Palo Alto, CA – January, 20, 2012 – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) has been named Official Health Provider of the 2012 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at HP Pavilion in San Jose, January 22 – 29. Throughout the week-long event, Dr. Richard Gayle, a PAMF orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, will serve as the medical director for this sporting event coordinating the medical staff, comprised of almost 20 PAMF sports medicine, orthopedics and other PAMF medical staff volunteering their time and medical expertise.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held annually since 1914, is the nation’s most prestigious figure skating event.  Over the course of one week, the Championships will crown 12 national champions in ladies’, men’s, pairs and ice dancing on the senior, junior and novice levels. Over 250 ice skaters from around the country will participate in the event.

Richard Gayle, M.D.

Dr. Gayle’s previous competitive sports team medical support includes the San Jose Sharks’ 1998-99 season, where he served as an assistant team physician and has had prior experience with figure skating competition medical coverage. Dr. Gayle also serves as an assistant team physician for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) during training camp and has previously served as team physician for the U.S. National Rugby team.

“The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a very large sporting event with more than 200 athletes practicing and competing over an eight-day period,” said Dr. Gayle. “My PAMF colleagues and I are excited to assist in providing exceptional medical coverage to a premiere national sporting event such as this.”

About the Palo Alto Medical Foundation

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) for Health Care, Research and Education is a not-for-profit health care organization that is a pioneer in the multispecialty group practice of medicine. Founded in 1930, PAMF is part of the Sutter Health Network of Care, one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers. PAMF’s 1,000 affiliated physicians and 4,900 employees serve nearly 730,000 patients at its medical centers and clinics in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. For more information, follow PAMF on Twitter, join us on Facebook or visit pamf.org

About U.S. Figure Skating

U.S. Figure  Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of more than 680 member clubs, collegiate clubs, and school-affiliated clubs and more than 1,000 registered Basic Skills skating schools representing approximately 180,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States  including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.

About HP Pavilion at San Jose 

HP Pavilion at San Jose hosts nearly 100 sporting events annually including more than 40 San Jose Sharks regular season home games and SAP Open men’s professional tennis.. The building hosts approximately 170 events every year — including Olympic athletes, Grammy award-winners and a variety of family and children’s favorites that account for more than 200 event days. Pollstar, the leading concert industry trade magazine, nominated HP Pavilion at San Jose as “Arena of the Year” for 2005 and 2007. In 2007, Pollstar also recognized HP Pavilion at San Jose based on non-sports attendance as fourth in North America, top 10 in the world.

During the 2012 U.S. Prudential Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, media and the public can join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #SJ2012.

Contacts:
Cynthia Greaves
Public Affairs
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
650-444-3019
greavec@pamf.org

Jim Sparaco
Public Relations
Sharks Sports & Entertainment
408-999-5792
jsparaco@sharkssports.net

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The ceremonial placement of the last I-beam at the new Sunnyvale medical center

On Thursday, December 15, 2011, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation marked an important milestone with the “topping out” of the Sunnyvale Center, currently under construction on Old San Francisco Road in Sunnyvale, California.  A tradition in the construction industry, this event celebrates the completion of steel-frame construction of the new medical center. The ceremonial placement of the very last I-beam was also an opportunity to thank and honor the construction crew for their hours of hard labor.

To date, the DPR Inc. construction team and subcontractors have:

• Put in 100,000 man hours 
• Hauled out 100,000 cubic yards of dirt
• Poured in 10,000 cubic yards of concrete
• Smoothed out 200,000 square feet of finished concrete
• Lifted and attached 750 tons of steel beams

In this “topping out” tradition, which came to the United States with European craftsmen, a fir tree and flag are attached to the last I-beam, which is then fastened into place. Workmen and event attendees had the chance to sign the I-beam before it was hoisted into place.

