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      League Of Women Voters



      Of Palm Beach County To Host ‘Hot Topic Lunch’



      On School Year 2024 With                           also serves on the Governance Board and the Goals and     For more information about the League of Women Voters
      Palm Beach County (PBC)                            Budget Committee of the Florida Education Association, as   of Palm Beach County, please visit lwvpbc.org or facebook.
                                                         well as the Government Relations Committee.
                                                                                                           com/lwvpbc.
      School Superintendent                                One topic of discussion will be the
                                                         proposed half-cent tax increase that
      Michael Burke And Gordon                           would take place in 2026, after the full
                                                         penny sales tax expires next year.
      Longhofer, PBC Classroom                             If approved by voters, these

      Teachers Association President                     funds will help purchase, maintain,
                                                         and repair/refurbish facilities and
                                                         equipment to create a positive learning
        The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County   environment for Palm Beach County
      (LWVPBC) is inviting residents and parents to an upcoming   students. All district-operated and
      lunch  event  focused  on  local  education,  including  the   charter schools in Palm Beach County
      proposed half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot   will benefit from this measure.
      and how it would benefit our local public education system.  Where: Hilton Palm Beach Airport,
      Wednesday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.             150 Australian Avenue, West Palm
      Hot Topic Discussion, In-Person                    Beach, FL 33406
      School Year 2024                                   Registration Fee: $40
      The State of Education in Palm Beach County        Notes:
      • Guest Speaker: Michael Burke                       •  Doors  open  at  11  a.m.  Lunch
        As the superintendent of the high-performing School   begins at 11:30 a.m., the program
      District of Palm Beach County, he is passionate about   starts at noon.
      ensuring academic excellence and paving the way to post-    •  Advance registrations and
      graduate success for the more than 170,000 students who   payment must be made online at www.
      attend 182 district-operated schools. He is deeply committed   lwvpbc.org.
      to the School Board’s mission to educate, affirm, and inspire     • Walk-ins cannot be accommodated.
      each student in an equity-embedded school system. As   The fee is nonrefundable.
      superintendent of the tenth-largest district in the nation,     • The deadline to register is Sept. 6.
      Burke also oversees Palm Beach County’s largest workforce     The League of Women Voters of
      of nearly 23,000 people.                           Palm Beach County is a nonpartisan
      • Guest Speaker: Gordon Longhofer                  political organization of women and
        As president of the Palm Beach County Classroom   men  of  all  ages  and  backgrounds,
      Teachers Association,  he  represents  more  than  13,000   encouraging informed and active
      teachers. He began teaching in 1983 in Oklahoma and has   participation in government through
      been here since 1988, teaching math and vocal music at   education and advocacy. The League
      Pahokee Middle High School for 18 years. His wife, oldest   of  Women  Voters of the United
      son, and daughter-in-law are also teachers. Longhofer has   States  believes  that  voting  is a
      been an advocate for teachers as a union representative, board   fundamental citizen right that must
      member, negotiations team member, and vice president. He   be guaranteed.

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          SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH CARE                                                                                               By Sue MacDonald


          Robotic Surgery Targets Common



          Gynecological Cancers Among Women





          The same robotic technologies that al-                                                                     It’s like a car —the driver has to turn it
          low cardiac specialists to perform del-                                                                    on, steer it, speed it up, clutch it, and
          icate surgeries inside the human heart                                                                     stop it to get from Point A to Point B.
          and send hip replacement patients                                                                          The robotic capabilities allow us to be
          home the same day with new artificial                                                                      more delicate with tissues so there’s less
          joints are offering similarly profound                                                                     trauma, less disruption, shorter down
          benefits for women experiencing gyne-                                                                      time and less pain.”
          cological cancers.
                                                                                                                     Robotic instruments also allow sur-
          Whether they are diagnosed with cer-                                                                       geons to access hard-to-reach tumors
          vical or ovarian cancer, or facing a hys-                                                                  and cancers,  including  those that are
          terectomy because of uterine/endome-                                                                       recurring or have invaded nearby tissue.
          trial cancer, women can experience less
          invasive surgeries with less blood loss                                                                    The benefit for patients: less blood loss
          and quicker recoveries thanks to the                                                                       during surgery and quicker recoveries/
          presence of robotic surgical systems in   view of the surgical field, compared to  “The DaVinci platform allows for the   healing for gynecologic cancers and
          the operating suite, says Dr. Michael   traditional laparoscopic surgery.”  surgeon’s right eye and left eye to have   lung cancer.
          Worley Jr., a women’s cancer specialist                                 actual depth perception and greater
          at  Jupiter  Medical  Center’s  Anderson   Jupiter Medical Center’s cancer special-  dexterity than laparoscopic surgery,”
          Family Cancer Institute.            ists and surgeons deploy the DaVinci 5  he notes, “and it increases the types of
                                              robotic surgery platform at The Johnny  complex surgeries we can do robotically
          Some women, in fact, are sent home the   & Terry Gray Surgical Institute, which  because it improves our vision.”
          same day after a hysterectomy, thanks   opened in late 2023.
          to the precision and minimally invasive                                 Robotic-surgery instruments also mim-
          nature of robotic surgery.          Technology beyond laparoscopy       ic the more fluid movements of human
                                                                                  hands and wrists, compared with lap-
          “Since the beginning of robotics as the   Robotic surgery’s benefit is that is pro-  aroscopic instruments that tend to be
          platform on which minimally invasive   vides better visual acuity and manual  more rigid, he explains.
          surgeries have evolved, the optics and   dexterity for surgeons as they operate,
          dexterity for surgeons have improved,   explains Dr.  Worley. Laparoscopy in-  “Cancer-based surgeries that used to be
          resulting in better patient outcomes,”   volves manipulating tiny surgical in-  done only through open surgery can
          says  Worley. “Robotic surgery has al-  struments through small incisions on  now be done robotically,” notes Dr.
          lowed us to do significantly more com-  the patient’s abdomen to the exact spot  Worley. “And it’s important to point   Michael J. Worley, Jr, MD
          plex  procedures  but  through  smaller   where surgery is performed, whether  out that the robot doesn’t do anything
          incisions. These new surgical systems   doctors are removing a defective ovary  autonomously. It’s not a robot doing   For information about robotic surgery
          provide binocular vision, which allows   or an entire uterus.           surgery. The instruments are really and   capabilities at Jupiter Medical Center,
          for depth perception and an improved                                    extension of what we do as surgeons.    visit jupitermed.com/robotics.
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