I’m thrilled to announce that the Mayo Clinic is exporting its Social Media Residency to the Lone Star State.  The Baylor Health Care System will be hosting the residency on September 10-11.  If you represent an institution or hospital and you want to rub elbows with some experienced and forward thinking social media professionals, you need to check it out.  Beyond the residency itself is the amazing networking opportunity.

We’ve got a great line-up in place with an amazing program.  Faculty members include the physician and administrative leaders of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media (MCCSM), as well as several members of the MCCSM Advisory Board.

• Lee Aase (@Lee Aase), the director of MCCSM and Chancellor of Social Media University, Global (SMUG).
• Chris Boyer (@Chris Boyer), an MCCSM Advisory Board member and the AVP of Digital Strategy for Northshore/LIJ Health System in New York.
• Ashley Howland (@AHowland), the social media manager for Baylor Health Care System, which is hosting the Social Media Residency in Dallas.
• Reed Smith (@Reed Smith), a member of the MCCSM Advisory Board, a consulting strategist and thought leader focused on the integration of social computing into hospitals.
• Farris Timimi, M.D. (@FarrisTimimi), the MCCSM medical director and a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic.
• Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. (@Doctor_V), y’all know who I am.

Learn more about the Social Media Residency program. The cost for the 1.5-day course is $795, which includes a one-year individual membership in the Social Media Health Network. Those who are already Network members may use their Network Points (1 point=$1) to help cover the registration fee, and may purchase additional points at a 25 percent discount. Those completing Social Media Residency are eligible to participate in the Social Media Fellows program.

If you think you might be interested, shoot me an email at bsv@bcm.edu.  I have a limited number of discount coupons that I can share on a first come first serve basis.