Starting fifth from left: Alex Ky-Miyasaka, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery; Sanghyun A. Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery; and David A. Greenwald, MD, Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology); with nurses and staff from The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Endoscopy Center.
The Mount Sinai Endoscopy Center hosted an array of educational activities for Colorectal Awareness Month on Wednesday, March 1. During a health fair at The Mount Sinai Hospital, participants picked up educational literature and giveaways and walked through a 20-foot-long inflatable model of a colon. Provided by the Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation and known as the “Rollin’ Colon,” the model exhibits polyps and other colon cancer symptoms.
Later that day, the Foundation launched a “Protect Your Butt” campaign focused on saving lives through colon cancer awareness, prevention, and translational research. Colon cancer survivors, advocates, and clinicians joined in a celebratory “booty shake” at the event, which was held at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park and co-sponsored by Mount Sinai, Epi proColon, and Bracco Diagnostics Inc.