The Monroe County Medical Society is pleased to offer you and your organization the services of our Speakers' Bureau. The Medical Society recommends the following guidelines in arranging for a physician speaker:

Plan Ahead: As you plan your event, please keep in mind that our physicians request the courtesy of at least four weeks’ lead time to prepare for a speaking engagement.

Know the Facts: Before contacting a potential speaker, make sure you have all the pertinent information available, including:

• Name of the organization and contact person
  
• Topic you’d like the physician to address
  
• Date, time and location of presentation
  
• Estimated audience size and demographics (age, gender, current level of knowledge on topic)
  
• Time allotted for speaker
  
• Number of other speakers Type of event (dinner meeting, luncheon, etc.)

Don't Forget the Details: The program host and speaker should work together to make arrangements in advance for the following:

• Audio-visual aids or equipment
  
• Phone number where program host can be reached the day of the event, in case of emergency

The MCMS has physicians available to speak on the following medical topics:

Acupuncture	Adolescent Health & Behavior	Advance Directives
Aging	Aging of the Skin	AIDS
Alcoholism /Drug Abuse In Children & Adolesecents	Allergies	Allergies (Food)
Alternative Medicine	Alzheimer’s Disease	Anxiety
Arthritis	Asthma	Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Back Pain	Biomedical Research	Birth Control
Breast Cancer	Breast Reconstruction	Cancer
Cancer (Colon)	Cancer (Head & Neck)	Cancer (Kidney & Bladder)
Cardiology	Cardiovascular Disease	Cataracts
Child Development	Cholesterol	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)
Circulation Problems	Cochlear Implants	Contact Lenses
Cosmetic Surgery	Death and Dying	Dementia
Depression	Diabetes	Diabetic Eye Disease
Digestive System	Doctor/Patient Relationship	Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Domestic Violence	Electronic Medical Records	End-of-Life Decision Making
Ergonomics	Estrogen and Menopause	Ethical Issues in Medicine
Exercise	Eye Care	Family Issues
Gastrointestinal Health	Geriatric Issues	Hair Transplantation
Hand/Upper Extremity Disorders	Healing & Suffering: A Christian Perspective	Health Insurance
Health Information Technology	Health Professions	Hearing Loss
Heart Disease	Herbal Remedies	Holistic Medicine
Home Health Care	Hormone Replacement Therapy	Hospice Care
Hypertension	Hypnosis	Hysterectomies
Immunization/Vaccination	Impotence	Incontinence
Infectious Diseases of the Skin	Infertility	Insomnia
In-Vitro Fertilization	Joint Replacement	Kidney Disease
Knee Problems/Knee Surgery	Lasers/Laser Surgery	Lasers & the Skin (tattoos, birthmarks, wrinkle removal)
Liposuction	Liver Disease	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Mammography	Managed Care/HMOs	Medical Careers
Medical Education	Medical Ethics	Medical Research
Medical Technology	Menopause	Men’s Health Care
Mental Health	Nursing Homes	Nutrition
Obesity	Occupational Health & Safety	Orthopedics
Orthopedics (Pediatric)	Osteoporosis	Passive Smoking
Physical Exams	Plastic Surgery	Pre-Conception Counseling
Pregnancy	Preventive Medicine	Professional Medical Conduct
Prostate Cancer	Psychiatry	Public Health
Routine Health Maintenance	Rural Health Care	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sinus Problems	Skin Cancer / Skin Problems / Skin Care	Sleep/ Sleep Disorders
Smoking	Snoring	Spinal Problems / Spinal Surgery
Spirituality and Medicine	Sports Medicine	Stress
Suicide	Surgery	Surgery (Hand)
Ulcers	Urology (Pediatric)	Vaccines
Weight Control	Women’s Health	Workplace Safety

For more information on obtaining a speaker, please contact Jan Morrill