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The KU School of Medicine-Wichita goes tobacco free on Thursday, November 16th, to coincide with the Great American Smoke Out. This will be in stride with recent announcements by Wesley and Via Christi that those campuses are also tobacco free. The Live & Learn Lecture at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 14. Wichita Public Radio, the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita and the Medical Society of Sedgwick County will present Dr. Tim Scanlan discussing “Smoking: It’s Time to Quit.” This lecture series is at the KU School of Medicine – Wichita campus at 1010 N. Kansas, located at the 8th/9th Street exit on I-135. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested by calling 316-293-2643. KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon will present an interview featuring Dr. Scanlan, during Morning Edition, Monday, November 13. The interview will air at 5:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m., and 9:50 a.m. Dr. Tim Scanlan is medical director of Addiction Specialists of Kansas where he practices addiction medicine and runs an outpatient treatment program. He also devotes time to educating counselors, health care providers and students in health care programs, and the public about substance use disorders and their treatment. |
