The University at Buffalo's popular Mini-Medical School will begin its second year of classes in March, offering one new and one repeat lecture series. The new series will cover cancer, geriatrics, women's diseases, alternative medicine and reconstructive surgery. It will begin on March 10 and continue on consecutive Tuesdays through April 7. The repeat of last fall's lectures, focusing on digestive, respiratory, immune and endocrine disorders, will begin on April 21 and run on consecutive Tuesdays through May 19. All lectures will begin at 7 p.m. in Butler Auditorium of Farber Hall on the South Campus.
Advanced registration is required.
Thomas P. O'Connor, clinical associate professor of radiation oncology and a member of the Buffalo Medical Group, and Jerome W. Yates, professor of medicine and associate director for clinical affairs, Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Phyllis Leppert, professor and chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at UB and Children's Hospital, and Jean Wactawski-Wende, assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics, and social and preventive medicine, and head of the Division of Women's Health at Children's Hospital.