The Department of Neurological Surgery will host grand rounds on Thursday, July 29 from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Howard Levene, assistant professor of clinical neurological surgery, will present “The Other Side of Back Pain.” For more information or to add your name to the Department of Neurological Surgery’s educational announcement distribution list, please contact Ingrid Menendez at 305-243-6751 or [email protected].

The Department of Neurological Surgery will host grand rounds on Thursday, July 29 from 7 to 8 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Ryan Trombly, assistant professor of clinical neurological surgery, will present “Pseudotumor Cerebri.” For more information or to add your name to the educational announcement distribution list, please contact Ingrid Menendez at 305-243-6751 or [email protected].

Performance Improvement Management (PIM) is a highly interactive series of four sessions and three computer-based learning modules. The goal of the series is to set expectations for UM leaders and to develop the knowledge and skills required for effective employee performance management, with a focus on coaching employees to improve performance and productivity. Sessions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on the following dates:

• Thursday, July 22, 2010 (PIM II)
• Thursday, July 29, 2010 (PIM III)
• Thursday, September 23 (PIM IV)

Courses are held at the Medical Professional Development and Training Office, Dominion Parking Garage, Suite 155. You must complete each corresponding online CBL prior to enrolling and must register for all fours parts of the session to receive credit. To register for the sessions, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to log on. For more information, call 305-243-3090.

The Department of Anesthesiology will host grand rounds on Thursday, July 29 from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Jonathan Jahr, professor of clinical anesthesiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will present “Effective and Safe Blood Substitutes: An Attainable Reality or a Lost Cause?” This educational activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. For more information, please contact Marsha Williams at 305-585-1191, ext. 2-2, or [email protected].