BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BRI - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BRI REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T170000 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20230413T210619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T210619Z UID:16701-1682006400-1682010000@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:Healthcare Outcomes with Dr. Frank Filipetto\, DO & Dr. John Flores\, MD (In-Person & Zoom) DESCRIPTION:TCOM Dean\, Dr. Filipetto\, and Texas Medical Association Vice Speaker of the House and business owner\, Dr. Flores\, join the student community to discuss the present state of medicine and how medical leaders at the local and state levels can help shape the healthcare landscape in positive and practical ways. URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/healthcare-outcomes-with-dr-frank-filipetto-do-dr-john-flores-md-in-person-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Meeting or Interview with a Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BRI-Webinar-Promo-_-Filipetto-Flores-_-Universal-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20230331T234234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T234234Z UID:16649-1682596800-1682600400@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:VES - Saving Rural Medicine with Dr. Lee Gross & Mr. Carl Schuessler\, Jr. DESCRIPTION:National healthcare leaders\, Dr. Lee Gross\, MD and Mr. Carl Schuessler\, discuss how they have innovated rural hospitals to accommodate small communities with fewer resources while increasing physician satisfaction\, patient results\, and reduced expenses (both out-of-pocket and through insurance). Register Now! URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/ves-saving-rural-medicine-with-dr-lee-gross-mr-carl-schuessler-jr/ CATEGORIES:Panel or Discussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230912T130000 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20230831T130941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T130941Z UID:16754-1694520000-1694523600@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:American Healthcare: A Comparison DESCRIPTION:Join BRI Chapter at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MWC) as we welcome Dr. John Meurer who will host an interactive discussion covering the basics of the American healthcare system and how it compares to international systems. \nThe event is FREE and lunch will be provided. Click to register – you can attend in person or via Zoom. URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/american-healthcare-a-comparison/ CATEGORIES:Meeting or Interview with a Speaker,Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T130000 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20231213T133839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T133839Z UID:16788-1702641600-1702645200@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:Virtual Event Series - The Resurrection in Primary Care with Dr. Tanner Moore\, M.D. DESCRIPTION:Dr. Moore will be speaking about the healer’s journey that primary care has endured to get to where we are now in the DPC revolution. We’ll talk a little about where we came from and the historical traditions of primary care\, where we went in the FFS system and how it affected us our patients\, then finally where we’re going and how it is truly a return to the traditions of our best predecessors. \nDate: Friday\, December 15\, 2023 \nTime: Noon Eastern \nClick to register! URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/virtual-event-series-the-resurrection-in-primary-care-with-dr-tanner-moore-m-d/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/VES_-Dr.-Tanner-Moore-M.D.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20260114T204904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T211911Z UID:16862-1770300000-1770303600@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:BRI Virtual Speaker Series - Leadership for the Medical Student with Dr. Sonny Morton DESCRIPTION:BRI Virtual Event Series - Leadership for the Medical Student with Dr. Sonny Morton\n Step into your future as a physician-leader and join us for the first installment in our Virtual Event Series for 2026 featuring Dr. Sonny Morton. Explore how influence\, communication\, and self-awareness shape effective leadership; why informal leadership matters long before residency; and how soft skills can make you a stronger clinician. If you're planning to lead medical teams\, you owe it to your teammates to be good at it! \n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Questions / CommentsHave a question for Dr. Morton? Ask away!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ \n \n\nStep into your future as a physician-leader and join us for the first installment in our Virtual Speaker Series for 2026 featuring Dr. Sonny Morton. Explore how influence\, communication\, and self-awareness shape effective leadership; why informal leadership matters long before residency; and how soft skills can make you a stronger clinician. If you’re planning to lead medical teams\, you owe it to your teammates to be good at it! \nDr. Morton has over thirty-five years of experience in emergency medicine\, urgent care\, travel medicine and medical leadership. Most recently he retired from the position of Senior Medical Director for CVS MinuteClinic\, a pioneer of the retail health care model. Dr. Morton’s undergraduate and medical degrees are from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, his residency in emergency medicine was done at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis\, MN\, and he earned an MBA/MHA from Pfeiffer University at Charlotte. He has a deep conviction that we will be led out of the morass that is our current health care system