Medical Center Lecture Series

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Advances In Movement Disorders
Diego R. Torres-Russotto, M.D.
Chair of Neurology, Distinguished Endowed Chair in Neurology,
Miami Neuroscience Institute
Neurology Program Director, Florida International University
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Miami Neuroscience Institute
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Breast Cancer Uncovered: What You Need to Know To Stay Ahead
Jose Pablo Leone, M.D.
Director, Program for Breast Cancer in Men
Senior Physician Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Strong Foundations: Understanding, Preventing And Treating Osteoporosis
Kendall Moseley, M.D.
Clinical Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone & Osteoporosis Center
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Travel Medicine In The Era Of Emerging Pathogens
Daniel Caplivski, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine – Infectious Disease
Director of the Icahn School of Medicine Travel Medicine Program
Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Empowered by Patients: Insights in Cancer Treatment
Minesh Meta, M.D.
Chief of Radiation Oncology
Deputy Director & John and Mary Lou Dasburg Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology
Miami Cancer Center
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Join us during the 2025 season!

The Medical Center at Ocean Reef hosts a series of informative and entertaining lectures by leading members of the healthcare community during the winter and spring of each season. We've lined up a new series of informative and entertaining lectures for the 2024-25 season. They're listed here!

As in seasons past, a news article will appear on this page and on this website's home page providing details approximately one week prior to each lecture. The article for the most recent lecture will appear below this message. Each lecture takes place at 5 p.m. in the Cultural Center Theatre on the date indicated. Lectures are also announced in the Ocean Reef Press.

We also maintain an archive of past lectures that we invite you to browse.

For more information about the Lecture Series, email us or call 305-367-2600. We look forward to seeing you this season!

Lecture: Advances in Movement Disorders

Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D.

Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. in the Cultural Center Theatre with speaker Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D. his presentation, “Advances in Movement Disorders.” Dr. Torres-Russotto’s presentation is the first of five informative lectures in the 2025 Medical Center Lecture Series. Dr. Torres-Russotto is Chair of Neurology and Distinguished Endowed Chair in Neurology at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute, specializing in neurology and movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremors, spasticity, gait disturbance, tics and other neurological illnesses. He also performs botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, deep brain stimulation and DUOPA pump administration. DUOPA therapy is a treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease. Asked what is in store for the future of his specialty, he replied, “The future of movement disorder as a specialty is extremely bright. Every day we get new treatment options to help improve patients’ quality of life. What is more important, is that the future is also going to bring treatments that will be able to cure the conditions that we see.” Prior to joining Miami Neuroscience Institute in 2023, Dr. Torres-Russotto served as Professor and Vice-Chairman for Education and Chief of Movement Disorders at the Department of Neurological Sciences at University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has published more than 50 scientific papers and established one of the largest international studies of orthostatic tremor. He is a member of multiple national and international research consortia: the Huntington Study Group, the Parkinson Study Group, the Tremor Research Group and Tremor Study Group. He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish, and when he is not researching, educating or treating patients, Dr. Torres-Russotto enjoys spending time with family, reading and exploring two of his passions — food and music. Please join us following the lecture for a cocktail reception and to meet Dr. Torres-Russotto. For more information about Dr. Torres-Russotto and other upcoming and past lectures, visit the Lecture Series page.

 

Our final Lecture of 2024, Dr. Linhare's Optimizing Your Health Without Medications: Gain Control of Your Microbiome and Epigenetics Through Lifestyle Modifications, was so informative that we've obtained a copy of his presentation. Click the image above or here to download a copy for yourself!