February Med School Café – “Personalized Medicine: The Future is Now”

Dr. Allen Perkins, left, and Dr. Errol Crook will present February's lecture. 

The February Med School Café lecture will feature Dr. Allen Perkins, professor and chair of family medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, and Dr. Errol Crook, Professor and Abraham Mitchell Chair of Internal Medicine at the USA College of Medicine and director of the USA Center for Healthy Communities.

Their lecture, titled “Personalized Medicine: The Future is Now,” will be held Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at the Strada Patient Care Center conference room on the first floor. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation will begin at noon.

In their talk, Drs. Perkins and Crook will discuss the importance of knowing your family history, controversies in practicing personalized medicine, and the importance of preconception care in having a healthy baby. They will also cover how precision medicine will impact you in the future and now.

Dr. Perkins earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his residency training in family medicine at USA.

Dr. Crook earned his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He then completed his residency training and a fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The Med School Café lecture and lunch are provided free of charge, but reservations are required. For more information or to make reservations, contact Kim Partridge at (251) 460-7770 or kepartridge@health.southalabama.edu.

Med School Café is a free community lecture series sponsored by the USA Health Physicians Group. Each month, faculty from the USA College of Medicine share their expertise on a specific medical condition, providing insight on the latest treatment available.

The Strada Patient Care Center is located at 1601 Center St. in Mobile.