Colorectal Cancer Awareness Program

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024  6pm

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Wilkes-Barre City Mayor George C. Brown is proud to announce the City of Wilkes-Barre’s partnership with the Wilkes-Barre City Health Department, King’s College, Wilkes University, Misericordia University, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County Community College, Geisinger College of Health Sciences, Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, and Gastroenterologist Dr. Thomas Mangan to host a Colorectal Cancer Awareness Event on Wednesday, March 20. 

The free event is open to the public. Register online to submit a question for the panel.

Mayor Brown’s daughter, Aimee Kearney, will share her journey from discovering that she had colorectal cancer, through treatment, surgeries, and recovery to becoming cancer-free. She hopes that her story will inspire other young adults to know the symptoms and get screened.

The program will also include a panel discussion featuring physicians from Geisinger and Commonwealth Health. The discussion will be led by Wilkes-Barre native Thomas Mangan, M.D., a Emeritus Gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.