'Secrets of Healthy Aging' Talk on Sept. 30

Local healthy aging expert and Novato physician Dr. Shiroko Sokitch, of Heart to Heart Medical Center, will be speaking at the Sukkot Harvest Festival presenting “What it Takes to Live a Happier, Healthier Life — The Secrets to Healthy Aging” on Sept. 30 in San Rafael.

There will be two free talks at 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center in San Rafael. Dr. Shiroko has been practicing a blend of Chinese and Western medicine for over 20 years in Sonoma and Marin counties. Her work has specialized in helping people solve problems that no one else has been able to solve, while helping her patients reclaim their health. 

Her unique blend of medical experiences includes 10 years as an emergency room physician and training in surgical residency.

“Anyone can dramatically improve their health,” says Dr. Shiroko. “It comes down to three things: finding the right answers, a good lifestyle and a good attitude.”

It’s a special time of year for the Osher Marin JCC. On Sept. 30, the JCC will be hosting a Sukkot Harvest Festival in honor of “Sukkot.” Sukkot is a seven-day Jewish holiday, and its significance is two fold. Historically, it honors a 40-year period when Israeli children were said to wander the desert, living in “sukkots,” temporary “booths.” Agriculturally, Sukkot is a celebrated harvest festival. 

The mission of the Osher Marin JCC is to celebrate, strengthen and sustain Jewish life and culture, to build cross-cultural understanding, and to enrich the lives of those in the community at large. The Sukkot Festival couldn’t be more in alignment with those goals. The day-long event starts from 10am with a Zumba Party and ends at 2:30 p.m. with arts and crafts.

Dr. Shiroko’s bio:

Seasoned speaker and California "Perspectives on Healing" television star, Dr. Shiroko is a household name to thousands of Northern Californian residents. Since opening Heart to Heart Medical Center in Santa Rosa, California in 1993, Dr. Shiroko is often the last stop for people with pains and illnesses that no one else can explain. Beginning her studies in surgical residency, Dr. Shiroko has practiced 10 years in the ER and over 20 years blending Eastern and Western medicine. 

 Dr. Shiroko believes each person is an individual with unique responses to treatment and each needs a personalized approach. 

 An accomplished columnist, her articles have been in print for over 12 years in The Healdsburg Tribune, The Windsor Times, and Sonoma West Times and News.

 Dr. Shiroko graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1984 and the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Seattle, WA in 1990.