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PAINWeekEnd in Seattle Offers CE/CME Education to Meet the Challenges of Opioid Prescribing Regulations

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As payer policies for treatment continue to evolve, it is important that providers take steps to stay current on the legal and regulatory environment that may affect their practice and their patients


MONTCLAIR, N.J. (PRWEB)

PAINWeekEnd on November 9 at the Grand Hyatt, 721 Pine Street in Seattle, Washington, will be a timely full day program providing busy clinicians and allied healthcare practitioners with 6.0 hours of relevant, practical instruction in the management of chronic pain.

Earlier this year, acting on a legislative mandate, the Washington State Medical Commission concluded a public comment and hearing process on proposed changes to the state’s opioid prescribing requirements for physicians and physician assistants. In a communication to its membership, the Washington State Medical Association sought support for its position that “…the WSMA remains concerned about the volume of administrative burden and liability these rules would place on physicians and physician assistants during the limited context of a patient encounter and the resulting impact on access to appropriate care. Senior faculty member Jennifer Bolen, JD, founder of The Legal Side of Pain, in Knoxville, Tennessee is a presenter. She observed, “As payer policies for treatment continue to evolve, it is important that providers take steps to stay current on the legal and regulatory environment that may affect their practice and their patients. To that end, I look forward to helping PAINWeekEnd attendees understand medical necessity for substance abuse treatment, drug testing, and prescribing controlled medications.” Attorney Bolen will present two courses at PAINWeekEnd: Get Your Specimens in Order: Timely Use of Test Results, and Embrace Changes and Prevent Overdose: A Basic Blueprint for Legal Risk Mitigation and Response.

Other courses to be offered at PAINWeekEnd Seattle include Nonopioid Analgesics: Antidepressants, Adjuvant Therapies, and Muscle Relaxants; Urine Drug Testing: A Patient Centered Approach; Cannabis vs Cannabinoids: The Politics of Medical Marijuana; and Rational Polypharmacy. Commercially supported activities—addressing a range of product, disease state, and medical information topics—will also be presented.

For more information about this or other regional conferences, and to register for $129, go to the https://www.painweek.org/conferences/painweekend/seattle-wa-2019-conference website. BONUS: PAINWeekEnd registrants may register for the 2020 PAINWeek National Conference, September 8-12, in Las Vegas, for $200 off the regular online published price.

About Global Education Group:

Global Education Group focuses on producing partnership-based CME for healthcare practitioners. The Global team works with a select group of medical education companies, associations, academic institutions and healthcare facilities to develop and accredit live healthcare conferences and workshops as well as online activities. With each partnership or joint providership, Global brings accreditation expertise, project management excellence and grant funding intelligence. Based in Littleton, Colo., Global has accreditation with commendation from the ACCME. Global also holds accreditations to offer continuing education for nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, dietitians, dentists and psychologists. Global is a division of Ultimate Medical Academy.

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Public Health and Community Leaders from Across the Nation Will Convene in Baltimore This Week to Advance Plans for Sharing Multi-Sector Data to Improve Community Health

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If we want to make individuals and communities healthier, we need to expand our lens beyond health care to involve other sectors such as housing, community development, education, transportation, and criminal justice,” said Peter Eckart, Co-Director, DASH.


BALTIMORE (PRWEB)

The importance of sharing data across sectors to improve community health will take center stage this week as more than 350 public health and community leaders convene in Baltimore for the third annual All In: Data for Community Health national meeting. Leaders from more than 150 communities across the nation will be on hand during the three-day event to explore ways to improve population health by unleashing the full potential of their data through partnerships that bring diverse sectors together.

