For our May Narrative Medicine Rounds, we welcome Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., who is the Chief of the Division of Ethics and faculty in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia University. Dr. Lee is a medical anthropologist with extensive experience leading empirical bioethics research that focuses on the sociocultural and ethical dimensions of emerging genomic technologies. Dr. Lee will speak about "Metaphors, Diversity and Trust in Communicating Precision Medicine."

Before coming to Columbia, Dr. Lee taught for nearly two decades at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and in the Program in Science, Technology and Society at Stanford University. She leads studies on the governance and use of biospecimens and patient data in research and the ethics of inclusion and categorizing diversity in human genetic variation research and translational genomics. Her projects include The Ethics of Inclusion: Diversity in Precision Medicine Research; Beyond Consent: Patient Preferences for Governance of Use of Clinical Samples and Data; and Social Networking and Personal Genomics: Implications for Health Research.

Dr. Lee is a Hastings Center Fellow and has served as Chairperson of the Institutional Review Board at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California and on the NIH/NHGRI Coriell Consultation and Oversight Committee of the International Haplotype Map. She currently serves on both the Scientific Advisory and Bioethics Boards of the Kaiser Permanente National Research Biobank, the NIH/NHGRI Genomics and Society Working Group and on the editorial board of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. Dr. Lee received her undergraduate degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and her doctorate from the Joint Program in Medical Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco. Her postdoctoral fellowship training in Bioethics and Genetics was in the School of Medicine at Stanford University.

Narrative Medicine Rounds are monthly rounds on the first Wednesday of the month during the academic year hosted by the Division of Narrative Medicine in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center. These events are free and open to the public.

This is an opportunity to learn about a vast array of orthopedic conditions that affect the pediatric population. Pediatric experts from Columbia’s Department of Orthopedics will share their knowledge and experience through presentations, question and answer sessions, as well as open round table discussions.

The course will cover Pediatric Sports and Concussions, General Pediatric Orthopedics, Pediatric Spine, and Cerebral Palsy. The General Pediatrics section will include When to Worry and When to Refer for lower extremity alignment and deformity concerns, hip dysplasia, trauma, and foot and ankle concerns. We will then move into the Spine section which will include a review of state-of-the-art, non-operative treatment of. This section will also cover how to handle back pain and younger patients (< 10 years old) with scoliosis. Moving into sports we have an excellent team of presenters that will discuss knee injuries including ACL tears, elbow injuries, hip pain, and will review the concussion protocol developed at Columbia University. There will also be a discussion of strength training in the Young Athlete, certainly a topic on many parents’ minds today. Lastly we will have a section devoted to Cerebral Palsy that will include speakers from the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center at Columbia University. The CP panel will discuss issues pertinent to the spine, hips, and lower extremities. There will also be a discussion on the challenges of transitioning care as these patients reach Adulthood. We will conclude the meeting with several round table discussions where participants can ask questions directly to many of the speakers in a small group environment.

This program is designed for healthcare providers treating the Pediatric population. Pediatricians, Family Practitioners, Orthopedic Surgeons, Physiatrists, Nurse practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physical Therapists, and Athletic Trainers are strongly encouraged to attend.

This presentation offers information about the track system and guidance on content and formatting standards for demonstrating your expertise and impact on the CUIMC CV.

The 5th Annual Non Operative Treatment of Childhood Scoliosis CME is an opportunity to learn about state of the art, non-operative treatment of scoliosis across the ages. Patients with juvenile and adolescent scoliosis also have vastly expanded palette of treatment options including Scoliosis specific physical therapy and Rigo Cheneau bracing. Experts from Columbia’s Center for the Conservative Treatment of Scoliosis and visiting lecturers will share their experience in presentations and will demonstrate best practices.