July 16, 2009-Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) and St. Matthew’s University (SMU), Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, will present a wide-ranging series of continuing medical education (CME) lectures focusing on new advances in treatment of arthritis and brain tumors, and other topics for local health care professionals and medical students on July 17, 2009.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer our CME series to physicians and medical students in the Cayman Islands,” says Eli A. Timoll, M.D., medical director for patient services and ombudsman, Johns Hopkins Medicine International. “This course is part of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s mission to share knowledge and best practices with health care providers around the world.”
More than 100 medical students, private practice and hospital physicians are expected to attend the one-day CME course.
Uzma Haque, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Michael Lim, M.D., director of the spine radiosurgery program at Hopkins and an assistant professor of neurosurgery and oncology, and Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., chair of gastrointestinal surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, will present the lectures. Topics will include “Rheumatoid Arthritis: Our Approach in 2009,” “Image Guidance and Functional Mapping for the Removal of Brain Tumors,” and “The New Face of Surgery: The Laparoscopic Revolution.”
“St. Matthew's University is very pleased to begin working with highly renowned Johns Hopkins Medicine International,” says John Marvin, SMU’s chancellor. “These collaborative endeavors with Johns Hopkins will offer SMU students a great opportunity to learn from internationally known experts as well as enhance their level of interaction with Cayman’s top-notch medical practitioners. We are also very pleased to help offer CME for the Cayman medical community, which has been so supportive of SMU over the years.”
About Johns Hopkins Medicine
A more than $4 billion enterprise, Johns Hopkins Medicine unites physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the organizations, health professionals and facilities of the Johns Hopkins Health System.
The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Diverse and inclusive, Johns Hopkins Medicine has provided international leadership in the education of physicians and medical scientists in biomedical research and in the application of medical knowledge to sustain health since The Johns Hopkins Hospital opened in 1889. The Johns Hopkins Health System includes four acute-care hospitals ? The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital and Suburban Hospital ? which together provide an integrated health care delivery system.
About Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) facilitates the global development of the Johns Hopkins Medicine mission: to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. As the international access point to thousands of Johns Hopkins experts in medicine, nursing, public health and health care administration, JHI coordinates treatment for out-of-town patients who travel to Baltimore and for local patients with limited English proficiency. It also provides services in hospital management, health care consulting and clinical education through strategic alliances and affiliations in the Middle East, Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia. For further information about JHI, please contact: nboloti1@jhmi.edu
About St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine
St. Matthew’s University, founded in 1997, is a provider of medical and veterinary education offering doctor of medicine and doctor of veterinary medicine degree programs. Located on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, SMU has more than 1,000 successful graduates practicing medicine and veterinary medicine in the United States, Canada and other countries around the world. For more information about SMU, please visit www.stmatthews.edu.
SMU Media Contact: Dr. John Dietrich
1-407-488-1703 or jdietrich@stmatthews.edu
Johns Hopkins Media Contact: Natalia Bolotina
1-410-502-9422 or nboloti1@jhmi.edu
