Ventura, California - Cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 cause of death in men and women, will be the focus of a free seminar Community Memorial Health System is holding on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Alon Steinberg, M.D., will present an overview of cardiovascular disease and provide necessary knowledge to recognize this deadly disease, at the seminar that will run from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room at the Ventura County Community Foundation, located at 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd. in Camarillo.

In “Matters of the Heart: What Every Person Needs to Know to Maintain a Healthy Heart,” Dr. Steinberg also will cover prevention strategies to combat cardiovascular disease as well as discuss important gender differences and biases in diagnosis and treatment of it.

Dr. Steinberg received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch and completed his fellowship training in cardiology at University of Florida hospitals. He also did additional training in cardiac computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging at the Berlin Heart Institute. Dr. Steinberg is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, cardiac CT and nuclear cardiology and is Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Community Memorial Hospital. He has appeared on Cable News Network and CNN’s Headline News as an expert in his field.

Registration is free but reservations are required. Please visit www.cmhshealth.org/rsvp or call Brown Paper Ticket at 1-800/838-3006.

The final free seminar for 2014 will be Cataract Surgery: The State of the Art, on Dec. 9.

Community Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system, which is comprised of Community Memorial Hospital, Ojai Valley Community Hospital, and 12 family-practice health centers entitled Centers for Family Health. The health system is located in Ventura County, California.