There is more to screen from during the summer than the sun. The Women’s Health team at Holy Cross Health encourages you to get screened for some of the most preventable forms of cancer. Holy Cross Health will host a free livestreaming Facebook community colon cancer lecture with Dr. Astha Bhatt at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 24 and a lung cancer lecture with Dr. Ann Vu at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 1. Visit facebook.com/holycrossfl to tune in.
This is part of an ongoing educational community lecture series covering cancer and other health related topics presented by Holy Cross Health.
Dr. Bhatt is a colorectal surgeon at Holy Cross Health. She is a board certified general surgeon, and completed a fellowship in minimally invasive colorectal surgery. Her focus areas include robotic assisted, colorectal and general surgery. Her office is conveniently located opposite Holy Cross Health, and she also sees patients at the Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women’s Center at Holy Cross Healthplex.
Dr. Vu is pulmonologist at Holy Cross Health. She is board certified in pulmonary medicine and has extensive academic experience at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital and Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from University of Miami and received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She completed her residency and was chief resident at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital before moving to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
