Speakers
Elsie Ginsberg
Room - B
11:30 PM to 12:00 PM
Elsie Ginsberg
What to do about memory loss and dementia?
Memory loss is a problem in our country, we are diagnosing people too late, we are missing the diagnosis or underdiagnosing our population. 5.8 million people are living with Alzheimer’s and the current standard of care omits the brain from routine checks. What can we do about memory loss? We can have better tools, the eVox system is one example of how we can do better.
You will Learn:
- Understanding your brain health is important
- Early detection is key
- Objective testing is the future
About the Speaker:
I’m the Customer Success Manager for Evoke Neuroscience, a healthcare company offering a new, in-office device for physicians. Healthcare has always been my passion: finding new ways to encourage a more connected system and improve outcomes. My goal is to contribute to the future landscape of our healthcare environment by pursing proven methodologies and strategies to improve our care delivery system and even make my own!
Sharon Mahan
Room - B
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Sharon Mahan
Decoding Personal Care Products: Avoiding Toxins in Everyday Products
It's an undeniable fact that nearly every person on the planet has a body burden of chemicals. It’s an area of wellness that often goes overlooked, but what you put on your body is just as important to your health as the food and supplements that you put in your body. With so many exposures that we can’t avoid, it just makes sense to control what we can. But sadly, even most naturally branded products still contain highly questionable ingredients. This presentation will cover the most common offenders in personal care products, including several regrettable substitutions in products positioned as better for your health. You’ll leave with information that will empower you to make the safest possible choices for yourself and your family.
About the Speaker:
Sharon Mahan is a nontoxic living advocate helping families to simplify their healthy lifestyle choices. She has an MBA in Marketing and 7 years of corporate marketing experience, but it is her life experiences that drive her passion for educating on the topic of environmental toxins. After experiencing infertility and parenting a child with multiple special needs, Sharon began to question ingredients in the products she brought into her home. At the time there were virtually no safe options, as even naturally branded products still contained questionable chemicals. In 2014 at the age of 43, Sharon was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, with no known genetic risk factors. Her interest in environmental toxins was reinvigorated, and she began educating others on the topic. She recently founded the Society for Ingredient Detectives, an online community for likeminded individuals looking to make the safest possible choices. Sharon thoroughly enjoys helping families make lifestyle changes intended to reduce body burden of harmful chemicals.
Debra McDonald
Room - B
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Debra McDonald
Helping You And Your Patients Achieve Optimal Wellness Outcomes
Dr. Walter Trinidad
Room - B
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Dr. Walter Trinidad
The Secret to Health
Explanation of the nervous system and the importance of the first vertebra known as the atlas. There are 5 phases of dysfunction known as subluxation that can cause a number of severe and chronic conditions in the muscles and organs. There will be a description of the treatment to correct the subluxation and make it long lasting and permanent.
Definition of Health, importance of a perfectly aligned spine, and how to fix it permanently
About the Speaker:
Dr. Trinidad graduated from University of Bridgeport Chiropractic College in 2013 and has been treating patients who suffer from headaches, neck pain and low back pain to more severe neurological conditions such as MS, Parkinson’s Disease and Trigeminal Neuralgia. You can find Dr. Trinidad at Upper Cervical Chiropractic of NY in White Plains, New York.
Dr. Turner Osler
Room - B
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Dr. Turner Osler
Sitting: A Public Health Crisis (with a solution)
The twin problems of sitting (back pain and the metabolic consequences of sitting disease) will be briefly outlined. Several possible solutions are then explored. Active sitting is proposed as the best current solution, and a particular implementation of active sitting is described.
You will Learn:
- Sitting is unavoidable, but current sitting options are responsible for back pain and sitting disease
- Yoga balls fail to solve the problem and standing desks actually contribute to the problem of sitting disease
- Active sitting is an attractive option when sitting is unavoidable.
About the Speaker:
Turner Osler MD, FACS, FAAST, M.Sc, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont
BA Neurobiology (Princeton), MD (Medical College of Virginia), surgical residency (Columbia, Harvard), fellowship (University of New Mexico) and then 20 years an academic trauma surgeon (University of Vermont) with over 300 peer reviewed papers and book chapters. But then Turner went off script, got a masters in Biostatistics, an NIH grant and abandoned the operating room to study trauma epidemiology. Somewhere in the last decade he became obsessed with the problems that come from sitting too much. Turner lives in Colchester with his wife, son and dog who have been surprisingly tolerant of his mania.
