CIMA Lectures on World Health
Upcoming Lecture
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Speaker: Sixtus Atabong, PA-C andTyler Levick, SOM Class of 2012 Title: Purpose Medical Mission: Providing Healthcare to Southwest Cameroon Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 12:00 noon CST (11:00 am MT - El Paso) |
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For suggestions regarding future lectures please contact us at Center for International and Multicultural Affairs.
Previous Lectures
by topic-includes links, references, and recorded presentations
Previous Lectures by Date
Fall 2009
November 2009- 4-David Fish, CEO, Breedlove Foods, Inc., Breedlove: Innovative Humanitarian Relief
- 18-Patti Patterson, MD, MPH, Labba, Guinea Pigs and Fish Head Stew: 20 Years of International Medical Missions
- 7-James Dembowski, PhD, CCC-SLP, Slavically Speaking: Treating Communication Disorders in Poland
- 21-German Nunez, PhD, Death and Dying: Perspectives from Around the World
- 2-Joaquin Lado, M.D., Goiter: Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects
- 16-Jamal Islam, M.D., The Armenian and University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Partnership Program
Spring 2009
January 2009- 7-Surendra Varma, M.D., Opportunities for Leadership: Education of a Foreign Medical Graduate
- 9-Jean Yan, Ph.D., Primary Health Care: Now More than Ever!
- 21-Denise FitzSimon, M.D., FAAP, Bush Alaska: Pediatrics in the Third World of the U.S.
- 04-Libby Hanushek, SAH 2010 & Revathi Ravi, SOM 2012, Malawi & Uganda: Africa Through the Eyes of Two TTUHSC Students
- 18-Piotr Tabaczewski, M.D., Ph.D, Ak'Tenamit Clinic in Guatemala: Volunteers, Donations, and Mayan Health Promoters
- 04-Michael Keller, MBA, FACHE, Healthcare in Iraq Pre and Immediately Post Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 18-Dustin Corgan, SOM 2011 & Alxander Yu (with Chris Jones), SOM 2011, Two Medical Students and Their Summers Abroad
- 15-Timothy R. Huerta, MSPA, Ph.D., Visions of the Future: Healthcare in the Obama Era
- 06-Selim Krim, MD, International Medical Graduates: Update on a Diversified Physician Workforce
- 20-Leslie Shen, PhD, Epidemic Obesity in China
Fall 2008
August 2008- 20-Daniel M. Hardy, Ph.D., A Trip to the Arctic: Sports Injury Prevention, the Olympics, and Norway's Bid for the 2018 Winter Games
- 3-Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D., Hormones and Breast Cancer Prevention
- 17-Rey Vivo, M.D., The Philippines: The Sun, the Sand, and a Sea of Foreign Healthcare Workers
- 1-Mubariz Naqvi, M.D., Neonatal Care in Developing Countries: A Report from Pakistan
- 15-Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Ph.D., A Cross Cultural Perspective in Healthcare: When Culture Matters!