Launched in 2016, All In: Data for Community Health is a learning network of communities testing exciting new ways to systematically improve community health outcomes through multi-sector partnerships working to share data. To accelerate learning among early innovators in the field, the All In learning network is currently led by six national and regional programs: BUILD Health Challenge, Data Across Sectors for Health, Network for Public Health Law, New Jersey Health Initiatives, Population Health Innovation Lab, and the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI). Additionally, All In brings together more than 150 community-based, multi-sector coalitions from across the nation that are actively engaged in planning, building or using shared data systems. All In partner networks are building the evidence base to advance practice, identify gaps, highlight investment needs, and inform policy.

Developing data systems that combine health care and public health datasets with data from other sectors can help community leaders acquire a more complete picture of factors that impact community health outcomes. Access to multi-sector data increases their capacity to implement more effective programs, policies, and system-wide changes and also leads to better care coordination across sectors for those with complex health and social needs.

“There is broad agreement that, if we want to make individuals and communities healthier, we need to expand our lens beyond health care to involve other sectors such as housing, community development, education, transportation, and criminal justice,” said Peter Eckart, Co-Director, DASH. “Data from these sources can provide new ways of understanding the forces working for and against health in a community, and increase the capacity of community members, elected officials and other local leaders to plan, develop and support programs and policies that optimize health and well-being.”

The third annual All In national meeting will kick off at 1 p.m. ET today with an interactive opening plenary designed to engage attendees in their common vision of building capacity to address the social determinants of health through multi-sector data-sharing collaborations. From interactive deep-dive sessions to round-table discussions, workshops, and break-out sessions, the meeting will provide many opportunities to discover new data-sharing solutions and gain practical guidance from experts. Crowdsourcing and live polling will be used throughout the meeting to garner feedback and input from attendees in real time.

The program continues on Wednesday, Oct. 16 with a morning plenary led by Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, FAAP, Commonwealth Fund Mongan Minority Health Policy Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. With a specific focus on anti-racism, the plenary will explore the ethical implications of public data-sharing and its impacts on power, vulnerability, accountability, and racial inequality. Also on Oct. 16, the Georgia Health Policy Center will host an “Aligning Systems for Health” lunch to discuss the learning system they are developing. Another highlight of the day will feature the launch of the new All In Affinity Groups, which will provide opportunities to deepen the conversation on popular topics both during the meeting and through continued programming afterwards.

Sessions, presentations and networking opportunities will continue on Thursday, Oct. 17, beginning with a plenary panel titled “Strategies for the Win-Win in Accessing Data: Stories from the Field.” Recognizing that a fair amount of tension exists across state agencies in governance and data sharing, the plenary panel will address the state-local relationship and push-pull around data-sharing to improve community health.

Since 2016, All In partners and their funded community collaborations have been testing innovative multi-sector data-sharing projects. An overview of the now more than 150 community projects across the United States is available here.

“There is no roadmap for this complex work,” said Jessica Solomon Fisher, Chief Innovations Officer for PHNCI. “If we want to make progress in this field together, it’s critical that communities share their experiences so that collectively, we can learn from each other’s failures and successes. All In helps bring to scale the hard-won knowledge and practical lessons learned from communities to accelerate progress toward improved health for all.”

For more information about All In: Data for Community Health, visit https://www.allindata.org/ or call Josh Gryniewicz at (312) 850-4744.

About All In

All In: Data for Community Health is a nationwide learning collaborative that helps communities build capacity to address the social determinants of health through multi-sector data sharing collaborations. All In partner networks are building the evidence base to advance practice, identify gaps, highlight investment needs, and inform policy.

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Kristin Van Heertum MD Joins Nashville Fertility Center

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Kristin Van Heertum MD, Nashville Fertility Center

Kristin Van Heertum MD, Nashville Fertility Center

When I found Nashville Fertility Center, I was impressed by the team. I realized it’s where I want to practice reproductive medicine. I’m looking forward to working with the team to help patients achieve pregnancy.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB)

Nashville Fertility Center (NFC) is proud to announce that Kristin Van Heertum MD will be the latest fertility doctor to join the practice. In addition to treating general infertility, Dr. Van Heertum offers expertise in fertility surgery and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

The team at NFC looks forward to Dr. Van Heertum joining the practice and believes she is the perfect fit. According to Founder George Hill MD, “We believe that Dr. Van Heertum will be an excellent addition to our practice. Her special training in minimally invasive and robotic fertility surgery combined with her knowledge and compassion will greatly benefit our patients.”

