Mission Hope Cancer Center to Host Free Community Forum to Educate about Cancer Prevention
The Health and Wellness Community Forum: Cancer Risk, Treatment, and Survivorship will take place on Saturday, September 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Mission Hope Cancer Center. The event will include an interactive panel of expert multi-specialty physicians from Mission Hope Cancer Center including: Cheryl Decker, M.D., FACEP, Cancer Risk and Survivorship, Robert Dichmann, M.D, Medical Oncologist, Kevin Ferguson, M.D., Pathologist, Samuel B. Kieley, M.D., Urologic Oncologist, Christopher Lutman, M.D., Gynecologic Oncologist, and Monica Rocco, M.D., FACS, Breast Surgeon. The forum will also feature renowned authors and cancer survivors Lise N. Alschuler, N.D., FABNO, and Karolyn a. Gazella, who co-wrote the book “The Definitive Guide to Thriving After Cancer” and are experts in integrative cancer prevention and treatment.
During the event, members of the public are invited to register with the National Bone Marrow Registry. In less than 10 minutes and with a painless cheek swab, you have the ability to give the gift of life. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 44.
A light, complimentary breakfast and snacks will be served at the event. Registration is required; please call 805.219.HOPE (4673). Mission Hope Cancer Center is located at 1325 East Church Street, Santa Maria.
About Marian Cancer Care at Mission Hope Cancer Center
Marian Cancer Care at Mission Hope Cancer Center is accredited as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. This award recognition is the highest designation awarded to community cancer centers and Marian Cancer Care is one of only three designated programs between San Francisco and Los Angeles to receive this impressive accreditation for exceptional performance. As the first integrated oncology facility on the Central Coast, Mission Hope Cancer Center features advanced technology and expert health care professionals from the nation’s top medical training programs. This state-of-the-art facility unites Santa Maria oncology treatment, imaging, research, education and outreach services at one location.
About Marian Regional Medical Center
Marian Regional Medical Center, located in Santa Maria, California, is rated among the top 10% in the nation for cardiac care, and is a designated STEMI Receiving Center (ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) in Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara County STEMI receiving programs earned the Silver Award from the American Heart Association for excellence in patient care. Marian has achieved prestigious designation as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. In addition, Marian has received the Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Clinical Excellence Award. The medical center’s cancer program is distinguished as the only comprehensive Community Cancer Center on the Central Coast. The need to meet the demand for quality, technologically-advanced care for a growing community led Marian to open its doors to a new state-of-the-art, 191-bed facility in the spring of 2012. The new facility houses the largest and most comprehensive perinatology/neonatology program on the Central Coast providing the most compassionate, quality care to the littlest of patients. Marian is a Dignity Health member of the Central Coast, which also includes Arroyo Grande Community Hospital in Arroyo Grande, CA and French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, CA, St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA and St. John’s Pleasant Valley in Camarillo, CA. Dignity Health of the Central Coast is an integrated network of top quality hospitals, physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services including primary care offices, premier ambulatory surgery centers, technologically-advanced laboratories and imaging centers and a full service home health agency; all recognized for quality, safety and service. Each hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to help meet the growing health care needs of our communities.
Publish date:
Wednesday, September 14, 2016