Solomons, MD – Susan G. Komen Maryland® will present Girl Talk: Take It from the Top in partnership with Calvert Memorial Hospital, on Thursday, March 26 from 5 to 8:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Solomons Conference Center.

Komen Maryland’s first breast health Symposium in Southern Maryland, the event will follow the format of annual educational events currently sponsored by the organization in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore. 

This fun, informative event will provide attendees with expert medical and health information, as well as connect them with valuable resources from hospital and community organization exhibitors.

“Girl Talk: Take It from the Top” will feature two expert speakers, followed by a panel of breast cancer survivors. Dr. Nagi Khouri, MD, Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Medical Director of Breast Imaging at the Center for Breast Care at Calvert Memorial Hospital, will speak on personalized breast cancer screening options for breast cancer survivors, where they will learn the various modalities available and how screenings can be customized to fit each person’s individual needs. Angela Ginn, RD, LDN, CDE, Culinary Nutritionist, Owner of Real Talk, Real Food, and National Spokesperson for The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, will follow with a presentation on real life approaches to eating healthy every day and how maintaining a healthy lifestyle is significant in the survivorship process.

Following these experts will be a panel of breast cancer survivors, Mary Bahen, Lavonne Edwards, and Merle Morrow, sharing their unique, inspiring stories from their own breast cancer journeys and discussing what has helped each of them along the way.

The Symposium is free and open to the public, however, advanced registration is required as space is limited. Interested individuals can register online at www.komenmd.org or www.calverthospital.org. Bring your friends and have a night of Girl Talk at the Holiday Inn Solomons Conference Center on Holiday Drive in Solomons, MD 20688.

For more information, please contact Komen Maryland at info@komenmd.org or 410-938-8990 Calvert Memorial Hospital at 410-414-4571.