All workshops will be held in the Sponsored Workshop Theater on the Expo Floor

Friday, June 15, 2007
1:00 - 1:30 PM Advanced Lipoprotein Particle Profile for Better Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Dr. Jan Troup Director of Lipid Science SpectraCell Laboratories Booth# 109 Deaths of women from cardiovascular disease are increasing and the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) acknowledges that 50% of those at risk are missed by standard cholesterol testing. LPP, an advanced lipoprotein particle profile test, identifies many of those at risk by measuring the NCEP emerging risk factors and the clinically relevant lipoprotein particle numbers.
1:30 - 2:00 PM What Color Is Your Diet? Susan Bowerman, MS, RD Author What Color Is Your Diet? Booth# Ms. Bowerman will discuss the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory health benefits of a colorful range of plant foods in the prevention of chronic disease and how to utilize the color message to encourage patients to include more plant foods in their diets. The role of plant foods in a weight reduction diet will also be addressed. Following her presentation, Ms. Bowerman will be available to sign copies of her book What Color Is Your Diet?
4:50 - 5:20 PM Helping Physicians Launch a Successful Medical Spa Delano Miller Director of Education and Development MedSurge Advances Booth# 214 MedSurge Advances will present on one of the fastest-growing segments of healthcare aesthetic medicine. Our presentation will show the specialized business resources physicians need to start or expand their practices to include aesthetic medicine to their patients. MedSurge Advances has helped physicians open more than 300 medical spas from coast to coast.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
9:10 - 9:40 AM Baltimore City Health Department     Baltimore City Health Department Booth#
1:00 - 1:30 PM Helping Phyicians Launch a Successful Medical Spa Delano Miller Director of Education and Development MedSurge Advances Booth# 214 MedSurge Advances will present on one of the fastest-growing segments of healthcare aesthetic medicine. Our presentation will show the specialized business resources physicians need to start or expand their practices to include aesthetic medicine to their patients. MedSurge Advances has helped physicians open more than 300 medical spas from coast to coast.
12:30 - 1:00 PM AtoZinc: Implications for Women’s Health and Wellness Functional Vitamin and Antioxidant Deficiencies Dr. Eldred Taylor Laboratory Director SpectraCell Laboratories Booth# 109 Major health challenges confront women from childhood to old age: reproductive life, menopause, cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and sexually transmitted disease. Inflammation plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of many of these degenerative processes, with deficiencies of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants from A to Zinc, as active participants. Deficiencies are very common and very treatable.
4:50 - 5:20 PM Performance Improvement (PI) CME: FBHC CARES for Type 2 Diabetes Andrew McCrea, PhD Executive Director The Foundation for Better Health Care Booth# 219 In the near future, Performance Improvement (PI) CME will be a major component of physicians' CME and re-licensure activities. Learn about FBHC's pioneering PI CME program. Enroll to assess your practice-based performance in 9 evidence-based clinical performance measures for Type 2 diabetes and earn up to 20 hours of Category 1 credits.