MUSC Hollings Cancer Center sponsors 6th Annual Community Compass Project

This Health Awareness Event entitled “Dialogue and Dining: Building a Healthy Community” features cancer prevention experts, and a performance by actress, director, writer, and theater professor Joy Vandervort-Cobb

The sixth annual Community Compass Project, sponsored by the Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, Motley Rice, and other community partners is set for Saturday, November 12 from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. at the Hollings Cancer Center.

The event features Joy Vandervort-Cobb who has performed in numerous award winning plays and television shows from Shakespeare to August Wilson’s Fences to Army Wives. Dr. Vandervort-Cobb’s performance will be followed by a panel discussion with health experts including Dr. K. Michael Cummings, tobacco policy and control expert; Dr. Brenda Hoffman, Gastroenterologist; Dr. Shantae Jenkins, Chief Medical Officer for Fetter Health Care Network; and  Dr. Jennifer Young Pierce, Gynecologic Oncologist and leading HPV advocate.

Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of the Hollings Cancer Center, network while dining on traditional favorites catered by Chef Curtis Labitue, Executive Chef/Owner, Royal Grand Events, and enjoy the indigenous Lowcountry music performance by Ann Caldwell and the Magnolia Singers.

The event is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register atcommunitycompass.info  or by calling 843-792-0878. The Hollings Cancer Center is located at 86 Jonathan Lucas St, Charleston, S.C. 29425­. Free parking is available at the corner of Calhoun and Johnathan Lucas Street. Additional questions may be directed to Dr. Debbie C. Bryant, RN [email protected].

About MUSC

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents in six colleges (Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy), and has nearly 13,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty members. As the largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $2.2 billion, with an annual economic impact of more than $3.8 billion and annual research funding in excess of $250 million. MUSC operates a 700-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (a National Cancer Institute-designated center), Level I Trauma Center, Institute of Psychiatry, and the state’s only transplant center. In 2016, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the number one hospital in South Carolina. For more information on academic programs or clinical services, visit musc.edu. For more information on hospital patient services, visit muschealth.org.