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SARAS Schedule 2009

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Week 1

July 6, 2009 (Monday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Breakfast, Registration & Orientation

Breakfast Sponsored by:

General Clinical Research Center

Stony Brook School of Medicine

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Introduction to SARAS

 

Can Science & Research be a Hobby?

(Profession out of Passion).

Srinivas Pentyala, Ph.D.

SARAS Coordinator

Director of Translational Research, Anesthesiology

Faculty Member in Anesthesiology, Urology,

Physiology & Biophysics and Health Sciences

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Video Workshop

 

Ethics in Biomedical Research.

(Courtesy: Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

 

 

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

Renal Transplantation in Children:

A Historical Perspective.

Richard Fine, M.D.

Dean, School of Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology

Dr. Richard Fine, Dean of the School of Medicine

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

WINDOWS CATERING

Stony Brook Hospital

Catered by: Window’s Catering

 

 

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Are you Breathing OK?

James Ganetis, MS, RRT

Program Director

Respiratory Care Program, SHTM

2:15 – 3:45 PM

Workshop

 

 

Respiratory Care

James Ganetis, MS, RRT

Stephen Smith, MPA, RRT

Respiratory Care Program, SHTM

 

July 7, 2009 (Tuesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Why and how we learn: neurobiology of understanding

Paul Adams, Ph.D.

Professor

Neurobiology  and Pharmacological Sciences

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Video Workshop

Lab Hazards

(Courtesy: Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

 

 

 

 

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

Blood Diseases

Wadie Bahou, M.D.

Vice Dean for Research

Professor of Medicine
Director of Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program

WADIE BAHOU MD.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

Office of Scientific Affairs

Stony Brook Medical Center

Catered by: O’Sole Mio

 

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Save a SIM-Man and learn to save a real life.

Stephen Vitkun, MD, Ph.D., MBA

Vice-Chairman & Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Pharmcological Sciences & Health Sciences
Physician Director of Care Maps/Clinical Path Program

 

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM   

Workshop

 

Patient Simulators

Stephen Vitkun, MD, PHD, MBA

Linda Cimino, M.S., Ed.D., CPNP, ANP, CHCQM, CCRC

Instructor in Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Health Sciences & Nursing

 

July 8, 2009 (Wednesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Falls and Breaks

James Penna, MD

Assistant Professor

Orthopedics

 

 

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Video Workshop

Cell Culture Hazards

(Courtesy: Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

 

 

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

Stop the invading cell.

Sanford Simon, Ph.D.

Professor

Departments of Biochemistry & Cell Biology & Pathology

 

 

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

Chris Hanley, Manager

Domino’s Pizza, Setauket

Catered by: Domino’s Pizza

 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Robotic Surgery

Rahul Bhalla, MD

Director of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Urology

2:15 – 3:45 PM

Workshop

 

da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System

Rahul Bhalla, M.D.

Director of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Terry Whyard, M.S.

Instructional Support specialist, Urology

 

 

 

July 9, 2009 (Thursday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Imaging the brain.

Helene Benveniste, MD, Ph.D.

Professor, Anesthesiology, Stony Brook Medical Center   

Research Scientist, Brookhaven National Lab.

 

 

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Expert’s View

Smile and be happy: Dentistry.

Maria Ryan, DDS, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and External Affairs

Professor and Director of Clinical Research

Department of Oral Biology & and Pathology

School of Dental Medicine

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12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Library Workshop    

 

Finding the Good Stuff.

Anas Sawas, Learning Center Coordinator, HSC Library

&

Srinivas Pentyala

12:30 AM – 3:30 PM

 

LUNCH & LEARN

Sponsored by and at:

Long Island State Veteran’s Home

 

 

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Expert’s View

Nursing Home Care in the United States

Fred Sganga, FACHE, Executive Director

Frank Cervo, MD, Medical Director

LISVH - Multipurpose Room

Discussion Program  

 

Interactive session with Veterans   

 

3:30 – 3:45 PM

Scenic Bus Tour

 

This is Stony Brook University!!!!

