Myth-Busting Your Way through Menopause …
and Other Tips for Managing Women’s Reproductive Health
Featuring Carey York-Best, MD

Monday, July 22, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Great Harbor Yacht Club

Doors open at 4:45 p.m.
Program begins promptly at 5:00 p.m.
Refreshments to follow program at 6:00 p.m. on lawn

General Admission tickets are free and must be reserved ahead of time at this link.

Dr. York-Best has been an attending physician at Mass General Hospital since 1993. Currently, she is the Division Director of Benign Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Associate Director of the Principal Clinical Experience for the Harvard Medical Students at MGH. Dr. York-Best provides specialized gynecologic care for abnormal bleeding, fibroids, ovarian cysts and endometriosis, including up-to-date medical therapies and surgical procedures such as endometrial ablation, hysteroscopic surgery and abdominal and minimally invasive hysterectomy and myomectomy. She is active teacher in the MGB ob-gyn residency program. Within her practice at Mass General, she cares for many patients with pelvic pain, perimenopause issues, need for risk-reducing surgery and gynecologic care in breast cancer patients.

Sponsorships: Nantucket Cottage Hospital is able to offer this event free of charge thanks to our generous sponsors. Please consider helping to underwrite this important community event. Click here to become a sponsor. 

• $5,000 – Heart Sponsor 
• $2,500 – Soul Sponsor
• $1,000 – Care Sponsor
• $500 – Mindful Sponsor
• $250 – Peace Sponsor

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors:

• Heart Sponsors: Jeanine Borthwick, Meryl and Michael Bralower, Lisa Clarey-Lawler, Hinda Snyder 
• Soul Sponsors: Michelle Atchinson, Elizabeth Miller 
• Care Sponsors: Camille Branca, Caron Dockerty, Kim Hartman, Joan Hill, Debbie Lewis, Tracey Marshall, Cynthia Mayer, Minou Palandjian, Maria Roach, Melanie Sabelhaus, Ann Swart, Beth Tilney, Nancy Vittorini, Betsy Wright, Leslie Wytrzes
• Mindful Sponsors: Lori Preston, Kim Younes,
• Peace Sponsors: Jane Condon, Greer Hendricks, Jeanette Ives Erickson, Lisa Soeder, Whitney Topping, Allyson Waterman

2023 Recap: The sixth annual Women+Wellness event in 2023 featured renowned cardiac expert Colleen M. Harrington, MD, as our featured speaker. Dr. Harrington discussed various topics related to cardiac health for people of all ages, including preventative measures and the gender-specific risk factors for heart diseases. Primary Care Practitioners from Nantucket Cottage Hospital joined the conversation to share valuable information about on-island resources for cardiac screening, services, and care. Click here to view last year’s program. 

History of Women+Wellness: Our annual Women+Wellness event was founded in 2017 by three dedicated Nantucket Cottage Hospital volunteers, Meryl Bralower, Melanie Sabelhaus and Jeanine Borthwick. Their goal was to lead an effort to empower women on Nantucket — both residents and visitors — to take charge of and advocate for their own healthcare. As women make 80% of the healthcare decisions in this country for themselves and their family members, W+W is an education-focused program to help women make the best decisions. A secondary goal is to educate the community about the resources available at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and its affiliation with the Mass General Brigham healthcare system.