The MCG Brain Tumor Support Group will meet on Tuesday, July 26 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Family Resource Library on the first floor of the MCG Children’s Medical Center on Harper Street for patients with brain tumors, and their families and loved ones.

The support group is open to the entire community and will help bring together those who are experiencing similar challenges. "Knowledge can help save lives," said Dr. Alfredo Voloschin, the area’s only neuro-oncologist and Director of the Neuro-Oncology Program at MCG Health System.

Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please contact Julie Moretz at 706-721-3596 or Brenda Rosson at 706-721-6901.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, and employees of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation, not employees of MCG Health Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care. For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.