Connect with JWI’s Chicago Young Women’s Impact Network and enjoy an interactive paint and sip experience with a twist of self care. We’ll hear from two speakers who’ll educate us about the prominence of breast and ovarian cancer in Jewish women and what to do if you or a loved one are ever faced with cancer. We’ll learn from a local gynecologist who has worked with women cancer survivors, and from Sharsheret, a nonprofit organization that improves the lives of Jewish women and families living with or at increased genetic risk for breast or ovarian cancer.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required, and due to local Chicago guidelines, a mask must be worn inside upon entry and in all common areas of the venue.
Dr. Mercedes Castiel
Dr. Castiel is a gynecologist who was most recently Director of Women’s Cancer Survivorship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Castiel is widely known as a pioneer in women's cancer survivorship programs. While the Head of General Gynecology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she developed and directed, for 13 years, one of the first organized, multidisciplinary, cancer survivorship programs in the country. In addition, she founded the first fellowship in women's cancer
survivorship, establishing curricula and fostering scholarship in the new field. Later, when she joined the faculty at New York University School of Medicine, she started a similar survivorship program. Over the years, Dr. Castiel also served as a director for a CME course, Women and Cancer: From Screening to Survivorship, attended by hundreds of physicians. In addition, she has given numerous invited talks on a wide range of topics in gynecology and has contributed to research endeavors and teaching. Dr. Castiel is a member of several professional societies and serves on the North American Menopause Society’s (NAMS) Education Committee. In addition, she is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncologist’s (ASCO) Health Equity and Outcomes Committee and on the Cancer Survivorship Task Force.
Eve Kleinerman
Eve Reingold Kleinerman, a native of Skokie, is the Illinois Regional Director at Sharsheret. Eve is a graduate of University of Maryland and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Prior to working at Sharsheret, Eve worked for Cabrini Green Legal Aid, where she helped provide legal assistance throughout Chicago. Eve transitioned to her work at Sharsheret in October 2018, with a strong personal connection to the work. Sharsheret works to support Jewish women and their families facing breast and ovarian cancer. Eve oversees Sharsheret’s office in Illinois, and all local programmatic efforts including outreach, education, partnership development and fundraising. Eve brings a personal connection to her work, after her mother’s battle with breast cancer, and she hopes to bring attention to cancer education and awareness as she raises her three young daughters.