Featured speaker Shannon Miller is the most decorated gymnast in American history, with seven Olympic medals (including two gold medals) and nine World Championship medals (five gold medals), and is the only female athlete inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame - twice. The Women's Health Day event, hosted by Advanced Specialty Care in Commack, open to the public, includes a choice of three health seminars, continental breakfast and a box lunch. The morning kicks off with 10 Stony Brook Medicine experts sharing the latest information, research and thinking about topics that concern women most. Healthcare professionals will also be on hand providing information at exhibit tables on the following topics: breast cancer, falls prevention, healthy eating, imaging, vascular health, vein care and weight-loss options.
At lunch, Keynoter Shannon Miller will motivate participants to take control of their own health and present specific ways to move toward a healthy lifestyle as she delivers her talk "Competing with Cancer." Miller will open up about her cancer battle, life lessons, her career, and how those lessons learned through sport has helped her in every aspect of life. Many remember her gold medal performance on the balance beam, and as the leader of the gold medal-winning "Magnificent Seven" team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. As an Olympian, wife, mother and cancer survivor, Miller is dedicated to helping women make their health a priority. The gymnast was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 33.
Registration Fee: $25. For more information, visit womenshealthday.com. To learn about the more than 30 specialty areas under one roof at the Advanced Specialty Care in Commack, visit commack.stonybrookmedicine.edu.
