Love Your Lungs

Love Your Lungs: Sacramento Lung Health Coalition

Join us for an engaging lung health event filled with expert speakers, Q&As, raffles, and more!

<h3>Learn how to Love Your Lungs and keep them healthy! </h3><p>We will be discussing some of today’s most pressing lung health topics including tobacco and vaping, lung cancer screenings,  how racism and trauma impact outcomes, and connecting you to local resources  that are available in our Greater Sacramento community. </p><p>Hear from incredible guest speakers including today&#x27;s leading lung health experts and our local community partners. </p><p>Get all of your questions answered during our Q&amp;A sessions and participate in our interactive activities for a chance to win some fun prizes!</p><h3>First 150 registrants who complete our registration survey will be mailed an event-kit filled with freebies and swag!</h3><p><strong>You won&#x27;t want to miss this! </strong></p>

<h2>Agenda</h2><h3>1:05 –1:15 PM  —   Welcome &amp; Introduction </h3><p><strong>Moon Chen, Jr, PHD, MPH</strong> — Professor and Associate Director for Population Sciences and Community Outreach/Engagement, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center </p><p></p><h3>1:15 – 1:35 PM  —  Keynote Address:</h3><h3>The importance of lung health.</h3><p><strong>Olivia Kasirye, MD</strong> — Sacramento County Public Health Officer </p><p></p><h3>1:40 – 2:00 PM   —   Tobacco Use &amp; Vaping:</h3><h3>Trends, policy, and how to quit.</h3><p><strong>Elisa Tong, MD, MA</strong> — Associate Professor of General Medicine, UC Davis; Medical Director, SToP: Stop Tobacco Program; Project Director, CA Quits </p><p><strong>Kimberlee Homer Vagadori, MPH</strong> — Project Director, California Youth Advocacy Network </p>
Moderated by: Stephen D. Maxwell, MD, FCCP, Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon Medical Director, Sutter Lung Nodule Clinics, Sutter Health<p></p><p>2:00 – 2:10 PM  —  Break &amp; Raffle! </p><p></p><h3>2:10 – 2:20 PM   —  The SOL Project </h3><p><strong>Abdulaziz “Aziz” Attassy, MPH</strong> — Project Coordinator </p><p></p><h3>2:20 – 2:40 PM  —  Racism as a Lung Health Issue:</h3><h3>Trauma, health outcomes, and how we heal.</h3><p><strong>Gina Warren, PharmD</strong> — Co-Founder and CEO, Neighborhood Wellness Foundation </p>
Moderated by: Ulissa Smith, MPH, Community  Outreach &amp; EngagementCoordinator, UC Davis Comprehensive  Cancer Center<p></p><h3>2:40 – 2:50 PM  —   Breathe CA Sacramento Region</h3><p><strong>Marissa Greenband, MPH, CHES</strong>  —  Tobacco Control Programs Director </p><p></p><h3>2:50 – 2:55 PM   —   Sacramento Kings’ Slamson</h3><p></p><p>2:55 – 3:05 PM    —   Break &amp; Raffle! </p><p></p><h3>3:05 – 3:40 PM    —   Lung Cancer Screenings:</h3><h3>What it is and what you need to know.</h3><p><strong>Barney Brinkmann</strong>​, Lung Cancer Survivor &amp; Advocate​, shares his story</p><p><strong>Stephen E. Wang , MD</strong> —   Chief, Division of Hematology &amp; Medical Oncology, Permanente Medicine, South Sacramento Campus; Chair, Cancer Center Accreditation Program, South Sacramento Kaiser Permanente Hospital; Assistant Chair of Thoracic Medical Oncology &amp; Melanoma, Northern CA Permanente Medicine</p><p><strong>Costanzo DiPerna, MD</strong> —   Medical Director/CMO Dignity Health Oncology Service Line; Associate Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Surgery, California Northstate Medical School; Chief of Thoracic Surgery Mercy Medical Group</p><p><strong>Brian B. Rezvani, MD</strong> —   Thoracic surgeon, Kaiser Permanente; Site Liaison, UC Davis Thoracic Surgery Residency </p><p><strong>Lisa Brown, MS, MAS, FACS</strong>  —  Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis; Clinical Director, Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program; Medical Director, E6 Cardiothoracic Surgery Stepdown Unit, UC Davis Health </p><p></p><h3>3:40 – 3:50 PM     —   GO2 Foundation </h3><p><strong>Leah Fine</strong>   —   Senior Director of Excellence in Screening &amp; Care </p><p></p><h3>3:50 – 4:00 PM     —   Closing Remarks </h3><p><strong>Jeannine Graves, RN, MSN, MPA, OCN</strong> —   Clinical Coordinator, Oncology Administration, Sutter Health</p><h2></h2><p></p>

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