Women’s Health Through the Decades

Date

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Time

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location

https://giving.medicine.umich.edu/webinar-series/well-aware-series

Description

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Medicine has created an informational series to connect experts with our patients, donors and friends. This is an opportunity to engage with a panel of speakers — anchored by Michigan Medicine leadership — who bring research, experience and recommendations on today’s topics relevant to improving the health of people here and around the globe.

In this webinar, our experts will answer questions about women’s health needs when they are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and beyond. Learn what you’ve always wanted to know about women’s health — but were afraid to ask! Special introduction by award-winning journalist and documentarian Soledad O’Brien, the CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues.

Speakers:
Dee Fenner, M.D.
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bates Professor of the Diseases of Women and Children
Professor of Urology

Samantha Schon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Anita Valanju Shelgikar, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship

Jourdie Triebwasser, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
MPLAN Medical Co-Director, Birth Center, Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital