SACC-Seattle Speaker Series presents The world renowned breast cancer MD, Dr Bruce A Porter, July 17 2012

This exclusive event begins at 6:30PM Tuesday July 17th at the Swedish Club as part of the SACC-Seattle speaker series. Bruce will share review the tremendous advances in this field of medicine over the last two decades. Breast cancer is a topic that impacts us all, either directly or indirectly and with Bruce’s passion and knowledge it promises to be an evening to remember. Physicians from around the world travel to Seattle to learn from Bruce and attend his seminars. Bruce has also travelled to many countries around the world to present his techniques and findings.

We encourage you to bring your spouse and friends for this presentation. Please RSVP today as the event has limited set of seats and we wish to accommodate all. Please RSVP to info@sacc-seattle.org

The presentation will begin at 7pm to be followed by a Q&A sessions. The evening is expected to end by 8:15pm.

Swedish Club is opening the bar specifically for this event (no host).

Address: Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 283-1090

Cost: $5 for SACC –Seattle members and $10 for non-members (cash or check)

Bruce A. Porter, M.D., FACR is a co-founder and medical director of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle, Washington. Established in 1984, FHDI was the first facility in the Pacific Northwest to provide Magnetic Resonance Imaging services. In 2007, First Hill Diagnostic Imaging became a joint venture with Swedish Medical Center.

Dr. Porter received a B.S. in Medicine from University of North Dakota, School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his medical degree at University of California-Davis. Dr. Porter’s residency training includes Nuclear Medicine at Stanford University and Diagnostic Radiology at UC Davis. In 1981, Dr. Porter also completed a Fellowship in abdominal imaging, angiography, and interventional radiology at the University of Lund, Sweden.

Dr. Porter has a long-standing specialty interest in imaging, diagnosis and staging of a variety of cancers. For the past 20 years his primary focus has been on developing techniques for advanced imaging of breast cancer particularly with MR imaging. Bruce has published numerous scientific papers and is the author of multiple book chapters, scientific exhibits, as well as presenting more than 400 lectures at national and international scientific meetings.
Dr. Porter lives on a boat in Seattle with his wife and first mate, Sharon Vaughn. He has three grown boys, all of whom speak Swedish fluently.