For liver transplants, the ability to split livers so that more than one individual benefits is allowing us to save more lives. Also, scientific advances are allowing us to remove a portion of a liver from a living related-adult for transplant. The April 3 program also will include a fascinating presentation by Peter T. Fox, M.D., professor and director of the Research Imaging Center at the Health Science Center. Jay D. Mabrey, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, will discuss advances in orthopaedic implants. Joo L. Ong, Ph.D., associate professor of restorative dentistry, will do a presentation on advances in dental implants.
Registration is required due to limited seating capacity.
The Mini-Medical School is a community education series presented free of charge to the public on the four Tuesdays in April. Speakers from the Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical School, the School of Allied Health Sciences and the School of Nursing will participate in the series scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays in Lecture Hall 3.102 near the Dolph Briscoe, Jr., Library. For the first two evenings, the program will explore reinventing the human body. Physicians and researchers will discuss transplants, implants, gadgets and gizmos. New develop-ments are allowing doctors to replace failing organs, brittle bones and decaying teeth.