09/18/2023—
The 2023 Upper Peninsula Medical Conference (UPMedCon) brings together medical practitioners, researchers and students for a weekend of learning about health issues impacting rural communities.
Hosted by Michigan Technological University’s Health Research Institute, UPMedCon takes place Oct. 27-28 at the Memorial Union Building on campus in Houghton, Michigan. Health practitioners from around the Upper Peninsula and northern Great Lakes region are invited to attend.
The conference will include topics concerning rural health and health care, including behavioral health, maternal care, pediatric cardiology, diet and wound care. Seminar topics and session objectives are listed on the Upper Peninsula Medical Conference website.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Jed Magen, DO, MS — Chair, Department of Psychiatry, College of Human Medicine/College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University
- Jean Kerver, PhD — Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University
- Kelley Mahar, MD — Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Rural Track, Michigan State University; Community Psychiatrist
- Simon Lee, MD — Medical Director, Kawasaki Disease Program; Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program; Attending Physician, Heart Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
- Katie Brang, MD, and Ryan Brang, MD — NorthCountry Health Direct Primary Care
- Jonathan Brueggeman, DPM, MHSA, FACFAS, AAPWCA — Regional Medical Director (CMO), Upper Peninsula Region of Aspirus; Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital; Director of Wound Care, UP and Central Regions of Aspirus
- Thomas Michael Kates, DO — Integrated Addiction and Primary Care Services, Upper Great Lakes Family Healthcare Marquette
Participants will also have the opportunity to engage in networking events and activities. For more information and to register, visit the Upper Peninsula Medical Conference website.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.