A Conversation about Pain

Posted by on October 6, 2006

The Institute for Women?s Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine

INVITES YOU to a CONVERSATION ABOUT PAIN

An hour of enlightenment about PAIN – whether you suffer from it, deal with it or treat it

NO LECTURES — Interactive Q & A

Featured Panelists:
Lisa Thomas Laury, WPVII/Channel 6 ABC Recipient of the National Pain Foundation?s Triumph Award Frrom Drexel University College of Medicine:

Anahita Deboo, M.D. — Neurologist
Barbara Schindler, M.D. – Psychiatrist
Katherine Sherif, M.D. – Internist
Lynn Yeakel – Moderator

What?s the connection between hormones and headaches? Do men and women handle pain differently? What is the relationship between pain and mood/depression? How high is your pain threshold?

DATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006
TIME: 4:45 P.M. ~ 5:45 P.M.
LOCATION: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, Ground Floor Auditorium

This event is a special edition of the Institute?s acclaimed ?Conversations? series and is free and open to the public. Call 215-255-7373 or e-mail [email protected] to pre-register.

Made possible by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership?s GEM (Gender & Ethnic Medicine) Project


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