Educational Objectives

• Understand basic nutrition strategies that can be use in patient treatment plans.
• Understand the evidence basis for the medical use of dietary supplements and how they can be used as part of a comprehensive patient treatment plan.
• Understand the basics of hormone restoration, including essential information for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
• Understand basic testing protocols that can be used for hormones, nutrition, fitness and mental acuity.
• Understand how to use fitness as a component of a patient treatment plan.
• Interactive discussion of problematic clinical cases dealing with various aspects of Age Management Medicine including patient assessment, development of individualized patient treatment programs and follow up treatment plans
• Review Stem Cell therapies and understand which are evidence based and credible and which are not effective.
• Understand the evidence for telomeric control of genetic aging and how this correlates with Age Management Medicine.
• Understand new diagnostic tools and protocols which have been developed to enhance patient assessment.
• Review Integrative Medicine protocols which are evidence based and appropriate for Age Management Medicine.
• Understand the relationship of Telomere, DNA, Nanotechnology on health and longevity.
• Understand recent developments in office based protocols for aesthetic medicine.
• Learn how to maximize the assessment of aesthetic patients using superior communication and consultation techniques.
• Understand how pigments are used for aesthetic reconstruction.
• Understand how to use aesthetic techniques that will minimize and reduce scaring.
• Understand how combinations of laser techniques and treatments maximize results for aesthetic patients.
• Understand how pigmentation is used in aesthetics including, techniques and equipment.
• Learn how to use soft tissue fillers to contour the lines of the face for superior patient satisfaction.
• Understand research and clinical use of mind / body medicine techniques and protocols for stress and memory reversal.
• Understand the critical importance of Vitamin D on bone and general health.
• Learn how to use nutritional evaluation techniques to understand the link between depression and fatigue.
• Understand the role of probiotics and the use of good bacteria for optimal health.
• Learn how to use appropriate diagnostic tests and evidence based treatment for digestive and gut-immune dysfunction.
• Understand appropriate diagnostic testing protocols as related to adrenal fatigue and stress.
• Understand the particulars of the new Healthcare Reform Law and how it may impact Age Management Medicine.
• Understand both non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options for HPA dysregulation and adrenal dysfunction.
• Understand current research and clinical trials on growth hormone Secretagogoues.
• Understand the evidence based use of Testosterone for Women.
• Understand the relationship of Testosterone to Cardiovascular Disease.
• Understand how to clinical management age related loss of pulmonary function.
• Understand how to identify biomarkers of heart disease and reduce risk of cardiac incident with lifestyle modification.
• Learn about the use of herbals for sexual dysfunction and which herbals treatments have evidence based clinical results.
• Learn how to diagnose and treat aging men and women for sexual dysfunction using evidence based and emerging treatments.