2024 Physicians Alumni Weekend
November 8-9, 2024
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 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 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 2024
Register: www.mizzou.com/PAW2024
67th Annual Physicians Alumni Weekend
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 8, 2024
7:30 a.m.
- Registration & Breakfast
Location: Acuff Atrium
8:00 a.m.
- State of the Medical School
Location: Acuff Auditorium
Presented by Dr. Richard Barohn
8:30 –11:30 a.m.
Groshong and Overholser Alumni Lectures
Location: Acuff Auditorium
CME Credits Offered
- Ted Groshong, M.D. Alumni Lecture (8:30 – 9:30am)
Topic: Transformational Changes in Diabetes from A Tiger and Dawg
Presented by: Irl Hirsch, MD ‘84
Professor and Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair
University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle
- Alumni Lecture (9:30 – 10:30am)
Topic: Behind the Mask: Immunization Updates from ACIP
Presented by: Laura Morris, MD ’07
Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Care
William C. Allen Professor, Family & Community Medicine
MU School of Medicine
Presented by: Margaret Day, MD ‘08
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Professor, Family & Community Medicine
MU School of Medicine
- Milton D. Overholser Memorial Lecture (10:30 – 11:30am)
Topic: Management of Obesity in Today’s Constantly Evolving Medical Practice
Presented by: Andrew Wheeler, MD ‘06
Division Chief, General Surgery and Program Director, General Surgery Residency
MU School of Medicine
11:30 a.m.
- Break
11:45 a.m.
- Lunch
Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
1:15 p.m.
- Medical Alumni Awards and Panel Discussion
Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
Alumni panel discussion with award winners
2:15 p.m.
- Break
2:30-4:30 p.m.
- Mini Med School
Location: Patient Centered Learning Center, LC230
Includes Patient-Based Learning (PBL), Class Scholarship Roundup and School of Medicine Tours.
Friday, November 8, 2024
6:00-9:00 p.m.
- 67th Annual Medical Alumni Dinner
Location: Country Club of Missouri, 1300 Woodrail Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65203
6 p.m. – Reception
7 p.m. – Dinner
Suggested dress: Cocktail Attire
Saturday, November 9, 2024
TBD
- Reunion Brunch/Tailgate
Location: NextGen Precision Health Building, Atkins Seminar Room
2 ½ hours prior to kickoff (Kickoff will be between 2:30 and 7:00 p.m.)
TBD
- MU Children’s Hospital Tours
Takes place throughout Reunion Brunch/Tailgate
TBD
- Mizzou Tigers vs Oklahoma Football Game
Location: Memorial Stadium
Important Hotel Information!
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
