Longwood, FL (February 4, 2009) - South Seminole Hospital, a part of Orlando Health, will provide free health screenings and lectures about women and heart disease at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 28. The women-only event will be held at the Lake Mary Senior Center, 911 Wallace Court, Lake Mary.
Screenings will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and will include Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressures and cardiopulmonary screens. A complimentary lunch will be served from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., followed by a presentation by Javier Lafuente, MD, academic chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery and director of the Heart Transplant Program at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), also part of Orlando Health, and Barry Weinstock, MD, a cardiologist who practices at ORMC and its Cardiac Cath Lab. Dr. Lafuente will speak about heart failure and Orlando Health`s exciting new heart transplant program while Dr. Weinstock will discuss women and heart disease.
Reservations are required due to limited seating. To register, please call HealthLine at 321-8 HEALTH (321.843.2584).
About South Seminole Hospital
South Seminole Hospital is a 206 acute care hospital-serving the residents of Seminole County. Part of the Orlando Health family of hospitals, South Seminole Hospital is conveniently located in Longwood on State Road 434 between I-4 and Highway 17-92. For more information, please call 321.842.5969 or visit website southseminolehospital.com.