Please join Aortic Hope in this special Live Q&A event with Carmen David as your host, featuring Dr. Melissa Russo, Brown University and Dr. Rana Afifi, UT Health., on our AHTV YouTube channel:
Carmen and the doctors will be discussing the rare cases of aortic disease and pregnancy/postpartum with hope of helping this community of women navigate diagnosis, reproductive health & family planning, recovery and will answer questions on how to move forward.
Dr. Melissa Russo - Dr. Russo is a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk obstetrics) and clinical genetics. She is also an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology . She currently works at Women and Infants Hospital, an affiliate of Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Dr. Rana Afifi - Dr. Afifi is an assistant professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, Texas. She is also the Program Director of Advanced Aortic Surgery and Structural Heart Fellowship, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.
Carmen David is a survivor of an aortic dissection, hope ambassador with Aortic Hope, aorta advocate with JRF and founder of Run for Aortic Health. (not to mention a wife and amazing mother!)
As always, information shared during this liv event is to be used for information purposes only. Please discuss any questions you have with your personal physician.