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Calendar of Events | March 24
Dance Your Heart Out
11 a.m. – 2 p.m., John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
This year’s theme: Dancing Around the World. The event starts with health screenings and sharing of valuable health information, then switches up to dancing exercises for people of all ages and physiques. Register now at events.christianacare.org/event/dance/
April2&3
Esprit de Corps: From Burnout to Joy in Practice
April 2, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. and April 3, 8-10 a.m. John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
Features Stephen Swensen, M.D., MMM, FACR, medical director for Professionalism and Peer Support at Intermountain Healthcare. Presented by The Center for Provider Wellbeing, Registration ends on March 23, 2018. For more information and to register visit www.christianacare.org/events
and click on the professional events tab or contact Heather Farley, M.D., hfarley@christianacare.org. Registration ends
April 17
Breast Health Talk: I Have Dense Breasts. Now what?
6 – 7:30 p.m., Christiana Care Concord Health Center, 161 West Chester Pike, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Have you or a loved one received a letter after a routine mammogram saying your mammogram is clean but you have dense breast tissue which is linked to higher rates of breast cancer and makes
your mammogram harder to read? If so, we’re here
to help.
Board certified surgeon and Medical Director of the Breast Center, Diana Dickson-Witmer, M.D., will present a free community talk on breast health focusing on what it means to have dense breasts, what makes a mammogram ‘dense,’ risks and next steps. She will also present the five ways to reduce breast cancer risk.
Seating is limited so register today:
https://events.christianacare.org/event/breast-health-talk
April 19
Earth Day Celebration
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Christiana Hospital, Room 1100
April 20
Annual Neurovascular Symposium
8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
The Sixth Annual Neurovascular Symposium hosted by Christiana Care Health System will begin with the latest changes to prehospital stroke decision making and the importance of time in stroke care. Subsequent sessions will explore endovascular advancements and the role of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) in stroke. Additional sessions will focus on posterior circulation strokes, recreational drugs and stroke, neurosurgical options for stroke, and the assessment of cryptogenic stroke.
Register at www.planetreg.com/NeurovascularSymposium2018 and follow the prompts to register. Registration is not confirmed until online registration is submitted and registration fee is processed. Email Doug Huisenga at dhuisenga@christianacare.org or call 302-733-5221 for more information.
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April 11
Donate Life Flag Raising Ceremony
Noon – 1 p.m., Christiana Hospital main entrance
The Christiana Care Kidney Transplant Program and Gift of Life Donor Program will celebrate donors, their families and transplant recipients
during National Donate Life Month, and invites anyone interested to join in a flag raising ceremony. Light refreshments
to follow in Room 1100. To RSVP call the Transplant Program at 302-623-3866 by April 6.
April 16
Inaugural Lung Cancer Symposium
8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
This symposium, sponsored by the Christiana Care Value Institute, the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, the American
Lung Association, Delaware INBRE and the State of Delaware, will bring together health care professionals and interested community members to exchange information about the dangers of lung cancer and share novel approaches targeted to reducing death and morbidity among patients who suffer from this disease.
Register now at
https://events.christianacare.org/event/lung-cancer-symposium/
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