Amy Doneen
DNP
Women’s Heart & Brain Health: Education, Awareness, Action & Advocacy Lecture
Lecture up to 1 hour
Special Patient Care | AGD Subject Code 750
Women’s Heart & Brain Health: This engaging presentation explores the powerful connection between women’s heart health, brain health, diabetes, and dementia. Attendees will learn to recognize female-specific risk factors, identify hidden vascular disease before symptoms develop, and implement evidence-based strategies to prevent chronic disease and optimize long-term health.
Participants will also gain insight into how these systemic conditions may present in dental patients and the role dental professionals can play in early awareness, risk recognition, and patient education to support overall health.
Upon Completion of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Identify key cardiovascular and cognitive health risks specific to women and recognize early indicators of systemic disease that may impact dental patients
- Apply principles of prevention and early intervention to support patient awareness and improve overall health outcomes
- Integrate education and communication strategies into practice to promote patient understanding and encourage proactive health management
Dr Amy Doneen is an expert in Arteriology – the study of systemic arterial health; preventing heart attacks, strokes, type 2 Diabetes, and chronic disease. Dr Doneen has published numerous peer-reviewed papers on CV disease prevention, the oral/systemic connection, arterial inflammation and arterial disease, including several landmark papers that challenge the current paradigm of CV Health.
Dr Doneen is the owner and medical director of The Prevention Center for Heart & Brain Health in Spokane WA, where she sees patients and provides clinical rotations for medical students. She holds academic appointments at WSU College of Medicine and the University of Pikeville. Dr Doneen co-authored two best-selling books, “Beat the Heart Attack Gene” and “Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain: The Personalized Path to Protect your Memory, Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes and Avoid Chronic Illness”.
Dr Doneen has lectured on these topics since 2001 and has taught The BaleDoneen Method internationally and nationally. With a strong respect for public outreach, she is frequently interviewed for public media such as TV, Podcast and Print media. She has a passion for women’s CV health and is often interviewed for magazines such as Martha Stuart Living and Prevention
