The Tucson Maimonides Society will present “Wine and Your Heart: Wine Tasting & Dinner” with guest speaker Dr. Tedd Goldfinger on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, at Skyline Country Club.
Goldfinger is the founder of Desert Cardiology of Tucson Heart Center and chaired a Tucson Cardiology Update Colloquium for 13 years. Widely published, he has been a significant contributor to the knowledge-base on alcohol and cardiovascular disease. He worked with, among others, Professor Serge Renaud, Ph.D., of Bordeaux, France, known as the father of the “French Paradox,” (see “Wine-loving cardiologist practices medicine of — and from — the heart,” AJP 9/26/08, www//jewishtucson. org/page.aspx?id=185994&page=4).
The Tucson Maimonides Society is an affinity group of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. The event is open to physicians, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists, and their guests. The cost is $40 per person (interns and medical residents, $20; medical students, free).
Future Maimonides programs include “Emergency Disaster in Israel-American Physician Fellowship” with Dr. Norton Greenberg at Hacienda Del Sol on Dec. 6; “Judaism, Health and Healing” with Dr. Howard Silverman at Westward Look Resort on Jan. 24, 2011; and the Cindy Wool Memorial Lecture and Dinner with Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of “Kitchen Table Wisdom,” at the University Marriott on March 30, 2011.
RSVP by Oct. 5 for the Oct. 12 wine tasting and dinner by calling Karen Graham at 577-9393, ext. 118 or register online at www.jewishtucson.org.
