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Janette Rodrigues, administrative director, GW Resiliency & Well-being Center, jrodrigues@gwu.edu
Join the GW Resiliency and Well-being Center (R&WC) at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 13, 2025, for a Women's Well-being Lecture Series talk on "Cardiovascular Disease in Women" with Icilma V. Fergus, MD, FACC, director of Cardiovascular Disparities at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, N.Y. Prior to that she served as chief of the Division of Cardiology at Columbia University Harlem Hospital Center and director of Non-Invasive Cardiology of New York Hospital Queens. Her current academic appointment is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Dr. Fergus has authored numerous articles related to heart disease and congestive heart failure in peer-reviewed journals and a co-author in the new book entitled “Cardiovascular Disease in Ethnic Minorities.” Her current research interests involve cardiovascular disparities, Hypertension and Diastolic Dysfunction as well as heart disease in women. She has been an investigator in several clinical trials including NHLBI sponsored trial evaluating acute ischemia in young women entitled “VIRGO” and DOH sponsored grant for Harlem Healthy Eating and Living.