August Experts Available
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Allan M. Eisenbaum, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Eye Clinic
National Breastfeeding Month
- Yondell Masten, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for outcomes management and evaluation in the School of Nursing, The Florence Thelma Hall Endowed Chair for Excellence in Women’s Health
- Lisa Dillard, R.N., BSN, Nurse-Family Partnership director at the Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center
National Immunization Awareness Month
- Lesley Motheral, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Pediatrics
World Breastfeeding Week – Aug. 1-7
- Yondell Masten, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for outcomes management and evaluation in the School of Nursing, The Florence Thelma Hall Endowed Chair for Excellence in Women’s Health
- Lisa Dillard, R.N., BSN, Nurse-Family Partnership director at the Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center
National Health Center Week – Aug. 11-17
- Linda McMurray, R.N., DNP, executive director of the Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center
Cataract Awareness Month
- David McCartney, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Eye Clinic
National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
- George Henderson, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and member of South Plains Alcohol and Addicition Research Center
West Nile
- Ron Cook, D.O., Texas Tech Physicians — Family Medicine
- Ron Warner, Ph.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Family Medicine
Back to School Anxiety
- Paul Douthit, Ph.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Pediatrics
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