Health Empowerment Revolution - Women's Health Conference
Join us online or in-person for a few hours of a powerful, community-based day of learning, connection, and empowerment. This event is designed to equip you with knowledge, tools, and support to better understand & manage migraine alongside other chronic conditions.
**For In-Person attendees: $10 registration deposit to reserve your lunch & attendance. This will be refunded to you, in cash, at check-in in the day of the event.**
Research shows that migraine frequently coexists with a range of chronic diseases, including asthma, other pain conditions, depression, anxiety, autoimmune conditions, sleep disorders, and more. This overlapping burden means women are managing not only the debilitating symptoms of migraine, but also multiple other health challenges that impact their quality of life. This becomes even more confusing because all women will experience perimenopause and menopause, and the complication of hormones and migraine is overwhelming.
Despite this complexity, most women do not receive coordinated or comprehensive care. These conditions are often treated in isolation, each one addressed by a different specialist or clinic, with little to no integration. Primary care providers, though well-intentioned, are often too overwhelmed by patient volume and administrative demands to provide the coordination and continuity women need across their health conditions.
To make matters worse, women are typically caregivers in their families and often work full-time. Many of the women in our community report having three or more chronic conditions—and still being expected to manage work, caregiving, and household responsibilities. They simply do not have the time or energy to navigate a fragmented and confusing healthcare system on their own.
You will leave this event with:
- Validation: Migraine often comes with other whole-body/systemic conditions — you’re not imagining it.
- Awareness: Understanding common overlapping conditions and red flags.
- Tools: Practical questions and strategies to bring to future medical appointments.
- Confidence: You have the ability to connect the dots when the medical system won’t.
Agenda:
9AM - Check In / Visit Wellness Village (In person)
9:15AM - Optional Mindful Movement Tai Chi activity (In person)
9:45AM - Welcome - Shirley Kessel
10:00AM - Panel 1: Obesity, Sleep & Migraine: Understanding the Connection - Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, Dr. Ellen Meltzer, Dr. Medha Tandon & Dr. Aimen Vanood
10:40AM - Break
11:00AM - Panel 2: Migraine, Central Sensitization & Complex Chronic Conditions - Dr. Rashmi Halker Singh, Dr. Aimen Vanood & Dr. Medha Tandon
11:40AM - Break/Lunch
12:05PM - Panel 3: Migraine in Perimenopause & Menopause: Hormones, Symptom Burden & Sex- Dr. Paru David, Dr. Talia Sobel, Dr. Amaal Starling, Dr. Sara Shihab & Dr. Aimen Vanood
12:45PM - Conclusion/Wrap Up - Shirley Kessel
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3542830-0
Booking: https://go.evvnt.com/3542830-2
