Medical and Surgical Specialties Section Meeting

All sessions are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

Section

  • Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
  • Time: -
  • Track: Networking

Co-Chairs: Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS & Una Makris, MD, MSc  Chris Carpenter, MD, MSc
Speaker: Alexis Bakos, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN (Program Officer, National Institute on Aging)

This year's Medical & Surgical Specialties Section meeting will take place on Thursday, April 30th from 10-11am Eastern Time. (No advance registration needed). Our main speaker this year is Alexis Bakos, Program Officer at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), who will discuss “Opportunities for Early Career and Established Investigators at the NIA.”  This is an outstanding opportunity to hear the latest information in funding updates and career opportunities from the NIA. After a Q&A with the speaker, we will hear from some of our specialty leaders about their efforts this year to integrate aging into their specialty professional societies.