The African American Museum of Bucks County (AAMBC) will host its first Women’s Health Forum in partnership with St. Mary’s Medical Center and Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic on Saturday, May 6th. The forum will take place at the First Baptist Church of Langhorne from 11:00am through 2:00pm. This community event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at: www.infoaambc.org/events.

Local radio legend Patty Jackson, from iHeart Radio, is set to moderate the health forum. St. Mary’s doctors will be speaking about the importance of women’s health. Doctors Julene Evans Murage, MD; Deon Vigilance, MD; Kristin Krupa, MD; and Jessica Barton, DO are expected to speak about topics like disease management, heart health, gynecological health, and breast cancer. Following the presentation there will be at Q&A with the doctors. “Our physicians are excited to join the AAMBC’s Women’s Health Forum,” said Jeanette Stemen, Program Administrator of Women’s Health at St. Mary Medical Center, “this partnership is something we are excited to continue in the future.

The AAMBC will also be doing a presentation of the impact and significance of Henrietta Lacks to kick off the forum. Linda Salley, Executive Director and President of the AAMBC added, “We are delighted to be partnering with St. Mary’s for the event. We cannot thank the St. Mary’s doctors enough for taking time out of their busy schedules to help educate the community. This forum is going to be a wonderful opportunity to shed light on the importance of women’s health and how to best take care of oneself”.