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ForwardBio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Symposium
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The faculty disclosures can be found under "Additional Information" below.
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Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians (internal medicine, family medicine, endocrinologists, general medicine, and OB-GYN), pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals interested in learning about the advancements of preventative and anti-aging medicine.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participants will:
- Assess laboratory tests including serum, blood, saliva, and urine; pros and cons of each testing modality will be discussed
- Learn the neurobiology overview of male sexual response
- Identify the main causes of erectile dysfunction
- Identify the common thread between cardiovascular function and erectile dysfunction
- Discuss the importance of nitric oxide in sexual function
- Identify herbal, pharmacologic and mechanical interventions for treatment
- Clinical scenarios will be presented reflecting common hormone imbalances in female BHRT
- Diagnostic tools including clinical presentation and lab values will be utilized
- Identify the symptoms of testosterone deficiency in men and women
- Learn the effects of testosterone replacement therapy on sexual, cognitive, cardiovascular and inflammatory function
- Describe the relationship of testosterone to prostate disease
- Review the pathophysiology of hypothyroidism
- List some common misconceptions associated with thyroid disease and the scientific literature that supports new management
- Review the physiology of the menstrual cycle in women
- Identify the signs and symptoms of estrogen and progesterone deficiency
- Explore treatment options both in perimenopause and menopausal women
- Identify common bioidentical hormones compounded by pharmacies
- Recognition and treatment of harmful free radicals to provide a host of anti-aging hair, skin and nail beneficial effects
- Discuss current literature regarding causes of HPA axis dysfunction
- Discuss implement treatment protocols for treatment of HPA axis dysfunction
Additional Information
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 BHRT Faculty Disclosures.pdf | 145.16 KB |
| Barbie Barrett, MD, MS, FAARFM, ABAARM Dr. Barrett is Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and Board Certified in compliance with the Medical Board of California, business and profession code, section 651. In addition, she specializes in aesthetic, anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She is an Associate Professor at Stanford University Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. She is an affiliate Faculty & Clinical Professor for the University of California at Davis, Irvine and San Francisco campus' Hospital. She also trains and acts as a medical advisor and instructor in cosmetic and trauma skin care. Dr. Barrett completed her residency and internship at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical and Trauma Center. She received her Medical Degree from Michigan State University. |
 | Dian Ginsberg, MD, FACOG Dr. Ginsberg completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Bowman-Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina before Houston’s sunny climate and the world renowned Medical Center brought her to Texas. Dr. Ginsberg has broad and deep experience providing comprehensive obstetrics and gynecology treatment, which is the basis of her special interest in optimizing methylation and prenatal genetics. As an Obstetrician/Gynecologist for over twenty years, Dr. Ginsberg has witnessed many negative trends in the health and wellness of the general patient population. She has become most concerned about the increasing levels of toxicity observed in both men and women of preconception age, which seems to be coupled with less awareness surrounding the importance of genetic health, diet, and lifestyle in preconception and pregnancy. These evolving negative trends have resulted in her integrating functional medicine into a clinical setting, while still ‘delivering babies’. With over 20 years of experience in the medical field, Dr. Ginsberg has created ways to combine the research and benefits of functional medicine into practical strategies to share with practitioners that treat women in preconception and pregnancy. Her goal is to empower practitioners and patients with the knowledge that can have a profound effect on future fertility, and improve the health of future generations. Dr. Ginsberg finds time to leverage her knowledge of functional wellness into all aspects of her life. As a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, an Ironman Triathlete, and an accomplished Boston marathon runner, she is involved in exploring the latest medical advances in wellness for athletes along with anti-aging therapies for both men and women. Dr. Ginsberg is the mother of two sons with learning differences, and the benefits they have experienced using nutritional therapies is one of her prime motivators to continue research in nutritional and alternative medical therapies. Dr. Ginsberg is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Harris County Medical Society, and the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Ginsberg is on staff at Memorial Hermann Hospital and Park Plaza Hospital in Houston. She is additionally Board Certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, and has completed an Advanced Fellowship with the Metabolic Medical Institute. |
