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Dr. Gonzalez is a board certified, fellowship trained sports medicine physician. His experience in family medicine trained him to have a comprehensive approach to patient care allowing him to treat patients as a whole. He is fluent in Spanish allowing him to better accommodate our Spanish speaking community. His clinical interests include degenerative conditions of the joints, tendons, muscles and ligaments, as well as overhead throwing athletes, sports related concussion management, running athletes, dance medicine and the overall comprehensive health of physical athletes.

More than 200 people decked out from head to toe in red are expected to gather on Thursday, March 30, 5 p.m. at Surf Club on the Sound for the Westchester Go Red for Women Celebration to raise awareness and help fund the fight against heart disease and stroke, which claim the lives of more women than all forms of cancer combined.

Since 2004, the American Heart Association, devoted to a world of healthier lives for all, has engaged more than 2 million women to learn their risk of heart disease and stroke, and take powerful steps to take charge of their health through its Go Red for Women movement. While advocacy and educational campaigns focused on heart disease have made great strides in improving knowledge and attitudes among women, health disparities still exist among and between women.

This year’s event will feature an engaging “Let’s Get to the Heart of It” panel comprised of local experts that understand the struggles women face to juggle family, work and self-care all while trying to prioritize health. The chat will be a unique opportunity for attendees to hear thought-provoking, education and inspiring conversation amongst four women who are not only experts in their respective fields, but are mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and friends.

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Dr. Arsoy is a board certified Orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee including primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty. He has special interest in hip disorders of the young adult and adolescent due to sports injuries, hip impingement, dysplasia and childhood deformities such as Perthes disease and SCFE. He has significant clinical expertise in hip preservation surgeries such as hip arthroscopy, pelvic osteotomies and open hip impingement procedures.

Dr. Kazarian is a fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of spinal conditions and disorders. He treats all conditions of the adult spine, including trauma, deformity, oncologic, and routine degenerative spine disorders. He has authored numerous publications, including research on minimizing length of stay and complication rate for adult and geriatric patients that undergo spine surgery.

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With a theme of Be the Beat, this year’s luncheon will feature tools and information to help Westchester County improve training and bystander CPR rates for women, who are still less likely to receive bystander CPR than men. The American Heart Association notes nearly three out of every four cardiac arrests happen in homes and is calling for at least one person in every household to learn Hands-Only CPR this February. The two simple steps of Hands-Only CPR are to call 911 and to push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives.

Women are less likely to receive bystander CPR partly because people fear accusations of inappropriate touching, sexual assault or

“The Go Red for Women Celebration is not just about wearing red. This is about all of us standing together and doing something to fight our No. 1 killer, which claims the lives of 1 in every 3 women. Losing even one woman to this largely preventable and treatable disease is too many,” said Amanda Palumbo, Executive Director in Westchester and Fairfield Counties for the American Heart Association.

This year’s Go Red for Women movement and its local achievements will be celebrated on Thursday, March 30 at the Surf Club on the Sound. Go Red for Women is nationally sponsored by CVS Health and is locally sponsored by Live Fierce Take Action sponsor White Plains Hospital; and Live Fierce Go Red sponsor Northwell Health.

For more information about Go Red for Women visit WestchesterGoRed.heart.org or contact Amanda Palumbo at amanda. palumbo@heart.org.