Across the nation, blood supplies are at critically low levels. The only way to increase the supply is through generous donations. Please consider taking 20 minutes to roll up your sleeve and donate blood on Monday, February 22 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano in Conference Room A/B on the Garden Level. You can sign up for a donation appointment at www.RedCrossBlood.org and enter sponsor code: baylorregional.
The blood drive is being held in honor of the late Alexis Shelokov, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon, the founding medical director of the Baylor Scoliosis Center, for the many lives touched and changed through the vision and passionate commitment to giving hope and an improved quality of life to all those with scoliosis and other advanced spinal deformities and for the leadership and innovation that has led to advances in the treatment and care of scoliosis.
Baylor Plano will also offer the following events in the upcoming months. Unless otherwise noted, to register for a program, call 1.800.4BAYLOR (422.9567) or visit www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoEvents.
Weight Loss Surgery Informational Seminar
Tuesdays, Feb. 23; March 9 & 23
Education Center 1-4, Garden Level
Nick Nicholson, M.D., bariatric surgeon, presents three surgical weight loss options.
Diabetes Support Group
Thursdays, Feb. 11 & March 11
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Conference Room A/B, Garden Level
Aid for Aching Backs
Thursday, Feb. 11
12 to 1 p.m.
Education Center 2 & 3, Garden Level
John Tompkins, M.D., neurosurgeon on the Baylor Plano medical staff, discusses back strain prevention, building back strength, and invasive and non-invasive treatment options.
Lunch is provided
Saturday Mammography Services
Saturdays, Feb. 13 & 27; March 13 & 27
Appointments begin at 8 a.m.
Baylor Plano Women's Imaging Center
Medical Pavilion II, Suite 100
Saturdays, Feb. 20; March 6 & 20
Appointments begin at 8 a.m.
Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch
8080 St. Highway 121, Ste. 210 A, McKinney
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Prostate Cancer Support Group
Tuesdays, Feb. 23 & March 23
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Conference Room A/B, Garden Level
Dinner provided
Your Health This Month
Thursday, Feb. 18
7:30 to 10 a.m.
Conference Room A/B, Garden Level
Free blood pressure screening, BMI and body fat assessments, nutrition education, breast cancer risk assessments and education, hearing screenings and education will be provided.
Cholesterol and glucose testing available for $15.
Support for People with Oral, Head and Neck Cancer
Tuesday, March 2
6 to 8 p.m.
Education Center 2, Garden Level
To register call 214.820.2608.
Don't Pass Up Knowledge on Kidney Stones
Wednesday, March 3
12 to 1 p.m.
Education Center 1 & 2, Garden Level
Michael Wierschem, M.D., urologist on the Baylor Plano medical staff, discusses treatment options, complications of untreated kidney stones and risk factors for developing kidney stones. Complimentary lunch
Living Well With Cancer
Monday, March 8
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Education Center 1& 2, Garden Level
Dinner provided
Your Health This Month
Thursday, March 11
7:30 to 10 a.m.
Conference Room A/B, Garden Level
Free scoliosis screenings and education, lung volume screenings and education, diabetes education, colon cancer home test kits and colon cancer education, and bone marrow donation opportunities will be available.
Cholesterol and glucose testing available for $15.
Inside Track on Digestive Health
Thursday, March 25
12 to 1 p.m.
Education Center 2 & 3
Garden Level
Rassa Shahidzadeh, M.D., gastroenterologist on the Baylor Plano medical staff, will discuss different GI disorders such as ulcers, irritable bowl syndrome and celiac disease and will provide treatment options as well as prevention tactics.
Weight Loss Surgery Support Group
Meets the second Wednesday of each month.
6 to 8:30 p.m.
Education Center 1 & 2, Garden Level
Call 469.814.5677 for more information or to register.
Diabetes Self Management Program
Classes are offered at various times.
To register call 469.814.6896.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women's services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for gynecology and prostate procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. The hospital has won several quality awards including the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence and is designated a Pathway to Excellence™ hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For fiscal year 2008, Baylor Health Care System reported $429.5 million* in community benefit, which includes providing care for charity patients and patients enrolled in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the unreimbursed costs of medical education, research and community programs. For more information, visit www.baylorhealth.com/Plano.
*Represents preliminary information that will be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System¹s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano or Baylor Health Care System.
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