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SAINT THOMAS HEART ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON OF FREE HEART-HEALTHY COOKING SCHOOLS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Aug. 28, 2009 – Saint Thomas Heart announced today the Fall/Winter 2009/2010 schedule for the Heart Healthy Cooking School, a series of free cooking demonstrations and tastings.
Registered Dietician Kitty Fawaz, L.D.N., and Executive Chef Julian Osmond lead the classes, held at Saint Thomas Hospital and various Middle Tennessee locations. This year’s classes will feature Saint Thomas Heart cardiologists discussing the importance of healthy eating in improving overall cardiac health.
“Our schools are designed to help people make healthy choices while cooking. We believe a proper diet will not only make you feel better, but help you live longer,” said Fawaz.
The Saint Thomas Heart Healthy Cooking School began in 1996 and has helped tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans learn to prepare fun, easy and heart-healthy meals.
For more information and to register for the free classes, call 1-800-588-3270.
- Sept. 8, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital - “Tailgating”
- Sept. 15, noon | Baptist Hospital - “Tailgating”
- Oct. 6, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital - “Fish 101”
- Nov. 3, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital - “Traditional Thanksgiving”
- Nov. 17, noon | St. Paul the Apostle – Auditorium / Gym – Tullahoma, Tennessee
- Dec. 1, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital - “Christmas Party”
- Jan. 5, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital
- Jan. 19, noon | CoolSprings Galleria – Franklin, Tennessee
- Feb. 2, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital
- Feb. 16, noon | Henry County Medical Center – Paris, Tennessee
- March 2, 3pm | Saint Thomas Hospital
- April 6, 3 pm | Saint Thomas Hospital
- May 4, 3 pm | Saint Thomas Hospital
In 2007, Saint Thomas Health Services launched Saint Thomas Heart, a combined entity that utilizes all of Saint Thomas Health Services’ heart services under focused leadership. The physicians of Mid-State Cardiology, with offices on the Baptist Hospital campus, and The Heart Group, located on the Saint Thomas Hospital campus, now practice under the umbrella of Saint Thomas Heart. This combined group of 60 heart specialists sees more than 130,000 heart patients in a 69-county region that stretches throughout Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky in 22 clinics.
