‘To Your Health’ presents Dr. Daniel Van Buren, Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at the New England Heart Institute at Androscoggin Valley Hospital on Thursday, February 6 (snow date Feb. 13) from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the West Parish Congregational Church, 32 Church St, Bethel. This is a free event; all ages are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

 

BETHEL — In recognition of American Heart Month, “To Your Health” is pleased to host its popular annual heart-health educational program presented by Dr. Daniel van Buren, FACC, Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at the New England Heart Institute at Androscoggin Valley Hospital of Berlin, NH.

A resident of Bethel and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. van Buren will discuss recent advances in cardiovascular medicine. The program will take place on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the West Parish Congregational Church, 32 Church Street in Bethel. (Snow date is Feb. 13.) This is a free event. All ages are welcome.

Popular and well-respected on the subject of cardiovascular medicine, Dr. van Buren returns for the 11th year, having presented a broad range of topics to the community over the past decade including Women and Heart Disease, Facts about Cholesterol, Atrial Fibrillation, Congestive Heart Failure, Valvular Heart Disease and more. This year’s topic, entitled “Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine,” will provide up-to-date information about new developments in the field.

Following the program, Dr. van Buren will address questions from the audience. “To Your Health” Committee founders, Jan Stowell and Rosabelle Tifft, will conclude with a special expression of gratitude and honorary recognition for Dr. van Buren’s decade of service to the community.

Dr. van Buren has been a member of the Androscoggin Valley Hospital Board of Directors since 2014, having joined the medical staff there in 2010. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Adult Echocardiography.

Now in its 19th year, “To Your Health,” in collaboration with Western Mountains Senior College, the Bethel Family Health Center, and MSAD#44 Continuing Education, has been providing free health education programs to the Bethel area communities.

For more information, please contact MSAD#44 at 207-824-2136 X1340 or email WMSC@sad44.org. Registration for this event is encouraged but not required. To register online, please visit https://sad44.coursestorm.com/ and click on the Western Mountains Senior College tab in the lower right corner.

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