Upcoming events

Upcoming events at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital follow.

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May

11

Y-ME Walk to Empower on Mother's Day

13

Cancer Survivors Day

15

Digital Mammography: Is it Better?

15

When to Take Away the Keys

17

Car Seat Clinic

18

New Haven Heart Walk

20

Osteoporosis: Brittle Bones

22

Macular Degeneration

22

Stroke screening

June

3

Injury Prevention Strategies

5

Bone Density Screening

7

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

10

Nutrition Potpourri

12

Gotta Go, but Where's the Flow?

15

28th Annual Branford Road Race

Y-ME Walk to Empower on Mother's Day

Date: May 11
The Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is dedicated to ensuring, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone. Join Yale-New Haven Hospital on Sunday, May 11 for an inspiring day as we raise funds to support Y-ME's programs and services that are offered free of charge to anyone touched by breast cancer. Join the YNHH team, or call 203.688.8824 for more information.
Location: Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven

Cancer Survivors Day

Date: May 13
Yale Cancer Center and Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) will host a unique program for cancer survivors and their families in celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day. The event, New Beginnings: Complementary Approaches to Living Well Today, will feature a special keynote address by Dr. Kenneth Miller, director of the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center and an attending oncologist at YNHH. The event is hosted by Dr. Mel Goldstein, a cancer survivor and chief meteorologist on WTNH Channel 8 News. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Country Club. The program and luncheon are free; reservations are required. To reserve a place, please call 203.688.2000 or 888.700.6543 and press option 2.
Location: Oak Lane Country Club, 1027 Racebrook Road, Woodbridge

Digital Mammography: Is It Better?

Date: May 15
Liane Philpotts, MD, associate professor of Diagnostic Radiology, will discuss the benefits of new screening techniques and the promising technologies on the horizon. This event lasts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

When to Take Away the Keys

Date: May 15
This lecture, part of the The Challenges of Aging Series, will be presented by Rick Marottoli, MD, of the Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center. The program lasts from 6 to 8 p.m. Call 203.688.2000 or register online,
Location: Yale New Haven Hospital East Pavilion cafeteria

Car Seat Clinic

Date: May 17
Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary and McDermott Lexus of New Haven will sponsor a car-seat installation clinic at the dealership between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., rain or shine. In the event that car seat is defective and cannot be installed to ensure maximum safety, attendees will receive a voucher for a free replacement car seat, compliments of McDermott Lexus. Refreshments, giveaways and other travel health information will be available. Walk-ins are welcome; be sure to bring car seat along. To register, call 1.888.700.6543 or register online.
Location: McDermott Lexus, 655 Main St., East Haven

New Haven Heart Walk

Date: May 18
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Improve your health and join Yale-New Haven Hospital on Sunday, May 18 to walk and raise funds to help fight heart disease and stroke. Join the YNHH team, or call 203.688.8993 for more information.
Location: Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven

Osteoporosis: Brittle Bones

Date: May 22
Robert Lang, MD, PC will talk about prevention and treatment of this condition from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

Macular Degeneration

Date: May 22
John Huang, M.D., Yale Eye Center, will discuss the signs, symptoms and preventive treatment of age-related macular degeneration, the number-one cause of vision loss and legal blindness in adults over 60 in the United States. This event lasts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

Stroke Screening

Date: May 22
Stroke Alert 2008, sponsored by the American Stroke Association, is a free event that will take place from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Yale-New Haven Hospital Stamp Out Stroke team will offer stroke screenings and raise awareness to identify the warning signs of a stroke and how to reduce risk factors, including hypertension, smoking, coronary disease and diabetes. Appointments are not necessary. For more information, email Susan Kekacs or call 203.737.1057.
Location: Yale-New Haven Hospital East Pavilion cafeteria

Injury Prevention Strategies

Date: June 3
Concerned about the physical affects of sports on your child’s body? Join Michael Medvecky, MD, and Brian Smith, MD, orthopedic surgeons, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., as they discuss injury in the growing athlete, provide a perspective on musculoskeletal injuries, share ways parents and coaches can lessen injury risk and review the measures taken by Little League Baseball to reduce throwing injuries in the developing pitcher Register online or call 1.888.700.6543.
Location: Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center, Guilford, CT

Bone Density Screening

Date: June 5
Karl Insogna, MD, director of Yale Bone Center, will describe the different ways that bone density testing is done, focusing on the most commonly used method called dual energy x-ray absorptiometry or DXA. This event lasts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free upper level patient parking is available. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Date: June 7
Join the Susan G. Komen Connecticut Affiliate in June in Hartford's historic Bushnell Park for our15th Annual Race for the Cure^® June 7, 2008! Walk, run or just come to enjoy the day while supporting our mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Register and find out more on the Race for the Cure site.
Location: Bushnell Park - Hartford

Nutrition Potpourri

Date: June 10
This lecture combines nutrition topics to tantalize your palate, educate your mind and nourish your body. Speakers are Ellen Liskov, MPH, and Susann Boroczky, MS, registered dietitians from Yale-New Haven Hospital Shoreline Nutrition Clinic. This event lasts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free upper level patient parking is available. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

Gotta Go but Where's the Flow?

