The Doctor Is In the Village, sponsored by the Village Walk for Cancer Research team and hosted by the Village Church of Christ, 210 Balboa Rd in Hot Springs Village, will be presented Tuesday, May 20, at 6:00 p.m.  The presentation is free to the public.

The doctor who will be presenting the program is Ling Gao, M.D., PhD.  Dr. Gao is an assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).  As a physician-scientist, she conducts basic research at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and sees patients in the Dermatology Clinic.  Dr. Gao will share information on skin cancer and provide an update on her scientific research in Merkel cell carcinoma.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend this wonderful opportunity to learn more about skin cancer and to meet and speak with a UAMS doctor and reserach scientist in person.  For more information, contact the Village Church of Christ at 501-922-2827.