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MEDICINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BUILDING

OPENING CELEBRATION

OCTOBER 29-31, 2009

Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart, School of Medicine Dean John Daly and the Board of Trustees invite you to attend the opening of the School of Medicine's New Medical Education and Research Building.

Spanning three days, the Opening Celebration will begin with a day of symposia, "Insights and Innovations in Biomedical Research"; followed by the official ribbon cutting, a reception, building tours and an evening gathering; and ending with an education and community service showcase.

All events are held at Temple University School of Medicine’s New Medical Education and Research Building at 3500 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, unless otherwise noted.

Advance registration is required. Register by Saturday, Oct. 17.

Questions? Contact 215-707-7650 or medrsvp@temple.edu.

If you have not received an invitation to the Opening Celebration of Temple University School of Medicine's Education and Research Building, please provide your contact information on the attached form and a staff person will be in touch with you shortly.

Thursday, October 29: Insights and Innovations in Biomedical Research

Friday, October 30: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Saturday, October 31: Education and Community Service Showcase

Thursday 10-29	INSIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

8:00 am - 8:30 am: Registration and Coffee
SERIES I: AIDS Session - Luo Auditorium (2 CME credits)
8:30 am	Roger Pomerantz, MD President, Tibotec, Inc. The Challenge of Curing HIV
9:00 am	Ellen Tedaldi, MD Professor, TUSM Director, HIV Program HIV/AIDS: Progress, Pitfalls and Promise
9:30 am	Break
10:00 am	Brian Wigdahl, PhD Professor, Drexel University College of Medicine Genetic Variation, Transcription and HIV Disease
10:30 am	Tracy Fischer-Smith, PhD Assistant Professor, TUSM Altered Monocyte/Macrophage Homeostasis in AIDS and NeuroAIDS
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Question and Answer Session

SERIES II: Cancer Session - Lachman Auditorium (2.75 CME credits)
8:30 am	John Neiderhuber, MD Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Cancer as an Organ System: The Tumor Microenvironment
9:00 am	E. Premkumar Reddy, PhD Professor, TUSM Director, Fels Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Targeting the Cell Cycle Machinery for Cancer Therapy
9:30 am	Break
10:00 am	Ray Sawaya, MD Professor and Chair, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center The Comprehensive Neuro-Oncology Center: Challenges and Opportunities
10:30 am	Douglas Laske, MD Associate Professor, TUSM Protein Toxin Conjugates for Brain Tumor Therapy
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Question and Answer Session

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Maurice Stone, MD Commons (non-CME)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Shirley Tilghman, PhD '75 President, Princeton University Boom or Bust: Overcoming Whiplash in Science Policy

LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION (non-CME)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch in Maurice Stone, MD Commons; Poster Session in 4 sections of second floor classrooms

SERIES I: Neuroscience Session - Luo Auditorium (3 CME credits)
2:00 pm	Eugene Major, PhD Director of Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, NINDS/NIH Multipotential Progenitor Cells from the Human Brain: Differentiation Predicts Viral Susceptibility
2:30 pm	Steve Goldman, MD, PhD Professor, University of Rochester Stem and Progenitor-cell Based Treatment of Myelin Disorders
3:00 pm	Samia Khoury, MD Professor, Harvard University / Brigham Women's Hospital Neural Stem Cells Interactions with the Immune System
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Scott Faro, MD Professor, TUSM State of the Art Functional Neuroradiology Today and Tomorrow
4:15 pm	Ronald Tuma, PhD Professor, TUSM Synthetic Cannabinoids as a Potential Therapy for Central Nervous System Injury
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Question and Answer Session

SERIES II: Cardiovascular Session - Lachman Auditorium (3 CME credits)
2:00 pm	Steven Houser, PhD Professor, TUSM Director, Cardiovascular Research Center Calcium Mediated Cardiac Injury and Repair
2:30 pm	Walter Koch, PhD Professor, Jefferson Medical College Novel Roles for G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases in Heart Failure
3:00 pm	Jeffrey Molkentin, PhD Professor, Children's Hospital of Cincinnati PKCalpha as a Heart Failure Target
3:15 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Piero Aversa, MD Lecturer, Harvard University/Brigham Women's Hospital Cardiac Regeneration
4:15 pm	Ken Chien, MD, PhD Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University How to Make a Heart: Towards Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Question and Answer Session

POSTER SESSION and WINE/CHEESE RECEPTION - 2nd Floor (non-CME) 5:00 - 6:30 pm

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Friday 10-30	RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

10:00 am - 11:00 am	Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Reception and Building Tours
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Major Donor Stewardship Luncheon and Ginsburg Health Science Library Dedication (by invitation only)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Major Donor Guided Building Tours
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	White Coat Ceremony and Reception - Mitten Hall, Main Campus
5:00 pm	Reunion Welcome Reception - Westin Hotel

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Saturday 10-31	EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SHOWCASE

BUFFET BREAKFAST - Maurice Stone Commons and John Sprandio Lobby 9 am

SERVICE: THE ULTIMATE MD (MEDICAL DESTINY) - Luo Auditorium
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Dedication of Luo Auditorium Solomon Luo, MD Res '86
	Dean John Daly, MD '73 and Anthony Giorgio, MD '73 Welcome
	Vance Moss, MD '98 and Vince Moss, MD '98 Keynote Address - Value of Service to Those Served and to Those Serving
	Gerald Sterling, PhD and Kathleen Reeves, MD Basics of Service Learning

LUNCHEON - Maurice Stone Commons and John Sprandio Lobby 12 pm

CARSON SCHNECK PORTRAIT DEDICATION - Luo Auditorium 12:45 pm

BUILDING TOURS AND SERVICE PROGRAM SHOWCASE 1:15 pm

REUNION BANQUET AT WESTIN HOTEL (only classes ending in 4 and 9) 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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OPENING CELEBRATION RELATED LINKS :

The Medical Education and Research Building at a glance:

Location: West side of North Broad Street between Venango and Tioga streets, across from Temple University Hospital Boyer Pavilion.

Exterior: Glass and brick

Square footage: 480,000 gross square feet

Number of stories: 11

Cost: $160M

Construction start: 9/06

Opening Celebration: 10/09

Architect: Ballinger, Inc.

Building Features :

More than 16 flexible learning spaces, which include small group breakout rooms that are supported by the newest technology.

249,000 square feet of flexible, state-of-the-art laboratory space for scientific research, supporting current trends toward interdisciplinary and translational research.

A clinical skills and robotic simulation center where students practice doctoring and surgical skills with mannequins, simulators and actor patients.

An attractive cafe, a spacious and comfortable lobby, and ample study and meeting space to support the community life of the school.

A combined 50,000-square foot library for the Health Sciences Center bringing together medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry and related health professions, offering study areas for groups and individuals, multimedia and wireless technology, and 24-hour accessibility.

An all-glass, collaborative learning and research tower, offering dramatic views of the Center City skyline, housing a series of stacked, multi-purpose rooms that can be used for teaching, meetings, instructional support, study space and dining.

A third-floor bridge, crossing Tioga Street, connecting the new building with current teaching and research facilities.

Interior atrium space with balconies to create a home-away-from-home atmosphere and usable outdoor space on a raised plaza on Broad Street.