KU News Release

Media advisory: KU Medical Center, KU Hospital Advancement Board meet Friday

WHAT: Presentations on progress of the University of Kansas Hospital-KU Medical Center affiliation, including push for National Cancer Institute designation from:

— Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center
— Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center
— Bob Page, president and CEO of KU Hospital

WHERE: GO13 Auditorium, School of Nursing, KU Medical Center

WHEN: 9-11 a.m. Friday, May 9

WHO: KU Medical Center and KU Hospital Advancement Board members

BACKGROUND: The Advancement Board is a 75-member advisory group whose goal is to advance the interests of the academic medical center comprised of the KU Medical Center, KU Hospital and Kansas University Physicians Inc. The full board meets twice each year.

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