University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, who in 1993 was appointed by President Bill Clinton as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and served in that role for eight years, will discuss “The Challenges of Health Care Reform for Public Health” during Epidemiology and Public Health Grand Rounds on Wednesday, May 19 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

After decades of attempts and a year of battling differences, legislation was signed in March to overhaul the nation’s health care system and guarantee access to medical insurance for tens of millions of Americans. The Health Care Reform Bill barely begins a long journey to significantly increase coverage, prevention, and investments in public health. What is next?

For more information, contact Katie Lewitt at 305-243-6398 or e-mail [email protected].

Paolo Romanelli, associate professor of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “UM Rapid Wound Pathology” on Wednesday, May 19 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Ioannides Library, room 2090. For more information, call 305-243-4472.

With Better Hearing and Speech Month being observed in May, Donna S. Lundy and Mario A. Landera, from the Department of Otolaryngology at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Frog in Your Throat? Learn about the Leaps Being Made in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice and Swallowing Disorders” on Wednesday, May 19 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Conference Room 1301.

Dedicated to increasing the general awareness of voice and swallowing disorders, this Lunch and Learn session is open to all University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty, staff, and patients. For more information, please contact Alison Grewe at 305-243-8517.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host grand rounds on Wednesday, May 19 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium. Charles Nemeroff, Miller School professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, will present “The Neurobiology of Child Abuse: Treatment Implications.” The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should claim credit commensurate only with the extent of their participation in the activity. 1.25 CE credits will be awarded to psychologists and 1.5 CE to social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend.

For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, e-mail [email protected], or click here.

The Bascom Palmer Aesthetic Center will hold a special beauty event for all employees as well as their family members and friends on Wednesday, May 19 at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, third floor, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. All skin care products will be 40 percent off. Latisse eyelash solution will be offered for $79 after rebate, and injectable treatments and cosmetic surgery consults will be 20 percent off. Choose one of the following special purchase options and receive a rebate as a special thank-you:

• With a Juvederm and Botox treatment and the purchase of Latisse, get a $100 rebate.

• With a Juvederm or Botox treatment and the purchase of Latisse, get a $50 rebate.

• With Dysport injections, get a $75 rebate.

The first 20 patients will receive a Vivite travel kit containing luxurious skin care products. For treatment appointments, call 305-243-FACE.