Service Kicks Off a Busy Season

With help from Patricia Walker, MD, PhD and Nancy Todes-Taylor, MD, WDS Past President Wendy E. Roberts, MD chaired the first "Play Safe in the Sun" outreach of the season in early April at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, CA – site of the first WDS Service outreach event in 2004! In addition to 202 screenings of tournament attendees in 3 days, Dr. Roberts and her staff spent one afternoon screening professional golfers and their caddies. In all, over 170 presumptive diagnoses were made, 38 biopsies were recommended and 70 patients were referred to a dermatologist for further assessment.

WDS President Valerie Callender, MD was joined by Deborah MacFarlane, MD, Adrianne Jackson, MD and Sonia Flowers, MD in Houston, Texas for the Sisters Network, Inc. 5th Annual Stop the Silence National African American Breast Cancer Walk on April 5th. Our volunteers screened 20 participants and offered sun safety education to many others. A total of 7 presumptive diagnoses were made, 1 biopsy was recommended and 2 patients were referred for follow-up.

L to R: Adrienne Snow (La Roche-Posay) with Wendy E. Roberts, MD, Patty Walker, MD and Nancy Todes-Taylor, MD at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, CA.

L to R: WDS President Valerie Callender, MD and Deborah MacFarlane, MD at the Sisters Network Inc, 5th Annual National African American Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run in Houston, TX.


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