2025 Physicians Alumni Weekend
September 19-20, 2025
Celebrate and reconnect with your medical school classmates, revisit campus, and hear from students, faculty, and leadership about the evolution of medical education at the University of Missouri at this year's Physicians Alumni Reunion.
Reunion Celebrations
The classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 will be celebrating reunions
Additional information specific to reunion class activities will follow from class agents.
Alumni from all classes are invited to reconnect with classmates and the School of Medicine.
68th Annual Physicians Alumni Weekend
Schedule of Events
Friday, September 19, 2025
7:30 am
Registration & Breakfast
- Location: Acuff Atrium
Continental breakfast offered
8:00 am
State of the Medical School
- Location: Acuff Auditorium
Presented by Dr. Richard Barohn
Dr. Barohn will share updates, changes and advances in the MU School of Medicine
8:30 – 11:30 am
Alumni Lectures
- Location: Acuff Auditorium
CME Credits Offered
Ted Groshong, M.D. Alumni Lecture (8:30 – 9:30am)
Topic: 20 Years at Sea: Plastic Surgery from the Battlefield to Mizzou
Presented by: Eamon O’Reilly, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery MU School of Medicine
9:30 am
Break
- Milton D. Overholser Memorial Lecture (9:45 – 10:45am)
Topic: Advancing Health and Innovation: Harnessing AI, Data, and Partnerships for Impactful Change
Presented by: Randi Foraker, PhD, MA, FAHA, FAMIA, FACMI
Professor and Chair -Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics & Medical Epidemiology MU School of Medicine - Alumni Lecture
Topic: Physician Well-being (10:45 – 11:45am)
Presented by: Karen M. Thies, D.O., Ph.D, FACOG Associate Professor - Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology & Women’s Health MU School of Medicine
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm
Lunch
- Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
1:00pm
Medical Alumni Awards Ceremony and Panel Discussion
- Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
Presentation of Medical Alumni Awards and panel discussion with award winners
2:00 pm
Break
2:15-4:15 pm
Mini Med School
- Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
2:15-3:00 pm Patient Based Learning (PBL) example - Presented by: Joel Shenker, MD
3:00-3:30 pm Clinical Simulation Center Demonstration – Presented by: Dena Higbee
3:30-4:15 pm School of Medicine Tours
Evening
Reception & Banquet
- Location: Reynolds Alumni Center, 2nd floor
(700 Conley Avenue, Columbia, MO 65211)
6:00 pm
68th Annual Medical Alumni Dinner
- 6 pm – Reception
7 pm – Dinner
Reserved tables for reunion classes
Suggested dress: Cocktail Attire
Saturday, September 20, 2025
TBD
Reunion Brunch/Tailgate (2.5 hrs prior to kickoff)
- Location: NextGen Precision Health Building, Atkins Seminar Room
TBD
Mizzou Tigers vs South Carolina Football Game
- Location: Memorial Stadium
Important Hotel Information!
NOTE: Unfortunately, we were unable to secure hotel room blocks this year due to a new Columbia hotel policy of "no room blocks on special event / football weekends." We apologize for this inconvenience.
We have provided contact information below for some hotels in the Columbia area for your reference. We strongly encourage you to book your room as soon as possible as hotel rooms for this weekend are likely to sell out.
- Hampton Inn & Suites
1225 Fellows Pl
Columbia, MO 65201
573-214-2222
- The Broadway Columbia
1111 E Broadway
Columbia, MO 65201
573-875-7000
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites
1402 Cinnamon Hill Ln
Columbia, MO 65201
573-442-8034
- Drury Plaza Hotel Columbia East
3100 Interstate 70 Dr SE
Columbia, MO 65201
573-441-0090
- Hilton Garden Inn
3300 Vandiver Dr
Columbia, MO 65202
573-814-5464
- Stoney Creek Hotel
2601 S Providence Rd
Columbia, MO 65203
573-442-6400
- Holiday Inn Express Boonville
2419 Mid-America Industrial Dr
Boonville, MO 65233
660-882-6882
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kingdom City
3257 County Rd 211
Kingdom City, MO 65262
573-310-6020
- Courtyard by Marriott Jefferson City
610 Bolivar St
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-761-1400
- Holiday Inn & Suites Jefferson City
1590 Jefferson St,
Jefferson City, MO 65109
573-658-9077
