Fall 2021
Date | Presentation |
September 21 | Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia |
September 28 | Diabetes |
October 5 | Heart Health |
October 12 | Kidney Health |
October 19 | Sleep Apnea/Snoring |
October 26 | Lymphedema |
November 2 | TMJ & Bone Health |
November 9 | MS & Other Movement Disorders |
November 16 | CRISPR & Gene Editing |
Summer 2021
Spring 2021
Class was not held.
Fall 2020
Date | Presentation |
September 1 | Class Orientation |
September 8 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
September 15 | Basic Lifesaving Techniques |
September 22 | Sudden, Unplanned Weightloss |
September 29 | "Dicken's Diagnosis" |
October 6 | A Disease So Old, It's Mentioned in the Bible |
October 13 | Infant Emergencies |
October 20 | A Serious Accident |
October 27 | The Health of Young Adults |
November 3 | No Class |
November 10 | Cough, Cough, Cough |
November 17 | Dizzy Attacks |
November 24 | A Confused Father |
Spring 2020
The spring 2020 class was only able to meet five times before the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date | Presentation |
February 11 | Hickam's Dictum - one patient, multiple diseases |
February 18 | A Persistent Fever |
February 25 | What's Old is New Again |
March 3 | A Tale in Two Parts |
March 10 | The Genetics of Disease |
March 17 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
March 24 | Basic Lifesaving Techniques |
March 31 | Spring Break - NO CLASS |
April 7 | Sudden, Unplanned Weight Loss |
April 14 | "Dicken's Diagnosis" |
April 21 | A Disease So Old, It's Mentioned in the Bible |
April 28 | Infant Emergencies |
May 5 | A Serious Accident |
May 12 | The Health of Young Adults |
Fall 2019
Date | Speaker | Topic |
September 3 | Ed Sobel, DO | Quality Improvement in Medical Practice |
September 10 | Gregory Hovan, BS, MBA | Biosafety |
September 17 | Audrey Sernyak, MD | Cardiology |
September 24 | Timothy Manzone, MD, JD | Bone Health |
October 1 | Chris Manning, MPA | Trends in Healthcare |
October 8 | Dan Meara, MD, DMD | Oral Maxillofacial Surgery |
October 15 | TBT | TBT |
October 22 | Jobayer Hossain, MD | Socioeconomic Variation and Cancer |
October 29 | Kate Smith, MD, MPH | Spleen 101 |
November 5 | Prayus Tailor, MD | Hypertension/Kidney |
November 12 | Mark Thompson, MHA | About the Medical Society of Delaware |
November 19 | Tom Blackson, RT | Respiratory Therapy |
November 26 | No Class | No Class |
December 3 | Justin Martello, MD | Neurology Case Studies |
Spring 2019 Semester
Date | Speaker | Topic |
February 12 | Dan Meara, MD, DMD | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Dentistry |
February 19 | Taylor Alger, PT | Exercise and Aging |
February 26 | Sandra Medinilla, MD, MPH | Trauma - Case Presentations and a Focus on Falls |
March 5 | Giovanna Morini, PhD | Early Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development |
March 12 | Vishesh Agarwal, MD | Addiction is a Disease of the Brain |
March 19 | Emily Day, PhD | Nanomedicine and Gene Regulation |
March 26 | John Swanson, MD | Kidney 101 |
April 2 | | Spring Break |
April 9 | Amanda Schartel, PharmD
Sean Thomas, PharmD | Polypharmacy and its Management |
April 16 | Ed Woodford, PA | Scope of Practice for Physician Assistants, and a Focus on Atrial Fibrillation and its Treatment |
April 23 | Kara Odom-Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS | View from the Cabinet Secretary's Office - Healthcare in Delaware |
April 30 | John Ruano-Salguero, BS | In-Vitro Blood Brain Barrier for Cutting Edge Research and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Alzheimers) |
May 7 | Ryan Keating, JD | Data Privacy and Your Health Information |
May 14 | Elisabeth Scheneman, MA | Delaware Healthcare Commission Roles and Responsibilities |
Fall 2018 Semester
Date | Speaker | Topic |
September 4 | Brian Little, MD, PhD | Advances in the Treatment and a Cure for Muscular Dystrophy |
September 11 | Diana Lanham, RN | Federal Government Requirements that Impact Hospitals, Physicians, and Patients |
