Thank you to everyone who attended our January membership meeting! It was great to start the year out with such a great turnout and great feedback regarding the type of programs you are interested in! And here's a big thank you to Cathy Harding for arranging such great programs last year. She is also in the process of securing speakers regarding subjects that you all were interested in for this year.
February is American Heart Month and is something that should be of interest to all of us as heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States and often manifests itself in far different symptoms than we typically associate with a heart attack.
Please consider wearing red in honor of heart health to our February meeting.
Our February 14 meeting will be held at Providence Medical Center in the
Keenan Education Center – on the first floor - Auditorium C. There is seating for approximately 25-30 so be sure and make your reservations right now using this link..
The
speakers will be
Venkat R. Pasnoori, M.D
., MPH, FACC who
will speak on Peripheral Artery Disease
. Dr. Pasnoori has
a special interest in women’s cardiovascular health. Providence Medical Staff will be on-hand after the program to conduct a simple, free Peripheral Artery Disease screen for anyone interested.
Click here to learn more about this test.
Following are the topics he will be covering:
- What it is and what do you need to know about PAD
- How it relates to Heart and Vascular Health
- Gender specific risk factors.
- Can sometimes be underdiagnosed.
- How is it Diagnosed.
- How the disease can affect women and men differently.
Also in attendance will be
Mistee Allen, MD
, a family Medicine Physician with Providence Medical Group, Family Medical Group. She will speak for about 5-10 minutes will be available for questions pertaining to women and heart health as well at the presentation. [Dr. Allen is expecting later in February, so if she does deliver prior to 2-14,
Dr. Ann Kurtz
, from our Providence Medical Group Bonner Springs location will serve as back up.]
CLICK ON EACH DOCTOR'S NAME TO SEE THEIR PICTURE AND RESUME.
Our meeting starts at noon, but we allow time for networking beginning at 11:30. This is a great opportunity to meet other members. We encourage you to RSVP by noon on the Monday prior to the luncheon so that we can confirm numbers with the caterer.
I am looking forward to seeing you all there.
Thank You,
Ardith Deason, President
KCKWCC
