Heart Health - What Smart Women Need to Know

Please join us May 4, 2011 at the Fourth Annual Heart Symposium: Heart Health—What Smart Women Need to Know. This unique symposium will provide the latest information on heart health, including the relationship between cancer and your heart. Be there as we explore heart disease risk factors, and learn how you can fit a heart healthy lifestyle into your busy schedule.

Registration fee of $30 per person ($50 for two registrants) includes lectures, materials, refreshments and discounted parking. To register or for more information, call Health Resources at 312-926-8400. Space is limited.

The symposium is presented by the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and the Health Learning Centers. A portion of this program was funded by the Nancy and James Farley Women’s Heart Health Lecture Series.

Symposium Programs:

Preventative Strategies for Optimal Cardiovascular Health In Women
Presented by Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD

Obesity Epidemic: Lifelong Concern for Women
Presented by Robert F. Kushner, MD
Center for Lifestyle Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Treatment Options for Varicose Veins
Presented by William H. Pearce, MD
Division of Vascular Surgery
Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Birth Control: Does it Affect Your Cardiovascular Health?
Presented by Marla A. Mendelson, MD
Division of Cardiology
Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Heart Smart for the Cancer Patient
Presented by Vera H. Rigolin, MD
Division of Cardiology
Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute