Pedia/Women’s Hlth Forum- Wed, Nov 13 – 12:00 pm IREB Building RM#230 Bassam Ghabach, MD, Topic: Lung Cancer Update

Pediatrics and Women’s Health Forum
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Location: UNTHSC, IREB – Interdisciplinary Research & Education Building Room 230 – please note the new location
Time: 12:00 -1:00 pm
Topic: Lung Cancer Update
Speaker: Bassam Ghabach, MD
Director, Oncology Infusion Center
JPS Health Network, Oncology Infusion Center
Objectives:
-Recognize the importance of lung cancer in public health
-Understand how to decrease the risk of developing lung cancer
-Understand the staging of lung cancer and the diagnostic and prognostic methods
-Recognize new evidence based guidelines for the treatment of lung cancer .
-Understand the role of palliative care in the management of advanced stage lung cancer
-Discuss new challenge of increase in lung cancer in Women especially non smokers
The Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health, UNTHSC, TCOM
Questions: Please contact Leah Zimmerman leah.Zimmerman@unthsc.edu or 817-735-0141 — W. Paul Bowman, MD, Chairman