The Max Schewitz Foundation will appear on LIVE! with Dr. Sandy on Thursday, Sept. 8th from 2 to 4 p.m. CST on Watch312.com. The new internet broadcast show, co-hosted by Dr. Sandy Goldberg and Scott Mackay, provides an in-depth look at a single topic. On September 8, the topic will be Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults: What is it? Who's at risk? How can we find at-risk kids before they die?
Guests include Mary Beth Schewitz, executive director of The Max Schewitz Foundation and Dr. Joseph Marek, founder of Young Hearts for Life, the nation's largest school-wide EKG screening program, and Monica Mueller whose children benefited from testing.
The show is live and interactive so viewers are encouraged to share a story, ask a question, and get the 411 on SCD & EKG by phone, email or twitter. Phone 312-564-7375 between 2 and 4 PM CST on 9/8 or email DrSandyLive@gmail.com or send questions via Twitter to @watch312 or @aslf2002. You can also email Mary Beth questions in advance at mschewitz@aol.com . To learn more visit: www.watch312.com.
Viewers who submit a question via email or Twitter will be entered for a chance to win a pair of Cubs vs. Brewer tickets on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
This school year, the Foundation will offer it’s free EKG screening program called Screens for Teens to students at nine Chicago-area high schools and the College of Lake County with help from nearly 1,000 parent volunteers working under the direction of Dr. Eli Lavie, the Foundation’s Medical Director and cardiologist at Northshore University HealthSystems. The Foundation's goal is that EKG tests will become a part of students’ routine physical exams.
Future Screens for Teens testing dates and schools:
• College of Lake County – September 14, 2011 SIGN UP NOW—SPACE LIMITED
• St. Viator – September 21, 2011
• Vernon Hills High School – September 28, 2011
• Stevenson High School – October 11-13, 2011
• Glenbrook South High School – October 26, 2011
• Antioch High School – November 9, 2011
• Glenbrook North High School – November 16 & 17, 2011
• Lake Zurich High School – February 8, 2012
• Warren Township High School, Almond Campus – February 29, 2012
• Warren Township High School, O’Plaine Campus – March 7, 2012
About The Max Schewitz Foundation
Based in Lake Bluff, Ill., The Max Schewitz Foundation’s dual missions reflect Max’s life and death. His parents and family friends started the Foundation in 2005 after 20-year-old Max died suddenly from a cardiac arrhythmia. The Foundation works to prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people and to promote conservation of fragile reptile species and their ecosystems. To date, more than 18,300 high school students have received free EKG testing from the Foundation. 238 failed their test, but what they learned may have saved their lives. To learn more, call Mary Beth Schewitz at (847) 234-2206 or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
