University of Southern California

The following are lectures that provide students, who are interested in a community medicine based career, exposure to a myriad of community medicine, leadership, and legislative interactive presentations. Questions? Contact Bryan Ayala-Rivera bryan.ayala-rivera@med.usc.edu 

Future lecture series webcasts are listed below:

Topic: Neurodivergence In Medical Settings
Date: 11/12/2025
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8kmHVaKKyK0M05g

Topic: Sleep & Primary Care
Date: 12/09/2025
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_85JUpn0tITIgfXwz

Topic: Pediatric Dermatology Conditions
Date: 01/14/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IHwv4ClNYFRokC

Topic: AI & Primary Care
Date: 01/28/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_23RDdD7cti5DXPE

Topic: Allergies & Primary Care
Date: 02/19/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aV02UzMoBlf1RBQ

Topic: Global Health
Date: 03/04/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
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Topic: Healthcare & Tech Startups
Date: 03/18/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
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Topic: Primary Care & Inpatient Care
Date: 04/08/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hvxb89ABMQ63BQ

Topic: Correctional Facilities Healthcare
Date: 04/30/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
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Topic: Climate Change/Planetary Health in Medicine
Date:05/13/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cAZiv4aDlQrwDc

Topic: Rural/Wilderness Healthcare
Date: 05/27/2026
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Location: KAM Mayer Auditorium & Zoom
RSVP: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jXobWBXTumWJrU

Past Lectures

September 3rd, 2025 – 4 P’s of Health Policy: Purchasers, Payers, Providers, and the People

May 5th, 2025 – Introduction to Perimenopause and Menopause

April 24th, 2025 – Primary Care Considerations for Persons with Disabilities

March 5th, 2025 – Primary Care and Mental Health

February 19th, 2024 – Understanding Death and Dying: Communication, Care, and Documentation 

December 12th, 2024 – Primary Care Advocacy in Action 

November 13th, 2024 – Microaggressions in the Clinical Environment – Ekta Kumar, PsyD and Susayana Kaviya, LMFT 

October 16th, 2024 – Gender Affirming Primary Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients – Laura Taylor, MD

October 2nd, 2024 – Financing a Primary Care Career

September 18th, 2024 – Hypertension Management in Primary Care – Juan Chiriboga MD 

January 25th, 2024 – Addiction Medicine with a Focus on Marijuana Use

January 11th, 2024 – Integrative Medicine

November 29th, 2023 – Family Planning in Primary Care

October 11th, 2023 – Paying for a Primary Care Career

September 27th, 2023 – Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care

August 30th, 2023 – A Day in the Life of a Primary Care Physician

May 24th, 2023 – Assessing Alcohol Use Disorder In Primary Care: New Perspectives On An Old Problem

April 20th, 2023 – Leadership in Primary Care

March 8th, 2023 – Diabetes Management in Primary Care

February 15th, 2023 – Primary Care Approach to Transgender Healthcare

January 18th, 2023 – Post-Acute Sequelae (PASC) of COVID-19 in Primary Care

January 5th, 2023 – Anti-Fat Bias

November 9, 2022 – “Are we there yet…” End of Life Care

October 24, 2022 – Primary Care and Advocacy -Focusing on Reproductive Health

May 18, 2022 – Advocacy in Primary Care

March 16, 2022 – Primary Care for People Living with HIV

February 24, 2022 – Working with Adolescents in Correctional Facilities 

January 26, 2022 – Primary Care Approach to Substance use Disorders

September 1, 2021 – A Day in the Life of a Primary Care Physician

September 23, 2021 – Post-Covid, The New Normal, Lessons Learned, New Initiatives in California

October 28, 2021 – Primary Care Role in Chronic Disease Prevention

December 1, 2021 – Primary Care Physicians as Mental Health Providers

September 15, 2020Covid 19: The Primary Care Response in Health Care Crises/Pandemics (Talk w/Dr Jeremy Fish)

October 6, 2020 – A Day in the Life of a Primary Care Physician 

November 5, 2020The Care of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients: A Patient Panel Discussion (no recording available)

December 2, 2020Primary Care & Vulnerable Populations

January 7, 2021The Role of a Primary Care Physician in the Patient with Disabilities 

February 18, 2021 – Becoming a Trauma Informed Primary Care Provider

March 24. 2021 – How to administer Adult Cognitive Screening Tests: Primary Care Approach (skills-based) – 

April 15, 2021 – How to effectively take a sensitive medical history in an overweight patient: Primary Care Approach

January 9, 2021 Becoming a Trauma Informed Primary Care Physician

December 4, 2021 Primary Care and the Homeless: Street Medicine at the KSOM

November 7, 2021 Impact and Advocacy in Primary Care

September 17, 2021 A Day in the Life of a Primary Care Physician

January 10, 2021 Addiction Medicine in Primary Care


2018 lecture series webcasts are listed below:

January 16, 2018 Practice models of Primary Care

February 15, 2018 Weight management and obesity

March 27, 2018 Family & Primary Care: Defying Laws of Supply & Demand with Dr. Jeremy Fish

April 3, 2018 Homelessness & Executive Dysfunction with Corrine Feldman and Brett Feldman

April 24, 2018 Women’s Health

September 18, 2018 A Day in the Life of a Primary Care Physician

October 9, 2018 Paying for a Primary Care Career

November 8, 2018 Hot Topics in Primary Care: More Leadership, Funding and Advocacy with Dr. Jeremy Fish

December 5th, 2018 Women’s Health in Primary Care