Virtual Event Emceed by New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli

On June 26 from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Deborah Heart and Lung Center is hosting a fun and informational virtual health event. The hour-long event includes presentations from three of Deborah’s renowned physicians, a heart healthy food demo by Emmy Award Winning chef Christina Pirello, and a wellness segment by health coach Michelle Martin, who focuses on graceful aging and balancing emotions and stress. All event registrants will be entered into a drawing for designer handbags.

According to Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, Director of the Women’s Heart Center at Deborah, and the event’s lead presenter, improving women’s health, particularly cardiac well-being is a growing and critically important goal for the community.

She noted: “Women typically place themselves ‘last’ on the healthcare line, after their husbands, their children, and their extended families, and they are notorious for deferring care as they juggle working, childcare, home organization and management, and social activities.”

“This glaring lack of wellness-focused care was particularly evident during the past year with the pandemic,” added Dr. Bullock-Palmer.  “Women have increased their burdens significantly through combinations of work from home, loss of work, remote learning for children, increased responsibilities caring for sick and homebound family members, and social isolation due to quarantining.”

Emceed by New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli, the “Women-to-Women” Talk “Heart-to-Heart” event allows Deborah to connect a panel of experts to our women’s community with information centered on healthcare, food and nutrition, and the management of emotions and stress, all through an easy-to-attend virtual session.  There is even a cooking demo to provide short-cut tips for creating healthy meals in a timely fashion.

Lead presenter Dr. Bullock-Palmer will be joined by Navinder Jassil, MD, Director of the Deborah Specialty Physicians’ Endocrinology Center, who will share her knowledge on endocrine issues facing women particularly those related to obesity, thyroid disease, and diabetes.

Rounding out Deborah’s medical panel is Andrew Martin, MD, Chair of Deborah’s Pulmonary Department who will address the needs of post-COVID “long haulers” – those who contracted COVID, recovered, but are still experiencing symptoms – treatment options, and future disease prognosis.

In addition to the presentations by Deborah’s medical team, the event will feature Christina Pirello of Christina Cooks, and health coach Michelle Martin of Teeming Health. Pirello is a national-known, Emmy Award winning chef focusing on healthy meal preparations, and Martin is an integrative wellness coach, whose guided meditation focuses on the mind-body-spirit connection to help in graceful aging so women can feel good at any age.

This interactive one-hour program –including a digital Q & A — will offer a healthy respite for women and kick-start their health and wellness journey again.

To register for the event, visit https://WomenToWomen21.givesmart.com