Dr. Van Heertum is equally excited about working with NFC to help patients overcome infertility. “When I found Nashville Fertility Center, I was impressed by the team. The partners are so knowledgeable and kind. I realized it’s where I want to practice reproductive medicine. I’m looking forward to working with the team to help patients achieve pregnancy,” she says.

Kristin Van Heertum MD offers a strong educational background and surgical training.

Dr. Van Heertum earned her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She then completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health in Abington, Pennsylvania. To round out her training, Dr. Van Heertum completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University. Throughout her training, she published multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research at a number of national meetings.

During her residency and fellowship, Kristin Van Heertum MD gained a wealth of knowledge about fertility diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, she trained in advanced surgical techniques, including minimally invasive and robotic fertility surgery. “It’s so rewarding to see how the right surgical techniques can help patients overcome fertility challenges,” she explains.

A passion for helping her patients overcome infertility

Kristin Van Heertum MD finds that working as a reproductive endocrinologist is incredibly rewarding. “Being a fertility doctor allows me to develop close and meaningful relationships with my patients. It’s life-changing work and I feel so blessed to help patients build families.”

Providing treatment for PCOS and performing fertility surgery are among Dr. Van Heertum’s clinical interests. She also has expertise in all areas of infertility diagnosis and treatment, including ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Dr. Van Heertum is now accepting new patients at Nashville Fertility Center.

About Nashville Fertility Center

Nashville Fertility Center (NFC) has provided state-of-the-art infertility and reproductive endocrinology services to patients throughout Tennessee and the surrounding states since 1991. Founded by George Hill MD, this highly respected practice has grown into a team of compassionate and knowledgeable fertility specialists who have successfully treated thousands of patients. For more information, please visit http://www.nashvillefertility.com.

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Former Brightwood Students Graduate from Unitek College

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Unitek College is one of California’s reputable healthcare and nursing colleges. Taught by experienced professionals, Unitek programs teach the clinical technique and theory used in the field today.

The leadership team at Unitek honored their commitment to the community by extending a warm welcome to the Brightwood students.


SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB)

In 2019, Unitek opened its doors to various nursing students from Brightwood College. All Brightwood locations began to shut down in late 2018. Students who started in July were only entering their second term when the school closed its doors. For a time, it seemed as if these students would have to start over. Then the leadership team at Unitek honored their commitment to the community by extending a warm welcome to the Brightwood students.

Furthermore, Unitek hired Brightwood’s former Program Director, Dr. Sonja Sheppard, and several of her faculty members to help the students complete the program at Unitek. Of the 50 students affected by the closure, 36 of them resumed their studies at Unitek’s Sacramento campus. All of these individuals were in varying stages of their former program.

In order to accommodate their needs, the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) allowed additional cohorts at the Sacramento campus. Unitek was only one of two colleges given special dispensation from the BVNPT to assist former Brightwood students. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dr. Sheppard and the Unitek team, exceptional courses were created to keep the students on track. They might have left Brightwood in December of 2018, but they graduated from Unitek on October 1, 2019.

“With all the time and effort we had put in to the program thus far, it felt as if everything was coming down on us and there was nowhere to turn and no solution to the problem. And then Unitek happened,” said Monique Martinez, a former Brightwood student who gave a speech at her pinning ceremony. “We overcame everything that was thrown our way, even in times we thought we could not, because we all knew why we were there and that we wanted to succeed. After all the hard work, dedication, and sleepless nights, we finally made it.”

