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Summit brings locals together for a cause
The Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Rose and the Breast Health Collaborative of Texas are teaming up to present the Fourth Annual Breast Health Summit on Friday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m at the United Way of Texas Gulf Coast in Houston.
The summit will feature experts and representatives from around Texas discussing the state of breast health, education and healthcare.
The goal of the Breast Health Summit is to improve access to care, particularly for low-income and uninsured women by leveraging health resources through collaboration. The event is open to anyone that has an interest in Breast Health but registration is required.
“The breast cancer and healthcare issues facing the Greater Houston Area and the state are too substantial for one group to solve. The only way we can provide the best solutions to the people we serve is to work together and the Breast Health Summit offers the opportunity to make that happen,” according to Heather Patrick, the Director of Operations for the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The highlight of this year’s event will be an expert panel who will discuss access to healthcare for the uninsured from an administrative point of view. The panel will be lead by Dan Wolterman, CEO of Memorial Herman Healthcare System, and will also include Daniel Buche, CEO of Brazosport Regional Health System, David Lopez, CEO of the Harris County Hospital District and Ron Walters, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Other presentations include Dr. Jennifer Litton, of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center speaking on “Breast Cancer and Young Women;” Celene Meyer, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, on the Breast Health Resource Mapping Project, plus sessions on Advocacy, Patient Navigation and reports from around the State.
According to Dorothy Gibbons, CEO of The Rose, “The Breast Health Collaborative of Texas has been called one of the most effective groups in the State. The power of the annual Summit is that it brings together some of the most compassionate and determined people anywhere who are focused on making change in breast health. We know the systems are falling down and access to care must be accomplished at the community level.”
The Summit is funded in part by Houston Endowment, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Pink Ribbons Project, The Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Rose, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church and the American Cancer Society Gulf Coast Region.
The summit will feature experts and representatives from around Texas discussing the state of breast health, education and healthcare.
The goal of the Breast Health Summit is to improve access to care, particularly for low-income and uninsured women by leveraging health resources through collaboration. The event is open to anyone that has an interest in Breast Health but registration is required.
“The breast cancer and healthcare issues facing the Greater Houston Area and the state are too substantial for one group to solve. The only way we can provide the best solutions to the people we serve is to work together and the Breast Health Summit offers the opportunity to make that happen,” according to Heather Patrick, the Director of Operations for the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The highlight of this year’s event will be an expert panel who will discuss access to healthcare for the uninsured from an administrative point of view. The panel will be lead by Dan Wolterman, CEO of Memorial Herman Healthcare System, and will also include Daniel Buche, CEO of Brazosport Regional Health System, David Lopez, CEO of the Harris County Hospital District and Ron Walters, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Other presentations include Dr. Jennifer Litton, of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center speaking on “Breast Cancer and Young Women;” Celene Meyer, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, on the Breast Health Resource Mapping Project, plus sessions on Advocacy, Patient Navigation and reports from around the State.
According to Dorothy Gibbons, CEO of The Rose, “The Breast Health Collaborative of Texas has been called one of the most effective groups in the State. The power of the annual Summit is that it brings together some of the most compassionate and determined people anywhere who are focused on making change in breast health. We know the systems are falling down and access to care must be accomplished at the community level.”
The Summit is funded in part by Houston Endowment, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Pink Ribbons Project, The Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Rose, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church and the American Cancer Society Gulf Coast Region.
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