The event was attended by construction crew and DPR management, the project’s architecture team Hawley Peterson and Snyder, Palo Alto Medical Foundation executives, staff and doctors who will care for patients in the new medical center, and donors whose contributions are helping to fund the project.

The community can also watch the building take shape on live webcam and view a time lapse of the project online at the PAMF website.  

Construction of the new Sunnyvale medical center is on time and slated for completion by Fall 2013.

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The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which is part of the Sutter Health  network of care, and Marvell Technology Group, an international semi-conductor company, have launched a unique on-site wellness program at Marvell’s  Santa Clara, California location to help make it easier for employees at the company to take care of their health at work.   

“At Marvell, it’s a priority to help our employees achieve the best possible work/life balance,” says Alycia Osborne, senior benefits analyst at Marvell. “We know that healthy employees are happier and more productive at work.”

PAMF’s employer services team has been providing regular monthly lunchtime lectures to Marvell’s staff and has participated in the company’s health fairs as a vendor for the past three years. Developing a more structured wellness program – tailored to employees’ unique health needs – was the next, and most recent, step. To further develop this wellness program, PAMF collaborated with Sutter Health, which has established on-site wellness programs at employer sites throughout the Bay Area and Northern California.

Dr. Ronesh Sinha, medical director for PAMF’s Employer Services Program

“When we surveyed Marvell’s staff about their health history and habits, we found out that more than half the employees did not have a primary care doctor,” says Ronesh Sinha, M.D., medical director for PAMF’s Employer Services Program. “Many of the employees also have East or South Asian ethnicity, with a higher risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This was an excellent opportunity to help employees see the value of an ongoing relationship with a primary care doctor and provide them with the benefit of our expertise in caring for an ethnically and culturally diverse group of patients.”

12-Week Wellness Evaluation Pilot Program

In September 2011, PAMF and Sutter Health collaborated to launch a 12-week Wellness Evaluation Pilot Program for Marvell. The program comprised three key components, all held on Marvell’s campus, making it easy for employees to participate at work:

• Biometric screening: Nurses from an outside company visited Marvell and screened participating employees’ weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.
• PAMF’s online personal Health Risk Assessment (HRA): Employees recorded their biometric screening results, completed the HRA and printed a copy to take to their wellness evaluation for review.
• 40-minute appointment with a PAMF primary care doctor: Doctors reviewed each employee’s personal HRA, discussed the employee’s health goals, formulated a wellness plan and provided resources for long-term follow-up care.

“The one-on-one, in-depth consultation with one of our primary care physicians was a very special feature of the program,” says Dr. Sinha. “This provided an excellent opportunity and generous amount of time for employees to discuss their health concerns and questions and realize the value of establishing a relationship with a good primary care doctor.” Eleven doctors from PAMF were available for the individual consultations.

Approximately 200 employees participated in the pilot program, and in a post-pilot survey more than 85 percent said they would like to participate in a similar program if it was offered again. “The whole program was good and I got some new ideas on how to improve my health,” says one satisfied employee.

PAMF and Sutter Health’s work with Marvell is just one example of the way these organizations  support the health and wellness of local employers throughout the Bay Area. Learn more about PAMF’s Employer Services Program.

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Sharon Tapper, M.D., has been selected to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Advisors Program. The initiative, launched by the CMS Innovation Center in October 2011, will help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs. 

Dr. Tapper is one of 73 individuals from 27 states and the District of Columbia participating in the Innovation Advisors Program.  After an initial orientation phase, Innovation Advisors will work with the CMS Innovation Center to test new models of care delivery in their own organizations and communities.  They will also create partnerships to find new ideas that work and share them regionally and across the United States.

Funding for this initiative was made possible by the Affordable Care Act. 

