Healthy Living Newsletter

Cancer Symposium Planned
Mercy Regional Cancer Center Hosts 17th Annual Educational Event

Cervical, colon and breast cancer screening, prevention and control will be the focus of the 17th Annual Mercy Regional Cancer Center Cancer Care Symposium, slated for November 8, 2008, at Mercy Hospital.

The symposium is designed to provide primary care physicians, surgeons, oncologists and other health care professionals who treat and care for patients with cancer, an in-depth educational activity featuring cancer screening, treatment, rehabilitation and control.

The event will be held Saturday, November 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mercy Hospital. Four AMA PRA Category 1 Credits will be offered.

The event is sponsored in collaboration with the St. Clair County CME Consortium. Mercy Hospital offers the only oncology program in the region to host an annual cancer symposium providing continuing clinical cancer education. In addition to professionals, interested community members are also invited to attend.

Local cancer experts including Timothy Cox, MD, of Blue Water Oncology, PC; Alan Kuester, DO, of Blue Water OB/GYN, PC; and Kavita Tumma, MD, of Physician Healthcare Network, PC will be present. In addition, Timothy Pawlik, MD, MPH of John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Dave Barker, MD, Tennessee Cancer Specialists, Knoxville, TN, will provide in-depth educational opportunities.

The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has recently recognized the Mercy Regional Cancer Center as, once again, offering the very best in cancer care.

The cancer symposium registration deadline is Wednesday, November 5. To find out more and to make your reservation to attend, please call the St. Clair County CME Consortium at (810) 985-9502. Registration packets will be available soon.