Minority medical student banquet to be Jan. 25

Dr. Allen Mask will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual Andrew A. Best M.D. Senior Recognition Banquet on Jan. 25 for graduating minority medical students at East Carolina University.

Mask is the founder and director of Raleigh Urgent Care and the WRAL-TV health team physician. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University at 115 Heart Drive.

The event is sponsored by the ECU Student National Medical Association.

Best was Greenville’s first black physician. He died in 2005.

Tickets are $30 each or $15 for ECU students. Information is available by calling 252-744-2278 or e-mailing aabestbanquet2014@gmail.com.