Dr. Tapper brings considerable expertise to the advisory board. She has served as medical director of Hospice of Santa Cruz County (2003-2010), medical director and creator of the Palliative Care Program at Dominican CHW Hospital (2004-present), and vice chief of staff at Dominican CHW Hospital in Santa Cruz (2009-2011). She is currently the chief of staff for Dominican CHW Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Tapper is the regional director of Inpatient Palliative Care for Sutter Health’s Peninsula Coastal Region, and the medical director and creator of outpatient Palliative Care and Support Services for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland, and completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis.  Dr. Tapper is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

 “There has been an incredible groundswell of interest in becoming an Innovation Advisor.  It’s clear that doctors, hospitals and health care providers are enthusiastic about implementing the Affordable Care Act and strengthening our health care system,” said CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. 

The 73 individuals were selected from 920 applications through a competitive process, and include clinicians, allied health professionals, health administrators and others.  By attending in-person meetings as well as remote sessions to expand their skills and applying what they learn, the Advisors will be able to deepen their knowledge in health care economics and finance, population health, systems analysis, and operations research.  

“We’re looking to these Innovation Advisors to be our partners—we want them to discover and generate new ideas that will work and help us bring them to every corner of the United States,” said CMS Innovation Center Director Rick Gilfillan, M.D. 

Among other duties, the advisors will be expected to support the Innovation Center in testing new models of care delivery, to form partnerships with local organizations to drive delivery system reform, and to improve their own health systems so their communities will have better health and better care at a lower cost.

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation will receive a stipend of up to $20,000, which will be used to support Dr. Tapper’s activities while serving as an Innovation Advisor. 

More information about the Innovation Advisors Program, including a fact sheet and a list of participants and their affiliated organizations.

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Tej M. Singh, M.D., chief of Vascular Surgery for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, recently returned from two weeks at the U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany, where he performed life- and limb-saving surgeries for U.S. soldiers wounded while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in November 2011. America’s largest hospital outside its borders, LRMC is a state-of-the-art Level I Trauma Center that provides medical care for coalition forces from 48 countries.

In this video, Dr. Singh talks about his experiences and how it has affected his perspective on his medical practice at home.

Dr. Singh was the first surgeon from Northern California to volunteer his time and expertise in vascular care and surgery. Dr. Singh was selected by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to be the lead volunteer vascular surgeon, providing emergency vascular and endovascular care for wounded military personnel. He performed rounds and surgeries for traumatic injuries from explosives, requiring reconstruction surgery or amputation. Dr. Singh also did “best practices” trainings for the medical staff.

“This was a very special opportunity for me,” said Dr. Singh. “Caring for our soldiers was so special. To see first hand how our largest international military hospital functions and cares for our soldiers was so impressive. The dedication, gratitude and teamwork concept is second to none. I think they taught me more about myself as a doctor than I taught at LRMC. The whole experience from immediate injury to transport to definitive care and return back to the United States is streamlined and provides the best care for our military. We should be very proud of our dedicated military doctors and staff.”

This is the fifth year that the Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) has orchestrated continuous two-week rotations of volunteer vascular surgeons at the LRMC.

The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine and civilian medical staff at LRMC has treated more than 64,000 wounded soldiers since 2001. Most patients remain at LRMC for three to five days before being transported to other military medical facilities. The survival rate at LRMC is 99.5 percent.

The Army has only 24 active duty vascular surgeons. These medical officers are stationed at combat hospitals and stateside US military facilities. LRMC does not have permanently assigned military vascular or cardiothoracic surgeons although there is often a need for these specialties. The unique military / civilian medical collaboration is a “win-win” for the surgeons and their patients.

About the Society for Vascular Surgery®

The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is a not-for-profit professional medical society, composed primarily of vascular surgeons, that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research, and public awareness. SVS is the United States advocate for 3,550 specialty-trained vascular surgeons and other medical professionals who are dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.

