Mini Medical School offers community members, students, alumni and anyone interested in the field of medicine a look into the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Mini Med "students" get to experience the Jacobs School's contributions to science and health care related to conditions common in Western New York. The program features expert speakers in their specialties.

Fall Curriculum: Heart, Lungs, and Blood

September 24
Blood, the Liquid of Life
featuring
Beverly Schaefer, MD
UBMD Affiliated
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School
Assistant Professor, Oncology; Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Roswell

and

Lynn Steinbrenner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; Dozoretz Auditorium (room 2220)

October 22
Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
Blood Pressure: Measurement and Treatment with Diet, Exercise, and Drugs
featuring
Perry Hogan, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

and

George Matthews, MD
UBMD Affiliated
Cardiologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School
Chief of Service, Internal Medicine, Kaleida Health

Want to learn more about our October 22 topic? Read a blog post from Dr. Matthews and UBMD regarding blood pressure and staying healthy! Read the post here. 

November 19
Anatomy and Physiology of the Lungs
Asthma: A Common and Undertreated Condition
featuring

Stuart Inglis, PhD
Instructor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School

and

Jamie Wooldridge, MD
UBMD Affiliated
Clinical Professor
Division Chief of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School

Spring Curriculum: Bones, Muscles, and Joints

February 11 
Bones: The inside story to their function, growth, and repair
featuring

Bruce Troen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School
Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: What Happens to "Dem Bones"

and

John Marzo, MD
UBMD Affiliated
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics, Jacobs School
Advances in the Field of Orthopedics in Bone Repair

March 10
Everybody's Doin' the Locomotion, thanks to Muscles!
featuring

Stuart Inglis, PhD
Instructor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School
The Anatomy and Physiology of Muscles

and

Nick Silvestri, MD
Professor of Neurology, Jacobs School
Aging and Examples of Muscular Disease

April 7
Rheumatology: A Joint Effort!
featuring

Alysia V. Kwiatkowski, DO, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

May 12

A Virtual Insider's Look into Clinical Research on COVID-19 in Buffalo: A Regional and Global Perspective. Dr. Timothy Murphy shares the latest developments on clinical research on COVID-19 on the local, national, and global level.

All sessions take place in either the Ronald I. Dozoretz MD '62 Auditorium (room 2220) or the M&T Bank Auditorium (room 2120) both located on the second floor of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo.

Auditoriums in use will be properly marked.

Parking is available on the street after 5pm, or in the Conventus parking ramp (for a fee), located across the street from the main entrance to the medical school at Main and High streets.

NFTA Metro Rail transportation is also available from UB South to the Allen/Medical Campus Station.

Mini Medical School is open to anyone 16 years of age and older who is interested in medicine and the health sciences.

Online registration is encouraged for individual sessions and will be open in the coming weeks! Sessions are $10 per class for community members, faculty, staff and alumni. Students are free to attend.

High school and college students with valid ID are welcomed and encouraged to attend at no cost.  Select the $0 Student Registration option on the registration page.