SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Offering Free Prostate Screenings September 17 – September 22:
Sep 14, 2012
Screenings to Be Held at SUNY Downstate Sites throughout Brooklyn
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, but with early detection and treatment the five-year survival rate exceeds 99 percent. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University's University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) is urging men between the ages of 40 and 75 to take advantage of free prostate cancer screenings September 17 to 22 at various UHD sites throughout the borough.
For more information call 718-270-3739 or 718-270-8846, or the numbers listed below.
Screenings will be held at SUNY Downstate’s UHD at Central Brooklyn, 470 Clarkson
Avenue, Suite I (“eye”), Monday, September 17, through Thursday, September 20, from
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Other sites are:
Downstate at Long Island College Hospital, 97 Amity Street, Family Medicine Suite, 4th floor, Tuesday, September 18; Thursday, September 20; and Friday, September 21, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. For more information call 718-780-2860.
UHD’s Family Health Services at 840 Lefferts Avenue, Monday, September 17, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Wednesday, September 19, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information call 718-493-0300.
The Center for Health Care Services at Bedford-Stuyvesant, 613 Throop Avenue, Tuesday, September 18, and Thursday, September 20, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Call 718-602-6200.
SUNY Downstate at Bay Ridge, 699 92nd Street at Seventh Avenue, holds screenings for prostate cancer on an ongoing basis Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. For more information, call 718-567-1400 or 718-270-3739.
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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.