June Lunchtime Learning Presentation: How Our Genes Contribute to Cancer Risk

On Thursday, June 20, the Community Health Information (CHI) Center at St. John’s Medical Center will host the Lunchtime Learning presentation When Cancer Runs in the Family: How Our Genes Contribute to Cancer Risk with Kory Jasperson, board-certified and licensed genetic counselor.

Topics include: What types of cancers run in families, how to identify families with a hereditary cancer risk, early detection and prevention options in hereditary cancer families, genetic services at St. John’s, and the latest Supreme Court ruling: genes can’t be patented.

Mr. Jasperson is a genetic counselor at St. John’s Medical Center who visits from the Huntsman Cancer Institute to see oncology patients. He is board certified has degrees in genetics and genetic counseling from the University of California Davis and California State University Northridge. He completed a post-graduate fellowship in cancer genetics at the City of Hope National Medical Center in California. Mr. Jasperson has over 8 years of experience in clinical cancer risk assessment and has over 25 peer-reviewed publications on hereditary cancer.

This free presentation will be held from noon to 1 pm in the Moose/Wapiti Classroom at St. John’s Medical Center. Call the CHI Center at 739-7244 for more information.