Janis Paulson, the Chief Executive Officer at Unitek College, greatly assisted former Brightwood staff and students with the transition. She recently commented on the experience: “We are thrilled to have helped these students resume their education and realize their dreams. In helping others, we hope to create a better future for the next generation of nurses.”

Unitek College is one of California’s reputable healthcare and nursing colleges. Taught by experienced professionals, Unitek programs teach the clinical technique and theory used in the field today. Equipped with a multitude of sought-after skills, Unitek graduates are prepared to excel in many of the fastest-growing careers in healthcare and nursing.

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Potential Link Between Heart Disease and Tooth Loss Highlights Need for Good Oral Healthcare, says Beverly Hills Periodontics and Dental Implant Center

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The health of the teeth and gums may be more closely linked with heart health than previously thought.

This growing evidence adds real urgency to the importance of treating periodontal problems and preventing tooth loss, as well as replacing any missing teeth with dental implants whenever possible.


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (PRWEB)

An October 4 article on US News reports on preliminary findings that add to the mounting evidence suggesting a correlation between tooth loss and heart disease. The researchers found that individuals between 40 and 79 who had lost all of their teeth had a 28 percent chance of also having heart-related problems, compared to just seven percent for those who never lost any of their teeth. While the study has yet to be peer-reviewed and published, the initial findings are backed by an ongoing flow of evidence from other studies suggesting that poor gum health and missing teeth are strongly associated with heart problems and other serious overall health issues. Beverly Hills Periodontics & Dental Implant Center says that this growing evidence adds real urgency to the importance of treating periodontal problems and preventing tooth loss, as well as replacing any missing teeth with dental implants whenever possible.

The oral care center says that both moderate and severe cases of gum diseases often cause severe inflammation, halitosis (bad breath), receding gums, and bone loss. Oftentimes, teeth also begin to shift and become malaligned. That is just the beginning, says the clinic, because untreated periodontal disease makes losing teeth likely. Missing teeth, in addition to other issues discussed above, invariably encourage bone loss which can lead to the loss of more teeth that can lead to a rapid downward spiral. Patients experiencing gum disease symptoms should most certainly visit their dentist sooner rather than later, the center continues, as periodontal disease almost never gets better on its own.

Beverly Hills Periodontics & Dental Implant Center notes that many patients tend to put off oral healthcare, which can only make matters more dangerous and painful. Reluctant patients should be aware that today’s treatments have evolved to better minimize discomfort and childhood memories may tend to exaggerate the stress associated with oral health work. Patients should keep in mind that, the longer they wait, the more involved the work is likely to be, adds the oral healthcare office. On the other hand, it is never too late to address issues. Even when one or more teeth cannot be saved and need to be extracted, dental implants not only replace missing teeth, unlike dentures they can actually prevent bone loss and other issues, says the center.

Interested readers can find out more about Beverly Hills Periodontics and Dental Implant Center by visiting the clinic’s website at https://www.bhperiodontist.com/ or by calling (310) 275-4606.

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Twiggy Bean, Ph.D., announces the release of ‘Divorce Bullying: An Epidemic’

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (PRWEB)

Twiggy Bean, Ph.D., wanted to educate others about the divorce bullying epidemic so that it may help those suffering in embittered divorce battles make better decisions and become truly child focused. This objective prompted her to write “Divorce Bullying: An Epidemic – Divorce Bullying—How to overcome a bully, be resilient, and STOP the cycle! Don’t be a divorce bully!” (published by Balboa Press), a guidebook that serves as a blueprint for preventing and responding to divorce bullying.

Filled with case studies, diagrams, and easy-to-follow steps, the book shares strategies to prevent and respond to what has become a bullying epidemic. Drawing on her own experiences as well as those of individuals she has helped, Bean teaches readers how to identify a divorce bully before their behavior gets out of hand, fight divorce bullying when it occurs, protect children and loved ones from a divorce bully and prevent from becoming a divorce bully themselves. She also explains that not all divorce bullies were bullies while married. Sometimes, bullying can take place for the first time during a divorce, which can make recognizing it a challenge.

