Challenging Topics in Medicine Fibromyalgia Symposium
Latest Diagnostic Breakthroughs

Topic: What is fibromyalgia and how do you diagnose it?

Speaker: Bruce Gillis, MD, MPH, member of the clinical faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and founder of EpicGenetics

Topic: Cutting Edge Testing for the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

Speaker:  Ernest Brahn, MD, professor of medicine and rheumatology and arthritis Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Registration Register online at: http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/giving/alumni_programming/ or contact Charles Eastwood, Office of Medical Advancement, Ph: 312-355-1899, e-mail: chucke@uic.edu

Time: 9:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Lecture With Questions & Answers

Date: May 11, 2013

Location
College of Medicine Research Building, Moss Auditorium (Room 1020 CMRB) 909 S. Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60612

OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia
2. Determine the criteria for making the diagnosis of fibromyalgia
3. Utilize information gained to best manage the disease
4. Integrate the latest diagnostic studies in order to monitor the efficacy
of treatment using newly discovered immune system biomarkers

FREE Continuing Medical Education Credits: Nurses - We are currently applying for 1.5 contact hours for this educational activity.

University of Illinois Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver of the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Physicians - The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Department Of Medical Education
Ethics in Medicine Series

 Disorders of Consciousness and Disordered Care:
Preparing for the Next Wave of Neuroscience

Joseph Fins, M.D.
Columbia University
When: Wednesday June 12, 2013, 3pm
Where: Moss Auditorium-1020 CMRB-909 S. Wolcott

The Traub-Byfield Lecture Series is supported by the Traub-Byfield gift to support ethics education in the College of Medicine. For these lectures, the speakers serve as Traub-Byfield Fellows.

The Joseph S. Begando Lecture is supported by a gift to the University of Illinois College of Medicine to support medical humanities. For further information or to request an accommodation, please contact Kim Hu at khu5@uic.edu or 312-996-6738. These lectures are organized by the Department of Medical Education

Department of Pharmacology  
Visiting Professor Seminar Series

When: Ongoing, Spring 2013, Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Where: 1020 COMRB

Full Schedule: http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcph/seminar_visiting.htm

University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs Health and Social Policy Seminar

The Institute of Government and Public Affairs seminar on Health and Social Policy is a weekly presentation of current research by scholars from UIC and other universities. Research topics typically cover health, education, labor markets, and other public policies, and draw scholars from social sciences, medicine, and public health.

The spring 2013 schedule has been posted here, and will be updated with seminar titles and PDF copies of papers as they become available.