Bonus Content! Music Stars Align For Virtual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Concert
The Gastro Girl Podcast
03/28/23
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In this special bonus episode we catch up with two performers featured in the Tune It Up Concert for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness that is streaming Thursday March 30th at 8pm EDT on gi.org/concert. First we introduce classical singer and hip hop producer Khary "K. F. Jacques" Laurent (kfjacques.com) who offers his perspective on the importance of colorectal cancer screening and why you should not delay talking with your doctor about any symptom or health concern. He also shares how he got linked up with the Tune It Up concert series. Then John Morris Russell, conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (cincinnatisymphony.org/pops) shares his experience with colonoscopy prep as well as some special messages about the Tune It Up concert series, organized by Dr. Benjamin Levy of the University of Chicago.
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Music Stars Align For Virtual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Concert
March 27, 2023
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If you love hearing world class musicians perform we’ve got a tip for you. In a major effort to increase Colorectal Cancer (CRC) awareness and the importance of screening, Dr. Benjamin Levy, a gastroenterologist at the University of Chicago, has organized a third live streaming musical event in collaboration with The American College of Gastroenterology. In this episode Dr. Levy shares his first hand experience with patients who are getting diagnosed with CRC at younger ages, his personal tips for the colonoscopy bowel prep, and details the amazing ways his combined passions for music, medicine and concert organizing have resulted in successful public health initiatives. He also gives us the inside look at the performers for this year’s Tune It Up concert streaming on Thursday March 30th, 8pm EDT at gi.org/concert. Don’t miss it!
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