Friday, March 1, 2013

Go Blue


Crozer-Keystone ‘Goes Blue’ with a Range of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Events
Crozer-Keystone Health System, a longtime leader in cancer treatment and gastrointestinal health, has planned a range of activities to raise awareness and provide education about colorectal cancer and how it can be prevented and treated.
Here is a full listing of programs taking place throughout March:
  • March 1: “Dress in Blue Day.” Employees at Crozer-Keystone sites will wear blue in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Month. Informational tables will be set up in the cafeterias from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • March 4: Informational tables, “Get in the Game,” Healthplex® Sports Club, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  • March 7: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease,” Springfield Hospital, Lower Level Conference Room, noon. Lunch will be provided, Speaker: To be announced.
  • March 12: An Education Program, “The Importance of Screenings,” St. Charles Borromeo Ladies Auxiliary Church Hall (3400 Dennison Ave., Drexel Hill), 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Patti Hollenback, R.N., nurse navigator.
  • March 15: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease,” Crozer-Chester Medical Center, NE Conference Room #2, noon. Lunch will be provided. Speaker: Michael Farber, M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
  • March 18: An Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of Screenings,” Haverford Township Free Library (1601 Darby Rd., Havertown), 7 p.m. Speaker: Patti Hollenback, R.N.
  • March 19: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease,” Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Meeting Room A, noon. Lunch will be provided/ Speaker: Brian Karp, M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
  • March 26: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease,” Taylor Hospital, Classrooms A and B, noon. Lunch will be provided. Speaker: Ingram Roberts, M.D., CKHS gastroenterologist.
  • March 27: An Education Program, “Frankly Speaking: A Program for Survivor and their Families,” DCMH, classrooms A/C, Registration and light dinner, 5:30 p.m. Program: 6 to 8 p.m., Speakers: To be announced.
  • March 28: An Education Program, “Colorectal Cancer: A Preventable Disease”, Crozer-Keystone Regional Cancer Center at Brinton Lake (500 Evergreen Drive, Glen Mills). Registration and light dinner, 5:30 p.m.; Program, 6 to 8 p.m. Speaker: Michael Davis, D.O., CKHS gastroenterologist
For more information and to register for any of these events, call (610) 284-8158.