September 18 | Anand Panwalker, MD | Safety and Quality in Health Care |
September 25 | Andrew Wilson, Esq | At the Intersection of Health and Law |
October 2 | Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD | Advances in the Detection and Treatment of Breast Cancer |
October 9 | Tim Gibbs, MPH
Kate Smith, MD, MPH | The Theories and Models of Public Health Practice |
October 16 | Jeff Guarino, MD | Sleep, and Its Role in the Health of Older Adults |
October 23 | Rita Landgraf, Former DHSS Cabinet Secretary | Health Communities |
October 30 | Louis Bartoshesky, MD, MPH | "Personhood" in the Movies - framing and teaching bioethics through the movies |
November 6 | No Class | Election Day |
November 13 | Steve Dellose, MD | Consideration for Joint Replacement in Older Adults |
November 20 | No Class | Thanksgiving Holiday |
November 27 | Ryan Keating, Esq | Health Information Privacy and Consumers Rights to Access in the Digital Age |
December 4 | John O'Neill, Jr., DO | Updates to the Adult Vaccination Schedule, and "How Vaccines Work" |
Spring 2018 Semester
Date | Speaker | Topic |
February 2 | Lou Bartoshesky, MD, MPH | The History of Genetic Testing |
February 13 | Randy Gaboriault, MS | Medical Information Technology and You |
February 20 | Sarina Pasricha, MD | Constipation: More Than Just A Lazy Gut |
February 27 | Bill Swiatek, MA, AICP
David Edgell, MA, AICP | Planning and Public Health |
March 6 | Alison Wessel, MLS | Health and E-Health Literacy |
March 13 | Erin Knight, PhD | Social Determinants of Health 101 |
March 20 | Cris Coconcea, MD | Creativity and Psychopathology |
March 27 | No Class | Spring Break |
April 3 | Mia Papas, PhD | Epidemiology 101 |
April 10 | Scott Siegel, PhD | Behavioral Health |
April 17 | Victor Gregory, DMD | Dentistry |
April 24 | Omar Khan, MD, MHS | End of Polio? Lessons from Global Health Eradication |
May 1 | Chad Duffalo, MD | Our Microbiome - The Universe Within |
May 8 | Lee Dresser, MD | Neurovascular Disease and Stroke |
Fall 2017 Semester
Date | Lecturer | Topic |
September 12 | Gregory Burton | Back Pain & Physical Therapy |
September 19 | Brad Sandella, DO | Bone Health |
September 26 | David Simpson, MD | Dementia |
October 3 | Velma Scantlebury, MD | Kidney Transplant |
October 10 | Michael Teixido, MD | Migraines |
October 17 | Kathleen McNicholas, MD, JD | Cardiology - Then & Now |
October 24 | Babak Vakili, MD | Pelvic Conditions / Urogynecology |
October 31 | Brian Little, MD, PhD | Human Subject Protection - From Nuremberg to Today |
November 7 | Barbara Albani, MD | Neuro-Interventional Surgery / Stroke |
November 14 | Janice Nevin, MD, MPH | Health Systems |
November 21 | Jason Weinberger, DO | The Path to Being a Physician |
November 28 | Margot Savoy, MD, MPH | Adult Vaccines |
December 5 | Eric Kmiec, PhD | Gene Editing |
Spring 2017 Semester
Date | Speaker | Topic |
February 7, 2017 | Ralph Milner, MD | Ophthalmic Trauma |
February 14, 2017 | Lewis Yu, DMD | Holistic Dentistry |
February 21, 2017 | Barbara Prestano, AuD | Hearing Aids |
February 28, 2017 | Linsey Brandt, MD | Medication Safety in Older Adults |
March 7, 2017 | David Larned, MD | Blepharoplasty |
March 14, 2017 | Alan Fink, MD | Medical Malpractice |
March 21, 2017 | Robert Abel, MD | Complementary Medicine |
March 28, 2017 | | Spring Break |
April 4, 2017 | Anthony Cucuzzella, MD & David Sowa, MD | All Numbness is Not Carpal Tunnel |
April 11, 2017 | Timothy Gibbs, MPH | Public Health |
April 18, 2017 | Michael Teixido, MD | Hearing Difficulty in the Elderly |
April 25, 2017 | Mark Cadungog, MD | Oncologic Gynecology |
May 2, 2017 | Jason Kaplan, MD | Retinal Disease |
Fall 2016 Semester
Date | Presentation | Presenter |
September 13 | Stroke | Lee Dresser, MD |
Septermber 20 | Patient Safety | Kathleen McNicholas, MD, JD |
September 27 | Delaware Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment | Kate Smith, MD, MPH & Susan DelPesco, Esq. |
October 4 | Parkinson's Disease | Brian Little, MD, PhD |
October 11 | Memory | Jim Ellison, MD |
October 18 | Zika Virus | Steve Eppes |