CLEVELAND, OH—Dr. Linda Bradley, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Menstrual Disorders, Fibroids, and Hysteroscopic Services, will speak on the biggest health risks, barriers to care, and means to achieve optimal health at noon on Friday, May 18, 2007, at The City Club of Cleveland.

An elected member of Cleveland Clinic’s Board of Governors, Bradley has been a gynecologist at the Clinic for more than 16 years, specializes in the evaluation, diagnostic testing, and surgery for uterine fibroids and menstrual disorders, and has been very active in endoscopy for more than 20 years.

Bradley has served on the Board of Trustees for the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy. She currently serves as an Editorial Advisory Board member for the Journal of American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, as president of the OB/GYN section of the National Medical Association, and on numerous advisory boards.

Bradley speaks at numerous conferences and meetings and has published multiple journal articles, book chapters, and continuing medical education films. Recognized as an expert in her field, she has been interviewed extensively about women’s health issues in publications such as First for Women, McCall’s, Ladies Home Journal, Heart and Soul, O’ Magazine, Essence, Prevention Magazine, and Cosmopolitan.

Bradley has been named as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Bruce Hubbard Stewart Fellow. She also received the APGO award, named as “Faculty of the Year” multiple years, and received “Top Doctors of America” award every year since 2002.

Tickets for this City Club Friday Forum, in partnership with The Links, Incorporated Western Reserve Chapter, are $18 for members and $30 for non-members. Lunch is included. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance of the event. They can be purchased by calling The City Club at 216.621.0082 or visiting the website at www.cityclub.org.

Drugs vs. Terrorism: What’s the bigger threat?

CLEVELAND: General Barry R. McCaffrey, who served as the nation’s drug czar from 1996 to 2001 under President Clinton, will speak about what he believes to be the need for the return of a strong federal drug policy and for the elevation of this critical issue in the public’s consciousness at noon on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at The City Club of Cleveland.

 
Some advocates believe the war on terrorism has pushed attention and funding away from the war on drugs. As drug czar, McCaffrey coordinated the $19 billion federal drug control budget and developed the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command coordinating national security operations in Latin America. At retirement from active duty, he was the most highly decorated four-star general in the U.S. Army.

McCaffrey has co-chaired the Atlantic Council of the United States NATO Counterterrorism Working Group, visited Iraq to conduct a country-wide analysis of the security situation, and helped release the CSIS Binational Commission Reports on Migration and Border Security.

McCaffrey serves as board chairman of HNTB Federal Services and on the boards of DynCorp International, CRC Health Corporation, McNeil Technologies, The Wornick Company, Phoenix House Foundation and Atlantic Council of the United States. He is recipient of several awards, including Health and Human Services Lifetime Achievement Award for Extraordinary Achievement in the Field of Substance Abuse Prevention and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tickets for this City Club Special Program are $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Lunch is included. They can be purchased by calling The City Club at 216.621.0082 or visiting the website at www.cityclub.org.