Medical Seminar
The 2nd Annual Vegfest Medical Seminar for Medical Doctors and Medical Students
Saturday April 1st, 2017 – 6:30pm – 9pm
Theme: Improving Patient Outcomes with a Plant-Based Diet
- This year’s speakers include:
- Dr Uma Krishnan – Cardiologist
- Dr Uma Malhotra – Infectious Disease
- Dr Joseph Marquez – Urologist
- Dr Ann Pittier – Radiation Oncologist
- Dr Ron Swensen – Oncologist
- Dr George Lee – Family Medicine
- Dr Chan Hwang – Physiatrist
- Free to all physicians and medical students.
- Find out what’s in it for your patients and practice.
- To learn more about Plant-Based Nutritional Medicine, see VegetarianPrescription.org
- See Speaker bios
- See list of supporting physicians
Location: Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
A program of the Prescribe Vegetarian Campaign, the goal of which is to expand medical training and practice to include a plant-based diet, as an addition to standard modalities, fo
r the prevention and treatment of disease.
2017 Evening Program
| 6:30pm | Check-in | |
| 6:30pm | Catered light buffet | The Upper Crust Catering Co. |
| 7:00pm | The Prescribe Vegetarian Campaign | Amanda Strombom, President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:05pm | Enhancing Patient Compliance | Stewart Rose, Vice President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:10pm | Coronary Artery Disease | Dr Uma Krishnan, Cardiologist, Cardiac Study Center – Tacoma, WA |
| 7:25pm | Type II Diabetes | Dr George Lee, Family Medicine, Bellevue, WA |
| 7:40pm | Rheumatoid Arthritis & Fibromyalgia | Dr Chan Hwang, Physical Medicine and Rehab, Multicare Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Puyallup, WA |
| 7:55pm | Antibiotic resistance and Zoonoses | Dr Uma Malhotra, Infectious Disease, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA |
| 8:10pm | Comorbidities in Oncology | Dr Ron Swensen, Gynecological Oncology, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA |
| 8:25pm | Prostate Cancer & Erectile Dysfunction | Dr Joseph Marquez, Urologist, Polyclinic, Seattle, WA |
| 8:40pm | Breast Cancer recurrence | Dr Ann Pittier, Radiation Oncologist, Tacoma Valley Radiation Oncology Center, WA |
| 8:55pm | The Broad Potential of a Plant-Based Diet in Medical Practice | Stewart Rose, Vice President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 9:00pm | Close |
