Mayo Alumni Magazine 2006 Winter - MC4409-0106 - Mayo Clinic

Mayo Update
Dubrovnik, Croatia: 2006 Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
International Continuing Medical Education Program
The “jewel of the Adriatic,”Dubrovnik,
Croatia, and the classic seaside Hotel
Excelsior, is the location for the 2006
Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
International Continuing Medical
Education (CME) Program from
Oct. 10 – 13, 2006. (Attendees will
depart the United States on Oct. 9.)
Dubrovnik is a Mediterranean
treasure-house of culture and history
dating back centuries. The city has one
of the worlds’most complete ancientcity
wall fortifications. Because of its
cultural and historic importance,
Dubrovnik has been designated and
is protected as a United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) World
Heritage site.
The CME program course directors
are Thomas McDonald, M.D., Thomas
Habermann, M.D., Luis Haro, M.D.,
and James Garrity, M.D. The program is
a balance of topics of general and
medical specialty interest in women’s
health, advances in cancer management,
cardiovascular medicine and
surgical advances. The course will pay
particular attention to management
systems for patient safety and error
management and international issues
in such areas as infectious disease and
genomics.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
designates this educational activity for
a maximum of 16.5 category 1 credits
toward to the AMA Physician’s
Recognition Award.
Following the CME program, a
full tour of Croatia is available to
interested participants through Oct. 23.
Highlights of the full tour include
cultural and historic sites in Split Zadar,
Opatija, Plitivce National Park and
Zagreb. Full tour participation is
first-come, first-served.
Full program details and
information brochures are available
through the Mayo Clinic Alumni
Association office by calling
507-284-2317, or by calling the tour
coordinator Linda Freeman toll-free
at 877-280-9066.
Symposium on Health Care
Reform seeks solutions
to tough issues
On May 21 – 23, 2006, Mayo Clinic will
bring together thought leaders from
across the nation to address the many
challenges facing health care in our
country.
The Mayo Clinic National
Symposium on Health Care Reform,
to be held in Rochester, Minn., will be
unlike other national conferences with a
highly participatory, non-partisan
and solutions-focused format.
Moderators from national media
including CNN, National Public Radio
and Public Broadcasting Service will
lead discussions on topics including:
• Overspent, Overdrawn and
Overwhelmed: Reducing Health
Care Inefficiencies
• Do We Know What We Know:
The Universal Sharing of
Scientific Knowledge
• The Uninsured and Underinsured:
Fixing Holes in the Safety Net
This event is one part of a new Mayo
Clinic Health Policy Center being
created to affect comprehensive national
health care reform. The center also will
host policy forums and leadership
summits, future symposia, create an
interactive health care policy Web site
and conduct ongoing research. This
virtual center will call upon leaders
across the country to help guide health
care reform.
“We’re calling the question,”says
John La Forgia, chair of Mayo’s
Department of Public Affairs. “Many
groups have been discussing this issue
for quite a while. Now is the time to do
something about it.
“Our reputation as a patientcentered
health care institution gives
us a good chance of being a successful
facilitator for meaningful change,”he says.
26 Mayo Alumni Winter 2006