Halmos Faculty Talks to Lifelong Learners on Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

This fall, Halmos faculty member Mark Jaffe, DPM, MHSA presented a Zoom seminar entitled. “Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): The Lower Extremity Sibling of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Cerebrovascular Disease (CVD)”. Jaffe discussed how P.A.D. develops slowly over many years. In the early stages, most people with PAD. have no symptoms. He talked to the group as to how only one out of three people with PAD actually feel there is something wrong with their feet or legs. By that time, their arteries may be so clogged that they are not getting enough oxygen to their leg muscles. This one hour seminar was followed by an engaging 30-minute Q&A period.

The Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) is longstanding at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Founded in 1977, the LLI serves lifelong learning passions of retired adults. The LLI, which is a center within the College of Osteopathic Medicine, is located on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale East Campus. The LLI was founded to complete the NSU dream of education spanning a whole lifetime, from preschool to older-adult learning.