The Penn State College of Medicine Primary Care Scholars’ Program is an exceptional opportunity for those who are interested in attending medical school and specializing in primary care. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s program will be held virtually and will kick off the week of May 17, 2021 followed by a series of evening sessions over the weeks that follow. The Primary Care Scholars’ Program will include discussions on topics such as medical care, primary care, medical school admissions, and the medical school’s curriculum. Participants will have opportunities to interact with medical students and faculty, and to learn about the philosophy and practice of primary care within the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. The format will include large group presentations, small discussion groups, panel discussions with medical students, individual application consults, and a sample problem based learning session....
Bloomsburg University's Annual Health Sciences Symposium is scheduled for April 11 and 12, 2019. This year's theme is "Brain Injury." Dr. Christopher Giza will deliver the keynote address. Dr. Giza is a graduate of Dartmouth College and earned his M.D. from West Virginia University. He interned at the University of Pennsylvania, trained in Adult and Pediatric Neurology at UCLA, and worked on the Yosemite Search and Rescue team. Presently, Dr. Giza is Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children’s Hospital and director of the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT program. He is the co-chair of the American Academy of Neurology committee that introduced evidence-based Practice Guidelines for Management of Sports Concussions. Dr. Giza is on the advisory committees for Traumatic Brain Injury/concussion with the CDC, NCAA, MLS and USSF, and has been a clinical consultant for the NFL, NHL and MLS. 
