Calendar of events

Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 14-15
UC Davis Review and Update of Pain and Palliative Care Medicine, Renaissance Los Angeles Hotel at LAX. Sponsored by the UC Davis Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Continuing Medical Education. For more information, call (916) 734-5390.

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30 p.m.
"Refractive eye surgery," free one-hour seminar on refractive eye surgery conducted by surgeons of the UC Davis Laser Vision Correction Service, 77 Cadillac Drive, Suite 101. For more information, call (916) 734-6650.

Wednesday, Jan. 18, noon to 2 p.m.
Open house sponsored by Plastic Surgery Clinic at UC Davis Medical Group, J Street. Features introduction of vitamin C serum from Obagi Medical products, drawings for free products and services from clinic. To RSVP, contact the clinic’s clinical esthetician, Teri Korvin, at (916) 734-2592.

Thursday, Jan. 19, noon to 1 p.m.
Weekly seminar sponsored by the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, La Bou restaurant, room 1104. For more information, call (916) 734-5572.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, noon to 1 p.m.
"Path to Placement," La Bou restaurant, room 1109. Part of the Caregiver Support Group meeting. The speaker will be Nancy Shier-Anzelmo, a faculty member in the gerontology department at California State University, Sacramento, a practicing gerontologist and the principal in the consulting firm Alzheimer’s Care Associates LLC. Those interested in attending should RSVP by Jan 20 to Marjorie Trogdon at Marjorie.trogdon@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. For more information, contact Trogdon at (916) 734-2727 or Beth Hieb at (916) 734-6694.

Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28
24th Annual Infectious Diseases Conference, Radisson Hotel, Sacramento. Sponsored by the UC Davis Office of Continuing Medical Education, Division of Infectious and Immunologic Diseases and Department of Internal Medicine. For more information, call (916) 734-5390.

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m.
"Refractive eye surgery," free one-hour seminar on refractive eye surgery conducted by surgeons of the UC Davis Laser Vision Correction Service, 77 Cadillac Drive, Suite 101. For more information, call (916) 734-6650.

Thursday, Feb. 9, 5:30-8 p.m.
"Considering Leadership in Academic Medicine: Do We as Women Owe it to our Profession?," Women in Medicine meeting, Andiamo restaurant, 3145 Folsom Blvd. The speaker is Mary Lipscomb, chair of the Department of Pathology at the University of New Mexico. To register online for the talk, go to http://somapp.ucdavis.edu/academicaffairs/courses/Index.cfm. Or, contact Cheryl Busman at (916) 703-9183 by Feb. 1.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m.
14 th Annual Red & White Ball benefiting the Kiwanis Family House, Double Tree Inn, Sacramento. Advance tickets cost $50 per person and are available online at www.kiwanisfamilyhouse.org and from Kiwanis members. Tickets will cost $60 per person at the door. Ticket information is available at (916) 729-0696.