About the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Health

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) for Health Care, Research and Education is a not-for-profit health care organization that is a pioneer in the multispecialty group practice of medicine. Founded in 1930, PAMF is part of the Peninsula Coastal Region of Sutter Health, one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers. PAMF’s 1,000 affiliated physicians and 4,900 employees serve nearly 730,000 patients at its medical centers and clinics in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. For more information, follow PAMF on Twitter, join us on Facebook or visit pamf.org

Media Contact:
Cynthia Greaves
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
greavec@pamf.org
650-934-8614

Sue Crosson-Knutson
Society for Vascular Surgery
scknutson@vascularsociety.org
312-334-2311

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PAMF Employee Nancy Hidaka delivers food donated by PAMF staff for local children and families in need.

To help local families in need of food this holiday season, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Health have made a $50,000 donation to Second Harvest food banks in the South Bay Area: $33,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, and $16,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County.

The funds are a portion of a quarter-million-dollar donation by the Sutter Health network to 29 food banks throughout Northern California, which will help provide more than a million healthy meals to families in need.   

According to food banks representatives, monetary donations help maximize the amount of food available for the hungry – in many instances, a $1 donation can translate to over $5 worth of distributed food.

“Many of our patients and neighbors are still struggling to afford healthy, regular meals,” says Pat Fry, president and CEO of Sutter Health. “We recognize that health care extends beyond the walls of our care centers. Wellness begins in our communities with a healthy meal on the kitchen table. We hope that by supporting our local food banks we can provide some comfort this holiday season.”

On average, every dollar donated translates to 4.5 meals provided by regional food banks. This year’s donation – made on behalf of our network’s 48,000 employees, physicians, staff and volunteers – will help provide more than 1 million meals.

The Sutter Health network of care has donated $762,500 over the past three years to food banks in local communities.

View a complete list of food banks which received donations from Sutter Health. 

In addition to the fall donation, employees at PAMF recently organized a Second Annual Summer Food Drive, to ensure that several local children wouldn’t go hungry over the summer. This year’s food drive ran from June 1 to 30, and employees, doctors and patients contributed a total of 1,530 pounds of food (worth almost $2,300) to help feed local low-income kids and their families.

Would you like to help? Volunteer, donate online or drop off food donations at your local East Bay or South Bay food bank:

• Community Services Agency (drop off location in Mountain View)
• Second Harvest Food Bank (drop off locations in San Carlos, San Jose and Santa Cruz)
• Alameda County Community Food Bank (drop off locations in Berkeley, Dublin, Fremont and Oakland)

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ASCO Symposium Helps Practices Leverage Health IT, Understand EHR Policy Changes

Palo Alto, CA – To help community oncology practices and large institutions navigate recent health care policy changes and leverage health information technology (HIT) to improve the quality of care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will hold the 2011 HIT/EHR Symposium in Atlanta on Nov. 4-5, 2011.

“This symposium has sessions for those beginning their electronic health record (EHR) transition or for those more familiar with the technology,” said Peter Paul Yu, M.D., chair of the 2011 ASCO HIT/EHR Symposium Program Committee and director of cancer care at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). “The topics covered represent a natural progression from previous ASCO symposiums and center on the broad concept of information management. This symposium has content for those preparing for EHR implementation, as well as for those more advanced early adopters of HIT.”

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) is recognized as one of the earliest innovators of health information technology in the country, and the ASCO Symposium will include three PAMF physicians as symposium speakers – Doctors Albert Chan, Paul Tang and Peter Yu.

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation implemented Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system in 1999 and co-developed and launched one of the nation’s earliest personal health records, PAMFOnline (now known as My Health Online) with Epic Systems Corporation in 2001. Currently, 70 percent of PAMF’s adult patients use My Health Online to manage their health records online, view test results, message their doctor’s office, request prescription renewals and appointments, and more. For added patient convenience, My Health Online is also available on mobile devices via the MyChart app on both Android and Apple devices.

