Upcoming Events
Recovery Expectations After Hip and Knee Replacements
TH, Feb 16, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Ghassan Boghosian, DO, Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855Is Hip or Knee Replacement Right for You?
TU, Feb 21, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Dustin Briggs, MD, Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855Bariatric Surgery Information
TH, Feb 21, 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Jorge A. Almodovar, MD, Board Certified in General Surgery
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-834-3796
Lecture held in person at the Annenberg Health Sciences Building Navigating the Rising Cost of Food
W, Feb 22, 10 to 11 a.m.
Barbra Sassower, Registered Dietitian
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855
To join online, visit Zoom.us/j/ 99417613359Stress Management for Overall Health
W, Feb 22, 4 to 5 p.m.
Karen Stewart, RN
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855Blood Drive
TU, Feb 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Held at the Annenberg Health Sciences Building
To register online, visit LStream.org/EisenhowerHealth, or call 800-879-4484Food Safety for Everyone
W, March 8, 10 to 11 a.m.
Rosalind Elemy, Registered Dietitian
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855The Uppers: Methamphetamine Use Disorder
W, March 8, 4 to 5 p.m.
Karen Antwiler, MD, Addiction Medicine Associate Physician
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855Eisenhower Cardiovascular Institute and the New Renker Wellness Center
TH, Mar 9, 6 to 7 p.m.
Melissa Mead, RN, Director, Renker Wellness Center
To register online, visit EisenhowerHealth.org/Calendar, or call 760-423-4855
When Open Heart Surgery Isn't An Option
The tests revealed that Mills had extensive blockages in all three of his major arteries.Alan Mills’ wife Linda sells jewelry at the Palm Desert Street Fair. On March 5, Mills helped carry boxes of Linda’s wares from their car to her booth. It was so windy, however, her display soon blew over. She decided to call it a day, so they broke down the display, packed up and Mills carried the boxes back to the car.
“I noticed a tightness across my chest as a result of that exertion,” the 75-year-old Rancho Mirage resident recalls. “I’d experienced a couple of similar incidents in the past but they went away in a few seconds, so I didn’t think too much about it.
“This time, though, the chest tightness stayed,” he continues. “We came home, I sat down to relax, and when my wife returned to the room, she noticed I was pale and had my hand over my heart. My wife suggested an ambulance but since we live within two miles of the hospital, I told her we could drive there instead.”
Dynamic Hybrid Afib Ablation
Offering patients promising new treatmentAtrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is the number one cardiac arrhythmia (heart rhythm problem) in the U.S., affecting as many as six million people. Approximately 70 percent of them are between 65- and 85-years-old.
What’s more, these numbers are predicted to increase sharply. This troubling trend is attributable in large part to our aging population and lifestyle — poor diet, and lack of exercise and sleep — that contribute to obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea — all risk factors for atrial fibrillation.
Given these statistics and the Coachella Valley’s large retiree population, it’s no surprise that atrial fibrillation is a significant problem here in the desert.
Eisenhower Health Earns Blue Distinction® Center Designation for Cardiac Care
Blue Shield of California has recognized Eisenhower Health with a Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated providers that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.
 Evening of Caring...About Women and Cancer: Lowering Your Risks with Cancer Screenings
Annenberg Health Sciences Building
Thursday, February 23, 2023
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Recent studies have shown that four in 10 Americans surveyed reported delaying or avoiding screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Screening tests can find some cancers early – when treatment works best.In honor of Evening of Caring...About Women and Cancer, Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center will host a presentation with a panel of cancer experts discussing cancer screening. Learn more about screenings that may lower your risk of getting certain cancers such as lung, esophageal, pancreatic, skin, cervical and breast cancers. Presentations by the panel will be followed by a reception and time to meet and ask questions. Guests will be entered in a drawing for a designer handbag.
In addition to exceptional treatment, at the Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center we are committed to helping prevent and catch cancer early in locations across the valley.
Panel includes:
• Mamta Mehta, MD, Board Certified in Gastroenterology
• Paul Sylvan, MD, Board Certified in Radiology
• Justin Thomas, MD, Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease
• Henry Tsai, MD, Board Certified in Medical Oncology
• Patty Garcia, RN, Oncology Nurse Navigator
• Cari Sudmeier, RN, NP
Reservations are required by 02/23/2023
For more information, please call 760-834-3798 or email us at CAreservations@EisenhowerHealth.org
