Doctor to speak to Club Scrub
Dr. Brandi Wright, a nephrologist, will speak to the Ivy Center for Education’s Future Medical Professionals “Club Scrub” from 6-7 p.m. March 5. The session will be held at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences South Central Medical Center, 1601 W. 40th Ave.
Wright is a member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center staff and specializes in chronic kidney disease and hypertension. The topic will be “How Hypertension causes Kidney Failure?” She will discuss symptoms and treatments of hypertension and kidney disease, according to a news release.
Wright graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 2000. She received her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 2011. Her internal medicine training was completed at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco and her nephrology training was completed at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Retired teacher Mattie Collins is president of the Ivy Center and Danielle Harris, education coordinator with UAMS Regional Programs, is the Club Scrub coordinator. The Ivy Center is a college career readiness/youth mentoring program created to promote higher education for 7-12th graders. Future medical professional students attend workshops presented by local, state, and national medical professionals to encourage them to choose a health career profession and upon completion, come back and serve the people of Pine Bluff/Jefferson County.
Interested students and parents are encouraged to attend. Those who cannot attend in person, may join virtually using Zoom ID: 856 8296 4187 with Passcode: 351061. Details: Mattie Collins at mattie1908@gmail.com or Danielle Harris at Djharris@uams.edu.