For immediate release: Sept. 29, 2009

Contact Anne McMillin, APR
School of Medicine Communications
Office: 775.682.9254
Cell: 702.292.4247
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School of Medicine dessert social planned for October 9

Public invited to event in support of women in medicine

RENO, Nev.— The public is invited to attend the American Medical Women’s Association dessert social and fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the University of Nevada, Reno Joe Crowley Student Union ballroom.

The social will include delectable desserts from a variety of local vendors. All proceeds are aimed at advancing the status of women in medicine in Nevada.

Admission is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Please pay in cash or check payable to Board of Regents. For more information contact Shaina Beesemyer at (775) 240-5554 or via email at sbeesemyer@medicine.nevada.edu.

As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.