Hey, Doc! Are you listening? A Panel Discussion on Women’s Health.

Hey, Doc! Are you listening? A Panel Discussion on Women’s Health.

This event is open to the public. The registration fee is $10 at the door or in advance.

We are meeting at Flying Pig Improv at 3203 E. Douglas Ave. from 6 to 8 PM

The biggest health issues facing women today aren’t really heart disease and high blood pressure. It’s gender bias. Women leave doctors’ offices every day feeling ignored and dismissed by healthcare providers and treated differently because of their gender. In this informative panel discussion, we’ll talk about gender differences in medicine, how to select compassionate providers, and get doctors to listen to you.

Panelists: 

Danielle Kauffman APRN

Danielle Kauffman is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She started her career in the medical profession as a Certified Nurses Aid in high school and quickly realized she had a passion for caring for others.

Danielle attended Pratt Community College, where she obtained her Associate degree in nursing in 2007, and completed her BSN in 2014 at Tabor College. Her nursing career started at Ascension Via Christi, where she spent ten years in the telemetry and emergency departments. But it was during her two years at Children’s Mercy Wichita that Danielle discovered her love for caring for children. She completed her Master’s in Nursing in 2018 through Walden University. While working at HealthCore Clinic in 2019, Danielle realized her love of caring extended beyond children to include women and the LGBTQIA community.

Danielle is an active member of the LGBTQIA board in her clinic and aims to improve care for all.

When she is not caring for others, she can be found protesting with her 14-year-old, shopping at the farmers market, or playing with her grand dogs.

Isobeau Trybula, MSOM, L.ac

Isobeau Tyrbula, MSOM L.ac, was a member of the first class of the Kansas College of Chinese Medicine and a graduate of the Tri-State College of Acupuncture. Her practice focuses on helping people at all stages of healing and transition. She specializes in Pediatrics, Migraine, and Gynecology. She is trained in Acupuncture for Labor and Birth and holds a certificate in Integrative Thanatology.

Isobeau began her studies in Chinese Medicine and Asian Bodywork as part of the first class of the Kansas College of Chinese Medicine in 1996, under the tutelage of Dr. Qizhi Gao. Her teachers include Sharon Weizenbaum at the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Dr. Mark Seem of the Tri-State College of Acupuncture. Her style of acupuncture focuses on the differential diagnosis of Chinese Medicine and the direct experience of patients, with an emphasis on the individual narrative of illness. She specializes in migraine, digestive complaints, and gynecological health, including using acupuncture with assisted fertility techniques. She treats patients of all ages.

Dr. Michelle Cortese, Physical Therapist and owner of Breathe Physical Therapy

Dr. Michelle Cortese is a physical therapist and owner of Breathe Physical Therapy. Specializing in pelvic health, Michelle is passionate about providing trauma-informed care to those in need and helping people connect with their bodies and their sexuality in an educational, non-judgemental, body-positive setting. She's committed to helping patients learn to advocate for themselves and navigate the healthcare system to find the care they deserve.

Michelle is also the Operations Coordinator and copywriter for Clement Consulting, a woman-owned marketing firm committed to crafting brands and launching marketing campaigns that improve the world.

Sapphire Garcia-Lies, founder of the Wichita Birth Justice Society

Sapphire Garcia-Lies is an activist, and nonprofit leader focused on fighting for reproductive rights and racial equity in perinatal health. Her work is focused on unabashed truth-telling, calling for accountability within systems, and kindling community change from the grassroots level.

In 2020, she founded Kansas Birth Justice, a nonprofit focused on policy change and direct community support to catalyze reproductive justice and perinatal health equity in Kansas. Sapphire takes pride in her strong community ties and in the hundreds of thriving babies, she has helped welcome into the world as a community-based birth worker.

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