Marijuana as Medicine: What Clinicians Want to Know About the Science

Oct 24, 2018 06:00pm -
Oct 24, 2018 07:30pm

Event Type: Educational Program
Category: Annual Membership Meeting

Speaker Information

Dr. Jerry Mitchell, MD
Dr. Mitchell received his undergraduate degree with honors in English from Wake Forest University and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Internal Medicine, where he received the Thomas O’Toole Award for care to the medically underserved community in Pittsburgh. He served as Chief Fellow at Wake Forest University in the Section on Hematology and Oncology.

Board certified in General Internal Medicine, Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Mitchell treats all cancer and blood disorders, and has a special interest in melanoma. He is a member of the board of directors The Mark H. Zangmeister Center, and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, Community Oncology Alliance, Columbus Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Association and the Ohio Hematology Oncology Society.

Dr. Mitchell is a 2006 recipient of the “40 under 40” Award from Columbus Business First in recognition of his outstanding professional achievement and community service. He was appointed in 2016 by the Governor of Ohio to serve on the Medical Marijuana Advisory Council and currently serves in that role. Dr. Mitchell completed his MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in 2018.

Harrison Weed, MD

Gary Wenk, PhD
Professor Wenk's research is focused upon the investigation of drugs that can either enhance cognitive function in aged humans and animals or rescue the brain from the consequences of normal and pathological aging.

Gary L. Wenk, a professor of psychology at the Ohio State University, is a leading authority on the effects of drugs upon brain function. He received a BA in psychology from the Albion College and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. He then trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Peter Davies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He joined the faculty of the Departments of Psychology and Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University and later served as a program director for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory & Biological Basis of Behavior Program, Division of Behavioral and Neural Sciences, at the National Science Foundation. He is a recipient of the Vernon and Virginia Furrow Excellence in Teaching Award and the Five Star Faculty Teaching Award. He has been interviewed about his work by many magazines and radio stations, including NPR,WBZ, WJR & WABC, numerous local and national television programs, including CNN, and he was recently interviewed by Lucasfilm, Ltd. and Amanada Productions for a two-hour TV documentary on the topic of cognitive enhancers.



 

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