The Conrad Taff Educational Fund
Harvard Medical School

Present

2006 - 2007
Longwood Nutrition Seminars

Medical Education Center, Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115
Cannon Room (Building C1)
12:00 pm -1:00 pm
(Lunch will be served at 11:30 am)

October 3, 2006
“Nutritional Tetany”
Lisa Summers, M.D., R.D., Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Fellow, Division of GI & Nutrition, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

November 7
“New Advances in Surgical Heart Failure
Management and Their Nutritional Implications”
Nicole Varady, R.D., C.N.S.D., Team Leader Dietitian, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

December 5
“Developmental Origins of Obesity”
Matthew W. Gillman, M.D., SM, Associate Professor of Ambulatory Care & Prevention, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Associate Professor of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

January 9, 2007 *
“Preventing Diabetes and Reducing CVD Risk”
Edward S. Horton, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Vice President, Director of Clinical Research, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA.

February 6
“Vitamin D for Health: A D-Lightful Story”
Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA.

March 6
"Nutritional and Metabolic Issues in HIV Infection"
Christine Wanke, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Director, Clinical HIV Research, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical School, Boston, MA.

April 3
“Calcium and Phosphate Compatibility in Parenteral Nutrition Admixtures”
David F. Driscoll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Research Staff, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

May 1
“Weight Loss Prescriptions: Lessons Learned
from A 1 Year Caloric Restriction Trial”
Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research on Aging; Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA.

June 5
“Treatment of Obesity”
Caroline M. Apovian, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Nutrition & Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

* Please note that the January seminar is on the 2nd Tuesday of the month 

Click HERE for the archived list of Longwood Nutritional Conferences for 2005-2006

Click HERE for the archived list of Longwood Nutritional Conferences for 2004-2005

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contact Sally Burke by e-mail.