Schedule of Events American Heart Month at the Heart Center Stony Brook University Medical Center

Tuesday, February 9

Lecture: “Stress Management through Massage Therapy”
Patricia Cadolino, LMT
Understand the damaging effects stress places on your heart and how to help reduce it.
Noon to 1:00 pm
Main Lobby, Conference Room 1

Wednesday, February 10

Lecture: “Women and Heart Disease: Mending a Broken Heart”
Dr. Luis Gruberg
Learn how the incidence, presentation, degree, and prognosis of heart disease differ between the sexes.
Noon to 1:00 pm
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Free Cholesterol Screening
Take a simple blood test to learn the number that could save your life. No fasting necessary.
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Thursday, February 11

Lecture: “Mitral Valve Surgery in Women”
Dr. Sandeep Gupta
This lecture focuses on Stony Brook’s new technology for minimally invasive and robot-assisted mitral valve surgery for women.
Noon to 1:00 pm,
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Monday, February 15

Lecture: “What You Should Know About Heart Failure: One of America’s Silent Epidemics” Fola Akande, MSN, FNP, CNS, and Michele Caccavano, MS, DNPc
Heart failure, affecting nearly 5 million Americans, is the only major cardiovascular disease on the rise. Learn about treatment advances that offer patients a more normal life expectancy.
9:00 to 11:00 am with Q & A 11:00am to noon
Main Lobby, Conference Room 1

Wednesday, February 17

Free Cholesterol Screening
Do you know what your numbers are, and what they mean for your cardiovascular health? No fasting necessary.
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Monday, February 22

Lecture: “Nutrition and Heart Disease: What Are the Best Things to Eat?”
Anne Marie Berggren, RD
A review of foods associated with heart disease that should be minimized and those that should be enjoyed more often.
Noon to 1:00 pm
Heart Center, Level5, Conference Room
 
Tuesday, February 23

Lecture: “The Stages of Cardiac Surgery: Before, During, and After”
Karen Garland-Smrek, ANP
Educate yourself or a loved one with the information needed to prepare for surgery, and learn what to expect during surgery and throughout your cardiac rehabilitation.
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Lecture: “Depression and Heart Disease: Not a Simple Case of the Blues” Corrine Jurgens, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA
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, differences based on gender, and the importance of treatment will be discussed.
1:00 pm to 2:00pm
Main Lobby , Conference Room 1

Wednesday, February 24

Free Cholesterol Screening
Take charge of your heart and health. Learn your total cholesterol number and risk score. No fasting necessary.
9:00 am to noon
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room
Lecture: “Valve Disease in Women”
Dr. Allison McLarty
An exploration of the progress, symptoms, and treatment of valve disease in women.
Noon to 1:00 pm
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Thursday, February 25

Lecture: “The Benefits of Exercise: How to Start and Progress an Exercise Program”
Kimberly Duty, DPT
A discussion about the difficult task of beginning that much needed heart-healthy exercise program. Includes tips for starting and/or progressing an existing exercise program.
Noon to 1:00 pm
Heart Center, Level 5, Conference Room

Friday, February 26

Lecture: “Heart Disease in Pregnancy”
Dr. Kathleen Stergiopoulos
A discussion of the issues facing women who are pregnant and have cardiovascular disease. Noon to 1:00 pm
Main Lobby, Conference Room1



Parking will be validated for those attending screenings and lectures. During the lectures, light refreshments will be served. Space is limited. To RSVP, please call (631) 444-4000. For more information, visit us on the  Web at www. StonyBrookMedicalCenter.org.