Nieca Goldberg to Discuss Cardiovascular Disease in Women at 14th Annual Congress on Women's Health
Posted on: Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 09:00 CST
Nieca Goldberg, M.D., a noted expert on cardiovascular disease and women's health, will speak on "Women Are Not Small Men: Managing Heart Disease in Primary Care" at the 14th Annual Congress on Women's Health, June 3-6, 2006, Hilton Head, SC at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort. The presentation is supported by the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women. The complete program is available online at www.bioconferences.com/wh.
The Congress provides practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact on patient care to physicians, nurses, and policymakers. Conference Chair Susan Kornstein, M.D., Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health, a DHHS National Center of Excellence, Richmond, Virginia and Co-Chairs Gail Stuart, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAAN, Dean, College of Nursing, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston and JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., Harvard Medical School, have convened an outstanding faculty and an array of informative sessions that will focus on hot topics in cardiology, menopause, diagnostics and therapeutics, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and common clinical conditions. This year's Congress will also highlight obesity and weight management in women in a special morning session in collaboration with NAASO: The Obesity Society. The full program is available at www.bioconferences.com/wh.
The Congress is sponsored by University of South Florida College of Medicine and Journal of Women's Health, in partnership with the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women. Collaborating Organizations include American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, American Chronic Pain Association, American Heart Association, American Menopause Foundation, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Arthritis Foundation, NAASO: The Obesity Society, National Stroke Association, National Women's Health Resource Center, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
Corporate supporters include GlaxoSmithKline, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Procter & Gamble, Procter & Gamble Feminine Care, Sanofi Aventis, Teva Neuroscience, and Wyeth.
The Congress offers 18 category 1 hours of Continuing Medical Education, 21.5 hours of Continuing Nursing Education credits, 18 ADA credits, 18 CE credits for psychologists, and 21.5 hours of Continuing Pharmacy Education sponsored by the University of South Florida.
For further information about the Congress and the Program, visit our website at www.bioconferences.com/wh, call (914)740-2100 or 800-5-BIOCON, or e-mail hmatysko@liebertpub.com.
Source: Business Wire
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