School of Medicine Announces New Endowed Chair
WHAT: The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host a reception to announce the Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation and Mary E. Bivins Foundation Endowed Chair of Excellence in Geriatric Oncology.
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Tuessday (Dec. 4)
WHERE: TTUHSC School of Medicine, 1400 S. Coulter St., second floor lobby
EVENT: The incidence of geriatric cancer in Randall and Potter counties is above the state’s average level. This endowed chair in geriatric oncology, awarded to Suhasini Nadesan, M.D., will partner with the School of Medicine’s existing geriatrics division to strengthen the care and research of elderly Texas Panhandle patients with cancer.
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