In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Twin Cities Maimonides Society, an affinity group of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Paul, will host a panel discussion titled “Detecting Breast Cancer Early: What You Need to Know!” The event, presented in memory of Dr. Joyce Warshawsky, a founding member of the Maimonides Society, will take place 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs Conference Center at the University of Minnesota, 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Three medical experts will discuss the risk factors and controversy surrounding screening mammography at younger ages and the potential advances of MRI for diagnosis of very early stage breast cancer.
Panelists will be Joseph H. Tashjian, M.D., radiologist with St. Paul Radiology and chief of staff elect at Regions Hospital; Michael D. Nelson, M.D., of Neuroradiology and Diagnostic Radiology with the University of Minnesota Medical School; and Shari Baldinger, of the Virginia Piper Breast Cancer Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served at a reception beginning at 6:15 p.m.
The cost is $30 at the door and free for medical students. To make a reservation, visit: www.jewishminneapolis.org/calendar or contact Robyn Johnson at 952-417-2314 or: rjohnson@mplsfed.org.
