Go Red for Women & Heart Disease

2012 Events

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Friday, February 3, 2012 - NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY in support of raising awareness for Women & Heart Disease Get your "RED ON" and join us in the Galleria for a photo! Time 12 noon sharp!

Monday, February 6, 2012 @ 12 noon - Heart Center Conference Room
Dr. Kathleen Stergiopoulos, Co-Director, Women's Heart Program
"Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Current Issues in Diagnosis & Treatment." The current issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of women with heart disease will be discussed.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 @ 12 noon - Heart Center Conference Room
Virginia A. Coletti, PhD, RN, NPP, CARN, CS
Corrine Jurgens, PhD, RN, ANP-BC FAHA, Associate Dean for Research
"Depression and Heart Disease: Not just a Simple Case of the Blues." Depression predicts health outcomes and quality of life. Increased awareness of and screening for depression among patients with heart disease is important. Mechanisms of depression, diagnosis, and differences based on gender and the importance of treatment will be discussed.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 @ 8am-11am - Main Lobby Conference Room 1
FREE Cholesterol Screening
Take a simple blood test and learn the number that could save your life!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 2
Carla Caruso, PTA, CPT
"The Benefits of Exercise: How to Start and Progress an Exercise Program." A lecture appropriate for all ages. Discussing the difficult task of beginning that much needed heart-healthy exercise program. Includes tips for starting and/ or progressing an exercise program.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 @ 1:00pm-3:00pm - Heart Center Conference Room CPR and AED Demonstration (Free)

Monday, February 13, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 1
Dr. Luis Gruberg, Co-Director, Stony Brook Heart Institute
"Women and Heart Disease: Mending a Broken Heart." Learn how the incidence, presentation, degree and prognosis of heart disease differ between the sexes.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 1
Dr. Smadar Kort, Director, Cardiovascular Imaging
"Cardiovascular Imaging in Women." Learn the diagnostic tools used in performing cardiac imaging in women and some of the common indications and challenges.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 2
Dr. Hal Skopicki and Kathleen Newton, ANP
"Mechanical Solutions to Advanced Heart Disease."

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ 4pm-6:30pm - Heart Center Conference Room
FREE Cholesterol Screening
Take a simple blood test and learn the number that could save your life!

Thursday, February 16, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 2
Dr. Hal Skopicki and Dr. Michelle Bloom of the Heart Failure Program
Learn about state-of-the art therapies for patients with heart failure including investigational drugs, newer mechanical devices and cell transplantation therapies. For lay people & professionals alike.

Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 12 noon - Main Lobby Conference Room 2
Anne Marie Berggren, RD
"Nutrition and Heart Disease: What Are the Best Things to Eat?" A review of heart-healthy foods that should be enjoyed more often. Join us for a chance to win an American Heart Association "Party Host Kit" so you, your family and friends can learn to cook heart healthy together!

Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 1pm -- Main Lobby Conference Room 2
Living with Heart Failure: (Charlotte Moore, RN (intro), Fola Akande, ANP (diet/meds), Virginia Fitzgerald, RN (exercise and lifestyle), and Ellen McCarty-Santoro, ANP (clinical integration).
For patients/family members of those with heart failure. Learn the keys to living life to the fullest for patients with heart disease and heart failure. Topics include lifestyle, diet, medications, exercise and more!