UC Davis Health nurse practitioner Beverly Garber was honored at the Greater Sacramento Smoke & Tobacco Free Coalition annual recognition event earlier this year. The event celebrates people who made a significant impact toward attaining a smoke- and tobacco-free community in 2024.
The Sacramento Smoke & Tobacco Free Coalition recognized Garber for organizing a free head and neck cancer screening event at the Shifa Community Clinic, a student-run clinic affiliated with UC Davis School of Medicine. The community event helped educate people about the signs, symptoms and risk factors for head and neck cancer. Free head and neck screenings were provided.
“I nominated Beverly for this award because, as someone with a clinical background, it warmed my heart to see a practitioner take the extra care to make sure the patients attending the head and neck cancer screening also had access to educational resources for prevention and treatment,” said Natividad Silva, coordinator for the Greater Sacramento Smoke & Tobacco Free Coalition.
Garber is a certified tobacco treatment specialist and a nurse practitioner in the UC Davis Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. She primarily works with cancer patients pre- and post-surgery and handles their follow-up care.
