TO ALL PHILADELPHIA MEDIA
THE CHEST FOUNDATION ON THE SCENE IN PHILLYCHEST 2001 Activities Include Asthma Education Outreach to City Schools, Community Service Awards, Cancer Survivor Radio Broadcast
The CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), has a wide variety of community-based activities planned during CHEST 2001, the annual scientific assembly of the ACCP.
TOWN MEETING: HUMANITARIANISM AND GLOBAL HEALTH IN MEDICINEFriday, November 2, 1:00-3:00pm, College of Physicians, 19 S. 22nd St.
Moderated by C. Everett Koop, MD, and Allen Goldberg, MD, FCCP, to challenge health experts and policymakers to explore issues aimed at improving global health.
"MAKING A DIFFERENCE" AWARDS DINNERSaturday, November 3, 7:00pm, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Keynote address by Hamilton Jordan, White House Chief-of-Staff to former President Jimmy Carter and cancer survivor. Governors Awards presented to physicians who performed outstanding community service. Announcement of $1 million endowment for Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care Medicine.
BROADCAST OF LIVE NATIONAL RADIO TALK SHOWSunday, November 4, 4:00-6:00pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center
The Group Room, called the world's largest support group for cancer survivors, will broadcast live panel discussions about the latest detection and treatment advances in lungcancer.
ASTHMABUSTERS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTMonday, November 5, 10:00am-12:00pm, Philadelphia Schools
Philadelphia Eagle Hollis Thomas; Larry Robinson, MD, deputy health commissioner of Philadelphia's Department of Public Health; Salvatore Mangione, MD, FCCP, Thomas Jefferson University, medical director of the AsthmaBUSters Program; and ACCP members will visit Roberto Clemente Middle School and Fairhill Elementary School to teach children about lung health and asthma care.
For information on event attendance or to schedule an interview:Liza Morris or Bonnie Muheim, 202-955-6222In Philadelphia, November 3-8, 202-251-8287
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