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Upcoming Women's Health Talk Features Local Experts Including National Health Speaker & Author

You care for everybody else. Now take time to care about you. Join us for Ladies Night Out, Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg, 8971 Wilcox Drive, Twinsburg, OH 44087. Enjoy a relaxing evening out alone or with your girlfriends.

Start your evening with complimentary health screenings and wellness information, enjoy pampering and visit our retail boutique specializing in jewelry and wellness products from 5-6 pm. At 6 p.m., a sit-down dinner will be held where you will be able to enjoy a lively, informal Q & A discussion. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions of a panel of health physicians from Cleveland Clinic who specialize in women’s health. You will be able to ask your questions live or submit questions anonymously in writing.

Physicians in attendance include Moderator Holly L. Thacker, MD, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Specialized Women's Health, Cleveland Clinic main campus; Jean Burton, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center; Howard Goldman, MD, Urology for Cleveland Clinic main campus, Hillcrest Hospital and Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center; Pamela Hruby, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Marymount Hospital and Solon Family Health Center; Lili Lustig, DO, Family Medicine, South Pointe Hospital; Ann Meyer, DO, Family Medicine, Chagrin Falls Family Health Center; Mary Vouyiouklis, MD, Endocrinology, Solon Family Health Center, Willoughby Hills Family Health Center and Cleveland Clinic main campus.

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Holly L. Thacker, MD is nationally known for her leadership in women’s health. She is the founder of the Cleveland Clinic Women’s Health Fellowship and is currently the director of the Center for Specialized Women’s Health at Cleveland Clinic, with special interests in menopause and related medical problems including osteoporosis, hormone therapy, breast cancer risk assessment, menstrual disorders, female sexual dysfunction and interdisciplinary women’s health. She is the Executive Director of Speaking of Women’s Health, a national women’s health program managed by Cleveland Clinic which is dedicated to educating women on health, safety and well-being.

She has appeared on national television and is regarded as national thought leader in women’s health. She has published and lectured extensively on the topic of menopause and is a NAMS-credentialed menopause clinician.  She is the author of Women’s Health: Your Body, Your Hormones, Your Choices and Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause. She is the immediate past chair of the Physician Education Committee for the North American Menopause Society and former board member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Additionally, Dr. Thacker serves as associate professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

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The cost is $15 (includes meal). All major credit cards accepted. Reservations are required. You can RSVP online at clevelandclinic.org/swhtwinsburg or call 888.410.0563. Reservations are required. Full payment & guests’ names are due at registration.

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