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Mount Sinai Health System Celebrates February’s American Heart Month

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 26, 2015

The Mount Sinai Health System will mark American Heart Month in February by hosting on its hospital campuses free heart health fairs, health screenings, expert lectures, and heart healthy cooking demonstrations.

“Our goal this Heart Month is to raise awareness of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of Americans and New Yorkers,” says Beth Oliver, RN, DNP, Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. “Mount Sinai’s Heart Month and daily goal is to seize every opportunity to educate our communities and employees about how to keep their hearts healthy. Our events and activities are designed to help lower their disease risk and improve heart health through increased personal health knowledge, healthier diets, and at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day.”

Mount Sinai Health System’s Heart Month activities include:

February 6 “Go Red” Community Heart Health Fairs:

Each Mount Sinai Community Heart Health Fair will be hosted on February 6 from 10:00am-2:00pm offering free heart health screenings for blood pressure, total cholesterol including good and bad cholesterol levels, triglyceride level, glucose level and body mass index (BMI). Educational demonstrations will be available for nutrition and diet, diabetes, stress management, smoking cessation, yoga and other relaxation techniques. Also, free heart healthy food tastings will be prepared by hospital chefs, and guests will receive free giveaways and a goodie-bag upon completion of their heart health screenings.

The Mount Sinai Hospital

1468 Madison Avenue

Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby

Mount Sinai Beth Israel-

Petrie Division

First Ave at 16th Street

2nd Floor, Dazian Rotunda

Mount Sinai Beth Israel-

Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC)

10 Union Square East

2nd Floor, Atrium

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn

3201 Kings Highway

Main Lobby

Mount Sinai St. Luke’s

1111 Amsterdam Avenue

Main Lobby

Mount Sinai Queens

“Wear Red for Women at Mount Sinai Queens”

Free screenings for blood pressure, BMI, heart health information, and expert lectures.

Location: Church of the Redeemer

30-14 Crescent Street

Astoria, NY 11102

(Located across from Mount Sinai Queens)

Time: 3:00-5:00pm

*RSVP to Mount Sinai Queens is required.

Register at: http://www.mshq.org/community/events/wear-red-for-women-at-mount-sinai-queens-february-6-2015

or call: 718-267-4333

Mount Sinai Heart Community Events:

February 4

Mount Sinai Heart Community Health Talk: Cholesterol Does Matter

Location: Hamilton Senior Center

141 73rd Street (Between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves.)

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

For more information , call 212-787-7710

February 8

Mount Sinai Heart: Harlem Heart-Healthy Screening Program

Abyssinian Health Ministry Hosts: Free blood pressure and cholesterol testing, nutrition, diet counseling, and more.

Location: The Abyssinian Baptist Church- Fellowship Hall,

132 Odell Clark Place at West 138th Street

(Between Lenox Ave. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard)

Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

For more information, call 917-362-6800

February 17

Mount Sinai Heart: Community Blood Pressure Screening Program

Free blood pressure monitoring and medical consultations.

Location: Hamilton Senior Center

141 West 73rd Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves.)

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

For more information, call 212-787-7710

February 18

Harlem Heart-Healthy Workshop Series: Saving Hearts by Eating Right

Speaker: Icilma Fergus, MD

Location: Kennedy Community Center

34 West 134th Street (Between Lenox and Fifth Avenues)

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm

For more information, call 212-241-3271.

Heart Healthy Cooking Demonstration:

February 25

“Eat Heartily with Chef Rocco Sacramone”

Heart healthy cooking demonstration and food tasting presented by Mount Sinai Queens and United Community Civic Association, Central Sushi Bar and Lounge, and Rocco Sacramone.

Location: Central Sushi Bar and Lounge

20-30 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105

Time: 6:30pm

RSVP to Mount Sinai Queens is required.

Register at: http://www.mshq.org/community/events/eat-heartily-with-chef-rocco-sacramone-february-25-2015

or call: 718-267-4333

Women’s Heart NY of The Mount Sinai Health System:

February 9 & February 23

Women’s Heart NY: Support Group

Mount Sinai Beth Israel – PACC

10 Union Square East

Time: 6:00-7:30pm

*Registration required.

February 19

Women’s Heart NY: Cholesterol and Glucose Screenings

Hosted by Karpas Information Center     

NYC Parks and Recreation Chelsea Recreation Center

430 West 25th Street

Time: 4:00-7:00pm

*Registration required.

February 19

Women’s Heart NY 6-Session “Heart Smart” Education Course

A free, 6-session heart health program for Thursdays Feb. 19, 26 & March 5, 12, 19, & 26 in partnership with NYC Parks and Recreation Chelsea Recreation Center. This program is made possible, in part, by grant funding from the TD Bank Charitable Foundation.

NYC Parks and Recreation Chelsea Recreation Center

430 West 25th Street

Time: 6:00-7:00pm

*Registration required.

February 21

Women’s Heart NY: Exercise Education Workshop

The Center for Health and Healing

245 Fifth Avenue

Time: 11:30am-1:00pm

*Registration required.

*To register for a WHNY event, please contact 212-523-9663 or email: strignano@chpnet.org

Mount Sinai Beth Israel: Heart Health Educational Lectures:

February 4

Women and Vascular Disease

Speaker: Ramesh Gowda, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

First Avenue at 16th Street

3 Linsky – Conference Room

Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

February 11

Women and Heart Disease

Speaker: Susan Hecht, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

First Avenue at 16th Street

3 Linsky – Conference Room

Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

February 12

Sweetheart CPR: “Embrace Your Heart”

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

First Avenue at 16th Street

3 Linsky – Conference Room

Time: 5:30– 7:00 pm

February 18

Broken Heart Syndrome

Speaker: Maurice Rachko, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

First Avenue at 16th Street

3 Linsky – Conference Room

Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

February 25

Diet and Exercise Your Heart: Preventing Heart Disease

Speaker: Margaret Furman, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

First Avenue at 16th Street

3 Linsky – Conference Room

Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

February 27

Heart Healthy Cooking and Ask the Expert

Speaker: Dennis Finkielstein, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

317 East 17th Street

8th Floor, Fierman Hall

Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Note: $ 5.00 registration fee

*For more information on the expert lectures of Mount Sinai Beth Israel, please contact: 212-420-2806.

About the Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health system committed to providing distinguished care, conducting transformative research, and advancing biomedical education. Structured around seven member hospital campuses and a single medical school, the Health System has an extensive ambulatory network and a range of inpatient and outpatient services—from community based facilities to tertiary and quaternary care.

The System includes approximately 6,600 primary and specialty care physicians, 12 minority owned free standing ambulatory surgery centers, over 45 ambulatory practices throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, and Long Island, as well as 31 affiliated community health centers. Physicians are affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which is ranked among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health funding and by U.S. News & World Report.

For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

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