Betty Friedan to Lecture At UB Spring Clinical Day May 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Betty Friedan, considered the foremost feminist of the 20th century, will present the Stockton-Kimball lecture May 1 at the 62nd annual Spring Clinical Day, which will be devoted to women's health issues.

Spring Clinical Day is sponsored by the Medical Alumni Association of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The event, to be held at the Buffalo Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude with an awards luncheon.

Friedan will speak at 11 a.m. Her topic will be "Better Than Medicine: Women's Empowerment."

The registration fee for the full day is $55, or $10 for medical interns, residents and fellows. Dues-paying alumni attend at no cost. Reservations for the lecture alone are $5, and for the luncheon, $15. Reservations close on April 16. No registrations for the lecture will be taken at the door.

Friedan is a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the author of "The Feminine Mystique," published in 1963 and a major catalyst for the women's movement. Her most recent book, "Beyond Gender: The New Politics of Work and Family," was published in 1997.

She currently is distinguished visiting professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where she directs a project aimed at reshaping public policy on the issue of work and family, sponsored by the School's Institute for Women and Work. She has been a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Southern California, New York University, George Mason University, Mt. Vernon College, Florida International University and an adjunct scholar at the Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution.

Clinical sessions will be devoted to updates on breast and ovarian cancer. Topics and presenters will be:

o 8:20 a.m. -- "Gilda Radner: Could Ovarian Cancer Screening Have Made a Difference?, M. Steven Piver, M.D., founder and director of the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry, UB clinical professor of gynecology-obstetrics and chair emeritus of gynecologic oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

o 8:50 a.m. -- "Breast Cancer Diagnosis: An Update," Wende W. Young, M.D., founder of the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester and clinical professor of diagnostic radiology at the University of Rochester.

o 9:20 a.m. -- "Breast Cancer and Women's Health," by Stephen B. Edge, M.D., UB associate professor of surgery and chief of breast surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

o 9:50 a.m. -- "Genetic Risk Assessment and Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Practices, Perils and Promises," Carolyn D. Farrell, UB clinical instructor of pediatrics, director of clinical genetic services and nurse practitioner and genetic counselor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Student research exhibits will be on view throughout the morning. Alumni Achievement Awards will be presented at the luncheon to Elizabeth Olmsted Ross, M.D., '39; James E. Youker, M.D., '54; Lawrence W. Way, M.D., '59, and Stephen Scheiber, M.D., '64.