WOMEN'S HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

Women's Health Symposium

Holy Name presents our second Women's Health Symposium: Navigating Women's Health Through Every Stage of Life. Now in its second year, the event brings our female-focused medical team and community partners together to deliver practical information you can use to make informed decisions, prioritize prevention and advocate for yourself and your family.

Chaired by Dr. Sharyn Lewin, the event will feature a multidisciplinary panel of healthcare professionals, who will examine some of today's most pressing medical issues. "Let's Talk Women's Health: The Issues Shaping 2026" will address heart health, mental health, weight management and menopause.

Keynote speaker Dr. Eleonora Spinazzi, will share insights about protecting your brain's health, and breakout sessions and an exhibition area will offer additional provider expertise on a wide variety of topics. A box lunch is included.

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, this event is FREE, but you must register. We look forward to welcoming you!

Location

Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe

Program Agenda

Check-in Opens: 9:00 AM

Exhibition Area Opens: 9:00 AM

Welcome Activities: 9:30 - 10:00 AM

• Meditation Gathering
• Yoga
• Outdoor Walk

Morning Breakout Sessions: 10:30 - 11:15 AM

Integrative Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause Symptoms
Ravneet Kaur, MD, Family Medicine | Integrative Medicine

The Essentials of Women's Reproductive Health
Payal Shah, MD, OB/GYN | Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Genetic Testing: Turning Risk into Knowledge
Erica Kessler, FNP-BC, CGRA, Nurse Practitioner, Genetics Department

Eating for the Microbiome and Brain Health
Deborah Bessen, MS, RD, CLT, Nutrition Outreach Manager | Human Performance

Think Ahead: A Preventative Approach to Cognitive & Emotional Health
Jeffrey Portnoy, Ph.D, Neuropsychologist | Department of Psychiatry

Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention
Raimonda Goldman, DO, Chief of Medical Oncology

Women's Pelvic Health: More Than Just Kegels
Hope Manuel, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy

Advances in Gynecological Malignancies: 2026 Clinical Update
Sharyn Lewin, MD, Director of Gynecologic Oncology
Maria Schiavone, MD, Gynecologic Oncology

Keynote Address: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Protecting Your Brain Through Every Stage of Life

Eleonora Spinazzi, MD
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon
Holy Name Douglas M. Noble, M.D. Neuroendovascular Institute

Panel (Lunch & Learn): 12:45 - 2:00 PM

Let's Talk Women's Health: The Issues Shaping 2026

Heart Disease
Zankhana Raval, MD, Cardiologist

Mental Health, Stress & Burnout

Obesity, Weight Management & Metabolic Health
Omar Bellorin-Marin, MD, Medical Director of GI Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery and Robotic Surgery

Menopause & Midlife Health
Andi Hubschmann, MD, Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Afternoon Breakout Sessions: 2:15 - 3:00 PM

Making the Most Out of Your Visit to the Pediatrician
Kiran Bhat, MD, Neonatologist | Pediatrics

Integrative Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause Symptoms
Ravneet Kaur, MD, Family Medicine | Integrative Medicine

Therapeutic Updates in Alzheimer's Disease
Mary Ann Picone, MD, Neurologist and Medical Director, MS Center

The Essentials of Women's Reproductive Health
Payal Shah, MD, OB/GYN | Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Genetic Testing: Turning Risk into Knowledge
Erica Kessler, FNP-BC, CGRA, Nurse Practitioner, Genetics Department

Eating for the Microbiome and Brain Health
Deborah Bessen, MS, RD, CLT, Nutrition Outreach Manager | Human Performance

Think Ahead: A Preventative Approach to Cognitive & Emotional Health
Jeffrey Portnoy, Ph.D, Neuropsychologist | Department of Psychiatry

Making the Most Out of Your Annual Physical
Jacqueline DeBenedetto, MD, Internal Medicine

Closing Activity: 3:00 - 3:30 PM

• Afternoon Refreshments
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