The Men's Event XVI

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WASHINGTON (June 18 2015) – The 16th annual Washington, DC Men’s Event to support research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (new window) is scheduled for Monday, June 22.

What:
With an expected attendance of over 150 of the Washington, DC area’s top business men, the evening includes briefings given by leading scientists and physicians from Georgetown Lombardi on the latest research breakthroughs in cancers that affect men.

Where:
Morton’s Steakhouse, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC

When:
Monday, June 22

5:30 p.m. – Briefing on cancers that affect men
6:00 p.m. – Cocktails
7:00 p.m. – Dinner program and auction

Physician presenters:
Michael Atkins, MD, and Sean P. Collins, MD, Georgetown Lombardi

Event co-chairs: Clifford J. Alexander, K&L Gates
Floyd (Skip) Davis III, Floyd E. Davis Company
Mark O. Decker, BMO Capital Markets
Bradford F. Englander, Whiteford Taylor & Preston, LLP
H. Jason Gold, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Paul S. Schweitzer, Serten Advisors, LLC
Vic Seested, III, UBS Private Wealth Management
Louis M. Weiner, MD, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Executive committee:
Stephen G. Canton, Stanley B. Corey, Jr., Bryan Davis, Jeffrey G. Davis, Michael J. Di Renzo, Samuel Foster, Drew Genova, Albert “Bud” Hawk, Neal T. Hughes, Herbert A. Kolben, R. Chris Rosenthal, Jim Schleckser, Clyde H. Slease, III, Michael Anthony Smith, Jeff Tarkenton, Steve Tassi

Presented by:
K&L Gates and the National Cancer Prevention Fund

Media RSVP:
Leigh Ann Renzulli, Leigh.Renzulli@georgetown.edu

About Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, seeks to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer through innovative basic and clinical research, patient care, community education and outreach, and the training of cancer specialists of the future. Georgetown Lombardi is one of only 41 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, as designated by the National Cancer Institute (grant #P30 CA051008), and the only one in the Washington, DC area. For more information, go to http://lombardi.georgetown.edu.

About Georgetown University Medical Center
Georgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic medical center with a three-part mission of research, teaching and patient care (through MedStar Health). GUMC’s mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on public service and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis — or “care of the whole person.” The Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies, both nationally ranked; Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute; and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), which accounts for the majority of externally funded research at GUMC including a Clinical Translation Science Award from the National Institutes of Health.

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