Coffee + Cardiology

Stempien-Otero's Hearts

August 15, 2022 UW Heart Institute / Dr. April Stempien-Otero Season 1 Episode 16
Coffee + Cardiology
Stempien-Otero's Hearts
Show Notes

In this epidsode April S. Stempien-Otero, MD, FACC sits down to discuss her path the UW Medicine Heart Institute the disparities between women and men in cardiovascular care and the goals in developing a fully integrated Women's Heart Health Program.

0:30 - East Coast to West Coast
2:32 - Disparities in care between men and women
4:40 - Diabetes and Women
5:50 - Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) and Women
7:42 - Diagnosis disparity reasons
9:52 - Public vs Clinical Education
11:00 - Treatment disparities
13:10 - Take care of yourself
15:17 - Impact and current development of studies specific to women
18:05 - History of Estrogen in Cardiovascular Disease
22:40 - Approximately 20% of new investigators are Women
26:05 - Need for Women's Heart Health Program
28:55 - Program's impact on research
30:55 - A personal passion for the PNW
32:48 - Integration of Advanced Practice Providers - Tracy Fowler

You can learn more about the program and contact Dr. Stempien-Otero here:
UW Medicine
@Heart_Dr_April
April@uw.edu