2010 Latinas United for the Cure Breast Health Empowerment Event

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Walk-ins welcome. For more information, call 215-238-8900

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A free, bi-lingual event, "Empowering Generations" aims to empower today's Latina women to live in a world with breast cancer - and put in place the practices that will help future generations live in a world WITHOUT breast cancer.

Please, plan to join us on Saturday, March 6, 2010 for this important event... please, bring your friends and family, and share the empowerment.

Guest Speakers:

• Keynote: Heidi A. Ramirez, Ph.D., Director, Urban Education Collaboration, Temple University College of Education
• Special Topic, Clinical Trials: Generosa Grana, MD, Director, Cooper Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Schedule of Events

9:30 AM: Check In

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Group Sessions (see below)

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM: Afternoon Session

• Invocation: Rev. Bonnie Camarda, The Salvation Army
• Keynote Address: Heidi A. Ramirez, Ph.D., Director, Urban Education Collaboration, Temple University College of Education
  
• Celebration of YOU! Music & Dancing by Grupo Fuego
• The Importance of Clinical Trials: Generosa Grana, MD, Director, Cooper Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Latina Community Tribute Award Presentation
• Lunch & Entertainment

Group Session Options

1. Breast Cancer 101: Friend to Friend

Presented IN ENGLISH by:

• Bebashi: Tynisha Davis, Breast Cancer Awareness Coordinator; and Najia Luqman, Early Intervention Coordinator
• Ari D. Brooks, MD, Associate Professor, Chief of Surgical Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine; Chair, Cancer Committee, Hahnemann University Hospital
• Sriya Krishnamoorthy, PhD, MPH, CHES, Director of Public Health Projects, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Angelica Montesano, MD, Radiation Oncologist, Albert Einstein Medical Center

 Presented IN SPANISH by

• Carmen Paris, MPH, APM
• Dr. Claudia Corona, Reading Hospital Medical Center
• Dr. Eduardo Fernandez, Lourdes Health System

2. Breast Cancer Survivors: Adjusting, Healing, Moving On

Presented IN ENGLISH by:

• Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Daniel A. Monti, MD, Director
  • Anthony Bazzan, MD
  • Aleeze Moss, PhD

Presented IN SPANISH by:

• Generosa Grana, MD, Director, Cooper Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez, RN, MSN, APN,C, AOCN, Director, Oncology Outreach Programs, Cooper Cancer Institute 
• Elisa V. Bandera, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  
• Carmen Martinez, Breast Cancer Survivor & Community Advocate

• Katharine Weeks, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
• Pablo Lavagnini, MD, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Director of Radiation Oncology
  
• Mercedes Carrasquillo RN, BSN, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Nurse Manager, Outpatient Clinic
• Dave Allerdice, MD, Hematologist-Oncologist and Medical Oncologist

We thank our event Sponsors: CBS 3, The CW Philly 57