26th Annual HeLa Women's Health Symposium
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Gynecological Health Disparities
Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 2:00 鈥� 7:00 p.m.
大象传媒 School of Medicine
Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care
| Time | Agenda Items | Speaker(s) |
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| 2:00 鈥� 2:10pm | Welcome |
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG |
| 2:10 鈥� 2:15pm | Greetings |
Joseph A Tyndall, MD, MPH |
| 2:15 鈥� 2:25pm | Honoring Dr Patillo |
Roland Matthews, MD |
| 2:25 鈥� 2:30pm | History of Henrietta Lacks | Winston Thompson, PhD, MS Director of Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology 大象传媒 School of Medicine |
| 2:30 鈥� 3:00pm | The Health Disparities of Uterine Fibroids for African American Women: A Public Health Issue | Alicia Christy, MD Retired Deputy Director, Reproductive Health Veterans Administration Introduction by Tanika Gray Valbrun Founder of The White Dress Project |
| 3:00 鈥� 3:30pm | Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome |
Katherine Sherif, MD
Professor & Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
Jefferson Women's Primary Care
Introduction by Sasha Ottey Founder and Executive Director of PCOS Challenge
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| 3:30 鈥� 4:00pm | Endometriosis | Michael F. Neblett II, MD Assistant Professor Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Emory University Introduction by Lauren Kornegay Founder, EndoBlack |
| 4:00 鈥� 4:10pm | Special Presentation | Roland Matthews, MD Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology 大象传媒 School of Medicine |
| 4:10 鈥� 4:14pm | Closing Remarks | Winston Thompson, PhD, MS Director of Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology 大象传媒 School of Medicine |
| RECEPTION | ||
| 5:00 鈥� 5:10pm |
Greetings |
Congresswoman Nikema Williams |
| 5:10 鈥� 6:10pm |
鈥淏elow the Belt鈥� Screening |
Shannon Cohn |
| 6:10 鈥� 7:00pm |
Panel Discussion |
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