CALENDAR

May 10, 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Howard University Hospital, Ambulatory Care Center, Auditorium, 2041 Georgia Ave. NW. The Roland B. Scott Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Symposium will be led by Graham R. Serjeant, keynote speaker and professor emeritus on the faculty of medical sciences at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica and William P. Winter, deputy director of Howard's Center for Sickle Cell Disease. The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Center and the D.C. Department of Health's Maternal and Family Health Administration will sponsor the event, which is open to the public. To register or learn more, call 202-806-5439 or 202-865-7622.

STROLLER FITNESS

WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY

May 4, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. George Washington University Hospital, 900 23rd St. NW, Lincoln Room. A seminar, sponsored by George Washington University Hospital, for anyone severely overweight to hear the benefits and risks associated with weight-loss surgeries. Laparoscopic gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding surgery will be discussed. To register or learn more, call 1-888-4GW-DOCS.

Support Groups

BEREAVEMENT

May 5, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Dr., Rockville. A group, sponsored by Montgomery Hospice, for adults who have lost a parent. A similar six-week group (to meet every Wednesday) will begin May 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hughes United Methodist Church, 10700 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. To register for either group or learn more, call 301-921-4400.

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