Photo of the week: Osseointegration clinic

L-R: Professor Michael Leong (Head, Plastic Surgery) with
Mr Steven Gray, Director of Osseointegration, and a patient.

The Plastic, Hand & Faciomaxillary Surgery Unit at The Alfred is involved in reconstructive surgery and has specialised expertise in a variety of plastic surgery specialities. This gallery features the clinical work of the Osseointegration unit, which works on cranio-facial, hand, orthopaedic (OPRA - Osseointegrated Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees) and bone anchored hearing aid (in association with ENT Surgical Unit). Mr Steven Gray is the Manager of Osseointegration Services & Director, OPRA Program. See more:

• Alfred Unit page
• Osseointegration photo gallery

Forthcoming CCS events: PhD seminars, public events, general notices

Baker IDI doctoral student Aliki Rasmiena
presenting at the 2014 EMCR@AMREP
conference. Follow Aliki at @ARasmiena

Central Clinical School has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendar  CCS staff & students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and HDR calendars) and deadlines, at the Intranet's Announcements page.  Various Departments have their own calendars, see CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on for next week (9-13 March)

Mon 9 Mar all day ► Labour Day (holiday for Alfred staff)
Tue  10 Mar  11:00AM  ► PhD confirmations: Mr Dominik Draxler (ACBD) followed by Mr Jay Hocking
Wed 11 Mar  8:00AM ► PhD Mid-candidature review: Ms Evelyn Lindsay (Neuroscience)
                     10:00AM ►PhD Orientation
                     11:30AM ► PhD Mid-candidature review: Ms Pin Shie Quah (Immunology)

Vote for Mindfulness video to help win a "Thinkable award" for Neil Bailey's research

Vote for Neil's "Thinkable Award" video

Dr Neil Bailey, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, describes how mindfulness changes our brain to prevent mental illness.

Vote on Neil's video for the 2015 Thinkable Award: http://thinkable.org/submission/2037 to help fund the research. If Neil's video gets the most number of votes he'll win $5000!

RRR community radio: "Radio Therapy", where doctors say what they really think

Radio Therapy

Explores the lighter, more eccentric side of medicine. A team of irreverent doctors lampoon sacred medical cows, and shed light on a range of medical and psychiatric conditions.
...with Dr Mal Practice, BabyDoc, McZiff, Dr Malice, Dr SK, Dr VooDoo, Dr Autonomy and The Tallman.
Broadcast 10 am Sundays on Community Radio Triple R, frequency 102.7FM. To listen to podcasts, see the Triple R website: http://www.rrr.org.au