(Operator: Stony Brook Transportation Dept).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2

July 13, 2009 (Monday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation & Breakfast

Breakfast Sponsored by:

Holiday Inn Express, Stony Brook

 

10:00 AM – 11: 00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Genetic Engineering

Michael Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D. 
Associate Vice President for Research

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Expert’s View

 

STENTS “R” US

Giridhar Korlipara, MD, FACC,FSCAI

Division of Cardiology, SUNY

Three Village Cardiology, NY

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Computer Workshop

 

Fun With Biostatistics

Melody Goodman, Ph.D.

Associate Director of the Center for Public Health

and Health Policy Research

Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine

&

James Dilger, Ph.D.

Professor, Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored  & Catered by:

CARRABBA’S, Islip

 

1:30 – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Care with Compassion

Kathleen Bratby, MSN, RN

Assistant Dean & Clinical Assistant

Professor

School of Nursing

2:15 – 3:45 PM

Work Shop

 

Hygiene in Health Care

Barbara Kranz

Infection Control,  Health Care Epidemiology

Stony Brook Hospital

 

 

 

July 14, 2009 (Tuesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

The Travel Bug

John Shanley, M.D.

Associate Dean of International Health

Professor of Preventive Medicine

 

 

 

JOHN SHANLEY MD.

11:00 AM – 11: 30 AM

Video Workshop

 

Protect your Eyes

(Courtesy: Environmental Health and Safety, SUNY)

Presented By: Kim Auletta, Lab Safety Specialist

 

 

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

How sweet are you? Are you a diabetic?

Raafat El-Maghrabi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Physiology &

Biophysics

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored & Catered by:

Lackmann Culinary Services

Stony Brook

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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

6 Lessons of the Heart Learned

from the Death of Tim Russert

David Brown, MD

Professor and Chief

Division of Cardiology

 

 

David L. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

2:30 PM -3:45 PM

Workshop

 

CPR  - Learning with Little Anne

Edward Stapleton, EMT-P

Associate Professor of  Emergency Medicine and

Director of Prehospital Education

 

 

 

 

 

July 15, 2009 (Wednesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Microscopy: Tools and Applications

Mario Rebecchi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics

 

 

 

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Motivational Workshop

 

Playing to Win

Joseph Cipp

Board of Education Member, South Country School District

Head Football Coach & Assistant Principal

Bellport High School

 

 

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Workshop

 

Lab safety – Radionuclide

Hazards

Session Expert: Edward J. O’Connell

Radiation Safety Officer

 

 

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

Bill Phipps, Checkers

Catered by: Checkers

 

 

 

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Making a difference in patient

care: Allied Health careers.

Debbie Zelizer, CSW

Program Director, Health Sciences Program, SHTM

 

 

 

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM   

Workshop

 

Clinical Laboratory Sciences

(Microbiology, Hematology & Cytotechnology)

Kathleen Finnegan, MS., MT (ASCP)SH, Chair, Clin. Lab Sci.

Gloria Viboud, Ph.D., Faculty, Clinical Lab Sci.

Patricia Gonzales, Clinical Lab Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 16, 2009 (Thursday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Expert’s View

 

The Proteome

Dwight Martin, Ph.D., Faculty, Proteomics Center

 

 

 

 

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Time of Flight – Voyage with MALDI

Antonius Koller, Ph.D., Director, Proteomics Center

 

 

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Expert’s View

 

Microarrays: Your genes on a chip

John Schwedes DNA Microarray Facility

 

 

 

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

The GI tract: The most fascinating filtration,

absorption and sewage plant of the human body.

Anupama Chawla, MD.

Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatrics

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

Robert Pyeatt

Paradigm Docs and Evotope Biosciences

Catered by: Curry Club

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Training Doctors in the 21st Century

Peggy Seidman, MD

Associate Professor

Anesthesiology

2:15 – 3:45 PM

Workshop

 

Procedural Skills for Patient Care

Christopher Gallagher, M.D.
Clinical Skills Center 

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Peggy Seidman, MD

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Joy Schabel, MD

Associate Professor & Director for Medical Student Education, Anesthesiology

 

Week 3

July 20, 2009 (Monday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Registration & Orientation

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Stem Cells & the development of Cardiac Pacemaker.

Peter Brink, Ph.D.

Professor  & Chairman

Department of Physiology & Biophysics

 

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 PM

Expert’s view

 

Medical Imaging and Informatics

Jerome Zhengrong Liang, Ph.D.

