Rita J. Stec, M.D.
Womens Health Information Links
Dr. Rita Stec's Curriculum Vitae
Women's Wellness - Internal Medicine for Women
Private Practice - Sept. 1, 1994 - present
Women's Wellness Consultant
September 2000 - October 2002
Women's Wellness at Heart Institute of the Desert
Medical Director - Oct. 1, 1995 - Sept. 30, 2000
Riverside San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.
Staff Physician 1989-1992
Medical Director 1992-1993
Laboratory Director 1993-1994
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
TIME WARNER CABLE TV: "Talk of the Desert" with Melinda Read
A Woman's Home Health Companion interview 4/09
Deadly Harvest - The Link Between Nutrition and Cancer 3/07
Nutrition - Secrets from our Ancestors 2005
Women's Health - 2004, 2003, 2002
KESQ-TV ABC:
"Eisenhower Healthy Living"
Host for Eisenhower Medical Center's weekly television show January - May 2003
"Doctor Talk With Jack and Rita"
Weekly television show on health-related topics August 1997 - December 2002
THE WALTER T. STEC MEMORIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Founder and President, December 2000
Community Health Seminars
2007 DEADLY HARVEST - The Link Between Nutrition & Cancer
Co-sponsored with The Desert Comprehensive Cancer Center
2005 Secrets from our Ancestors for Healthy Weight & Vibrant Energy
2004 WOMEN'S WELLNESS
2003 HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER: MENDED HEARTS CLUB
"The Whole Person & Wellness" 3/12/09
SOROPTOMIST INTERNATIONAL
Cardiovascular Disease in Women, February 2003
SECOND ANNUAL INLAND EMPIRE WOMEN'S
HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE Riverside Convention Center, October 4, 2000
Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Signs, Signals, and Action
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, DESERT EMPIRE DIVISION
THIRD ANNUAL WOMEN & HEART DISEASE CONFERENCE
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
"Overview of Women's Health Issues", Feb. 11, 2000
AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
"Women's Healthcare" October, 1995
"Well Woman Seminar", 2000 Spring Conference
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN:
"Cardiovascular Disease in Women" - Feb. 11, 1995
"Open Doors to the Future" - symposium for high school girls -
Indio, Ca. October 19, 1996
"The Role of Women in Science and Medicine" - Feb. 18,1998
"Women's Health in the 21st Century" - Feb. 11, 2000
INLAND DISTRICT DIETETICS ASSOCIATION
"Obesity Implications and Interventions", October 14, 1999
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
"Women's Health Issues - Adolescence to Menopause", Jan. 26, 1999
NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE, INC.
"Heart Disease Prevention", 1999 National Convention
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
"Women's Issues - Health and Independence" - May 9, 1998
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION, INC.
"Women's Health Issues", Sept. 20, 1997
HADASSAH "Osteoporosis" - Palm Desert, Ca. January 14, 1997
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSISTANTS - annual meeting
at Palm Springs Hilton
"Women's Healthcare" - September 20, 1997
PALM DESERT LIBRARY'S COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES
"Women's Healthcare" - August 19, 1997
"Stress Management" - September 9, 1997
WOMEN'S NETWORK OF COACHELLA VALLEY:
"The Effects of Stress in Business and Professional Women"- Jan. 9, 1995
"Menopause" - March 10, 1997
THE PALMS SPA AND RESORT:
"Hormone Replacement Therapy" "Women's Healthcare"
February 12, 1995 November 20, 1996
April 10, 1995 July 24, 1996
April 29, 1995 July 7, 1997
May 15, 1995 Sept. 22, 1997
May 22, 1996
HEART INSTITUTE OF THE DESERT COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES
"Stress Management" - January 10, 1996
"Menopause" - October 9, 1996
"Preventive Healthcare for Women" - November 13, 1996
"Stress Management" - December 11, 1996
"Obesity and Women's Health" - February 5, 1997
"Osteoporosis" - April 9, 1997
COPS "Stress Management and Chronic Illness" - February 19, 1997
MENOPAUSE FORUM
Redlands, California - June 15, 1996
SOROPTOMIST CLUB
"Menopause" - February 13, 1996
STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS
Heart Institute of the Desert - March 2, 9, 16, 23, 1996
COLLEGE OF THE DESERT
"Women's Healthcare" - April 17,1996
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY:
"Reach to Recovery" - Training Program
"The Other Health Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors" - Jan. 14, 1995
