Balwinder Singh, M.D., will present “Ketamine update: what should clinicians know?” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Singh is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minn. He isRead More

Matthew Heberer, M.D., a PGY-V resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk titled “Hemorrhoids: a concise history” at Sanford Health – Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, August 16. All are welcome to attend. The objectives of Dr. Heberer’s talkRead More

Mark Jensen, MD, FACS, director of Surgical Anatomy in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk titled “What is it like to die and be revived? Health care through the eyes of a provider: a case report” at UND Medical Education Center – Auditorium in Fargo, N.D., fromRead More

Mary Aaland, MD, FACS, director of the SMHS Rural Surgery Support Program and associate professor in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Rural Surgery in the 21st Century” at the UND Medical Education Center Auditorium in Fargo from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, AugustRead More

Ali Pervaiz, MD, will present “Mental Health and Chronic Pain Management” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Pervaiz is a fourth-year resident in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Jon Ulven, Ph.D., chair of Adult Psychology at Sanford Health,Read More

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the SMHS medical classes of 2021 and 2022 have recognized seven faculty for Outstanding Block Instructor Awards in Block IV and Block VIII of the 2018–19 academic year. The Class of 2021 (Year 2) Block VIIIRead More

How do you know if your Blackboard course materials are accessible? How do you fix them if they’re not? There are tools available in Blackboard and Microsoft Office to help with these tasks, and Education Resources has invited UND’s Teaching Transformation & Development Academy (TTaDA) to show us how toRead More

Drs. Kirsten Juhl and Lindsey Dahl, SMHS clinical faculty based in Fargo, have established a new and innovative way of connecting doctors with adult patients. Their podcast, “Everything Your Doc Wants You To Know,” is produced every other Sunday and covers various medical issues common in the adult population. TheRead More

The Doctoral Examination for Ethan Snow, a candidate for the Ph.D.degree with a major in Biomedical Sciences, is set for 9 a.m. on June 17, 2019, in room W202 of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Snow’s dissertation title is: “Effects of a Confidence-Based, Individualized Remediation Strategy on Student Learning and Final GradesRead More

Mallory Koshiol, MPH, director of quality at Sanford Health, will present a talk entitled “Quality 2018 Year in Review, Surgery Resident Grand Rounds, Sanford Fargo Region” at Sanford Health – Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 31. All are welcome to attend.* ThisRead More

In January of this year, SMHS Dean Wynne charged the faculty, through the various standing committees in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, to consider significant changes to the medical school curriculum. The Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC) therefore created nine curriculum redesign groups comprising volunteer faculty and staff,Read More

Monica Taylor-Desir, MD, MPH, DFAPA, will present “Resilience and Recovery in American Indian Mental Health” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15 at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Taylor-Desir served as Chief Medical Officer and Psychiatrist until recently at Elbowoods Memorial Health Center withRead More

Matthew Heberer, MD, a PGY-IV resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Management of Barrett’s Esophagus” at Sanford Health – Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 17. All are welcome to attend. The objectives of the talk are:Read More

Erin Follman, MD, a PGY-II resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Sepsis in the Postoperative Patient” at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2019. All are welcome to attend. The objectives of Dr. Follman’s talkRead More

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is proud to present the first annual DaCCoTA Symposium, to be held at the SMHS (1301 N. Columbia Rd., Grand Forks, N.D.) from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2019. The symposium will focus on increasing understanding ofRead More