SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Offering Free Prostate Screenings Sep. 19 – Sep. 22 to Men Forty Years of Age and Older:
Sep 13, 2011
Screenings to Be Held at SUNY Downstate Sites in Northern, Central, and Southern Brooklyn
Prostate cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer if discovered early. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and its University Hospital at Downstate are offering free prostate cancer screenings to men 40 years of age and older for four days beginning Sep. 19.
Screenings will held at University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), 470 Clarkson Avenue, Suite I (“eye”), Monday, Sep. 19 through Thursday, Sep. 22, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Screenings will also be conducted at UHD at Long Island College Hospital, 339 Hicks Street, Urology Clinic, 7th floor, on Tuesday, Sep. 20 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and on Thursday, Sep. 22 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
SUNY Downstate at Bay Ridge, 699 92nd Street at Seventh Avenue, will hold screenings on Monday, Sep. 19 and Tuesday Sep. 20 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm, and on Wednesday, Sep. 21 and Thursday, Sep. 22 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Screenings also will be held at UHD’s Family Health Services at 840 Lefferts Avenue on Monday, Sep. 19 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and at the Center for Health Care Services at Bedford-Stuyvesant, 613 Throop Avenue, on Tuesday, Sep. 20 and Thursday, Sep. 22 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
For more information call 718-270-3739 or 718-270-8846.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.