“I’ve mediated divorces for more than nine years, teaching anger management and domestic violence classes to perpetrators and victims, teaching cooperative parenting and divorce classes, and conducting workplace bullying research for my dissertation. I have listened to hundreds of real-life stories and witnessed the hurt and sadness that causes the divorce epidemic to be harder than it has to be,” Bean says. “Whether you are a judge, guardian ad litem, attorney, mother, father or family member who is merely caught in the mess, please read this book with an open mind and an open heart.”

Bean hopes that by sharing these real-life stories in the book, someone will become stronger, make a better decision or become kinder and gentler during one of the most painful processes most people will ever experience. For more details about the book, please visit https://www.amazon.com/Divorce-Bullying-Epidemic-Bullying-How-resilient/dp/1982200138.

“Divorce Bullying: An Epidemic – Divorce Bullying—How to overcome a bully, be resilient, and STOP the cycle! Don’t be a divorce bully!”

By Twiggy Bean, Ph.D.

Hardcover | 5.5 x 8.5in | 112 pages | ISBN 9781982200121

Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5in | 112 pages | ISBN 9781982200138

E-Book | 112 pages | ISBN 9781982200145

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author

Twiggy Bean, Ph.D., owns a mediation and counseling center in Appalachia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in management, a real estate certificate, a master’s degree in business administration, a master’s degree in conflict management, and a doctorate degree in management with an emphasis in conflict management. She is a certified mediator and an adjunct professor in the graduate programs at two universities in Appalachia.

Balboa Press, a division of Hay House, Inc. – a leading provider in publishing products that specialize in self-help and the mind, body, and spirit genres. Through an alliance with indie book publishing leader Author Solutions, LLC, authors benefit from the leadership of Hay House Publishing and the speed-to-market advantages of the self-publishing model. For more information, visit balboapress.com. To start publishing your book with Balboa Press, call 877-407-4847 today. For the latest, follow @balboapress on Twitter.

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Smart Kids Hosts Conference for Parents of Children with LD and ADHD

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Dr. Peg Dawson, keynote speaker

Such fascinating speakers…I wish I could go to every presentation!


NORWALK, Conn. (PRWEB)

On November 2, 2019, Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities will host the 3rd Annual Fall Parenting Conference: Rising to the Challenge at Winston Preparatory School in Norwalk, CT. The conference will provide parents of children with learning disabilities (LD) and ADHD the opportunity to hear from experts on a wide range of topics that will help parents help their children succeed.

The keynote address, “LD/ADHD/Executive Skills – What’s the Connection?” will be delivered by Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, renowned child psychologist and founder of The Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Dawson is the author of the best-selling “Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential” and “Smart but Scattered Teens”, in addition to several other books, articles, and book chapters. Dr. Dawson will also present a break-out session discussing “Self-Regulated Learners: Helping Kids Grow Their Own Executive Skills.”

An additional ten break-out sessions will cover advocacy, educational evaluations, assistive technology, managing parent stress, non-verbal learning disabilities, understanding your teenager, and more. High school students with learning disabilities and ADHD will discuss their challenges to give parents an inside view of LD and ADHD as part of a youth panel.

Middle and high school students, ages 11-18, are invited to attend their own special track of sessions. Topics will include mindful movement, what is going on with your parents, in addition to offering an opportunity for young people with LD and ADHD to connect with one another in group discussions. Registration for youth attendees is only $15, and includes breakfast and lunch.

Attendees at last year’s conference were unanimous in their praise of the event:

  • “Such fascinating speakers”

  • “It was great to be with other parents who ‘get it’ “

  • “The youth panel was amazing and impressive”

  • “I wish I could go to every presentation”

  • “So happy I could be here”

Major sponsors of the conference are Winston Preparatory School and The Gow School. Parents will have the opportunity to visit with additional exhibitors to learn about schools and providers serving children with LD and ADHD.

Registration is $50 and includes breakfast and lunch. Registration and a complete schedule are available at http://risingtothechallenge3.eventbrite.com

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FDAnews Announces — Labeling for Prescription Drugs, Biologics and Combination Products:Complying with FDA’s Most Recent IFU Guidance Webinar, Oct. 29, 2019

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Labeling for Prescription Drugs, Biologics and

Combination Products:

Complying with FDA’s Most Recent IFU Guidance

**An FDAnews Webinar**

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT

https://www.fdanews.com/labelpredrug

What implications does the recent Instructions for Use (IFU) guidance have on new drug applications and biologics license applications?

How will the current content and format for IFUs need to be modified?

Alan G. Minsk, Esq. — a partner and leader of the Food & Drug Practice Team of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP — will clarify the new guidance and explain how to comply with it.

During this webinar, attendees will discuss:


  • Why FDA issued the draft guidance and its importance to regulatory, quality and compliance specialists, including the content and format concerns of FDA in general and details necessary for safe and effective use

  • What kind of language IFUs should be written in to be patient friendly

  • What the guidance recommends in terms of voice, commands and sentences

  • Examples of sample labeling that covers all elements of an IFU from dosage and usage to storage and disposal

  • What kinds of recommendations FDA makes in terms of design and layout, such as the use of easy-to-read fonts, sequential numbering and white space

  • Some practical considerations on patient labeling, from a business perspective

If one is at all unclear how to implement this guidance and change IFUs to include what the FDA considers to be “clear, concise information that is easily understood,” one must attend this webinar. NDAs and BLAs depend on it.

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Call (888) 838-5578 in the U.S. or +1 (703) 538-7600 globally

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Labeling for Prescription Drugs, Biologics and

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Complying with FDA’s Most Recent IFU Guidance

**An FDAnews Webinar**

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT

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Bay Area Teen, Saved by Organ Transplant as a Baby, Chosen as Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Rider

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Khalieghya Dandie-Evans

One family’s decision to donate gave Khalieghya and her family the hope they needed as they watched her fight to stay alive as a baby in desperate need of a transplant.


RICHMOND, Calif. (PRWEB)

Khalieghya Dandie-Evans, a liver transplant recipient from Richmond, Calif. was chosen by Donor Network West to ride atop the Donate Life Rose Parade® float in the 131st Rose Parade® on New Year’s Day. She will represent the thousands of people impacted by organ and tissue donation across Northern California and Northern Nevada, the organization’s service area.

Khalieghya, 17, grew up believing it was “normal” to have received an organ transplant. She was born prematurely and diagnosed with biliary atresia soon after birth. A liver from a four-year-old donor saved her life when she was only six months old.

“Being a transplant recipient is all I have known; I thought that everybody got transplants. I am very happy to be alive today as I have lost friends due to transplant-related complications,” says Khalieghya with a bright smile.

Her smile, however, does not embody all of what she and her family went through for her to be alive today. After her transplant at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, she had to endure many medical tests, hospital visits, surgeries, and treatments.

The year 2020 is very special for Khalieghya; not only will she be a part of the Rose Parade, she will be graduating from high school with honors. Until then, she continues to advocate for organ donation as a Donate Life Ambassador with Donor Network West and volunteers with her local police department and community programs focused on mental illness and resources for the homeless. She is also a member of her high school’s Black Student Union and a multi-sport athlete.

“One family’s decision to donate gave Khalieghya and her family the hope they needed as they watched her fight to stay alive as a baby in desperate need of a transplant. We are happy to have been a part of her journey in becoming the resilient young woman that she is today thanks to the power of organ donation,” says Janice F. Whaley, Chief Executive Officer of Donor Network West.

The Rose Parade, which will take place in Pasadena, Calif. on January 1, 2020, will welcome an estimated 700,000 spectators and will be watched by over 70 million viewers worldwide on television. The parade’s theme, The Power of Hope, honors the opportunity to look beyond challenges of the moment and light a path to a brighter future.

The 2020 Donate Life Rose Parade® float, Light in the Darkness, shares the Power of Hope by highlighting Southeast Asia’s Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, a celebration of light shining in darkness. The float will include 70 participants from across the U.S. Twenty-six organ and tissue recipients or living donors will be atop or walk alongside the float during the parade.

Floral displays overflow from intricate vessels adorned with 44 memorial floral portraits that honor the Gift of Life and light given by deceased organ, eye, and tissue donors.

Nearly 10,000 people await a life-saving organ transplant in Northern California and Nevada. One organ donor can save the lives of up to eight people and a tissue donor can heal more than 75 others Anyone can register as a donor at DonorNetworkWest.org or at the DMV.

About Donor Network West

Donor Network West saves and heals lives by facilitating organ and tissue recovery for transplantation. The organization was established in 1987, and is an official Donate Life organization accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). Federally designated to serve 40 counties in Northern California and Nevada, Donor Network West partners with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the state-authorized donor registries. For information, visit DonorNetworkWest.org and follow us on social media: @mydnwest.

About the Pasadena Tournament of Roses®

The Tournament of Roses is a volunteer organization that hosts America’s New Year Celebration® with the Rose Parade® presented by Honda, the Rose Bowl Game® presented by Northwestern Mutual and a variety of accompanying events. 935 volunteer members of the association will drive the success of 131st Rose Parade themed “The Power of Hope,” on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, followed by the 106th Rose Bowl Game. For more information, visit http://www.tournamentofroses.com. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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Award-Winning Journalist, Ashley Lyles, Named Miss New York International 2020

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Ashley Lyles, 24, of New York City, was crowned Miss New York International and will go on to compete for the title of Miss International 2020 during the final competition in Kingsport, Tenn., July 30-Aug. 1, 2020. Lyles is an award-winning medical journalist and an aspiring physician. She travels to domestic and international medical society meetings, primarily covering cardiology.

During her reign as Miss New York International, Lyles will devote much of her time to her platform Arrest the Risk, the American Heart Association (AHA), and the AHA Go Red for Women movement. As an ambassador for AHA and the movement, she will focus on CPR training for young women and youth. She will also contribute to cardiovascular disease prevention efforts internationally. Her passion for heart health is driven by her father’s battle with heart disease, which resulted in sudden cardiac arrest and sextuple bypass surgery.

“His lifeless body was literally lying face down on a moving treadmill. No one working at the gym that day knew how to perform CPR or how to use a defibrillator. I am more determined than ever to make sure what happened to my dad becomes a thing of the past,” says Lyles.

International Pageants, Inc. supports Go Red for Women through nation-wide volunteer and financial support. Her father’s battle with heart disease is the inspiration behind her pursuit of a career as a medical journalist and as a cardiologist. She is a graduate of New York University’s Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program (NYU SHERP). Previously, she studied professional writing at Michigan State University.

Her talent and passion for heart health awareness earned her the 2017 Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Jason Kahn Medical Journalism Fellowship and a seat on its Women’s Heart Health Initiative Advisory Committee. Her work has taken her to Honduras, Cambodia, France, and Ghana and has appeared in outlets like The New York Times Daily 360, PBS NewsHour, The Huffington Post, The Root, and Tonic (Vice), among others. A true champion of children’s literacy, Ashley was appointed by former Southfield mayor Brenda Lawrence to serve as a student representative for the Southfield Public Library Board.

The Miss International Pageant is owned and operated by International Pageants, Inc., which also operates Mrs. International, Miss Teen International, and Miss Pre-Teen International pageants. It is the only platform-based pageant system dedicated to highlighting women’s accomplishments through community service. Miss International showcases young women 19-to 30-years-old and features four categories of competition, including interview, fitness wear, fun fashion and evening gown. For more information about Ashley Lyles visit http://www.ashleylyles.com/

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