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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.

To register for Physicians Alumni Weekend 2025, visit Mizzou Alumni Association site.

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