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t m c » p u l s e | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 40 CALENDAR September 2016 The Art and Science of Managing the New Melanoma Landscape Friday, noon – 5 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Houston Marriott Medical Center 6580 Fannin St. Registration and fee required ambaring@mdanderson.org 713-563-7388 Houston Mood Disorders Conference Friday, 5 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Memorial Hermann Conference Center 6411 Fannin St. Registration and fee required lavonne.carlson@uth.tmc.edu 713-741-7879 Screening of Until 20 Tuesday, 6 – 8:30 p.m. TMCx Accelerator 2450 Holcombe Blvd., Suite X Registration requested: tmcscreeningofuntil20.eventbrite.com briley@tmc.edu 713-791-8827 Stem Cell Tourism Near and Far: Achieving a Compromise for the Patient Thursday, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. James A. Baker III Hall Rice University | Doré Commons 6100 Main St. melissal@rice.edu 713-348-4945 James T. Willerson, M.D., Cardiovascular Seminar: Yang Xia, M.D., Ph.D. Thursday, 4 – 5 p.m. Texas Heart Institute 6770 Bertner Ave. vsweed@texasheart.org 832-355-9144 An Evening with Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Author of Doctor Mutter's Marvels Friday, 7 – 9:30 p.m. The Texas Medical Center Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Cost: Individual tickets start at $100: $50 for students sarah.keith@library.tmc.edu 713-799-7108 Houston Methodist Cardiac MRI Workshop Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – noon Houston Methodist Hospital 6565 Fannin St. Registration and fee required cme@houstonmethodist.org 713-441-4971 Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Board Review Course Tuesday – Thursday, 7:15 a.m. – late afternoon MD Anderson Cancer Center 1515 Holcombe Blvd. Robert C. Hickey Auditorium, Floor 11 R. Lee Clark Clinic Registration and fee required egagneau@mdanderson.org 713-745-0080 Pearls of Wisdom Luncheon with Jenna Bush Hager Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Houston Country Club 1 Potomac Dr. Cost: Individual tickets start at $250 skoziol@mhahouston.org 713-523-8963 It Must Be PitchCraft Seminar Thursday, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. JLABS @ TMC 2450 Holcombe Blvd., Suite J rlongley@its.jnj.com 346-772-0302 9 16-17 SEPTEMBER: CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to honor children who have been diagnosed with cancer and family members who have supported them. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages 5-14. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. The cause is mostly unknown, with only five percent of all childhood cancers caused by inherited genetic mutations. Researchers at the Texas Medical Center and around the world are working to find cures for cancers that aect children. 20 FOR MORE EVENTS, VISIT TMCNews.org 12-16 13-15 14 15 22 29