Join us for a hands-on field day where you'll learn essential survival and emergency care techniques, including fire building, FAST ultrasound exam, splinting, and emergency shelter construction.

Included: 

• breakfast (bagels)
• lunch (BBQ)
• firestarter kit (to take home)

What to bring: 

• spare wax candles
• dryer lint
• dress for outdoor weather

This will be an exciting and educational day packed with practical skills, teamwork, and great food! Let us know if you have any questions. See you there!

Atrium Pavilion location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/G6TDCVJikwCy2Aes5 

Carpooling sign-ups: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OgnajUvEUASOz6w4YuxAJBMLbmSJ0OnP3xVVuZ21UTo/edit?usp=sharing 

The American College of Physicians is the largest medical society representing internal medicine and all subspecialties. Join us for 2 policy days April 28-29th in DC with ~25 physicians, residents, and other students! During Monday, you will get congressional meeting prep and on Tuesday, groups will have congressional meetings. 

Transportation: We recommend the MARC train ($8), driving, or carpool.

https://www.acpservices.org/leadership-day/what-leadership-day

Contact Maryland ACP ([email protected]) with any questions and to RSVP.

Join us for a panel discussion, in collaboration with LMSA, about being a bilingual physician, challenges in healthcare for non-English speaking patients, and how to use an interpreter as a physician. 

We will be joined by Dr. Sandra Quezada, Dr. Jessica Lee, and Dr. Michael Sikorski, and lunch will be provided!

Come meet the new Peds/Med-Peds matches, network, and ask any questions you may have! Dinner will be provided (Maiwand Grill!) :) 

Infectious Disease Interest Group and Global Health Interest Group are excited to host a World Malaria Day Panel with Dr. Friedman Klabanoff, Dr. Berry, Dr. Laufer, and Dr. Laurens! The panel will discuss their work in the field of Malaria, the current state of Malaria across the globe, and future work that needs done to continue battling this devastating disease. 

A delicious lunch will be provided!

Hello! Here is a FREE conference open to students interested in Geriatrics or Dermatology! This event is being held at GWU in DC. Please see details below and sign up on Medscope if you are planning on attending (you must also fill out the google form linked below to register for the conference) Some UMSOM DIG Officers will be in attendance!

"On behalf of co-chairs Jaya Manjunath and Dr. Adam Friedman, we are pleased to invite you to attend the annual ElderDerm conference to be held on May 1, 2025, at George Washington University in DC (Location: 800 21st Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20052 - Continental Ballroom) between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM. The conference is uniquely designed to both address and underscore the complexities in medical/surgical management of older adult dermatology patients while integrating social considerations. The conference will feature new topics such as Medicare access challenges, vulvar dermatology, and polypharmacy considerations in older adult patients. The complete agenda is attached to this email."

 For advanced registration please use the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEl8FRBwbLs4jfZVMn_NxTth6yW8dCIzJo10DXiaqrXd4HzQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Join us for an engaging session with Dr. Danna, an orthopedic surgeon and the Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program Director at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She’ll walk us through a real foot and ankle case and answer your burning questions about orthopedic surgery and the residency application process.

Lunch will be provided!

EIMIG and WHIG are excited to host a talk about PCOS and women's health issues in endocrinology by Dr. Rana Malek! Lunch will be provided!

Unwind with a free-crafting session over lunch.

Creative Hearts is excited to launch a new initiative within our hospital, called the Gifting Gallery! At our upcoming art sessions, the pieces you create, whether a sketch, painting, card, or poem, will be gifted to pediatric patients in our hospital. The goal is to bring a little light, warmth, and humanity into their healing journey. Everyone is welcome to donate a piece of art, and you definitely do not need to be a professional artist to participate! 

If you're looking for something medically themed, we will be trying a red and blue vascular themed-design using paint and tree branches. 

Hope to see you there! 

Join DIG at the Melanoma Research Foundation's DC Miles for Melanoma 5k! This is a great opportunity to get your steps in while supporting a great cause! Participants may walk or run, and can learn more/register/donate at the link below!

https://donate.melanoma.org/site/TR?sid=1262&pg=informational&fr_id=2012 

The Sight Savers program will be hosting a vision screening event at the Hollins House senior living community on May 5th. The event will be from 1 to 3:30 pm, and volunteers can show up at any time!

Activities include visual acuity testing, cranial nerve and confrontational visual field exams, taking blood pressure, and measuring intra-ocular pressure. Sign-up if you're interested! Transportation will be communicated closer to the event date.

FILL OUT this google form too if you sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGZ2ZO3xb9rSNZbOom8wfjb2pxGezp2l8qm4pRWcO1ConlMA/viewform?usp=dialog

Join Dr. Cho for a tour of the NICU and gain some insight into pediatrics!

Come stop by our table for some coffee and pastries before small group!

Donuts $2 Muffins $3 Coffee $2.5

Have you ever questioned what other things you could do outside the clinic as a physician?

Join us for an exciting networking event to meet with physicians who pursued other passions outside the clinic, including startup founders, hospital administrators, educators, entrepreneurs, and more. Meet inspiring physicians who successfully pursued other paths alongside their clinical role. Don't miss this unique opportunity to connect and learn from their stories! 

A flier of the clinicians will be released shortly

Join us for an insightful talk by Dr. Greywoode on the importance of ethnic considerations in rhinoplasty, exploring how individualized approaches can enhance outcomes and honor patient identity. Co-hosted by ENTIG and SNMA.

Join PNSIG x Axogen Inc. for a hands-on microsurgery workshop led by an Axogen representative and Orthopedic Hand/Trauma Surgeon Dr. Hahn! Learn core microsurgical techniques, practice your precision, and get expert tips on nerve repair from a leader in the field. Previous experience with basic suturing is highly recommended. Spots are limited—don’t miss out! Lunch provided ofc! : ) 

Sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwVPLwXNhr4SHspuw0yHk7PVCWqPKjr9J-YXF2DHCxuI5c7Q/viewform?usp=dialog.

Sign up for a volunteer shift at Learn 2 Derm here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NwF9OZGVvVtgQe8-MlSEiygVWOnW0oIbXLJfgeSDH28/edit?usp=sharing 

See details below!

There continues to be a striking disparity in disease burden in patients of color and patients with low income. Wards 7 and 8 are the poorest regions in our nation's capital with a population that is 92% black. Access to dermatologic care is limited, yet there are multiple conditions that often go untreated due to lack of awareness or disease misconceptions, leading to severe disease that negatively impacts quality of life. We aim to increase awareness of the most common skin diseases as well as skin cancer, to improve personal recognition and understanding of treatment options, risks of untreated disease, and impress upon community members when it is appropriate to seek care.

A little about the event: This will be a fun event with different prizes, educational stations, and skin-health oriented activities. We will also be distributing free sunscreen samples and skin care products!

How can I help? There are many ways in which you can help! Please sign up on the volunteer sign-up spreadsheet to see all the choices from which you can choose to help! More things may be added as planning continues!

Arrival time: Depending on your station/ task, the arrival time may differ, but we still ask that everyone arrives at 11:00am to ensure that everything is in order! At the end of the event, volunteers are expected to clean up their station at minimum (stay until ~5:30pm). 

If you want to see some pictures from the last event, check out @learn2derm on Instagram or Facebook. Feel free to take your own pictures and use the hashtag #learn2derm.