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East Stroudsburg University teamed up with the Colon Cancer Coalition – Tour de Tush Allentown on Wednesday, April 13 and hosted a conference for future medical professionals including ESU nursing students titled Diagnosis = Colon Cancer. The conference, which was held at ESU’s Lehigh Valley Center, provided future medical care givers with information that may be helpful to them in caring for cancer patients. The conference was made possible by funds from the Tour de Tush bike ride which takes place each June in the Allentown area.

David Bub, M.D., was the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Bub was board certified in general surgery in 2002, and in colon rectal surgery in 2003. After finishing his colorectal surgery training at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, he conducted a year of research at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center focusing on the diagnosis and management of rectal cancer. For the last six years, he has been in practice at the Mount Sinai Hospital specializing in the treatment of Crohn’s disease and colitis.

Usman Shah, M.D., a hematology and oncology specialist in Allentown, Pa., also spoke at the conference. Having more than 13 years of diverse experiences in Hematology / Oncology, Medical Oncology, Dr. Shah affiliates with many hospitals including Lehigh Valley Hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg, St. Joseph Regional Health Network, The Carbon Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in the Lehigh Valley Physician Group.

The conference also featured a panel discussion, which included facilitator Laura Waters, Ph.D., ESU associate professor and chair of nursing, Michael Gray, Ph.D., ESU associate professor of history, Don Jacobs, chief information officer for The County of Bucks and fire marshal and deputy EMC for North Whitehall Township, and Gale Fritsche, Tour de Tush Event Director and manager of computing support services at Lehigh University.