Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium
Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

 

 

 

Schedule

 

8:40-8:50 a.m.
Welcome

8:50 - 9 a.m.
Introduction by Lisa A. Cassis, PhD
UK Vice President for Research
Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
 
9 - 9:45 a.m.
Rhian Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
"Sex Hormones and Vascular Health"
 
9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
Erin Michos, MD, MHS
Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md.
"Female-specific Factors and Their Influence on the Cardiovascular Health of Women Across the Lifespan"
 
10:30 - 11 a.m.
Sanda Despa, PhD
Professor Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
"Metabolic and Cardiovascular Consequences of Gestational Diabetes"
 
11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Break
 
11:15 a.m. - Noon
Tochukwu Okwuosa, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Cardio-oncology Services
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
"Cardiovascular Effects and Outcomes Linked with Hormonal Therapies in Cardio-oncology – Women versus Men"
 
Noon - 12:30 p.m.
Amit Arbune, MD, MHA, FACC
Assistant Professor, Advanced Cardiac Imaging and Cardio-oncology
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
’"Effect of Cancer Therapy on the Heart Related to Breast Cancer’"

 

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