Quincy Medical Center To Host Free Skin Cancer Screening; Wednesday, May 9
Quincy Medical Center will host a free Skin Cancer Screening on Wednesday, May 9 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Ambulatory Care Department, 114 Whitwell Street, Quincy, MA.
Dermatologists on staff at Quincy Medical Center have donated their services for the free public screening, which is co-sponsored by the American Academy of Dermatology.
Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. In fact the American Cancer Society estimates that one in five Americans will develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime.
Space is limited and advance registration is required. To schedule an appointment, please call the Quincy Medical Center Physician Referral Service, toll-free, 24 hours per day, at
877-479-CARE or 877-479-2273.
For the past nearly 20 years, the Classic has raised more than $1 million to support the advanced, high quality care at Quincy Medical Center and ranks as one of the leading tournaments on the South Shore. In addition to the golf tournament, the annual event includes a cocktail reception and dinner and entertainment including raffles and an awards presentation.
Please contact Amy Klotz, Development Officer, at 617-376-5493 or aklotz@quincymc.org for sponsorship information or to participate in the Classic. Each year the Classic sells out well in advance!
The 18th Annual Golf Classic will be held on May 14, 2007 at the Granite Links Golf Club at Quarry Hills in Milton/Quincy. Classic proceeds support Quincy Medical Center’s Medication Safety Program, a proactive performance improvement initiatives to further enhance patient care and safety.
Each fall, Quincy Medical Center hosts a fundraising walk to support the Marie A. Curry Fund, a permanent endowed Fund at Quincy Medical Center, focused on encouraging prevention and early detection of cancer and enhancing access to vital cancer screenings and services for uninsured and underinsured women and men.
From 1999 to 2004, Quincy Medical Center and the City of Quincy’s Mayor’s Commission on Women co-sponsored an annual Marie Curry Walk, raising more than $1 million to support the Marie A. Curry Fund at Quincy Medical Center.
With the community’s strong support of the Fund, in 2005 the Curry Family and Quincy Medical Center were able to expand the Marie A. Curry Fund’s mission to underwrite additional cancer screenings and services to inspire the prevention and early detection of a wider range of cancers. A new Quincy Medical Center Cancer Walk was established to support the expanded mission of the Marie A. Curry Walk.
The 2007 Quincy Medical Center Cancer Walk will be held on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Pageant Field in Merrymount Park in Quincy.
Quincy Medical Center (www.quincymc.org) is a 232-bed acute care community-teaching hospital providing South Shore residents with comprehensive medical and surgical services. The Medical Center’s Alliance for Quality with Boston Medical Center (BMC), formed in 1999, brings academic medicine to the community. At Quincy Medical Center, physicians from Boston Medical Center direct the departments of medicine, surgery, anesthesia, emergency medicine, and psychiatry. Additionally, physicians from BMC who are board-certified in a range of medical and surgical specialties work with community physicians to ensure the continuity of patient care.