Public forum on breast health set for April 17

The public is invited to Jacksonville’s Northside to learn the latest information on breast cancer and overall breast health from UF Health experts.

The What Everyone Should Know About Breast Health question-and-answer forum will be Tuesday, April 17, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at DoubleTree by Hilton, 2101 Dixie Clipper Road.

The event is hosted by Shahla Masood, MD, medical director of the UF Health Breast Center – Jacksonville. She is a professor and chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville.

Masood will also serve on an expert panel featuring several other UF COMJ faculty members, including:

Dinner will be served during the forum. Admission is free, but seating is limited. The event is open only to adults 18 and older.

For more information or to RSVP, email Karen.earick@jax.ufl.edu or call 904-244-6069 by Wednesday, April 11.

Featured Faculty

Shahla  Masood
Department: Pathology – Jacksonville

Shahla Masood MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Program Director, Breast Pathology and Cytopathology Fellowships; Medical Director, UF Health Jacksonville Breast Center; Medical Director, UF Health Jacksonville Laboratories
Phone: (904) 244-4387
John D Murray
Department: Surgery – Jacksonville

John D Murray MD

Professor; Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Phone: (904) 244-5502
Brent Seibel
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology – Jacksonville

Brent Seibel M.D., FACOG

Associate Professor
Phone: (904) 383-1056
Smita Sharma
Department: Radiology – Jacksonville

Smita Sharma M.B.B.S. (M.D.)

Associate Professor; Chief, Division Of Women's Imaging; Program Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention Fellowship
Phone: (904) 244-4404