The Pathfinders in Medicine Gala, the premiere fundraising event for the School of Medicine, will be this Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Athenaeum Suite Hotel and Conference Center, in Detroit. Pathfinders raises funds for scholarships that make medical school possible for many talented and deserving individuals who would not otherwise become physicians.

Dr. Joe Schwarz, former congressman and a School of Medicine alumnus, will be the honorary host and keynote speaker. Since leaving Congress, Dr. Schwarz has been appointed to the Governor's Emergency Financial Advisory Panel and the Secretary of Defense Panel investigating Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Schwarz was appointed by the Detroit Regional Chamber and Detroit Renaissance as chair of a prestigious panel to evaluate medical education, research and patient care as drivers of economic growth and quality of life in the Southeast Michigan region.

For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.med.wayne.edu/alumni/pathfinders/.