Lunch Bunch and breast cancer
Breast cancer: Detection, surgery and everything in between” is the topic for the next Lunch Bunch today from noon to 1 p.m. at the UTMB Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes, 2240 Gulf Freeway South, in League City.Dr. Colleen Silva, professor of surgery and director of breast health, and Dr. Angelica Robinson, associate professor of radiology and director of breast imaging, will share the latest in breast cancer detection, current surgical options for the treatment of breast cancer, and breast preservation techniques. For questions about this or future sessions, call 832-505-1600 or email VictoryLakes@utmb.edu. A schedule of future programs can be found at www.utmbhealth.com/LunchBunch.
Ladies’ Night Out
On Oct. 15, UTMB will host “Pretty in Pink: Ladies’ Night Out” at the UTMB Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes, 2240 Gulf Freeway South, in League City. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will honor Breast Health Month and Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day. UTMB health care providers will offer reduced-fee mammograms (walk-in or scheduled); breast reconstruction information; tours of the facility; information on screening, prevention, treatment and reconstruction options; shopping and refreshments; and door prizes. Breast cancer survivors will also be available for questions. To schedule a mammogram at the event (or anytime), call 832-505-1700. For more information, contact Rebecca Baggott 409-747-3508 or rebaggot@utmb.edu.
Health policy lunch
“What does the future of health care hold?” will be the topic of the next Healthy Health Policy Lunch and Learn Lecture. State Rep. John Zerwas will present at noon on Oct. 22 in the Clinical Sciences Auditorium, Room 3.362 on the UTMB Galveston campus. Zerwas currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee as chairman of the Health and Human Services subcommittee. The series is sponsored by the Offices of the President and Health Policy and Legislative Affairs, and co-sponsored by the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities and the UTMB student chapters of the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association. For more information, contact Becky Trout at rltrout@utmb.edu or 409-747-2734.
Essay winner
Each September, the Hector P. Garcia Committee solicits applications from UTMB students for the Hector P. Garcia, M.D. Cultural Competence Award. The award celebrates Garcia, a distinguished 1940 graduate of the School of Medicine and civil rights champion. It also recognizes the student whose essay best demonstrates both cultural competency and a commitment to providing quality health care to all. Third-year medical student Matthew Edwards has won the award this year for writing a moving essay about his journey to becoming a culturally competent physician.
Testosterone research
The UTMB Department of Internal Medicine seeks healthy men to serve as subjects in a research project. This eight-day study will investigate the effects of testosterone on muscle metabolism and response to exercise in older men. You may qualify if you are in good general health (no serious or debilitating illness) and are 60 or older. For further information, contact Charles Gilkison at 409-772-2065 or Kate Randolph at 409-772-8126.