Professor & Laboratory Director, IRIS

Departments of Radiology, Computer Science, and Physics & Astronomy.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

Cardiocare

Stephen Smith, MPA, RRT

Clinical Assistant Professor

Respiratory Care Program

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

O’sole Mio

Catered by: O’Sole Mio

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Expert’s View

 

Sleep: Is it overrated

Russell Rozensky, RRT, RPS, GT, CPFT

Program Director

Polysomnographic Technology

Program

Clinical Assistant Professor,

Respiratory Care Program

2:15 – 3:45 PM

Workshop

 

Dreams, Nightmares and Sleep

Russell Rozensky, RRT, RPS, GT, CPFT

Program Director
Polysomnographic Technology Program

 

 

 

July 21, 2009 (Tuesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Down in the dumps. Diagnosing and dealing with Depression

Edward L. Feldman, DSW.

Director of Behavioral Medicine

Associate Professor of Family Medicine

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Experts View

 

You Twist/Turn/Tear/Break it –  We fix it

Kyle Hewson, PT, EdD

Director

Post Professional Doctorate in

Physical Therapy Program

 

 

Kyle Hewson, PT, MS

11:30 PM –12:30PM

Expert’s View

 

Biotechnology – Past, Present & Future

Anil Dhundale, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Long Island High Technology Incubator, Stony Brook

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored & Catered by:

Fratellis Market Place

Stony Brook, NY

 

1:30 PM -2:30 PM     

Expert’s View

 

Opening & Closing of Gates:

Insights into the operation of membrane channels
James Dilger, Ph.D.

Professor

Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics

 

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Workshop

 

CSI* Stony Brook

(*Channel Scenario Investigation)

James Dilger, Ph.D.

Professor, Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics

 

 

July 22, 2009 (Wednesday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Blood - The life of life.

Dennis Galanakis, MD

Director, Blood Bank

Faculty member, Department of Pathology

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Internet Workshop

 

Interactive Web Content: Blogs & Wikis

Joseph Balsamo,

Head of  Library Informatics

Health Sciences Center Library

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

The Business of Biotechnology        

Joseph ScadutoBusiness Manager, Center for Biotechnology

Executive Director, Long Island Life Sciences Initiative

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

NY State Center for Biotechnology

Catered by: Market Place Café

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Expert’s View

 

Plumber for the human leaks:

Urology and its charm

S. Ali Khan, MD, FRCS.

Professor

Urology and Neurology

 

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Expert’s View

 

Saving lives: Blood donor programs

Jennifer Peace. Donation Program Coordinator

Blood Donor Program

3:00-3:45 PM

Work Shop    

 

Blood Banking

Roger Smith, Supervisor, Blood Bank

Doreen Cestare, RN, Nursing Administrator Blood Bank

Janet Gatti, Quality Assurance Coordinator, Blood Bank

 

 

July 23, 2009 (Thursday)

Lecture Hall 5, Level 3, HSC

 

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

 

Orientation

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert’s View

 

Clinical Research

Peter Glass, MB, Ch.B., DA, FFA

Professor and Chairman

Anesthesiology

 

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Developmental Workshop

 

The Power of Positive Thinking

Mr. Ryan Glass (Film Maker, Actor, Educator)

 

 

 

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Docudrama    

 

KING GIMP

(Oscar Winning Documentary)

(Sponsored by UUP)

Presented by: Mr. Ryan Glass

 

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM

 

GROUP PHOTO

 

 

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM

 

LUNCH

Sponsored by:

Provost’s office, Stony Brook University

&

Curry Club, Setauket, NY

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

 

Awards and Prizes Ceremony

Sponsored by: Anesthesiology Department

 

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2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Awareness Talk

 

Learning from the best at SBU

Mathew Whelan

Assistant Provost for Enrollment & Retention Management

&

Judith A. Burke-Berhannan

Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Services

 

Judith BerhannanMatthew Whelan

3:15 PM - ???????

Discussion/Debate &

Departure

 

What am I going to do now?

Moderator- Srinivas Pentyala, Ph.D.

Goals/Dreams/Ambitions/Vision etc.

Opinions/critique/suggestions/comments yada yada yada.