WEXMED Live is a collection of WexMedTalks, engaging presentations about innovative medical discoveries made by physicians and scientists of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Our next WEXMED Live will be in March. Stay tuned for additional details and videos from our December 9 event.

Featured speakers

Zihai Li, PhD, MD

Driving toward a cure for cancer

Zihai Li, PhD, MD, founding director of the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, discusses advancements in helping the body use its immune system to fight off cancer.

J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Taking action to fight the effects of racism in health care

J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, chair and professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, discusses how racism and place-ism affect health outcome for patients, and how we can help physicians address them.

Previous speakers

Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD

Ocular Melanoma; Arresting a Hidden Killer (September 2017)

David Cohn, MD

Impacting Endometrial Cancer Outcomes Through Prevention, Communication and Treatment (June 2018)

Heather Hampel, MS, LGC

Finding Cancer Before Cancer Finds Us: Universal Tumor Screening for Lynch Syndrome (May 2017)

Brian Hansen

Learning More About Cardiac Arrhythmia by Keeping Human Hearts Alive (September 2017)

John Hummel, MD, FACC

Giving Heart Care a Jolt: How Research into Electrical Impulses is Improving Patients’ Lives (June 2018)

Christopher Kaeding, MD

Technology and Movement: Sports Medicine Leading the Way to More Active Lives (February 2017)

Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD

Stress and Your Health (September 2016)

Rosa Lapalombella, PhD

Accelerating Medical Research through Fellowships and Student Engagement (March 2019)

Cheryl Lee, MD

Understanding Cancer: Beyond What the Eye Can See (February 2017)

Russ Lonser, MD

Impacting Concussion in Sports (May 2017)

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William Marras, PhD

Personalized Assessment for Back Pain (September 2017)

Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA, FACS

Personalized Assessment for Back Pain (September 2017)

Peter Mohler, PhD

Mending Broken Hearts: Someday is Today (February 2017)

Nahush Mokadam, MD

Placing Your Heart in an Artificial World (March 2019)

Eugene Oltz, PhD

Harnessing the Immune System as a Natural Therapeutic (March 2019)

Electra Paskett, PhD

Equity in Care (March 2018); Coordinating efforts to fight colon cancer (2020)

K. Luan Phan, PhD

Understanding how the brain functions (2020)

Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD

Targeting Cancer: Using Genetics to Hit the Bullseye (November 2018; September 2016)

Thomas Ryan, MD

Next Gen Heart Care: Miniature Devices to Genomics (September 2016)

Kristin Stanford, PhD

The previously unexplored benefits of exercise (November 2018)

Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN

The Ripple Effect of a Garden-Based Program on Health Outcomes (June 2018)

Ian Valerio, MD

New surgeries to reduce amputees’ pain (November 2018; March 2018)

Ken Washburn, MD

Expanding the Organ Donor Pool (May 2017)

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