The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB) is pleased to confirm that world-renowned heart failure and transplant cardiologist, Dr Selma Mohammed, will share her expertise with physicians, nurses and allied healthcare professionals from across the region at the ‘Heart of a Woman’ (HoW) Medical Symposium, coming July 13 to 14, 2019 to the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
Dr Selma Mohammed, MBBS, PhD, is a leading heart failure and transplant cardiologist with MedStar Washington Hospital Centre in Washington, DC, USA.
She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, having completed training in these areas at the world-famous Mayo Clinic, USA, in 2015.
While Dr Mohammed’s expertise extends to the treatment of advanced heart failure, including management of the cardiac transplant patient and those with cardiac assist devices, she also manages patients with valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies such as cardiac amyloid and other infiltrative diseases.
She has published extensively on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and conducts clinical research in heart failure as scientific lead for the heart failure research team at MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute Washington DC.
She holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University of School of Medicine.
Foundation Empowering All Heart Health Stakeholders
HSFB’s Medical Director, Dr Dawn Scantlebury confirmed that, in addition to the HoW Medical Symposium, the Foundation will stage the HoW Stakeholder Symposium on Friday, July 12, 2019 from 10:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre targeting decision-makers who impact women’s heart health in the school, work and community contexts.
According to Dr Scantlebury, the symposium will bring together stakeholders in health, women with or at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as public and private sector decision-makers, with the aim of arming all with the knowledge to address drivers of CVD at home, school and work.
“Attendees of the HoW Symposium will learn the signs, symptoms and impacts of these conditions from medical experts, exchange ideas and insights with women living and working with CVD and return empowered to champion change across Barbados,” she said.
“At the end of this symposium, our participants, from private citizens and students, to health insurers, trade unionists and HR practitioners, as well as employers managing large female workforces or serving female customers in the Public and Private sectors will be energised and mobilised to develop an action plan for the reduction of CVD in Barbados.”
She stated, “This is also an excellent opportunity for public policy-makers in the areas of Health and Wellness, Agriculture, Eldercare, Youth, Education, Sport, Labour, Manufacturing, Retail Distribution, Tourism and Information to interface with the stakeholders they serve.” She invited prospective attendees of both Symposia to visit the website www.how2019.hsfbarbados.org for more information and to register.
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