CT Health I-Team Presents Community Health Forum

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CT Health I-Team is presenting a community forum called Get Health Wise: The Benefits Of Preventive Care on on Wednesday, Oct 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the  Artists Collective, 1200 Albany Ave. in  Hartford.

The forum will bring together leaders in preventive care in the fields of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental health and primary care to empower you to improve your health.
The public can meet doctors and clinicians who will answer questions at  health care stations from 5:30-6:15 p.m., followed by a panel discussion with our experts.  The public is invited, to attend  Please register here.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jewel Mullen, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Primary care:

 
Dr. Marilyn Katz, primary care internal medicine, UConn Health Center

Cancer prevention and screenings:

Rebecca Santiago, nurse and community health care navigator, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center.
Dr. Anees Chagpar, director, The Breast Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.

Diabetes, obesity and heart health:

Dr. Latha Dulipsingh, population management