BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260714T123000Z DTEND:20260714T143000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:WBA: Women's Health Panel DESCRIPTION:Women's Health Panel: Empowering Women Through Knowledge & Conversation\n\nJoin us on July 14th for an engaging and informative Women's Health Panel featuring five local healthcare professionals from a variety of specialties. This unique event is designed to provide valuable insights\, answer common questions\, and encourage meaningful conversations about the health topics that matter most to women.\n\nWhether you're looking to learn more about preventative care\, wellness\, nutrition\, mental health\, hormonal health\, or overall well-being\, our panelists will share their expertise and perspectives in a welcoming and educational setting.\n\nEvent Schedule:\n\n\n 8:30 AM Check-in and breakfast open\n 9:00 AM Panel discussion begins promptly\n 10:30 AM Formal program concludes\n 10:30 11:00 AM Optional networking and opportunity for follow-up questions with panelists\n\n\nThis event is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow women in our community\, gain practical health insights\, and engage directly with trusted local healthcare professionals.\n\nWe encourage attendees to bring their questions and join us for a morning of education\, empowerment\, and connection.\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Panelist: \n\n\n\nHajira Yasmin\, M.D.\, FACOG\, IF\, MSCP\, AASECT-CSC\n\nHajira Yasmin\, M.D.\, FACOG\, IF\, MSCP\, AASECT-CSC\, is a board-certified OB-GYN with more than two decades of clinical experience and specialized expertise in menopause care and women's sexual medicine. She is an AASECT-certified Sexuality Counselor and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner\, with advanced training through the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and postgraduate training in sexuality counseling from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor.\n\nDr. Yasmin specializes in the care of women across the hormonal lifespan\, including trying to get pregnant phase- (preconception phase)\, perimenopause\, menopause\, hormone balance\, sexual dysfunction\, vulvovaginal disorders\, vulvar and vaginal pain\, vulvar skin conditions\, pelvic pain\, and general gynecology.\n\nPresentation Topic\n\nFrom Fertility to Menopause: Understanding Your Hormonal Journey\n\nHave you ever wondered why the same woman may feel energetic\, resilient\, and steady in her 20s and 30s\, then begin experiencing anxiety\, insomnia\, weight changes\, hot flashes\, or shifts in mood and desire in her 40s? The answer often lies in the natural changes taking place in her hormones.\n\nIn this engaging talk\, Dr. Yasmin will guide attendees through the hormonal journey from the reproductive years through perimenopause and menopause. She will explain how hormonal shifts can affect energy\, sleep\, mood\, weight\, sexual health\, and overall well-being and offer insight into how women can better understand and advocate for their health during each stage of life.\n\n\n\nDr. Courtney Barrett\, DO\n\nDr. Courtney Barrett\, DO\, is the physician and co-founder of True Insight Direct Care\, a membership-based primary care practice she founded alongside her husband and business partner\, Jeff\, to serve the Wake Forest community through longer appointments\, personalized care\, and a preventive\, relationship-centered approach to medicine. She earned her bachelor's degree from Florida Southern College\, her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine\, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Western Michigan University. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and trained in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine\, she has a special interest in nutrition\, metabolic health\, body composition\, and helping patients build the foundation for healthier\, more engaged lives.\n\nHaving lived on both sides of the stethoscope\, Dr. Barrett brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her approach to medicine. She believes the best healthcare doesn't simply react to disease it identifies trends early\, uncovers root causes\, and helps patients make proactive changes that can prevent illness or lessen its impact. Passionate about investing in the health of the Wake Forest community\, she is committed to helping individuals and families maximize both their lifespan and their healthspan the years they are able to live with strength\, energy\, independence\, and purpose.\n\nPresentation topic: Beyond the Scale: Muscle\, Metabolism\, & More!\n\nIn a culture that often equates "skinny" with healthy\, Dr. Barrett will explore what science tells us really predicts long-term wellness. Learn why body composition not simply body weight plays a critical role in metabolic health\, bone density\, mobility\, resilience\, and healthy aging\, and why muscle is one of the most powerful investments women can make for their future.\n\nWhether you're in your 20s building peak bone density\, navigating pregnancy or perimenopause\, or simply striving to stay strong and healthy through every stage of life\, this discussion will provide practical\, evidence-based strategies to build muscle\, minimize disease-promoting fat mass\, protect your bones\, and rethink what it truly means to be healthy. The choices you make today influence not only how long you live\, but the quality of those years helping you maintain strength\, independence\, vitality\, and the ability to continue doing the things you love throughout life.\n\n\n\nLatonja Ivery\, MD\n\nMD- UNC Chapel Hill\n\nResidency- Franklin Square Hospital Center\, Family Medicine\n\nBS- Wake Forest University\n\nDiplomate- American Board of Family Medicine\n\nPresentation Topic: Advocating for your own health and body! \n\nSpecial interest in Women's and Adolescent health X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Women'\;s Health Panel: Empowering Women Through Knowledge &\; Conversation

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Join us on July 14th \;for an engaging and informative Women'\;s Health Panel featuring five local healthcare professionals from a variety of specialties. This unique event is designed to provide valuable insights\, answer common questions\, and encourage meaningful conversations about the health topics that matter most to women.