Dr. Patricia Kavanagh
Room - A
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Dr. Patricia Kavanagh
Transforming Mobility, Enhancing Lives: Introducing Spring
At Foray Design, we aim to enhance your life with elegant mobility products. We listened to you and have designed Spring, the rolling walker for the way you live now.
We made Spring to keep you moving and never get in your way.
Foray Design is a Brooklyn company dedicated to making beautiful tools for people with physical limitations.
You Will Learn:
· Our flagship product, Spring, is changing the way active people live.
o Stand tall because you are inside the frame.
o Open, adjust the height, hold and lock with a single motion.
o Let go: it won't roll away.
o Open the seat, and it's locked.
o Bring it to the table: it's your chair.
o Close it: the folded volume is 60% less than equivalent rollators.
· Order on our website: www.foraydesign.com
· Call us with any questions: +1 (833)-MY-FORAY
· Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
· Get our newsletter: www.foraydesign.com.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Patricia is a board-certified neurologist in Brooklyn, NY.
She brings her understanding of mobility needs from her professional practice, and her expertise from her prior business career, to the development of Foray Design.
Dr. Marc J. Elkowitz
Room - B
12:30 PM to 1:00 PM
Dr. Marc J. Elkowitz
It was during Dr. Elkowitz’s residency that he discovered his passion for merging critical problem-solving with steadfast patient care. He went on to study plastic surgery at the prestigious Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which included training in every aspect of cosmetic, reconstructive, and hand surgery.
Since starting his own practice in 2000 and treating more than 10,000 patients, Marc J. Elkowitz, M.D., F.A.C.S., founder of Plastic Surgery of New York, has guided his plastic surgery practice to deliver detailed care that is aesthetically pleasing and yields beautiful and natural-looking results. Known for taking on exceptionally difficult cases and clearing up complications from patients’ previous surgeries, Dr. Elkowitz taps into his extensive background in trauma surgery to bring precision, advanced skill, and dedication to each and every cosmetic procedure. Dr. Elkowitz, feels that “It’s about fixing problems in a very analytical way, with the most tried-and-true and effective methods out there.”
Dr. Elkowitz graciously serves as a longtime member of the Society of Honorary Police Surgeons of the City of New York and is an associate clinical professor at Hofstra University.
“It’s contrary to the way most people work these days, but I absolutely believe that your doctor is not interchangeable and medicine isn’t a commodity, “You see me right before you fall asleep on the table, you see me when you wake up, and I’m there anytime you call—even if it’s 3 a.m. When I take on the responsibility of operating on someone, it’s an absolute promise that I’ll do whatever needs to be done, every single step of the way.” Marc J. Elkowitz, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Marc J. Elkowitz, M.D., F.A.C.S., is double board certified in general surgery and by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Motaz Mahmoud Ebeido
Room - A
2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Motaz Mahmoud Ebeido
Aqua Therapy and Rehab
Hands of Hope is a family owned physical therapy clinic that started in Brooklyn NY. Driven by a unique team of individuals from all walks of life, we proudly manifest an environment where people arrive as patients but leave as family.
Explore the relieving benefits of physical therapy, from interventions that have a near 100% success rate, to the holistic characteristics of aquatherapy; see how kinesthetic awareness and restoration can overcome chronic dis-ease and bring about stronger core restructuring essential in living an prosperous life.
The holistic approach to physical therapy, benefits of Aquatherapy, why maintaining healthy function early in life is important
Marie Anne June Tagorda
Room - B
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Marie Anne June Tagorda
- Learn the source and meaning of your chronic pain and illness
- How to deal with your condition in order to live happy and be free to enjoy your life
- Identify the obstacles blocking your healing (and how to overcome them!)
Jennifer Meihofer
Room - B
2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Jennifer Meihofer
The Vision Workshop- 3 Mindset Keys to Manifesting a Life You Love!
Join me in this inspirational, in-depth, experiential workshop where I help you tap into what you would love, get clear on your goals and dreams, give you 3 keys to achieve even more than you have imagined and feel even more confident in the power within you, to create a life you love! Attendees leave feeling excited and intrigued by the possibility of creating something even more amazing in any area of their lives.
3 Keys to Accelerating Your Results in ALL areas of your life!
1. Learn the Language of Success and Wellness
2. Getting Clear on Your Vision
3. Tools for Overcoming Fear and Limited Thinking
About the Speaker:
Jennifer Meihofer is an inspiring speaker, passionate educator, and sought after transformational coach, who works with a proven system, evolved over 40 years, to integrate both cutting edge science and art of transformation.
A Platinum Life Mastery Consultant, certified by the Life Mastery Institute, Jennifer is passionate about helping others unlock their true potential, achieve outrageous success, and live a life they LOVE living!
With over thirty years of experience, Jennifer has been can help you design and manifest a life that's in harmony with your Soul's purpose.
Dr. Lauren Chmielewski
Room - A
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Dr. Lauren Chmielewski
The Next Phase of Beautiful: Wellness from the Inside Out - How to Enhance Your Look with Cosmetic Surgery
When a healthy lifestyle isn’t yielding the results you want:
- Skincare in today's world of products
- The inside take on injectables such as Botox and Juvederm
- The ABC's of the latest cosmetic surgery procedures
About Dr. Lauren Chmielewski:
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Dr. Lauren Chmielewski graduated from Princeton University, where she majored in Chemistry, Classic Greek and played Division I softball. As a lifelong athlete, Dr. Chmielewski knows the importance of an interdependency and team-based culture. This approach coupled with tireless dedication and integrity culminated during her post-baccalaureate years at the University of Pennsylvania where it quickly became evident that she was meant for a career in medicine.
Dr. Chmielewski obtained her MD from the prestigious Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She then chose to stay at Case Western to complete a rigorous six-year integrated Plastic Surgery training program before returning back to the East Coast to begin her career.
For Dr. Chmielewski, Plastic Surgery is a field that allows her to make a positive impact on patients’ quality of life. Whether restoring the effects of cancer and trauma or improving upon a patient’s appearance and self-esteem, Dr. Chmielewski always enjoys helping her patients achieve satisfying results from challenging problems. Her driving force is the pleasure she derives in working with patients to accomplish this common goal.
While fully trained in all aspects of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Chmielewski is especially passionate about cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, hand surgery, and recontouring of the breast and body.
Talia Adika
Room - A
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Talia Adika
Why Health and Wellbeing Has Nothing to do with Fitness?
In today’s modern world people have the image of health and wellbeing as being physically fit. The person who is skinny and looks good is not necessarily the ideal poster of health and wellbeing. There is so much more that goes into health and wellness. It’s everything from our food, to activities, to our mental health.
I believe living a real food lifestyle is much more than just eating actual food. It’s about learning to treat our bodies with kindness and respect; while finding ways to make our lives simpler, less stressful, and happier!
It’s time for all of us to learn how to create a healthy state of mind. Being aware of mental and physical health makes you healthier in all ways.
We live in a world of busy-ness. Running to and from meetings, calls, appointments and projects all day long. Often with very little attention to the present moment and how we feel. We often forget about ourselves. And I am not alone. I am certain those reading this can relate.
Remember when we were kids and the sky was the limit?
We could do anything, we didn’t have time constraints, we didn’t have our creativity questioned. Most of the time, we did things because we loved them. This is what is called being Healthy. Being happy from inside, you.
As we grew older, things changed for most of us. For many of us, our creativity was squashed, our thirst for fun and new activities and knowledge was lost. And we no longer felt that we had time to enjoy the peace that comes with reflection and curiosity about the world and ourselves. We become so busy doing things that we think we are supposed to do what our most important relationship falls by the wayside and starts to wither, the relationship with ourselves and this amazing journey we call life… We can think of our personal attachment to our cellphones, we are constantly checking emails, social media and text messages. What use is your mobile phone when the battery dies??
The importance of health and wellbeing for women led businesses. The number of women entrepreneurs has catapulted in recent years with female moguls owning 39 percent of the 28 million small businesses around the United States according to a recent SCORE study.
If you are a woman experiencing depression, an anxiety disorder, or another mental health condition, you are not alone.
According to a recent survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 29 million American women, or about 23 percent of the female population, have experienced a diagnosable mental health-related disorder in the last year alone. And those are just the known instances.
Experts say that millions of other cases may go unreported — and untreated.
I do not want women to waste years, and even decades, of their lives being unhappy. Struggling with who they are and what value they bring to the world. Dealing with body shame, unresolved issues from the past, self-loathing, and all the rest of the things I see women struggling with. Things I’ve struggled with.
You bring more to the world than you know. You are strong. You are beautiful.
And you are worthy. Deep inside you, there is a woman just clawing to get out. And you will love that person when she is released. Because you fought to become her.
We make time for our meetings, we make time for appointments because we know that it is important. In the same way it is very important to find time for yourself to find what makes you happy. Be happy and stay fit.
Think… What makes you happy??
About the Speaker:
Talia Adika is a National and International Health Insurance Professional.
Guiding Entrepreneurs, small business owners throughout the United States. She is very knowledgeable and experienced when it comes to healthcare in the USA. Health Insurance is like navigating a maze. Her expertise and knowledge guides Professionals, Health Insurance according to their specific needs.
Bachelor’s Degree from St. John’s University
Master’s Degree Certificate from Cornell University in Labor and Industrial Relations.
Master of Business Degree from Southern New Hampshire University
She has more than 8 years of experience in the Health Insurance Industry.
Ideal clients are entrepreneurs who are busy and driven small business owners. Her clients understand the value of a team and works directly with them to provide and guide them with the best Health Insurance options according to their requirements.
Talia is in a unique position to help time-challenged entrepreneurs become more productive and profitable by helping them find the Health Insurance they need for their employees which saves a lot of time and money. Time and money that they need to grow their business and explore new endeavors.
With a core value of integrity, innovation and growth. Entrepreneurs like working with Talia because she thinks “out of the box”.
Publications • MSNBC - Small Business Entrepreneurs - November 2018 • Featured Article in Brazil on “OBAMA Care Confusion” - November 2017 • US Headline News Featured Article “Small Business Owners in America” Expected Release, March 2019 • London Business Magazine – Article on Health and Well-Being Expected Release Spring 2019 • Global Woman Magazine- Interview, Rising Entrepreneur March 2019
International Benefit Award 2017-2018, The National Society of Leadership New York NY
Dr. Taronté Venable
Room - A
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Dr. Taronte Venable
Unlocking the Brain's Potential to Reduce Stress
Empower yourself as you learn about how stress can affect both your body and your brain. There are many aspects of our daily environment and lifestyle that can contribute to our conscious stress as well as unconscious stresses on our bodies. During this lecture, Dr. Taronté Venable will discuss how the natural, non-invasive, functional neurological techniques he practices can address the root of your problems rather than treating the symptoms with drugs or surgery. He will teach you how you can unleash your brain power to overcome stress, improve digestion and sleep while reducing your anxiety.
About the Speaker:
Taronté E. Venable, DC, DACNB, CES, PES is a passionate practitioner of alternative medicine with the ultimate goal throughout treatment to treat the ailment and the root cause of the problem by discovering what predisposed the body to the injury. This involves treating the body as a whole and not focusing solely on it’s individual parts.
As a chiropractor, he practice diversified adjusting techniques with knowledge and experience of how to appropriately utilize functional neurology, functional movement patterns, corrective/performance exercise, resistance bands, kettle bells, tool-assisted soft tissue, manual soft tissue, pin and stretch techniques, myofascial release, nerve flossing, performance taping, PIR, flexion distraction, ultrasound, electric stimulus, cold laser, shockwave, hot packs and cold packs.
Dr. Venable aspired to be a physical therapist shadowing physical therapy physicians in 2008 to 2009 while completing his undergraduate studies. After graduation he immediately began working as a personal trainer, Maryland state certified chiropractic assistant and rehabilitation specialist at an out-patient physical therapy and chiropractic practice from 2009 to 2012. At the same time, Dr. Venable also worked as a physical therapy technician at an in-patient hospital from 2009 to 2012 as he learned about both acute and chronic care in both facilities and was first exposed to stroke patients. After completing his graduate studies, he moved to New York to begin his career as an associate and has since been successfully treating patients with spinal, extremity and neurological conditions.
Barbara Paskoff & Carol Pack
Room - A
12:30 PM to 1:00 PM
Barbara Paskoff & Carol Pack
Over Sixty Shades of Gray Book Signing
She now has a second career as both a non-fiction author and a novelist, and Carol has just completed a trilogy within her young adult fantasy series known as the Library of Illumination. Kirkus Reviews named Chronicles: The Library of Illumination one of the best books of 2014 and has given a critical nod to each of the subsequent books. She is also the author of the historical fantasy series: Evangeline’s Ghost and is currently working on Evangeline’s Ghost: The Bridge.
Carol received both her BA and MA from New York Institute of Technology. A native New Yorker, she lives on Long Island with her husband Andrew and a picky parrot.
Melanie Harada
Room - A
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Melanie Harada
“Your Financial Well-Being”
Understanding the foundations of various financial concepts is critical to a person’s long-term financial well-being. This non-branded presentation provides a high-level overview of five common financial topics, all brought together into a single session: Saving, Investing, Protecting, Retiring and Estate Planning. Topics like compound interest, asset allocation, various insurance types, retirement income and estate planning tools are all included. At end of discussion, audiences should have enough knowledge to understand financial basics.
You will learn:
- Take control of your day-to-day and month-to-month finances by examining your cash flows
- Be sure you have the capacity to absorb a financial shock by putting in place protection plans
- Monitor your progress towards meeting your financial goals. Consider working with an advisor
- Your financial wellness is part of your overall health and being financially prepared allows you to make choices that can allow you to enjoy your life
About Melanie Harada:
Melanie Harada is the Agency Director of Investment and Annuity Services and the Agency Director of Financial Planning for Lee, Nolan & Koroghlian, LLC a MassMutual firm. She has spent her entire career in financial services. Her focus is on the human side of wealth management, building trusting and lasting relationships with clients while creating financial well-being.
Phillip Angeles
Room - A
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Phillip Angeles
- Learn about Preservatives, Additives & GMO’s and how are they affecting our eating habits
- Learn what you can do to take charge of your health
- Health/Weight Management Coaching and Education
Odellya Sohnis
Room - A
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Yoga Sculpt: Sculpt Your Body, Mind, and Spirit
This lecture is an informative talk of the benefits of Hot Yoga Sculpt. It raises awareness of why it is so important to stay in shape, what it even means to “stay in shape,” and how this practice plays into that.
You will Learn:
- Mental health is just as important as physical health and the 2 are intertwined. While yoga sculpt focuses more on body, it wears it out so much that once you finally reach your mat in shivasana (the final resting pose), you feel yourself mentally open up, and it helps you access your spirit- that essence that is you behind all the distractions. Yoga sculpt, just like yoga, is the balance between body, mind, and spirit.
- Yoga is a practice—not a test. There are no rules—only guidelines. There is a modification for every pose and you can practice whichever version and to whatever depth feels right in your body, it’s different for everyone.
- There are so many misconceptions in yoga- you have to be flexible, your pose has to look like that person’s,… In yoga, we practice mindfulness (nonjudgmental awareness)- everyone is too focused on their own balance and pose to care if you fell out of yours. If you fall out, no big deal! Laugh it off, and get back in- nothing happened.
About the Speaker:
Odellya Sohnis
Hi! My background is in film and everything stressful. I took my first session of hot yoga sculpt through a rough time 3 years ago, and feeling the mental declutter and physical grounding, ended up practicing for the rest of my life. I feel the benefits extend passed my mat and into my day-to-day, and now devote my time to giving you that revelatory experience.
Odellya Sohnis
Room - B
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
Yoga Sculpt: Sculpt Your Body, Mind, and Spirit
This lecture is an informative talk of the benefits of Hot Yoga Sculpt. It raises awareness of why it is so important to stay in shape, what it even means to “stay in shape,” and how this practice plays into that.
You will Learn:
- Mental health is just as important as physical health and the 2 are intertwined. While yoga sculpt focuses more on body, it wears it out so much that once you finally reach your mat in shivasana (the final resting pose), you feel yourself mentally open up, and it helps you access your spirit- that essence that is you behind all the distractions. Yoga sculpt, just like yoga, is the balance between body, mind, and spirit.
- Yoga is a practice—not a test. There are no rules—only guidelines. There is a modification for every pose and you can practice whichever version and to whatever depth feels right in your body, it’s different for everyone.
- There are so many misconceptions in yoga- you have to be flexible, your pose has to look like that person’s,… In yoga, we practice mindfulness (nonjudgmental awareness)- everyone is too focused on their own balance and pose to care if you fell out of yours. If you fall out, no big deal! Laugh it off, and get back in- nothing happened.
About the Speaker:
Odellya Sohnis
Hi! My background is in film and everything stressful. I took my first session of hot yoga sculpt through a rough time 3 years ago, and feeling the mental declutter and physical grounding, ended up practicing for the rest of my life. I feel the benefits extend passed my mat and into my day-to-day, and now devote my time to giving you that revelatory experience.