PAMF physicians speaking at the 2011 ASCO HIT/EHR Symposium are:

Paul Tang, M.D.	Welcome Session: Meaningful Use – Present and Future Paul Tang, M.D., Vice President, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Albert Chan, M.D.	Symposium Session: Improving the Usability of EHR Albert Chan, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer, Medical Director of My Health Online, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Peter Paul Yu, M.D.	Symposium Session: Rapid Learning Health Systems Peter Paul Yu, M.D., Director of Cancer Research, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

View the full 2011 ASCO HIT/EHR Symposium Program Agenda.

About the Palo Alto Medical Foundation

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) for Health Care, Research and Education is a not-for-profit health care organization that is a pioneer in the multispecialty group practice of medicine. Founded in 1930, PAMF is part of the Peninsula Coastal Region of Sutter Health, one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers. PAMF’s 1,000 affiliated physicians and 4,900 employees serve nearly 730,000 patients at its medical centers and clinics in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. For more information on PAMF, visit pamf.org,
follow PAMF on Twitter, and join us on Facebook.

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Primary Care Expands to Meet Growing Need in East Bay

As more people in the San Francisco Bay Area have made Dublin their home, demand for medical care has steadily increased in the area. To accommodate this increased need, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s Dublin Center, located at 4050 Dublin Boulevard, is growing and expanding its services.

“Our patient base has grown from 6,000 in 2007 to 27,000 patients today,” said Katie Borgstrom, vice president of operations for Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s (PAMF) Alameda Region. “The current expansion of our Dublin Center will both fill existing need and help us grow to accommodate future demand.”

New medical services available at the Dublin Center:

• Allergy
• Audiology
• Cardiology and Cardiac Testing Services
• General Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology (ENT)

Several of the current departments are expanding and moving to the third floor of the Dublin Center, including:

• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology (GI)
• Internal Medicine
• Neurology
• Nutrition
• Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB/Gyn)
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Pulmonology

“We are excited to offer several new specialty services for children, including pediatric dermatology, endocrinology, ophthalmology and orthopedic care,” Borgstrom said.

Comprehensive health care services at the Dublin Center encompass primary care (pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine) and a variety of specialties including dermatology, OB/Gyn, nutrition, physical medicine and laboratory and radiology services.

The PAMF Dublin Center features the latest advances in health care, including electronic health records, fully digital imaging services, same-day and next-day appointments with your primary care physician, and PAMF’s unique team-based model of patient care.

PAMF’s more than 1,000 affiliated physicians and 4,900 employees serve nearly 730,000 patients at its medical centers and clinics in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.

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Dominick Frosch, Ph.D., associate investigator at PAMF Research Institute

The Archives of Internal Medicine have published three randomized controlled trials which examine the effectiveness of behavioral and educational interventions for patients with poorly controlled diabetes. One of the three research trials was directed by Dominick Frosch, Ph.D., associate investigator with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s (PAMF) Research Institute (PAMFRI).

The study conducted by Dr. Frosch, with colleagues from the University of California, Los Angeles, examined the effectiveness of a disease management program among socially and economically disadvantaged patients with poorly controlled diabetes.

The study included 201 patients (72 percent African American or Latino; 74 percent with annual incomes of less than or equal to $15,000) with poorly controlled diabetes. Participants were randomized to receive either an intervention package consisting of a 24-minute video behavior support intervention with a workbook and five sessions of telephone coaching by a trained diabetes nurse (treatment group), or a 20-page brochure developed by the National Diabetes Education Program (control group).

Dr. Frosch and his colleagues found that most participants in both the treatment group (94.3 percent) and control group (93.5 percent) had reviewed the assigned treatment materials and the majority (88.5 percent in the treatment group and 89.8 percent in the control group) rated the clarity of the information presented as good, very good, or excellent at the one-month follow-up.

Across treatment groups there was a significant overall reduction in average glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels from study initiation to six-month follow-up, but differences between the groups were not significant.

The study also found that differences in other clinical measures (including blood lipid levels and blood pressure) and measures of diabetes knowledge and self-care behaviors were also not significant.

