Free Educational Events & Health Screenings during American Heart Month Sponsored by New York Hospital Queens Heart and Vascular Center

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Flushing, New York - The Heart and Vascular Center of New York Hospital Queens is sponsoring a series of educational presentations and heart risk screenings during February throughout Queens as part of American Heart Month. All the events are free and open to the public.

“We bring resources of our Heart and Vascular Center out to our community, to help men and women learn more about keeping their hearts healthy.  By providing heart risk screenings, including checks of blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, we can identify and aid people who may not be aware that they are at risk for heart disease,” said Jamila Myal, Coordinator of Cardiovascular Community Education, New York Hospital Queens.

Using the results of screening tests, along with a computerized risk assessment process, the registered nurses performing the screenings will provide participating individuals with a personalized risk profile that they can review and discuss with their physicians. Individuals without a personal physician will be given information on how to find a physician in their area.

Schedule of Events:

• Tuesday, February 5 - Noon to 1:30 p.m.
  St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY
  Lecture: “Women and Heart Disease” by Abey Thomas, M.D., Chief Resident, New York Hospital Queens
• Thursday, February 7 - 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
  Bayside Senior Center 208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside, N.Y.
  Lecture: “Healthy Eating for a Healthy Heart” by Maisie Brown, MS, RN Cardiology Research Nurse Coordinator, New York Hospital Queens Heart and Vascular Center
• Thursday, February 21 - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  Rochdale Village Senior Center, 169-65 137th Avenue, Jamaica, N.Y.
  Lecture: “Blood Pressure, Stroke and Diabetes” by Ola Akinboboye, M.D., Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac MRI and Associate Director of Cardiology Research, New York Hospital Queens Heart and Vascular Center
• Sunday, February 24 - 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  Healthy Heart Day at The Rock Church, 54-02 Hoffman Drive, Elmhurst, N.Y.
  Health Screening: heart risk screenings, including blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose tests, along with computerized Cardiac Risk Assessments performed by NYHQ registered nurses
  Lecture at 3 p.m.: “Healthy Eating, Healthy Hearts.”
• Tuesday, February 26 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Healthy Heart Day at The Bulova Building, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights, N.Y. ( Conference Room A)
  Health Screening: heart risk screenings, including blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose tests, along with computerized Cardiac Risk Assessments performed by NYHQ registered nurses; screenings held in building lobby.
  Lecture at 11 a.m.: “Heart Rhythm Disorders” by Charles A. Mack III, M.D., Director of Arrhythmia Surgery, New York Hospital Queens Heart and Vascular Center. This event is offered in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

New York Hospital Queens is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and is an affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.