A world leader in Breast Cancer Care will deliver a public lecture on the illness in Co Donegal later this week, before giving his support to a ball aimed at raising funds to help research here.
Professor Ismail Jatoi Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, Texas will speak on ‘The Changing Face of Breast Cancer and its Care’ this Thursday night at 19.30 at Silver Tassie Hotel November 21st.
He will also attend the North West Cancer Care Ball at the same hotel on Friday night.
Dr. Ismail Jatoi is the holder of the Dale H. Dorn Endowed Chair in Surgery.
Dr. Jatoi obtained his undergraduate bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his MD and PhD degrees from St. Louis University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He completed fellowship training in surgical oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, England. Dr. Jatoi was formerly a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland, and continues to hold an Adjunct Professor appointment at that institution.
Dr. Jatoi has had a longstanding interest in breast cancer local therapy and adjuvant systemic therapy, the management of women at increased risk for breast cancer, and breast cancer screening. He also has an interest in the design and analysis of cancer clinical trials.
Dr. Jatoi has previously served on the Breast Cancer Executive Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). He is the Principal Investigator of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and serves on the national NSABP Working Group. Additionally he serves on the Executive Committee and the Planning Committee for the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), and was recently appointed as Co-Director of the SABCS.
* The lecture is open to the public and is free.
** Tickets for the ball are still available from Liberty Travel or the Silver Tassie. See the poster above.
All the money raised goes to helping research here in Letterkenny.