through leadership that empowers patients\, not politicians and bureaucrats. URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/virtual-speaker-series-feb-2026/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BRI-Speaker-Series-Feb-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T144500 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20260219T161609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T180015Z UID:16906-1773324000-1773326700@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:BRI Virtual Speaker Series - Ridding Health Care of Identity Politics with Stanley Goldfarb\, MD DESCRIPTION:Partisanship and health care make poor bedfellows. Yet identity politics increasingly finds its way into the exam room. New federal rules now give doctors financial incentives to ask patients questions tied to so-called “social determinants of health”—questions that have little to do with medicine and everything to do with politics. Join us for a frank conversation with Dr. Stanley Goldfarb about how this shift threatens patient trust\, medical integrity\, and the proper role of physicians. \n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Questions / CommentsDo you have a question for Dr. Goldfarb? Please submit it below and we will answer it during Q&A!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ \n \n\nAbout the Benjamin Rush Institute (BRI):\nBRI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites unites medical students\, students in affiliated healthcare specialties\, faculty\, doctors\, healthcare professionals\, and others who believe that free enterprise and a direct patient-doctor relationship are the best means for ensuring optimal patient outcomes at affordable prices. Through leadership conferences\, chapter events\, scholarships to national health care conferences and consistent written content\, BRI strives to cultivate the careers of med students and to fully unleash the power of medicine to maximize human health.\nAbout Stanley Goldfarb\, MD:\nDr. Goldfarb helped found Do No Harm after publication of his book\, Take Two Aspirin and Call Me By My Pronouns: a call to action to eliminate discriminatory practices in healthcare\, including elevating diversity above meritocracy in the admission of students to medical school and the hiring of faculty members. His new book\, Doing Great Harm\, explores these topics further\, describes Do No Harm‘s fight against so-called gender-affirming care in children\, and explores how Do No Harm has affected change in healthcare. As chairman of Do No Harm\, Dr. Goldfarb has been published widely in various periodicals including the Wall Street Journal\, City Journal\, the New York Post\, and the Free Press on the threats to medical education and medical care in the United States posed by introduction of critical race theory into these enterprises. URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/bri-virtual-speaker-series-ridding-health-care-of-identity-politics-with-stanley-goldfarb-md/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/BRI-Speaker-Series-March-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T154500 DTSTAMP:20260429T075036 CREATED:20260324T142549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T142212Z UID:16926-1776870000-1776872700@www.benjaminrushinstitute.org SUMMARY:BRI Virtual Speaker Series - Fixing Health Care in Four Key Steps with Matt Ohrt DESCRIPTION:BRI Virtual Speaker Series – Fixing Health Care in Four Key Steps with Matt Ohrt\n Health care today functions as a monopoly—concentrating power in the hands of sellers while leaving patients with rising costs\, fewer choices\, and little say in their own care. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Join us for a conversation with Matt Ohrt\, Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association\, as he outlines the steps to restoring competition in health care with the ultimate goal of empowering both patients and physicians to pursue better care at lower costs. \n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Questions / CommentsDo you have a question for our speaker? Please submit it below and we will answer it during Q&A!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ \n \n\nAbout the Benjamin Rush Institute (BRI):\nBRI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites unites medical students\, students in affiliated healthcare specialties\, faculty\, doctors\, healthcare professionals\, and others who believe that free enterprise and a direct patient-doctor relationship are the best means for ensuring optimal patient outcomes at affordable prices. Through leadership conferences\, chapter events\, scholarships to national health care conferences and consistent written content\, BRI strives to cultivate the careers of med students and to fully unleash the power of medicine to maximize human health.\nAbout Matt Ohrt:\nAcross a career of more than 25 years of experience in human resources and employer-sponsored health care\, Matt Ohrt has led innovative efforts to challenge the status quo and restore choice for patients. As Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association\, he is a leading voice for medical freedom and market-based reform. Matt has authored several books\, including Save Your Company\, Don’t Feed the Beast – The Employer Healthcare Success Formula.” He founded the Healthcare Best Practice Group\, co-founded Self Fund Health\, and helped launch the Rise Up Health plan in Texas—work that has saved employers millions. URL:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/events/bri-virtual-speaker-series-april-2026/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.benjaminrushinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Updated-April-Speaker-Series-Graphic.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR