to give presentation on Social Security privatization
11 February 2005

UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning classes begin in February
11 January 2005

UCSF presents classes on health policy and ethics, global health and obesity
17 December 2004

UCSF presents a public forum on the global impact of health and disease
17 December 2004

Public forum on impact of health policies, including privatization of medicare and social security
17 December 2004

Course on obesity will explore the science behind the headlines
17 December 2004

Preventing sports injuries for weekend warriors
22 October 2004

Hollywood
movies as a microscope for family and intergenerational relationships
22 October 2004

Peer deep into the intricacies of the human mind
22 October 2004

Killer diseases — strategies for prevention
22 October 2004

COURSE CO-CHAIRS:
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, Director, Mini Medical School for the Public; Professor of Medicine; Associate
Dean, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education
Marieke Kruidering-Hall, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology;
Co-director, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program

May 5
Obesity 2009: Ten Things You Thought You Knew
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, Director, Mini Medical
School for the Public; Professor of Medicine;
Associate Dean, Graduate and Continuing Medical
Education

May 12
Fad Diets: Do They Really Work?
Andrea Garber, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Division
of Adolescent Medicine

May 19
Cholesterol and Fats in Your Blood: Chemistry, Control, and Chaos
Tracy Fulton, PhD, Professor, Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics

May 26
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Robert H. Lustig, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division
of Endocrinology

June 2
Regulation of Appetite: Is it Genetic?
Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF
Diabetes Center

June 9
Nutrition in a Bottle: A Scientific c Review of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements
Ellen Hughes MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of
Medicine; Former Director of Education, Osher
Center for Integrative Medicine

COURSE CO-CHAIRS:
Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease

May 6
Watch The Lion King 50 Times and Never Get Bored? Insights Into the Mind of the Child
Andrea Marmor, MD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics

May 13
Supplements for Children: Is There a Friendly Bacteria?
Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics,
Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Chief, Division of
General Pediatrics

May 20
The Bermuda Triangle of Pediatric Obesity: More Than Just the Calories
Kristine Madsen, MD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics

May 27
Vaccine Controversies: Fact Vs Fiction
Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief,
Pediatric Infectious Disease

June 3
Don’t’ Panic! The ABCs of Pediatric Emergencies
Christine Cho, MD, Assistant Professor, Department
of Pediatrics; Division of Emergency Medicine,
Children’s Hospital Oakland

June 10
The Critical Early Years of Language Development: You Can’t Say What You Don’t Hear
Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division
of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

COURSE CHAIR:
Daniel Dohan, PhD, Associate Professor & Associate Director for Training, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health
Policy Studies

May 7
Health in America: What’s Health Reform Got to Do with It?
Laura Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor, Philip R. Lee
Institute for Health Policy Studies

May 14
Creating a 60 Mile Per Gallon US Health Care System
Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical
Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy
Studies

May 21
Health Reform and Primary Care: A Medical Home for All Americans?
Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor,
Department of Family and Community Medicine,
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies,
Center for Excellence in Primary Care

May 28
Better Ways to Pay for Health Care
Harold S. Luft, PhD, Director, Palo Alto Medical
Foundation Research Institute; Professor Emeritus of
Health Policy and Health Economics

June 4
Quality and Performance: Know What You’re Getting in Health Care
R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Associate Professor,
Medicine and Health Policy; Associate Director for
Research, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy
Studies

June 11
The Limits for Reform: Why More Insurance Won’t Cure Health Inequalities
Claire Brindis, DrPH , Professor of Pediatrics and
Health Policy; Interim Director, Philip R. Lee Institute
for Health Policy Studies