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Name: Medicine in our Backyard with Dr. Thomas Cesario
Start: 2020-10-26T23:00+00:00
End: 2020-10-26T23:45+00:00
Location: Zoom Meeting

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Medicine in our Backyard with Dr. Thomas Cesario

Date: 10/26/2020 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm 10/26/2020 4:00 pm 10/26/2020 4:45 pm
Location: Zoom Meeting
Zoom Meeting
Newport Beach, California 92660

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The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation in collaboration with UCI Health is pleased to virtually present the 2020-2021 season of Medicine in Our Backyard featuring an extraordinary group of renowned doctors and researchers speaking on a wide range of topics. The UCI doctors present the latest studies and newest technologies in an engaging online forum. This series is funded in part by the generosity of long time Newport Beach Public Library Foundation members Mike and Polly Smith.

MEDICINE IN OUR BACKYARD

Fall 2020

Coping with the Current Pandemic: A COVID-19 Update

Thomas C. Cesario, MD , Infectious Disease Specialist, UCI Infectious Disease Services

Monday, October 26, 2020 at 4pm

COVID-19: What can we expect next? Dr. Thomas Cesario, professor emeritus of the UCI School of Medicine and a renowned expert on multiple infectious diseases, will discuss what we know now about the virus and answer frequently asked questions, including: is the virus mutating? Do mask and social distancing really work? What are our diagnostic tests and how good are they? Where are we with vaccines? And what we all want to know, how close are we to controlling this?

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HPV-related Throat Cancer: An Emerging Epidemic and Public Health Crisis
Allen M. Chen, MD, Chair and Professor, UCI Health Department of Radiation Oncology
Tjoson Tjoa, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCI Health Department Otolaryngology
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 4pm

Scientists have known since the 1990s that virtually all cases of cervical cancer can be linked to HPV Tjoa-Tjoson_resized infections. Now, an increasing number of throat cancers may be due to HPV infection. Drs. Allen Chen and Tjoson Tjoa will discuss the latest research and why HPV-related throat cancers are now considered an epidemic. Dr. Allen Chen is renowned for his research in head and neck cancers and has been named among Best Doctors in America® 10 years in a row. Dr. Tjoson Tjoa specializes in the surgical treatment of head and neck cancer, major reconstructive surgery, microvascular techniques, thyroid surgery, salivary gland surgery, and skull base surgery.