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CVS Caremark Honors Heroes in Women's Health
CVS Caremark Honors Heroes in Women's Health
WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of their
outstanding contributions in the field of women's health, CVS Caremark has
named Dr. Marianne Legato and Dr. Roseanna Means as recipients of the 2008 CVS
Caremark Heroes in Women's Health Award. The honorees were recognized last
evening at an event inNew York City. The awards were presented by Larry
Merlo, president of CVS/pharmacy, in celebration of National Women's Health
Week.
The CVS Caremark Heroes in Women's Health Award honors leaders in the
field of women's health who embody the CVS Caremark mission to improve the
lives of others by bringing the best quality care to those who need it. "Dr.
Legato and Dr. Means are true champions of women's health," said Merlo. "We
are proud to honor these leaders as the first recipients of the CVS Caremark
Heroes in Women's Health Award."
Dr. Legato is an internationally known academic physician, author,
lecturer, and specialist in women's health. She is the founder and director of
The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, Inc. Dr. Legato is responsible
for the first collaboration between academic medicine and the private sector
focused solely on gender-specific medicine: the science of how normal human
biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of
disease differs as a function of gender.
"I am grateful to CVS Caremark for their recognition and support," said
Legato. "Our deepening understanding of the biology and the differences
between men and women is going to make our treatment and prevention of disease
much more effective."
A practicing physician, Dr. Means founded Women of Means in 1999 to
improve the lives of women who are homeless or marginally housed through
quality health care, education and advocacy. Women of Means is a physician-led
non-profit that sends volunteer physicians and paid nurses intoBoston area
shelters to provide free urgent and immediate medical care to homeless women
and children. In 2007, teams of medical professionals provided 10,000 patient
visits at ten sites doing everything from treating colds and taking care of
frostbitten toes and fingers, to identifying chronic illnesses. To support its
patients, Women of Means works to connect them to traditional medical
resources for ongoing health care.
In addition, Dr. Means is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School and has received many awards honoring her for her work
on behalf of homeless women and children including being the first woman
invited to speak as Massachusetts Medical Society Annual Orator in 2002, and
receiving the 2003 Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Dean's Community Service Award and 2004 Tufts University Distinguished Service
Award. In May 2008,Boston's Babson College is presenting Dr. Means with an
honorary degree in humane letters.
"This award from CVS Caremark helps raise awareness and supports the need
for accessible, quality health care for all women and their families," said
Means. "We will continue our mission to provide society's neediest women and
children with free, immediate and compassionate health care, onsite in the
shelters where they are seeking emergency help, so they won't have to
sacrifice scarce cash, safety, warmth and food to get basic medical help."
About CVS Caremark
CVS Caremark is the largest provider of prescriptions in the nation. The
Company fills or manages more than 1 billion prescriptions annually. Through
its unmatched breadth of service offerings, CVS Caremark is transforming the
delivery of health care services in the U.S. The Company is uniquely
positioned to effectively manage costs and improve health care outcomes
through its 6,300 CVS/pharmacy stores; its pharmacy benefit management, mail
order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its
retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic; and its online pharmacy,
CVS.com. General information about CVS Caremark is available through the
Investor Relations portion of the Company's website, at
http://investor.cvs.com, as well as through the pressroom portion of the
Company's website, at http://www.cvs.com/pressroom.
Media Contacts:
Carolyn Castel Lynne Cavanaugh
CVS Caremark Weber Shandwick
(401) 770-5717 (617) 520-7082
ccastel@cvs.com lcavanaugh@webershandwick.com
SOURCE CVS Caremark
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