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2010 Midwest Regional Meeting

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Inaugural Midwest Regional Meeting to be hosted at The Ohio State University on October 30th, 2010. We look forward to hosting physician-scientist trainees from the Midwest region and beyond.

Financial Support:

The American Physician Scientists Association would like to gratefully thank the following organizations for their financial support for Inaugural Midwest Regional Meeting in Columbus, OH.

The Ohio State University College of Medicine
American Physician Scientists Association

Participants Listing

Click Here to find out who else is attending the 2010 South Regional Meeting (Participant List is open only to current members of APSA)

Tentative Agenda

Breakout Sessions:

Achieving balance as a physician scientists–managing science, medicine, and family

Session Leaders:
Michael Grever MD
Chair of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University
Catherine Lucey MD
Interim Dean of The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Richard Gumina MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University

Obstacles for the female physician scientist—overcoming both the observable/unspoken barriers to women’s success and the problem of female student attrition in the biomedical sciences

Session Leaders:
Janet Gilsdorf MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan
Susan Moffatt-Bruce MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, The Ohio State University
Marsha Wills-Karp PhD
Director of the Immunobiology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati

Mentorship panel lead by CTSA

Session Leaders:
Philip Binkley MD, MPH
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University
Karla Zadnik OD, PhD
Associate Dean of the College of Optometry, The Ohio State University

Approaching burnout—how to avoid physician scientist burnout

Session Leaders:
Steve Gabbe MD
CEO of The Ohio State University Medical Center
Virginia Sanders PhD
Director of the Integrated Biomedical Graduate Program, The Ohio State University

Choosing the best road—deciphering the multitude of careers options for physician scientists

Session Leaders:
Lawrence S. Kirschner MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Associate Director of the Medical Scientist Program, The Ohio State University
EA Chiocca MD, PhD
Chair of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University
Michael Caligiuri MD
CEO of the James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University

Securing funding as a physician scientist

Session Leaders:
Juanita Merchant MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Rob Baiocchi MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Hematology & Oncology, The Ohio State University

Physician Scientist 101: How to get into this career path

Session Leaders:
Larry Schlesinger MD
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Medical Scientist Program, The Ohio State University
Robin Lorenz MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medical Scientist Training Program Director, University of Alabama Birmingham