2026-2027 Schedule of Speakers & Presentations
| DATE | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
| October 6, 2026 |
Michael Georgieff MD Martin Lenz Harrison Land Grant Chair Professor in Pediatrics and the Institute of Child Development Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain University of Minnesota |
Flourishing: NeuroArts Development in Infants |
| November 10, 2026 |
Benita Dieperink MD Redleaf Center for Family Healing |
Perinatal Mental Health |
| December 1, 2026 |
Jon Cole MD Director, Poison Control Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota |
Update from the MN Regional Poison Center |
| January 6, 2027
Wednesday |
Meghan Walsh, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota |
The Status of Graduate Medical Education |
| February 3, 2025
Wednesday |
John Halamka MD, MS (Tentative) President, The Mayo Clinic Platform |
Digital and Long-Distance Health Care Initiatives |
| March 3, 2027 Wednesday |
Zain Kenderian, MD MBA MStJ (Tentative) Chief Executive Officer – Bascom Palmer Eye Institute |
Medicine in a Time of Turmoil |
| April 6, 2027 |
Carol Bradford, MD, MS, FACS (Tentative) Interim Dean and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Minnesota Medical School |
The State of the State’s First Medical School |
| May 4, 2027 |
Laurie Drill-Mellum MD MPH (Tentative) Behavior at Work Collaborative |
Physician Wellness |
(Dates for speakers and presentation titles are subject to change)