BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:413@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T213000 DTSTAMP:20220203T184855Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/health-wellness/ SUMMARY:Health & Wellness: What Every Woman Should Know About Cardiovascula r Diseases DESCRIPTION:Please join us Thursday evening on February 24th at 8:00 PM ET for our Health and Wellness Women's League Program.\n \;\nOur topic in conversation will be: "What Every Woman Should Know About Cardiovascular Diseases"\n \;\nSpeaker: Dianna Milewicz\, MD\, Ph.D \; of the Uni versity of Texas Health Science Center in Houston\, President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine\n\n\nVice Chair\, Department of Inte rnal Medicine \;\nDirector\, John Ritter Research Program\nDirector\, Division of Medical Genetics\nDirector\, Medical Scientist Training Progra m (MSTP)\n\n \;\nDianna M. Milewicz\, M.D. Ph.D.\, is the President Ge orge H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at McGovern Medical School \, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). \;  \;She completed her postgraduate training in internal medicine\, card iology and medical genetics\, and forged a career in translational researc h studies focused on identifying genetic triggers for aortic dissection an d other vascular diseases. Her research has identified a large number of g enes with highly penetrant rare variants predisposing to aortic dissection s\, and genetic testing for these genes are widely used for clinical diagn osis. She has sought to rapidly and efficiently translate her research fin dings into improved clinical care and launched the international Montalcin o Aortic Consortium to move to gene-based management for patients at risk for acute aortic dissections worldwide. Dr. Milewicz also directs the John Ritter Research Program\, which recruits and provides genetic counseling for patients afflicted with acute aortic dissections. She has received num erous honors and awards for her research\, including the Antoine Marfan Aw ard\, the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award\, the American Heart Association Merit Award\, and the University of Texas Presidential Scholars Award for Excellence in Research\, along with induction into hono rary medical societies\, ASCI and AAP. Dr. Milewicz also been committed to patient advocacy and physician scientist training. She has directed the j oint Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) for UT Health and MD Ande rson Cancer Center for over 15 years. She has served and chaired boards fo r numerous patient advocacy organizations\, including the John Ritter Foun dation\, American Heart Association\, Genetic Aortic Disease Association o f Canada\, and the Marfan Foundation.\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \;&nbs p\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ WLCJ-Website-Icons-12.png CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR