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Contact: Jennifer Forbes
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
732-235-6356 or jenn.forbes@umdnj.edu
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group Hosts Free Screenings and Lecture on Memory
Monroe, NJ -- The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group’s “Center for Healthy Aging at Monroe” will hold the first of a series of free lectures and memory screenings for the public at 10 a.m. and again at 1 p.m., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Each lecture, which will be led by John Heath, MD, AGSF, a geriatrician and associate professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will be followed by prescheduled screenings. The event will take place in Suite 104 at 18 Centre Drive (off Applegarth Road) in Monroe Township.
Following each talk, Dr. Heath will be joined by trained clinicians to conduct memory screenings and interviews to discuss patient concerns. A screening is recommended for those who believe they or a loved one are:
- becoming more forgetful;
- having difficulty performing familiar tasks;
- experiencing trouble recalling words; and
- interested in current clinical and research approaches to memory enhancement.
The lectures and screenings are free; however screening appointments must be scheduled in advanced by calling 609-655-5178.
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group is the physician practice for UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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As one of the nation’s leading comprehensive medical schools, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey’s premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.
As one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with 2,800 full-time and volunteer faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 22 basic science and clinical departments, hosts centers and institutes including The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, and the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick, Piscataway, and Camden, and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. To learn more about UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, visit rwjms.umdnj.edu. Find our fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/RWJMS and follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/UMDNJ_RWJMS.
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