The Conrad Taff Educational Fund
Harvard Medical School
Present
2007 - 2008
Longwood Nutrition Conferences
Medical Education Center, Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115
Cannon Room (Building C1)
12:00 pm -1:00 pm
First Tuesday of Each Month
(Lunch will be served at 11:30 am)
October 2
“Nutrition Implications of a Crush Injury: A Case Study”
Ashritha Bhaskar, R.D., Inpatient Clinical Dietitian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
November 6
"The Legacy of Childhood Malnutrition in Barbados:
A Longitudinal Study from Birth to 40 Years”
Janina R. Galler, Senior Scientist, Judge Baker Children's Center; Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
December 4
“The Nutritional Management of Pancreatitis - New Innovative Approaches”
Steven D. Freedman, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Translational Research, Medical Director, Clinical Research Affairs, Director, General Clinical Research Center and the Pancreas Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
January 8 *
“Adipose Tissue: Sin or Necessity?”
Arturo Rolla, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine; Endocrinologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, MA
February 5
“Syncope and Failure to Thrive”
Kathryn Brown, MS, RD, LDN, Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Clinical Nutrition Service, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
March 4
“Rational Use of Herbs and Dietary Supplements”
Don Levy, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Osher Clinical Center for Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
April 1
“Update on Bariatric Surgery”
Dr. Scott Shikora, Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chief, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
May 6
“Protective Nutrients and Immunophysiology of the Gut”
Dr. Samuli Rautava, Research Fellow, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital-East, Charlestown, MA (also: Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Central Hospital in Turku, Finland)
June 3
"Gut Priming for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Review"
Deirdre Ellard, M.S., R.D., C.N.S.D. Neonatal Dietitian Specialist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
All Longwood Nutrition Seminars are held in the Cannon Room at HMS.