Vicki Lawrence from TV's "Carol Burnett Show", "Mama's Family" and "Hannah Montana" will share her story to inspire women to make heart-healthy choices and advocate for themselves. Lawrence will recount how heart disease affected her family and marriage. Prior to her presentation, cardiologist Rachana Kulkarni, MD, FACC will explain the difference between how men and women experience heart attacks.
Kathy E. Magliato, MD, is currently the director of women's cardiac services at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, and an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California, where she is developing a women's heart center to address the cardiac needs of female patients. She lives in Pacific Palisades with her husband and their two children.
Dr. Magliato is one of a handful of female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. As a member of an even more exclusive group-she is one of the few cardiothoracic surgeons specially trained to perform heart transplants. She recounts the day when she first realized she wanted to be a heart surgeon: 'when I wrapped my hand around that heart...that was it for me. Love at first sight. Love at first touch. I knew this was exactly what I wanted. To touch the human heart everyday.'
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