“More intensive and therefore more expensive interventions may be a worthwhile investment to lower the high costs associated with poorly managed diabetes in the long term. However, larger structural interventions also may be necessary to overcome the many challenges faced by these severely disadvantaged patients,” Dr. Frosch concluded.

The study, which was initiated by Dr. Frosch at University of California, Los Angeles before joining the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute in 2009, took place during one of the worst economic recessions since the Great Depression.

Dr. Frosch describes the premise and hypothesis of the study:

The costs of diabetes to society have grown enormously in recent years, owing to an increase in the incidence of the disease, driven in large part by the obesity epidemic, and the potentially severe medical complications that can result from diabetes. There is increasing interest in using disease management programs with telephone support to help patients with diabetes achieve better control of their condition and to reduce complications and suffering caused by the disease. We conducted a study to evaluate whether a video behavior support intervention combined with 5 sessions of telephone coaching could help patients from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who were struggling to control their condition, achieve better outcomes.  The comparison group received a standardized printed brochure about diabetes management, but no telephone coaching.

Our results showed that all patients who participated in the study improved their diabetes control, but contrary to our expectations, patients who received telephone coaching did not do better than patients who did not.

 Many of the patients who enrolled in the study had lost their jobs and were struggling for basic survival. We concluded that for the most economically disadvantaged patients, who face enormous daily challenges, a modest intervention such as the one we tested may not be sufficient and that more intensive interventions appear necessary.

Even though it yielded positive insights, Dr. Frosch’s study is considered a “negative” study because the outcomes did not align with the original hypothesis that the experimental intervention would lead to more  improved health outcomes.

All three reports, including Frosch’s, are part of the journal’s Health Care Reform series. In another report, Katie Weinger, Ed.D., of the Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and colleagues, evaluated the efficacy of a behavioral intervention for improving glycemic control among patients with long-duration poorly controlled diabetes. In a third report, JoAnn Sperl-Hillen, M.D., of HealthPartners Research Foundation and HealthPartners Medical Group, Minneapolis, and colleagues evaluated a total of 623 adults from Minnesota and New Mexico with type 2 diabetes and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentrations of seven percent or higher. The authors found that individual education resulted in better glucose control in patients with established sub-optimally controlled diabetes than did group education.

NOTE: JAMA & the Archives Journals are subscription-based, but you can read the full text of the article online for free.

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Cancer patients, survivors, families and the community are invited to join the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Mountain View on Saturday, October 22 and Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 29 for two free programs dedicated to increasing awareness about cancer, prevention and survivorship. The events titled,  Breast Cancer — From Prevention to Survivorship, will include speakers and refreshments.

About the Mountain View Event

October 22, 2011
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

“Newest Research on Prevention of Breast Cancer and other Cancers”
Speaker: Marcia Stefanick, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine

“Genes and Cancer”
Speaker: Edmund Tai, M.D., Palo Alto Medical Foundation Hematology & Oncology

Location:
PAMF Mountain View Center
701 E. El Camino Real, Conference Rooms C & D
Mountain View
Google Map to Mountain View Center

Register online or call 650-934-7373 to register for the Mountain View event.

About the Santa Cruz Event

October 29, 2011
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Cancer and Nutrition: Separating Fact from Fiction”
Speaker: Katie Lang, R.D., Palo Alto Medical Foundation Nutrition

“One Mutant Cell”
Keynote Guest Speaker: Kathy LaTour, editor at large for CURE magazine. LaTour uses humor in recounting her cancer journey in her one-woman show One Mutant Cell.

Location:
PAMF Santa Cruz– Commercial Crossing Office
2850 Commercial Crossing
Santa Cruz
Google Map to Commercial Crossing

Register online or call 831-479-6629 to register for the Santa Cruz event.

Learn more about Cancer Care at PAMF – including classes and workshops for people with cancer, their families and caregivers.

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