Day 1

Day 1

Day 1

Session 1 8:00-9:00am
Title: Overview: Renewing your Love of Medicine
Speaker: CathrynHarbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe the physiologic mechanisms underlying chronic illness: free radical damage, uncontrolled inflammation, nutrient excess, nutrient deficiency, toxic exposure and hormone imbalance.
• Appreciate how the above processes impact health.

Session 2 9:00-10:30am
Title: Cardiovascular Illness: Understanding and Addressing Endothelial Dysfunction.
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe the central role of endothelial in cardiovascular disease.
• Describe the role of elevated cholesterol, oxidized LDL and inflammation in creating endothelial dysfunction.
• Be familiar with literature supporting specific dietary and lifestyle interventions in reversing heart disease.

Session 3: 11:00-12:30
Title: Cholesterol and Beyond: A fuller comprehension of a patient’s cardiovascular risk
Speaker: Marion Owen, MD

Objectives: At the conclusion of this session the participant will be able to:
• Discuss NCEP goals for LDL and controversies around them
• Know how to avoid nutrient deficiencies induced by cholesterol lowering medications and how to avoid them
• Describe and feel comfortable using newer lab assessments for heart disease risk: Lp(a) waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, VAP testing, fasting insulin, Reynold’s number, ADMA, fibrinogen and lipid peroxidases.

Session 4: 1:45-2:45
Title: Understanding the Roots of digestive diseases
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD:

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe the role of antibiotics, poor diet, food allergies and common mediations in creating digestive disorders.
• Describe the impact of an inflamed digestive system on the body: the gut-brain, gut skin and gut joint interaction.

Session 5: 3:45- 4:45pm
Title: Heal Their Guts
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe a 4 step approach to help patients overcome digestive problems: Removing pathogens, replacing deficient digestive enzymes, repairing the lining of the diseased gut, use of probiotics.

Session 6: 4:30-5:30pm
Title: The Brain on Fire
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Discuss the underlying mechanisms of degenerative neurologic disorders: inflammation and oxidative stress.
• Discuss interventions to improve cognitive function patients with in Alzheimer’s Disease.
• Discuss approaches to assess and lower inflammation in patients with MS.

Session 7: 5:30-6:30
Title: Take a Breath and Revisit the Model
Speaker: Drs Harbor and Owen

Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Describe and feel comfortable with a new model for approaching chronic disease

Day 2

Day 2

Session 8: 8:00-9:00
Title: Beyond Steroids: Healing the Skin
Speaker: Marion Owen, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Institute a plan to address underlying causes of skin disorders
• Understand the importance of Vitamin D and controversies involving sun exposure
• Outline a dietary plan that will help patients identify causes of skin problems

Session 9: 10:15-11:15
Title: Dealing with Discomfort: Headaches, Restless Legs, and Arthritis.
Speaker: Marion Owen, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe the physiology underlying arthritis and restless leg syndrome.
• Describe non pharmaceutical approaches for these conditions

Session 10: 10:15-11:15am
Title: It is NOT all in their heads! Fibromyalgia, Hot Flashes, and PMS.
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe treatments for these issues related to women.
• Understand how inflammation and hormones interplay in chronic pain syndromes in women.

Session 11: 11:15-12:15
Title: Hot Sweet and Deadly: How Excess Insulin Undermines Health
Speaker: Stephanie Fonda. PhD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe how elevated insulin creates a vicious health cycle culminating in obesity, heart disease, and premature aging.
• Describe interventions that can reverse this process.

Day 3

Day 3

Session 12: 8:00-9:00am
Title: Diabetes 2009
Speaker: Stephanie Fonda. PhD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe why simply lowering blood sugar is not an adequate intervention.
• Describe the mechanisms and drawbacks of drugs to lower blood sugar
• Compare the various nutritional and dietary modifications used to address insulin resistance.

Session 13: 9:00-10:00am
Title: Thyroid issues
Speaker: Marion Owen MD:

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Understand the limitations of standard thyroid testing in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease
• Appreciate the importance of iodine, T4 to T3 conversion and antithyroid antibodies in thyroid disorders
• Explain approaches for patients who have normal TSH and symptoms of hypothyroidism

Session 15: 10:15-11:15
Title: Stressed Out!!!
Speaker: Marion Owen, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe how stress modifies the HPA axis and affects overall health
• Describe interventions to lower stress toxicity.

Session 16 : 11:15 -12:15 pm
Title: Sad and Sleepy, worried and weepy: Addressing depression anxiety and fatigue and insomnia.
Speaker: Marion Owen, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe medications commonly used for depression, insomnia and anxiety, and the side effects of each.
• Describe non pharmaceutical approaches that rebalance neurotransmitters through proper nutrients, specific stress reduction techniques and prescribed exercise.

Day 4

Day 4

Session 16: 8:00-9:00am
Title: Toxic threats to our health
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe how commonly encountered chemicals contribute to endocrine disruption, inflammation, neurological impairment and cancer.

Session 17: 9:00-10:00am
Title: Detoxification Principles
Speaker: Cathryn Harbor, MD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe how medicines and foods are removed from the body.
• Describe the mechanisms underlying the interactions between drugs, nutrients, and supplements.

Session 18: 10:15-11:15pm
Title: Weight loss that works
Speaker: Stephanie Fonda. PhD

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Describe recent scientific findings regarding weight loss.
• Know how to give patients persuasive, easy and understandable instructions on what to eat.

Session 19: 11:15-12:30
Title: Pulling it all Together
Panel Discussion:
Cathryn Harbor, MD; Marion Owen, MD; Stephanie Fonda, PhD.

At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• Appreciate underpinnings of a functional approach to chronic disease management
• Know where to look for more information on a functional approach to patient care