Leading breast disease experts will discuss the latest information on breast cancer at a free public forum, slated for 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury Road.
The event, “What Everyone Should Know About Breast Health,” precedes the 12th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease, UF’s scientific meeting of international breast disease experts. Forum attendees will have the opportunity to ask the experts questions about breast cancer diagnosis, monitoring and treatment. Dinner will be provided, and reservations are required.
Forum panelists include Thomas Julian, M.D., Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh; Henry Lynch, M.D., Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb.; professor Laszlo Tabar, Falun Central Hospital, Sweden; The Honorable Barbara J. Pariente, Florida Supreme Court Justice; Charles Vogel, M.D., Lynn Regional Cancer Center West, Boca Raton; Susan Love, M.D., Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation; and Aldona Spiegel, M.D., The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville faculty members participating in the forum include Andrew Kaunitz, M.D., Felicia Snead, M.D., James Chingos, M.D., and symposium founder Shahla Masood, M.D.
The symposium, Feb. 15-18 at Amelia Island, offers a continuing education program sponsored by the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville. Twenty-three experts in breast surgery, radiation, oncology and pathology from 19 universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands will be featured.
Opening-session speakers include Melvin J. Silverstein, M.D., surgery professor at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles, who will present “Ductal Carcinoma in situ: A 25-Year Odyssey,” and The Honorable Barbara J. Pariente, Florida Supreme Court Justice, who will share “My Personal and Professional Journey with Breast Cancer.” Vivian Pinn, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health, will present closing remarks titled “The Washington Prospective on Breast Health Issues.”
A program of the department of pathology at the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, the Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease is sponsored in cooperation with the UF Shands Cancer Center, the Breast Health Center at Shands Jacksonville and The Breast Journal.
To reserve a spot at the public forum and for more information about the symposium, registration and hotel accommodations, call the UF Department of Pathology at 904-244-3430 or register online at http://cme.ufl.edu.