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Whether you'\;re looking to learn more about preventative care\, wellness\, nutrition\, mental health\, hormonal health\, or overall well-being\, our panelists will share their expertise and perspectives in a welcoming and educational setting.

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Event Schedule:

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This event is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow women in our community\, gain practical health insights\, and engage directly with trusted local healthcare professionals.

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We encourage attendees to bring their questions and join us for a morning of education\, empowerment\, and connection.
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\nMeet the Panelist: \;
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\nHajira Yasmin\, M.D.\, FACOG\, IF\, MSCP\, AASECT-CSC
\nHajira Yasmin\, M.D.\, FACOG\, IF\, MSCP\, AASECT-CSC\, is a board-certified OB-GYN with more than two decades of clinical experience and specialized expertise in menopause care and women&rsquo\;s sexual medicine. She is an AASECT-certified Sexuality Counselor and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner\, with advanced training through the International Society for the Study of Women&rsquo\;s Sexual Health and postgraduate training in sexuality counseling from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor.
\nDr. Yasmin specializes in the care of women across the hormonal lifespan\, including trying to get pregnant phase- (preconception phase)\, perimenopause\, menopause\, hormone balance\, sexual dysfunction\, vulvovaginal disorders\, vulvar and vaginal pain\, vulvar skin conditions\, pelvic pain\, and general gynecology.
\nPresentation Topic
\nFrom Fertility to Menopause: Understanding Your Hormonal Journey
\nHave you ever wondered why the same woman may feel energetic\, resilient\, and steady in her 20s and 30s\, then begin experiencing anxiety\, insomnia\, weight changes\, hot flashes\, or shifts in mood and desire in her 40s? The answer often lies in the natural changes taking place in her hormones.
\nIn this engaging talk\, Dr. Yasmin will guide attendees through the hormonal journey from the reproductive years through perimenopause and menopause. She will explain how hormonal shifts can affect energy\, sleep\, mood\, weight\, sexual health\, and overall well-being&mdash\;and offer insight into how women can better understand and advocate for their health during each stage of life.
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\nDr. Courtney Barrett\, DO
\nDr. Courtney Barrett\, DO\, is the physician and co-founder of True Insight Direct Care\, a membership-based primary care practice she founded alongside her husband and business partner\, Jeff\, to serve the Wake Forest community through longer appointments\, personalized care\, and a preventive\, relationship-centered approach to medicine. She earned her bachelor'\;s degree from Florida Southern College\, her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine\, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Western Michigan University. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and trained in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine\, she has a special interest in nutrition\, metabolic health\, body composition\, and helping patients build the foundation for healthier\, more engaged lives.
\nHaving lived on both sides of the stethoscope\, Dr. Barrett brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her approach to medicine. She believes the best healthcare doesn'\;t simply react to disease&mdash\;it identifies trends early\, uncovers root causes\, and helps patients make proactive changes that can prevent illness or lessen its impact. Passionate about investing in the health of the Wake Forest community\, she is committed to helping individuals and families maximize both their lifespan and their healthspan&mdash\;the years they are able to live with strength\, energy\, independence\, and purpose.
\nPresentation topic: Beyond the Scale: Muscle\, Metabolism\, &\; More!
\nIn a culture that often equates "\;skinny"\; with healthy\, Dr. Barrett will explore what science tells us really predicts long-term wellness. Learn why body composition&mdash\;not simply body weight&mdash\;plays a critical role in metabolic health\, bone density\, mobility\, resilience\, and healthy aging\, and why muscle is one of the most powerful investments women can make for their future.
\nWhether you'\;re in your 20s building peak bone density\, navigating pregnancy or perimenopause\, or simply striving to stay strong and healthy through every stage of life\, this discussion will provide practical\, evidence-based strategies to build muscle\, minimize disease-promoting fat mass\, protect your bones\, and rethink what it truly means to be healthy. The choices you make today influence not only how long you live\, but the quality of those years&mdash\;helping you maintain strength\, independence\, vitality\, and the ability to continue doing the things you love throughout life.
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\nLatonja Ivery\, MD
\nMD- UNC Chapel Hill
\nResidency- Franklin Square Hospital Center\, Family Medicine
\nBS- Wake Forest University
\nDiplomate- \;American Board of Family Medicine
\nPresentation Topic: Advocating for your own health and body! \;
\nSpecial interest in Women&rsquo\;s and Adolescent health
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\n LOCATION:The Corner of Wake Forest 102 North Ave. Wake Forest NC 27587 UID:e.242.29088 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260727T060825Z URL:https://chambermaster.wakeforestchamber.org/events/details/wba-women-s-health-panel-29088 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR