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APSA Regional Meeting
2007: Pasadena, CA (November 17,
2007) |
Last Updated:
June 16, 2008 |
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American Physician Scientists
Association
2007 APSA California
Regional Meeting
Pasadena, CA (November
17, 2007) |
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Location: |
Beckman Institute of the California
Institute of Technology (400 S.
Wilson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91125) |
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Parking: |
Parking is free in unmarked spots on
campus and in the Wilson Parking
Structures across the street from
the Beckman Institute.
http://parking.caltech.edu/Parking_Zone_Map.pdf
(Locations 1, 2, and 3) |
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Contact Information: |
APSA
Institutional Representatives:
Kenneth Yu, Keck School of Medicine
of USC (yuk@usc.edu),
(626) 755-0491
Hengameh Kargaran, University of
California, San Francisco, School of
Medicine (hengameh.zahed@ucsf.edu) |
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Registration Deadline: |
November 7, 2007 |
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Dates: |
November 17, 2007, 12:00 PM - 6:00
PM |
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Objectives: |
Networking among California and West
Coast Physician Scientist Trainees
Career Development for Physician
Scientist Trainees and Undergraduate
Students
Residency Advice
Application Advice |
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Who Should Attend? |
MD/PhD students and
DO/PhD students
Medical students interested in
research / academic pathways
PhD students interested in medical
school
Undergraduate students interested in
physician-scientist degree programs |
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Cost: |
$15.00
Late /
On-Site Registration Fee: $30.00 |
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Attire: |
Casual (suits not
necessary) |
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Housing: |
Group-rate discounted hotel will be
provided for those wishing to stay
in Pasadena on Saturday night |
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Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
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12:00 PM
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01:00 PM |
Registration and
Lunch |
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01:00 PM
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01:10 PM |
Opening Remarks |
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01:10 PM
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01:20 PM |
Introduction to APSA
by Shwayta Kukreti (APSA
Vice-President) |
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01:20 PM
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02:05 PM |
Keynote Address
James Economou, MD,
PhD
Surgeon, Scientist
Director of the UCLA Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los
Angeles |
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02:10 PM
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02:55 PM |
Celebrating the Past, Looking
forward to the Future
Allen Yang, MD, PhD
Alumnus Speaker
Hematologist-Oncologist
Assistant Professor, Keck School of
Medicine
University of Southern California
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03:00 PM
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03:10 PM |
Break |
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03:10 PM
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03:55 PM |
Breakout Sessions
“The Inside Scoop of the MD/PhD
Process”
MD/PhD student track: Residency
Program Directors/Representatives
Panel
Premedical student track: Medical
School MD/PhD Program
Directors/Representatives Panel |
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04:00 PM
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04:45 PM |
Breakout Sessions
“Getting Involved in Your Training”
MD/PhD student track: Invited
speaker: “Career Options and Choices
of the MD/PhD Graduate”
Premedical student track: MD/PhD
Students Panel – “Life on the Other
Side: The inside scoop of MD/PhD
application” |
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04:50 PM
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05:00 PM |
Closing Remarks |
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05:00 PM
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06:00 PM |
Reception |
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07:00 PM |
Dinner at a local Pasadena
restaurant
non-APSA sponsored activity (not
covered by registration fee) |
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Conference Planning Committee |
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Sponsored by the Keck School of
Medicine of USC – California
Institute of Technology MD/PhD
Program |
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