- 5-Gabor Racz, M.D., TTUHSC Pain Journey: Non Nobis Laboramus
- 19-Myrna Armstrong, Ed.D., RN, FAAN, A Trend that's Here to Stay: A Global and Holistic Look at Tattooing and Body Piercing
- 3-Jean-Michel Brismee, PT, ScD, Spinal Manipulations: The Similarities and Disparities Between Osteopaths, Chiropractors, and Physical Therapists Around the World
Spring 2008
February 2008- 1-Mark Hall, M.D., Is There a Right to Health Care?: Four Years in Uganda
- 8-Lynn Bickley, M.D., Medical School Partnerships: Rochester and Bamako Mali
- 15-Werner deRiese, M.D., Comparison of the U.S. with the European/German Health Care System
- 22-Robert Casanova, M.D., Cuba: Some Lessons for Border and Rural Health
- 29-Patti Patterson, M.D., MPH, Improving Health in Rural Nicaragua: Lessons for West Texas
- 7-Tony Islas, M.D., World Health in the Backyard: Tales from the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 14-German Nunez, Ph.D., Global Perspectives on Death, Dying, and End of Life Care
- 28-Jorge Burgueno, M.D., Cuban Public Health System: The Past, Present and Future
- 18-Jose Cordero, M.D., Kenya
- 25-Myrna Armstrong, RN, Ed.D, FAAN, & Surendra Varma, M.D., Vietnam
- 2-Tom McGovern, Ph.D., Alcohol & Drugs: International Perspective
- 9-James Heavner, DVM, Ph.D., FIPP, One World-One Medicine
- 16-John Haynes, Jr., M.D., Toxicology
- 23-Kenn A. Freedman, M.D., Ph.D., Tarahumara Indians of Southern Chihuahua
- 30-Gordon Gong, M.D., & Yan Zhang, Ph.D., Traditional Chinese Medicine
links and references
Previous Lectures by Topic: Includes Links, References, and Recorded Presentations
-
Ak'Tenamit Clinic in Guatemala: Volunteers, Donations, and Mayan Health Promoters
- speaker: Piotr Tabaczewski, M.D., Ph.D.
-
Alcohol & Drugs: International Perspective
- speaker: Tom McGovern, Ph.D.
-
The Armenian and University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Partnership Program
- speaker: Jamal Islam, M.D.
-
Breedlove: Innovative Humanitarian Relief
- speaker: David Fish, CEO
-
Bush Alaska: Pediatrics in the Third World of the U.S.
- speaker: Denise FitzSimon, M.D., FAAP
-
Comparison of the U.S. with the European/German Health Care System
- speaker: Werner deRiese, M.D.
-
Cross Cultural Perspectives in Healthcare: When Culture Matters!
- speaker: Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Ph.D.
-
Cuba: Some Lessons for Border and Rural Health
- speaker: Robert Casanova, M.D.
-
Cuban Public Health System: The Past, Present, and Future
- speaker: Jorge Burgueno, M.D.
-
Epidemic Obesity in China
- speaker: Leslie Shen, PhD
-
Global Perspectives on Death, Dying, and End of Life Care
- speaker: German Nunez, Ph.D.
-
Goiter: Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects
- speaker: Joaquin Lado, M.D.
-
Healthcare in Iraq Pre and Immediately Post Operation Iraqi Freedom
- speaker: Michael Keller, MBA, FACHE
-
Hormones and Breast Cancer Prevention
- speaker: Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D.
-
Improving Health in Rural Nicaragua: Lessons for West Texas
- speaker: Patti Patterson, M.D.
-
International Medical Graduates in the US: Update on a Diversified Physician Workforce
- speaker: Selim Krim, M.D.
-
Is There a Right to Health Care: Four Years in Uganda
- speaker: Mark Hall, M.D.
-
Kenya
- speaker: Jose Cordero, M.D.
-
Labba, Guinea Pigs and Fish Head Stew: 20 Years of International Medical Missions
- speaker: Patti Patterson, MD, MPH
-
Malawi and Uganda: Africa Through the Eyes of Two TTUHSC Students
- speakers: Libby Hanushek, SAH 2010 & Revathi Ravi, SOM 2012
-
Medical School Partnerships: Rochester and Bamako Mali
- speaker: Lynn Bickley, M.D.
-
Neonatal Care in Developing Countries: A Report from Pakistan
- speaker: Mubariz Naqvi, M.D.
-
One World-One Medicine
- speaker: James Heavner, DVM, Ph.D., FIPP
-
Opportunities for Leadership: Education of a Foreign Medical Graduate
- speaker: Surendra Varma, M.D.
-
The Philippines: The Sun, the Sand, and a Sea of Foreign Healthcare Workers
- speaker: Rey Vivo, M.D.
-
Primary Health Care: Now More than Ever!
- speaker: Jean Yan, Ph.D.
