Bert Sakmann, the inaugural scientific director and research group leader, Digital Neuroanatomy at Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter, Florida, will present “Cortical Column: If You Don’t Understand the Function, Do the Structure” on Thursday, March 31 at 12 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. If are interested in meeting the speaker, please contact Walter Scott at [email protected].

The Department of Neurological Surgery will present grand rounds on Thursday, March 31 from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Art Day, neurosurgery visiting professor, will present. For more information or to add your name to the department’s education announcement distribution list, please contact Ingrid Menendez at 305-243-6751 or [email protected].

Holly Neville, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the Miller School of Medicine, will present: “Update 2011 – Pediatric Surgical Issues That Will Prohibit Reduced Health Care Spending” on Thursday, March 31, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to discuss pediatric surgical issues such as obesity, preterm delivery, and IVF. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. For more information, contact Elisa Arguelles at 305-585-1280 or email [email protected].

The Department of Otolaryngology will host grand rounds on Thursday, March 31 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Clinical Research Building, Room 989. Linda J. Hood, professor of hearing and speech sciences at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University, will present “Understanding Cochlear and Auditory Peripheral Neural Function Using Sensitive Physiologic Approaches.” This lecture will provide information about cochlear and peripheral neural auditory characteristics in carriers of genes related to hearing loss, older individuals, and patients with diabetes. For more information or to add your name to the department’s distribution list, please contact Mayte Ruiz-Sexton at 305-585-8776 or email [email protected].

The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology will present grand rounds on Thursday, March 31 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Retter Educational Center Auditorium. Ophthalmology residents and fellows will present interesting or unusual cases. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, please contact Sophia Gonzalez at 305-326-6110 or [email protected].