For Release: September 19, 2011
Contact:
Christina Cyrus 330.344.7819, christina.cyrus@akrongeneral.org
Jim Gosky 330.344.6083, jgosky@agmc.org
Is heartburn changing your lifestyle – from the way you sleep to the foods you can enjoy? Akron General’s Heartburn Center has the most up-to-date and effective solutions for you. Join us October 5 at 6 p.m. in the board room at Lodi Community Hospital, 225 Elyria Street, Lodi, for a free information session to learn how we can help you beat heartburn and get back to enjoying life.
Drs. Charudutt Paranjape, Walter Chlysta, Richard Salvino and William Papouras will lead the informational discussion on minimally invasive treatment options, important lifestyle changes and medication management. Akron General's Heartburn Center is proud to be the first and only center in Northeast Ohio to offer state-of-the-art incisionless surgery for the treatment of reflux disease for those who meet the medical qualifications. For more information, or to register, call the Akron General Heartburn Center at 330-344-BURN (2876).
About Akron General Health System
Akron General Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with the mission of improving the health and lives of the people and communities we serve. Akron General Health System includes: Akron General Medical Center, a 511-bed teaching and research medical center, and Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Institute, the area's largest provider of rehabilitation services; Akron General Partners, which includes Partners Physician Group, the Akron General Health & Wellness Centers, Lodi Community Hospital, Community Health Centers and other companies; Akron General Community Health Ventures, which includes Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, the largest and most comprehensive provider of home healthcare services in Ohio; and Akron General Development Foundation. For more information about Lodi Community Hospital, five-time winner of the Press Ganey Associates Patient Satisfaction Summit Award, visit www.lodihospital.org.
