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Join MSNBC to find out about the latest medical breakthroughs

A panel of experts examines our progress in treating crippling or fatal diseases on ‘Summit for a Cure,’ on Sunday, June 23

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June 2002

How close are we to finding cures for some of our most deadly or crippling diseases? We’ll find out June 23 as MSNBC TV hosts a “Summit for a Cure.” We’ll talk to a panel of expert guests, actors Christopher Reeve and Fran Drescher, and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. Plus we’ll take your questions, in a two-hour program to be broadcast live from the Cleveland Playhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

The “Summit for a Cure” will be hosted by MSNBC anchor Brian Williams and will be carried live on the MSNBC cable network from 8-10 p.m. ET.

Our guests include actors Christopher Reeve and Fran Drescher, and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole.

Our medical panel consists of:

Dr. Eric Topol, M.D., Department Chairman for Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Larry Norton, M.D., oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Huntington Willard, Director, Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals of Cleveland
Dr. Ron Krall, M.D., Sr. Vice President, U.S. Drug Development, AstraZeneca
Dr. Eve Slater, M.D., Asst. Sec. for Health, Dept. of Health and Human Services
Glenn McGee, Ph.D., Bioethicist, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Mehmet Oz, M.D., Heart Surgeon, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

And to get a firsthand look at one dramatic medical advance, we will join Dr. Toby Cosgrove during our program while he performs open heart surgery. Dr. Cosgrove is the Department Chairman for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.