Date: June 12
Our speaker, Daniel Kellner, MD, Urology Group, PC, will discuss signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasis between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Free upper level patient parking is available. Register online,
Location: Conference Room - Main Floor, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center

28th Annual Branford Road Race

Date: June 15
Sign up for the 28th Annual Branford Road Race, which includes a 5-mile race, health walk (about 2 miles) and a non-competitve 1-mile fun run. For information on schedules, deadlines, awards and more, visit the site.
Location: Branford Green

Ongoing events and opportunities

Digital Mobile Mammography Van
In collaboration with Hill Health Center and Yale Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art Digital Mobile Mammography Van has arrived at Yale-New Haven Hospital. The Digital Mobile Mammography Van is a mobile unit that comes to your location, providing you and others with the convenience of rapid diagnosis and access to the most up-to-date technology thereby making it easier for working women to obtain their annual screening exams. YNHH’s expert mammography technologists deliver personal, friendly and confidential care to every woman.

Digital Mobile Mammography Van service is offered six days a week, Monday – Saturday at locations throughout New Haven, Fairfield, Middlesex and New London counties. Call (203) 688-6800 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

CPAP support group
A Continuous Postive Air Pressure (CPAP) support group offering health awareness information to adults with sleep apnea is now forming. Family members are also welcome. The group will provide an interactive forum for exchanging information, education on sleep disorders and review of new and old CPAP equipment. Each meeting will be attended by board-certified sleep specialists and staff from Yale Sleep Medicine. Refreshments will be provided. Meeting locations are in Norwich and at the Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center. Call 203-764-6788 for information.

RN Refresher Program
The Yale New Haven Health System RN Refresher Program brings nurses up to date with hospital technology and standards and allows them to ease into the clinical setting again as students. Nurses who complete the program and go on to work at Bridgeport, Greenwich or Yale-New Haven hospitals may be eligible to receive sign-on bonuses and reimbursement of RN Refresher tuition. For more information or to request a registration form, contact Victoria Dahl Vickers, RN, at (203) 688-1046.

"Eat Right" Weight Management Program
Periodically, Yale-New Haven offers the "Eat Right" weight management program to help you slim down. Topics covered include assessing your weight loss needs, label reading, dining out strategies, healthy cooking and behavior modification. For more information or to register, call the YNHH Centers of Nutrition, (203) 688-4879.

Cancer Support Group for Women
A support group for women who have or have had cancer provides information about cancer, available resources and assists patients as they cope with a diagnosis of cancer. The group meets every other Thursday. For more information, call Phyllis Smith, MSW, (203) 688-2304.

Other Yale-New Haven support groups

Pain Relief for Childbirth
Anesthesiology offers free question and answer sessions concerning options for pain relief during labor. Sessions are conducted by specialists in obstetrical anesthesia. These one-hour meetings are held twice each month. For more information, call (203) 785-4488.

Diabetes education series
Free classes offered throughout the year for adult patients and their families. Call the Yale Diabetes Center at (203) 737-1932 for a schedule or to reserve a space.

Toy Closets/Toy Teas
Toy Closets were introduced to the Children's Hospital by WTNH-TV anchorwoman Ann Nyberg in 1993. The YNHH Auxiliary coordinates the program and keeps the closets stocked with toys for pediatric patients yearround. For more information about toy donation or to set up a Toy Tea, email or call the YNHH Auxiliary, at (203) 688-5717.

Children's pre-admission visits offered prior to surgery
Sponsored by the YNHCH Child Life program and nursing and anesthesiology departments, pre-admission visits prepare toddlers, preschoolers, school-age, and adolescent patients and their families for elective and one-day surgical procedures. Pre-admission visits are offered Monday through Friday in the afternoon. To register, call the Pediatric Surgery Center, (203) 688-7996.

Take a tour
Area community, high school and college groups are invited to tour Yale-New Haven Hospital. The tour program is a free, community outreach service that is health care career-oriented. Tours are offered by reservation only and are conducted by YNHH staff and volunteers. To arrange a tour, or for more information, call YNHH Volunteer Services at (203) 688-2297.

Infant/child CPR classes
YNHH Women's Education Life Learning (W.E.L.L.) offers a four-hour class in infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The fee is $50 per person. Certification is offered at $55 per person. Prepayment is required and class size is limited. To register, or for additional information, go to www.ynhh.org/WELL, phone (203) 688-WELL (9355) or send an e-mail.

AfterDance/stroller aerobics
AfterDance, a postpartum fitness program, is now offered with Stroller Aerobics, an innovative way to get mom in shape after baby arrives. AfterDance and Stroller Aerobics classes mix body realignment, aerobic activity and muscle toning in a "baby-friendly" environment. Classes are available in New Haven and surrounding communities. For fee and registration information, contact Women's Education Life Learning (W.E.L.L.) at (203) 688-WELL (9355) or by e-mail.

Joint replacement surgery
Patients who will undergo joint replacement surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital are encouraged to attend an informational class led by a certified orthopedic nurse and the care coordinator for the orthopedic unit. The hour-long session will cover topics such as: preparing for admission; the day of surgery; medications; pain management; physical therapy; knee/hip special instructions; length of stay; medical management; and choosing post hospital care—acute rehabilitation or home recovery. No registration is required. Patients are encouraged to mention the class when scheduling their pre-admission appointment and the office will try to coordinate their appointment time with the class.

The classes will be held the first and third Tuesday of every month at noon. They will be held in the 7-7 conference room on the seventh floor of the East Pavilion at 20 York Street.

For additional information, contact Julia Jonathan at (203) 688-2182.

Last revised: May 5, 2008 (dh)

Home page URL: http://www.ynhh.org

All information is intended for your general knowledge and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should seek prompt medical care for any specific health issues and consult your physician before starting a new fitness regimen.