National Cancer Prevention Panel in Washington, DC Moderated by Dr. Margaret Cuomo
Margaret I. Cuomo, MD, the author of A World Without Cancer, will serve as moderator of the panel discussion on Feb. 4, 2014—National Cancer Prevention Day—as well as the co-host of the day’s proceedings with Bill Couzens, founder and president of Less Cancer. The event will be held at The Rayburn Building in Washington, DC, with the Next Generation Choices Foundation Board of Directors.
Dr. Cuomo is a board certified radiologist who served as an attending physician in diagnostic radiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Specializing in body imaging, involving CT, ultrasound, MRI, and interventional procedures, much of her practice was dedicated to the diagnosis of cancer and AIDS. She is the daughter of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Mrs. Matilda Cuomo, sister to Governor Andrew Cuomo and CNN’s Chris Cuomo, and the wife of Howard Maier. She has been interviewed on many TV shows, such as Good Morning America, Good Day New York and national and regional radio programs, and has been featured in many magazines and newspapers, including Education Update, Manhattan, New York Daily News, O Magazine, Vogue and Women’s Day, and on-line sites. Dr. Cuomo is a contributor and a member of the Medical Review Board of the Huffington Post, and is also a regular contributor to WebMD. She advocates nationally for the prevention of cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
Dr. Cuomo will be joined by Dr. Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, who is the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, and by Dr. Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
For more information on the event, visit: Lesscancer.org. #