-
Slavically Speaking: Treating Communication Disorders in Poland
- speaker: James Dembowski, PhD, CCC-SLP
-
Spinal Manipulations: The Similarities and Disparities Between Osteopaths, Chiropractors, and Physical Therapists Around the World
- speaker: Jean-Michel Brismee, PT, ScD
-
Tarahumara Indians of Southern Chihuahua
- speaker: Kenn A. Freedman, M.D., Ph.D.
-
Toxicology
- speaker: John Haynes, Jr., M.D.
-
Traditional Chinese Medicine
- speaker: Gordon Gong, M.D. & Yan Zhang, Ph.D.
-
A Trend That's Here to Stay: A Global and Holistic Look at Tattooing and Body Piercing
- speaker: Myrna Armstrong, Ed.D., RN, FAAN
-
A Trip to the Arctic: Sports Injury Prevention, the Olympics, and Norway's Bid for the 2018 Winter Games
- speaker: Daniel Hardy, Ph.D.
-
TTUHSC Pain Journey: Non Nobis Laboramus
- speaker: Gabor Racz, M.D.
-
Two Medical Students and Their Summers Abroad
- speakers: Dustin Corgan, SOM 2011 & Alexander YU (with Chris Jones), SOM 2011
-
Vietnam
- speaker: Myrna Armstrong, RN, Ed.D., FAAN & Surendra Varma, M.D.
-
Visions of the Future: Healthcare in the Obama Era
- speaker: Timothy R. Huerta, MSPA, Ph.D.
-
World Health in the Backyard: Tales from the U.S.-Mexico Border
- speaker: Tony Islas, M.D.
Previous Lectures by Speaker
- Myrna Armstrong, Ed.D, RN, FAAN
-
Lynn Bickley, M.D.
- Medical School Partnerships: Rochester and Bamako Mali
- Breedlove Foods, Inc. (David Fish, CEO)
- Jean-Michel Brismee, PT, ScD
-
Jorge Burgueno, M.D.
- Cuban Public Health System: The Past, Present, and Future
-
Robert Casanova, M.D.
- Cuba: Some Lessons for Border and Rural Health
-
Jose Cordero, M.D.
- Kenya
- Dustin Corgan, SOM 2011
- James Dembowski, PhD, CCC-SLP
-
Werner deRiese, M.D.
- Comparison of the U.S. with the European/German Health Care System
- Denise FitzSimon, M.D., FAAP
-
Kenn A. Freedman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Tarahumara Indians of Southern Chihuahua
-
Gordon Gong, M.D.
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
-
Mark Hall, M.D.
- Is There a Right to Health Care?: Four Years in Uganda
- Libby Hanushek, SAH 2010
- Daniel Hardy, Ph.D.
-
John Haynes, Jr., M.D.
- Toxicology
-
James Heavner, DVM, Ph.D., FIPP
- One World-One Medicine
- Timothy R. Huerta, MSPA, Ph.D.
- Jamal Islam, M.D.
-
Tony Islas, M.D.
- World Health in the Backyard: Tales from the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Michael Keller, MBA, FACHE
- Selim Krim, M.D.
- Joaquin Lado, M.D.
- Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D.
-
Tom McGovern, Ph.D.
- Alcohol & Drugs: International Perspective
- Mubariz Naqvi, M.D.
-
German Nunez, Ph.D.
- Global Perspectives on Death, Dying, and End of Life Care
-
Patti Patterson, M.D. MPH
- Improving Health in Rural Nicaragua: Lessons for West Texas
- Labba, Guinea Pigs and Fish Head Stew: 20 Years of International Medical Missions
- Gabor Racz, M.D.
- Revathi Ravi, SOM 2012
- Leslie Shen, PhD
- Piotr Tabaczewski, M.D., Ph.D.
- Surendra Varma, M.D.
- Jean Yan, Ph.D.
- Alexander Yu (with Chris Jones), SOM 2011
-
Yan Zhang, Ph.D.
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
links and references
- Traditional Chinese Medicine


