Medical student banquet set for Jan. 24

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University will hold its 31st annual Andrew A. Best M.D. Senior Recognition Banquet to celebrate graduating minority medical students Jan. 24 at City Hotel and Bistro.

The event speaker will be Dr. Brenda Latham-Sadler, associate dean of medical education at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

The event is organized by the ECU chapter of the Student National Medical Association in honor of Best, Greenville’s first black physician and contributor to the advancement of minorities in medical education throughout eastern North Carolina. Best died in 2005.

The deadline to buy tickets is Fri., Jan. 16. For tickets, sponsorship information or event details, contact Vanessa Dorismond at dorismondv13@students.ecu.edu.