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Dr. Brian Bilchik has been nominated to serve another two years on the Brigham and Womens Hospital Physician Council.
Mychal Voorhees, a graduate communications consultant working with the Lown Foundation, gave a presentation on the outreach and marketing campaign she developed for ProCor at Emerson College on April 26, 2011. The campaign seeks to engage African medical school students and professors in ProCors global network.
On March 1, 2011 Dr. Tom Graboys participated in Brigham and Womens Hospital Center for Faculty Development & Diversity “Lets Prepare” Forum for Caregivers of Older Adults. Dr. Graboys discussed his memoir Life in the Balance on April 6, 2011 at the Atrium at Drum Hill, an assisted living facility in North Chelmsford, MA.
Dr. Fred Mamuya was a guest speaker at Linden Ponds Retirement Living in Hingham, MA on March 7, 2011. More than 50 people attended this lecture where he discussed the topic of Second Opinions.
ProCor and Lown Foundation staff attended the conference: “The long tail of global health equity: Tackling the endemic NCDs of the bottom billion” at Harvard Medical School on March 2-3, 2011. The conference was hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health, Partners in Health, the NCD Alliance, and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Please visit www.procor.org to learn more.
The Lown Center physicians regularly give lectures to community groups and organizations on heart health topics such as nutrition, exercise, coping with stress, second opinions, and alternatives to surgery. Dr. Vikas Saini spoke at the Goddard House in Brookline on January 24, 2011 and at the Watertown Mall on February 4, 2011. Dr. Brian Bilchik was a guest speaker during the Brookline Adult & Community Education winter semester. He also addressed the Brookline Rotary Club on February 10, 2011.
In January, the Foundation welcomed graduate consultant, Mychal Voorhees. She is a graduate student in the Health Communication program at Emerson College. Since moving to Boston in August 2009, Mychal has served as a communications intern with the EPA and Health Resources in Action. Before moving to Boston to pursue her graduate degree, Mychal worked in the press office at The Carter Center, a non-profit organization founded by President Carter, in Atlanta. Mychal will research successful communication strategies and create an outreach and marketing campaign for ProCor that targets medical school students and professors in developing countries.
Are you a patient who visited the Lown Center for a second opinion? We are in the process of gathering patient stories and would love to hear yours. Please send your story to info@lownfoundation.org.