Press Releases
January 14, 2009
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Women’s Health Advisory Council Hosts its Fifth Annual “House Calls”
Lake Forest, Ill. – At Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, your doctors provide compassionate care you’ve grown to trust. This January, the doctors will go one step further — they’ll make house calls at a popular annual event sponsored by the hospital.
The fifth annual “House Calls” will include an evening of health discussions and dinner in a warm, intimate atmosphere. Six hospital physicians will lead small-group presentations on today’s most thought-provoking health topics. The evening will include plenty of opportunities for attendees to ask questions — or to share their own insights.
The historic Onwentsia Club is home to this year’s event, to be held on Saturday, January 31 at 6:30 p.m. Participants will choose two discussions to attend, enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with the physicians, followed by a sit-down dinner and dessert.
“House Calls is a wonderful opportunity to hear from leading Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital physicians on topical issues in an informal setting,” said Suzanne Myers, co-chair of the event. “It is always a lovely evening.” Myers’s co-chair is Kari Falls, a fellow member of the Women’s Health Advisory Council. House Calls is the group’s signature event.
The discussion topics vary from year to year. This year’s topics include:
- “The Brown Plague: Tobacco Disease in America”, Dr. Michael G. Ankin
- “Is This Going to Hurt? The Truth about Immunizations”, Dr. Cynthia Chou
- “Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Rest of the Story”, Dr. Hugh Falls
- “Behind the Scenes of Your Local Emergency Department”, Dr. Jack Franaszek
- “Oh, My Aching Back and Neck! A User’s Guide for Feeling Better”, Dr. Tomas Nemickas
- “From Pink to Black…The New Color Obsession (breast cancer and melanoma)”, Dr. Sonya Sharpless
The event costs $100 per person. To make a reservation, call the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Office of Philanthropy at (847)535-6111 or register online at lfh.org/philanthropy.
About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The hospital has 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has been named the Consumer Choice Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit lfh.org.