Media Advisory - GE Healthcare and The Michener Institute to launch advanced
Computed Tomography (CT) Centre of Excellence

TORONTO , Jan. 20 /CNW/ - GE Healthcare and The Michener Institute will unveil a new CT Imaging Centre of Excellence to train current professionals and students on advanced leading-edge imaging equipment. This CT Imaging Centre of Excellence will allow healthcare providers to increase their knowledge in using CT scanning to provide faster and more accurate diagnoses of disease in patients.

- Following the launch, media will have an opportunity to tour the Centre and interview speakers, as well as students benefiting from the advanced training -

    
    WHEN:   Thursday, January 21, 2010
            10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
               Registration - 10:00 a.m.
               Event start - 10:30 a.m.
               Tour of the Centre - commencing at approximately 10:50 a.m.

    WHERE:  The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences
            222 St. Patrick Street, 11th Floor
            Toronto, ON

            (Nearest major intersection: University Ave. & Dundas St.)

    WHO:    Dr. Paul Gamble, President and CEO, The Michener Institute
            Susan Weltz, Chair of Imaging, The Michener Institute
            Peter Robertson, General Manager, GE Healthcare Canada
    

For further information: Media Contact: Katie Schrank, The Michener Institute, Tel: [phone] ext. 3482, E-mail: [email protected]; Sarah Triantafillou, General Electric, Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected]