Women's Heart Health Fair in Miami: Schedule

Main Stage Presented by South Miami Heart Center

• Moderator – Cynthia Demos, Health Specialist from CBS4
• Stacey Castanes, M.D., South Miami Heart Center
• Jamie Kaufman, Licensed & Registered Dietician

• Individual Award – Penny Shaffer, Market President, South FL, Blue Cross Blue Shield of FL
• Corporate Award - Holland & Knight LLP, Kelly-Ann Cartwright, Exec Partner Miami

• Moderator, Nelly Rubio, Community Relations Director, CBS4/My33
• Linda Gassenheimer, Syndicated Journalist, Author, Host: WLRN NPR, Food Consultant
• Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC, Nutritionist, Psychologist, Coach

• Moderator, Roymi Membiela, Assistant VP, Marketing & PR, Baptist Health South Florida
• Link Between Stress & Heart Disease: Leonard Zwerling, M.D., South Miami Heart Center
• Relaxation Techniques: Kaia Calbeck, Ph.D., South Miami Heart Center

• Mary Mites, PhD, RN, MSN-ADM, CTTS, Family Medicine & Community Health
• Michele Grassi, CRT, RRT, Pulmonary Clinical Specialist, South Miami Heart Center

Spanish & Creole Stage Presented by Univision Channel 23 and Telefutura 69

Panel discussion in Spanish:

• Moderator – Maria Fernanda Lopez, News Reporter,Anchor, Noticias 23 Univision
• Maria Restrepo, RN, Health Educator, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida
• Catalina Jacobs-Fernandez, Psy.D, Psychologist, South Miami Hospital Counseling Services
• Claudia Correa, RD, LD/N, Nutrition Projects Coordinator, Florida Heart Research Institute

Note: Ask the Expert Session to follow above presentation with all panelists

Panel discussion in Creole:

• Moderator - Marie Etienne, MSN, ARNP, Miami Dade College Medical Campus
• Marie Anglin, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, HANA
• Odiane Medacier, MSN, ARNP, HANA

Note: Ask the Expert Session to follow above presentation with all panelists, plus:

• Judith Dupoux, RN, CCM-Health Educator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
• Regine Joly, RN, MPH, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

Fitness Demonstrations are provided by several organizations continuously throughout the Fair at the times noted below (each demonstration lasts approx 15-20 minutes)

Fitness Demonstration Stage Presented by Kellogg’s & Publix

Cooking Demonstrations at Cooking Stage throughout the Fair at the times noted below (each demonstration lasts approx 15-20 minutes):

Cooking Demonstration Stage Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield

Ask The Experts Presented by Publix is a designated area within the Health Fair that is dedicated to providing an intimate dialogue between guests and professionals, as follows:

1. Nutrition, Pascale Jean, MPH, RD, LD/N, Miami-Dade Department of Health (Table 1) (English & Creole)
2. Peripheral Artery Disease, Cindy Brown, South Miami Heart Center (Table 2)

1. Nutrition, Jamie Kaufman, LD/N (Table 1) (English & Spanish)
2. Smoking Cessation, Helen Cuan, MSW, Miami-Dade AHEC (Table 2) (English & Spanish)

1. Nutrition, Gayle Dietz, MS, RD, LD/N, Dietz & Associates (Table 1)
2. Nurse Practitioner, Bibiana Vargas, ARNP, South Miami Heart Center (Table 2) (English & Spanish)

1. Nurse & Diabetes Educator, Maria Baluja, RN, CDE, Blue Cross Blue Shield of FL (Table 1) (Eng & Spanish)
2. Smoking Cessation, Helen Cuan, MSW, Miami-Dade AHEC (Table 2) (English & Spanish)

1. Nutrition, Claudia Correa, RD,LD/N, Florida Heart Research Institute (Table 1) (English & Spanish)
2. Cardiovascular Nurse, Janisse Post, RN, BC, BSN, South Miami Heart Center (Table 2) (English & Spanish), also includes discussion on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Presented by Medtronic