Learn To Battle The Burn

Free acid reflux seminar at Baylor Plano

Battling the Burn is a free acid reflux seminar hosted by Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano on Thursday, February 9 from 12 to 1 p.m. in Education Center 1 & 2 on the Garden Level of Baylor Plano, 4700 Alliance Blvd. Rassa Shahidzadeh, M.D., gastroenterologist on the Baylor Plano medical staff will discuss prevention and treatment of acid reflux. Lunch will be provided. To register please call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoEvents.

In addition to the acid reflux seminar, Baylor Plano will also offer the following events:

January & February 2012 Events. To register: Call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoEvents.

Classes & Seminars

Weight Loss Surgery Informational Seminar
Call for date and time information.

Joint Pain Seminar
Jan. 18 & Feb. 15
6 to 7 p.m.

Health Fairs

For Women For Life
Jan. 28
7 a.m. to noon.
Invite other women you would like to share a day with, and come enjoy free screenings, assessments and seminars.

Your Health This Month®
Feb. 21
7:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Spa Day
Feb. 11, 18 & 25
Get your advanced digital screening mammogram and receive Bath & Body Works® gift set*, five-minute chair massage and refreshments.
Appointments begin at 8 a.m.

Support Groups

Support for People with Oral Head & Neck Cancer
Jan. 24 & Feb. 28
6 to 8 p.m.

MammaCare® Breast Self-Exam Class
Jan. 5 & Feb. 2
5 to 6:30 p.m.

Look Good Feel Better
Jan. 10
6 to 8 p.m.

Diabetes Support Group
Jan. 12 & Feb. 9
5:30 to 7 p.m.

Breast Cancer Support Program
Jan. 24 & Feb. 28,
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Education Center 1 & 2, Garden Level.
Join us as we discuss topics including nutrition, exercise, stress management, humor and laughter, emotional responses, and recovery techniques.

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Prevention Clinics
Jan. 19 & Feb. 16
Baylor Plano offers a monthly clinic for the risk assessment and prevention program. Clinics include clinical breast exam, MammaCare® education, personalized risk assessment results and risk reduction strategies.
Women’s Imaging Center
Medical Pavilion II, Suite 100.
To register or for more information, please call 469.814.5768.

Us Too! Prostate Cancer Support Group
Jan. 24 & Feb. 28
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Plano Conference Rooms A/B, Garden Level

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 160-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano, the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano and the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Elizabeth Jekot, MD Breast Imaging Center. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System.  Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano ranks fourth on U.S. News & World Report's first-ever Best Hospitals metro area ranking for the Dallas/Fort Worth area and was named a top performer by The joint Commission. Baylor Plano is also a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the first hospital in Collin County to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.

CONTACT:
Kayci Prince
469.814.2109
kaycipri@baylorhealth.edu

Janeen Browning
469.814.2107
janeenbr@baylorhealth.edu

About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com