Event List
Medicine In Our Backyard with Zeljka Jutric, MD
When Does Colon Cancer Spreads to the Liver?
- Date: 03/24/2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, California 92660
Medicine in our Backyard
The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation in collaboration with UCI Health is pleased to present the 2024-2025 season of Medicine in Our Backyard featuring an extraordinary group of renowned doctors and researchers speaking on a wide range of topics. The UCI doctors present the latest studies and newest technologies in an engaging online forum. This series is funded in part by the generosity of long time Newport Beach Public Library Foundation members Mike and Polly Smith.
When Does Colon Cancer Spreads to the Liver?
Assistant Professor — Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery and Islet Cell Transplantation
Surgical Oncologist, UCI Health
Colorectal cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide. Many colorectal cancers are likely to spread to other organs, with the most common site of metastases being the liver. Dr. Zeljka Jutric, a board-certified UCI Health surgical oncologist with the Chao Digestive Health Institute, will review these metastases and the recent advancements in treating them.
For more information on the series: https://nbplf.foundation/programs/medicine-in-our-backyard/
Event details and RSVP Information:
- Location: Friends Room - Newport Beach Public Library
- Doors open 6:30pm
- Presentation followed by Q&A
- FREE EVENT
Questions? Contact Director of Programs Kunga Wangmo-Upshaw kupshaw@nbplf.foundation or 949-717-3818.