Agenda and Sessions
Monday May 9
Time |
Speakers |
Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Registration/Breakfast on Your Own | |||
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Andrew Weil, MD & Fredi Kronenberg, PhD | Welcome/Opening | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Andrew Weil, MD | Plenary #1: Nutrition 101: Macronutrients and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation 1 Presentation 2 |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Marion Nestle, PhD | Plenary #2: What to Eat: Personal Choice vs. Social Responsibility | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation 1 Presentation 2 |
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Tasting Opportunity | Grand & Market Street Foyers | ||
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Dean Ornish, MD | Plenary #3: Your Genes Are Not Your Fate | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Weil, Nestle, Ornish | Ask the Experts: Weil, Nestle, Ornish | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
Atrium Level |
Sessions
#1 (Monday May 9. 1:30 p.m.)
Letter |
Speakers | Session Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| a. | Victoria Maizes, MD | Preparing for Pregnancy: Pre-Conception Nutritional Advice | Garden **Note the room is incorrect in the printed syllabus | Presentation |
| b. | Norman Hord, PhD | Dietary Nitrates and Nitrites: Physiological Contexts of Health Benefits and Risks | Marina | Presentation |
| c | Naomi Lam, MD | Depression, Anxiety and Diet: Can Food Influence Mood? | Grand Ballroom | Presentation |
| d. | Gulshan Sethi, MD | Nutrition and Surgical Patients | Bayview B | Presentation |
| e. | Sandy Newmark, MD | Do 2.5 Million Children Really Need Ritalin? An Integrative Approach to ADHD | Seacliff | Presentation |
| f. | Wendy Kohatsu, MD, & Mollie Katzen | RX: Healthy Meals in Minutes for Busy People (Patients & Providers) | Bayview A** | Presentation |
#2 (Monday May 9. 2:45 p.m.)
Letter |
Speakers |
Session Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| g. | James Dillard, MD | Nutrition and Pain | Garden | |
| h. | John Mark, MD | Nutrition and Asthma in Children | Marina | Presentation |
| j. | Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD | Salt and Your Health: New Guidelines Shaking Things Up | Bayview B | Presentation |
| k. | Arti Prasad, MD | Food as Medicine: An Ayurevedic Thali | Bayview A | Presentation |
| l. | David Rakel, MD | The Gut-Immune Interface: Optimizing gut ecology to reduce systemic disease | Grand Ballroom | Presentation |
| i. | Christopher Gardner, PhD | A New Twist on the Low Carb vs. Low Fat Debate for Weight Loss: Genotype Patterns Predict Success | Seacliff | Presentation |
Monday May 9
Time |
Speakers |
Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM | Robert Lustig, MD | Plenary #4: Sugar: The Bitter Truth | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Meet the Faculty Reception | Grand & Market Street Foyers | ||
| 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Making a Difference: Grassroots Food/Health/Nutrition Projects/Programs around the Country (showcasing/poster session) | Regency Room |
Tuesday May 10
Time |
Speakers |
Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast/Registration | Atrium Level | ||
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Fredi Kronenberg, PhD | Introduction to the Day: Cancer Topics | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Cindy Davis, PhD | Plenary #5: Personalizing One's Diet for Cancer Prevention | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Donald Abrams, MD | Plenary #6: Dairy, Sugar and Red Meat – What if Macrobiotics Was Right All Along? | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Bette Caan, DrPH | Plenary #7: Soy and Breast Cancer | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD | Plenary #8: Is Eating More Fruits and Vegetables Really Important to Health Promotion? | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Tasting Opportunity | Grand & Market Street Foyers | ||
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | Andrew Weil, MD | Plenary #9: Mushrooms and Cancer | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | Michael Holick, MD, PhD | Plenary #10: Vitamin D: A D-lightful Solution for Cancer and Autoimmunity Disease Prevention | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | Kronenberg, Davis, Abrams, Caan, Blumberg, Weil, Holick | Ask the Experts: Kronenberg, Davis, Abrams, Caan, Blumberg, Weil, Holick | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Lunch | Atrium Level |
Sessions
#3 (Tuesday May 10. 2:30 p.m.)
Letter |
Speakers |
Session Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| m: | Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD | Nutritional Approaches to Rheumatologic Conditions | Bayview B | Presentation |
| n. | Robert Pendergrast, MD | Can Teenagers Save America? Tackling Adolescent Obesity as Public Health Priority Number One | Marina | Presentation |
| o. | Daphne Miller, MD | Our Soil, Ourselves: Nutrition from the Ground Up | Garden | |
| p. | Marcia Stefanick, PhD | The Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Aging Muscle and Physical Function | Grand Ballroom | Presentation |
| q. | Efrem Korngold, OMD | LAc: Chinese Culinary Medicine: Herbs and Foods for Reversing Inflammation | Seacliff | Presentation |
| r. | Rebecca Katz, MS & Donald Abrams, MD | The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Strategies for Eating Well During Cancer Treatment and Recovery | Bayview A** | Presentation |
Tuesday May 10
Time |
Speakers |
Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Wendy Kohatsu, MD; Rachel Friedman, MD; Preston Maring, MD; Kirsten Tobey, MBA; Michael Pollan, MA | Plenary #11 Food Revolution! -- Making a Difference in Our Clinics and Underserved Communities Panel: Wendy Kohatsu, MD, moderator: Rachel Friedman, MD; Preston Maring, MD; Kirsten Tobey, MBA; Michael Pollan, MA | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation- K Tobey Presentation - M Pollan Presentation - P Maring Presentation - J Friedman Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Andrew Weil, MD; Michael Pollan, MA; Robert Lustig, MD; Tara Lemmey, | Public Forum: Food and Health: Public Policy and Personal Choice | Grand Ballroom |
Wednesday May 11
Time |
Speakers |
Title |
Location |
Presentation/Materials |
| 7:00 AM - 8:20 AM | Breakfast/Registration | Atrium Level | ||
| 8:20 AM - 8:30 AM | Introduction to the Day | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Tieraona Low Dog, MD | Plenary #12: Food, Supplement and Drug Interactions: A Clinician’s Guide | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | Jeffrey Smith, MBA | Plenary #13: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | Presentation |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Tasting Opportunity | Grand & Market Street Foyers | ||
| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD; Paul Abramson, MD; Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD; David Becker, MD; Mollie Katzen, Chef; Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD | Plenary #14 Nutritional Aspects of Patient Care Case Studies Panel: Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD, moderator: Paul Abramson, MD; Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD; David Becker, MD; Mollie Katzen, Chef; Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | Low Dog, Smith, Horwitz, Abramson, Blumberg, Becker, Katzen, Thomson | Ask the Experts Low Dog, Smith, Horwitz, Abramson, Blumberg, Becker, Katzen, Thomson | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff | |
| 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM | Andrew Weil, MD & Fredi Kronenberg, PhD | Closing Remarks | Grand Ballroom/Seacliff |