TEXAS ZETA CHAPTER EVENTS, 2005-2006
Fall Semester:
August 29, 2005-The semester got off to a rousing start with a record number of students attending the "welcome back" chapter meeting.
September 7 , 2005- Filo Maldonado, Director of Medical School Admissions at Texas A&M, presented an informative lecture on the ins and outs of applying to medical school.
September 9, 2005- The annual fall AED social featured warm weather along with lots of food and conversation.
September 20, 2005-The eyes and the feet have it, as our chapter meeting featured both Dr. Lee Anderson, an Opthamologist and Retinal Specialist, as well as current Podiatric Medical student (and TCU alum) Clayton Culp.
September 30, 2005-Lunch, AED-style, featured burritos from Chipolte's and conversation with HPAC.
October 4, 2005-TCU alum and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Steve Brotherton talks about his job, community involvement by physicians and balancing work with family.
October 18, 2005-The chapter "has a gas" listening to Dr. Elaine Sidawi, an anesthesiologist at Parkland Hospital and Professor at UT-Southwestern Medical Center.
November 7, 2005-Dr. Jeff Murray is a heme/onc physician at Cook Children's Medical Center. He talked about Lance Armstrong and his impact on cancer survivorship.
November 7, 2005-Dr. Sjoerd Bonting, a visiting scholar from the Netherlands, spoke about treating patients with respect.
November 15, 2005-Dr. David Spear, an emergancy room physican, described his career as well as the appeal of emergancy medicine.
December 9, 2005-Texas Zeta gathers before finals for our annual Christmas party, featuring food, fun, and a white elephant gift exchange.
Spring Semester:
January 24, 2006 -Texas Zeta's first meeting featured Dr. Jim Wagner, Associate Dean of Admissions from UT-Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Wagner was joined by a number of TCU alums who are current UTSW medical students. After a lively presentation and Q&A session, we adjoined to SWR258 for pizza.
February 7, 2006 -Field trip to TCOM!!! We ventured a few miles north to visit the medical school at the UNT Health Sciences Center (and eat pizza!). After an overview from Dr. Marc Hahn, Dean of Admissions, we were treated to tours.
February 21, 2006 -A busy meeting!! We heard about scholarship opportunities through the Navy; Texas Zeta candidates for the 2006-2007 exec spoke briefly; Dr. Elliot Trotter discussed the scribe program and invited applications to begin scribing this summer; and John Dribus from Kaplan spoke about the new, computer-based MCAT.
March 7 , 2006 -Another busy meeting!! Dr. Don Frischmann spoke about a summer opportunity to observe medicine in Mexico at UDLA. A Princeton Review representative also discussed the new rolling admissions/match process that 7 of the 8 Texas medical schools will use next year.
March 9-11, 2006 -Biennial convention in St. Louis. Over thirty Texas Zeta members, including faculty sponsor Dr. Phil Hartman and Academic Program Specialist Denise Bennett, attended the 36th National Biennial Convention of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the national prehealth honor society. In fact, Texas Zeta has more in attendance than all other Texas chapters combined. The meetings were outstanding, with a variety of keynote speakers and special interest sessions. Texas Zeta won both first place awards (convention attendance and programming for the biennium) for which we were eligible. This continues the tradition of dual first place awards at the 2000, 2002 and 2004 conventions. And we had a great, great time. Our thoughts and prayers are for the five members of Texas Alpha (U.T.) who lost their lives driving to convention.
Any Questions? E-mail Dr. Hartman or Denise Bennett.