Saturday, December 20, 2003

Laboratory Corporation Of America® to host Complimentary Seminars: Guiding and Supporting Children…Right from the Start

Laboratory Corporation Of America® to host Complimentary Seminars: Guiding and Supporting Children…Right from the Start

LabCorp® will be hosting two complimentary seminars on Oct. 22, by Dr. Sally Goldberg, a nationally renowned parenting expert. During the seminars, Dr. Sally will teach participants the parent-child interaction skills that will prepare them to make the most of their daily interactions with their baby and growing child. Each seminar will include a one hour presentation and a half hour of questions and answers. Attendees will also receive a complimentary autographed copy of Dr. Sally's Baby and Toddler Learning Fun book.

Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) October 19, 2005

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) will be hosting two complimentary seminars on October 22, by Dr. Sally Goldberg, a nationally renowned parenting expert. Dr. Sally, in addition to being a professor of education at the University of Phoenix, is the author of 4 popular parenting books, a regular contributing writer to several parenting magazines, and hosts a weekly television segment on FOX television.

During the seminars, Dr. Sally will teach participants the parent-child interaction skills that will prepare them to make the most of their daily interactions with their baby and growing child. Each seminar will include a one hour presentation and a half hour of questions and answers. Attendees will also receive a complimentary autographed copy of Dr. Sally's Baby and Toddler Learning Fun book. The seminars will take place at two of LabCorp’s Ft. Myers Patient Service Centers (PSCs) on Oct. 22.

LabCorp’s Bass Road PSC

16261 Bass Rd. - Suite 101

Ft. Myers, FL

Seminar: 11-12pm

Questions & Answers: 12-12:30pm

LabCorp’s Mason Corbin PSC

5172 Mason Corbin Ct.

Ft. Myers, FL

Seminar: 3-4pm

Questions & Answers: 4-4:30pm

Please call 1-800-877-5227 (ext 3112) to reserve your seats.

As the second-largest medical testing company in the country, LabCorp plays a critical role in the medical process of patient diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. LabCorp's prenatal program includes an extensive menu of biochemical, molecular, and cytogenetics testing. Tom Grant, LabCorp’s General Manager, stated, “Prenatal care is one of the pillars of LabCorp’s patient focus. These seminars allow us an additional opportunity to give back to the community.”

The Parenting Skills Seminars are part of a series of events LabCorp is hosting, underlining their dedication to the Ft. Myers area. Last month LabCorp hosted a Grand Opening for its Bass Road PSC and additional PSC Grand Openings scheduled for the rest of the year.

About Dr. Sally

Sally Goldberg, Ph. D., professor of education at the University of Phoenix, South Florida Campus, is the parenting expert on “Parent to Parent,” a FOX TV Channel 7 weekly news segment. She is the author of four popular parenting books and well-known for Constructive Parenting (“The Instructions”). A prolific writer, her articles appear in many publications. She has a regular column in FloridaWise, Today’s Family, Viewpointe, Chic Mom and The Parent Guide and is often quoted in many magazines and newspapers including Parent’s Magazine and American Baby. Dr. Sally is on the adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University as an instructor of early childhood education. She is also a well-known national conference presenter and a frequent guest on TV and radio. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Cornell University and a Ph. D. from the University of Miami. Residing in Boca Raton, Florida, Sally is the mother of two grown daughters.

About LabCorp

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, a S&P 500 company with a BBB investment-grade credit rating, is a pioneer in commercializing new diagnostic technologies and the first in its industry to embrace genomic testing. With annual revenues of $3.1 billion in 2004, approximately 25,000 employees nationwide, and more than 220,000 clients, LabCorp offers clinical assays ranging from blood analyses to HIV and genomic testing. LabCorp combines its expertise in innovative clinical testing technology with its Centers of Excellence: The Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology, in Research Triangle Park, NC; National Genetics Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA; ViroMed Laboratories, Inc. based in Minneapolis, MN; The Center for Esoteric Testing in Burlington, NC; DIANON Systems, Inc. based in Stratford, CT, US LABS based in Irvine, CA, and Esoterix and its Colorado Coagulation, Endocrine Sciences, and Cytometry Associates laboratories. LabCorp clients include physicians, government agencies, managed care organizations, hospitals, clinical labs, and pharmaceutical companies. To learn more about LabCorp, visit the web site at: http://www. LabCorp. com (http://www. LabCorp. com).

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