JOURNEY TO WELLNESS SEMINAR - Annenberg Educational Center
"The Physician - Patient Partnership" Feb. 18, 1995
"HEALTH IS IN FASHION" - Westin Mission Hills
Panel Discussion on Women's Health Issues - March 8, 1995
"WOMEN'S FORUM - FOCUS 2000" - Ritz Carlton, Rancho Mirage, CA
"Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women" - March 25, 1995
SUN CITY - PALM SPRINGS DISCUSSION GROUP:
"Alternative Medicine: How Many Choices Do We Have?" -April 12, 1995
DESERT HOLISTIC HEALTH NETWORK
"Role of Complimentary Therapies in Medical Care for the 90's"
October 17, 1995
KESQ Radio:
Desert Health: Women's Health - Sept. 22, 1994
The Judy Gillard Show: Women's Health - Sept. 24, 1994
Desert Health: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Jan. 4, 1995
Desert Health: Preventive Care in Women - Jan. 19, 1995
Desert Business Hour: The Business of Prevention - April 8, 1995
Nature's Bounty: Women's Healthcare - April 15, 1995
Nature's Bounty: "What Your Doctor Doesn't Want You to Know"
Interview with Jane Heimlich - April 22, 1995
Desert Business Hour: Women's Health and the Business of Medicine -
June 10, 1995
Nature's Bounty: The Yeast Connection and Women - interview with
William Crook, M.D. - June 24, 1995
Nature's Bounty: Impact of HMO's on Women's Healthcare - July 1, 1995
Desert Health: Stress and Women - July 3, 1995
Cardiovascular Disease in Women - September 2, 1995
Women's Healthcare and Medications - Discussion with Karen Cunninghame
September 26, 1995
Breast Health - September 30, 1995
PMS - October 28, 1995
Interview with Ernest Vandeway,M.D. Sports Medicine October 28, 1995
KWXY Radio:
"Cardiovascular Disease and Women" - Feb. 15, 1995
"Women's Healthcare" with Bill Edelen - October 4, 1995
KPSL Radio:
Transformations: Women's Health - June 10, 1995
CREATING HEALTH SEMINARS:
Cardiovascular Disease in Women - Sept.14, 1994
Breast Health: Self-Exam & When to Get Your Mammo - Oct. 12, 1994
PMS: You Don't Have to be Victim to Your Hormones - Nov. 9, 1994
Menopause - A Time to Celebrate - Dec. 14, 1994
Women's Health: The Mind - Body Connection - Jan. 11, 1995
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS:
"Effects of Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Survivors" - Oct. 18, 1994
"Preventive Healthcare in Breast Cancer Survivors" - Jan. 23, 1995
POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
Internal Medicine
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
1986-1989
Radiation Oncology
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
1984-1985
General Surgery
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
1982-1984
EDUCATION:
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA.
Medical Doctorate 1982
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA.
Bachelor of Science: Biology 1979
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
California Medical Association
Member 1994-2002
Delegate from RCMA 2001
Riverside County Medical Association
Member 1994-2002
Board of Councilors 1998-2000
Secretary-Treasurer 2001
Palm Springs Academy of Medicine
November 1994-present
Secretary 2000
President 2001-2002
American College of Physicians
Associate 1987-1989
American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomate, 1990
American Medical Association
Member 1981-1991
American Medical Women's Association
Member 1991-2000
CONSULTANTS & SPEAKERS BUREAUS:
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Roche Pharmaceuticals
Merck Pharmaceuticals Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
BUREAUS Novartis Pharmaceuticals Proctor and Gamble
Lily Pharmaceuticals
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:
Does Traumatization (Manipulation) of the Primary Tumor Affect
the Rate of Distant Metastases? 71st Scientific Assembly and
Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America at
the Annual Meeting of November 19, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois.
PUBLICATIONS:
Stec, R.J., El-Mahdi, A.M., and Schellhammer, P.F.: Does
Traumatization (Manipulation) of the Primary Tumor Affect
the Rate of Distant Metastases?, Radiology 157 (P):129,1985
[Abstract #334].
OTHER:
Opening Speech for "The First SGI World Scientists' Conference:
Science and Humanity"
Sendai, Japan on September 24, 1988
LICENSE:
Virginia Board of Medicine
License to practice Medicine and Surgery
0101036406, 1984-1989
Medical Board of California
License to practice Medicine and Surgery
C 42637, 1989-present
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