Press Release

For Immediate Release
Contact: Jerry Carey
(856) 566-6171
careyge@umdnj.edu

UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine Sponsors Cancer Survivor Day Celebration

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-School of Osteopathic Medicine invites cancer survivors and their families to a special National Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 2, from noon to 3 p.m., on the school's East Laurel Road campus in Stratford.

This family-oriented event will include an outdoor barbeque, face-painting, keepsake family photographs and commemorative T-shirts. Former cancer patients will share their survival stories and everyone who attends can lend their artistic talents to help create a giant "Celebrate Life!" mural in the school's Academic Center.

During Cancer Survivors Day, UMDNJ physicians and scientists will present the latest information on cancer research, diagnosis and treatment and exercise physiologists and nutritionists from the University Wellness Center will share nutrition tips and demonstrate exercise and massage therapy for cancer survivors.

For more information or to register to attend the National Cancer Survivors Day celebration, contact the University Doctors at (856) 566-6000.

The UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School is one of three medical schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. UMDNJ comprises New Jersey's only medical schools, the state's only dental school, a nursing school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions and a school of public health on campuses in Newark, Piscataway/New Brunswick, Camden, Stratford, and Scotch Plains. UMDNJ also operates University Hospital, Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare. It is affiliated with more than 200 health care and educational institutions throughout the state