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Many of us know someone who has been or have personally been affected in some way by gynecologic cancer. While research is uncovering more options for cancer detection and treatment, it is prevention that will make the most impact on our gynecologic health.
Learn how to safeguard your health and be proactive about gynecologic cancer prevention in an interactive forum with Dr. Joan Murphy, Gynecologic Oncologist and J. Douglas Crashley Chair in Gynecologic Cancer Research at the University Health Network.
When:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Women’s College Hospital
Cummings Auditorium
Room E-139, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto
Tickets:
$10 at UofTtix.ca or by calling 416-978-8849
Limited tickets will be available at the door.
Dr Joan Murphy is Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Toronto and Head of the Division of Gyn Oncology in the joint UHN/Mount Sinai Hospital Department of OB/GYN at Princess Margaret Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. She is a medical school graduate of the University of Calgary, of res- idency training at UBC and a combined fellowship at UBC and McMaster University. She has been a faculty member at UBC and at McMaster before moving to University of Toronto in 1985. Her academic activities include clinical teaching, resident and fellow training, fundraising for gynecologic cancer research, co-directing the UHN multidisciplinary Toronto Ovarian Cancer Research Network, participating in ovarian cancer research including the genetics of ovarian cancer, advancing cervical cancer screening and prevention, administration at UHN and providing tertiary-level clinical care in gyn/oncology surgery and chemotherapy. Her past activities have included directing the sub-specialty training program in Gynecologic Oncology, chairing the Clinical Quality Improvement Committee at UHN and research in HIV and cervical cancer.
