CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Media Contact: Kate Deely 619/543-6163

May 18, 2000 - UCSD WOMEN'S HEALTH SEMINAR - "Early Pregnancy Assessment: 2000 - First Impressions Are Important" is the topic of the next UCSD Healthcare Women's Health Seminar to be presented by Andrew Hull, M.D., UCSD School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Reproductive Medicine. The seminar will be Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at the Center for Molecular Genetics large conference room on the UCSD School of Medicine campus in La Jolla.

Dr. Hull, a specialist in the treatment of high-risk pregnancy, will discuss the innovative, non-invasive, diagnostic tools, such as 3-D ultrasound, that can be utilized very early in pregnancy. These tools can be detectors of chromosomal anomalies, structural abnormalities and predictors of early pregnancy loss.

The seminar will be preceded by refreshments at 5:30 p.m. For information and reservations, call 619/543-6960 or e-mail vtunnell@ucsd.edu.