 | Sara Gottfried, MD Dr. Gottfried is a board-certified gynecologist and physician-scientist. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed residency at the University of California at San Francisco. Over the past two decades, Dr. Gottfried has seen more than 25,000 patients, and specializes in identifying the underlying cause of her patients’ conditions to achieve true and lasting health transformations, not just symptom management. She is more likely to test her patient’s DNA and next generation biomarkers, and then prescribe a customized protocol, using primarily food (not drugs) plus other proven lifestyle interventions to optimize the gene/environment interface. It’s not one method fits all. It’s not disease-centered. It’s not fix-’em-up-and-send-’em-home. It’s a mission to transform healthcare, one patient at a time. Dr. Gottfried is a global keynote speaker who practices evidence-based integrative, precision, and functional medicine. Her three New York Times bestselling books include: The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and her latest, Younger: A Breakthrough Program to Reset Your Genes, Reverse Aging, and Turn Back the Clock 10 Years. |
 | Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA Dr. Heyman is an internationally recognized expert in Integrative Medicine. He is currently the Program Director of Integrative and Metabolic Medicine at The George Washington University. Prior to assuming this role, he spent 16 years at the University of Michigan, serving to build one of the largest and most successful academic-based Integrative Medicine programs in the United States. In 1990, he received formal training in Five-element Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine, during which time he developed an interest in increasing access of natural therapies to underserved populations while partnering with the University of Pennsylvania. He continued this work with Jim Gordon, MD at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington DC exploring the intersection between public health, at risk groups, and alternative therapies. Dr. Heyman eventually went on to receive a Masters in Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and upon graduation, became the administrator for the University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center where he was responsible for administering a $7 million NIH grant to research alternative therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The center was one of the first in the country to place alternative therapies and their scientific examination in an academic context. Dr. Heyman has held several leadership positions in the field of Integrative Medicine. He was the national clinical working group co-chair of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine for 4 years, a collaboration of 57 North American universities involved in Integrative Medicine. He is the online editor for the Journal of Men's Health in the section of Integrative Medicine, and he also holds the position of Editor-In-Chief of the Internet Journal of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine. His research interests include the Stress response and NeuroEndocrinology, Cardiometabolic Disease, Men's Health, and clinical outcomes research methodologies. Dr. Heyman remains clinically active as well, as the owner of a four-physician integrative medicine practice in Northern Virginia at the Virginia Center for Health and Wellness. He is also the President of Integrative Health Resources, a small group of clinical experts that consults to physicians, health systems, and public health professionals seeking to develop wellness, lifestyle, and nutrition programs. Finally, Dr. Heyman has been featured on the Discovery Channel, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Natural Health Magazine, and appeared in many other TV and print venues and is a widely sought after, and celebrated speaker around the world on many Integrative Medicine topics. His teaching approach is described as deeply rooted in scientific evidence, grounded in the clinical reality of expert patient care, and readily accessible to both the new learner and seasoned practitioner alike. |
 | Tara Scott, MD, FACOG, FAAFM, ABOIM, CNMP Dr. Scott is a Fellow of American College of OB/GYN; Advanced Fellow and certified in Anti-aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine; Board Certified, American Board of Integrative Medicine, Certified Menopause Practitioner through the North American Menopause Society; Clinical Associate Professor of OB/GYN at Northeast Ohio Medical University; Chief Medical Officer, Revitalize Medical Group, Medical Director of Integrative Medicine at Summa Health Systems. Dr. Tara Scott graduated from Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine and completed her residency with Summa Health Systems at Akron City Hospital in Ohio. She recently "retired" from OB/GYN after almost 20 years to focus on functional and integrative medicine. . She is an Associate Clinical Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University, where she teaches OB/GYN residents. Dr. Scott is a certified menopause practitioner with the North American Menopause Society and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She first became involved with hormone and integrative medicine while practicing as an OB/GYN. Her empathy for patients experiencing hormone-related issues led her to become trained as an advanced fellow and certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The evidence-based practices she employed helped many patients conquer chronic wellness issues. She then started Revitalize Medical Group, where she serves as the Chief Medical Officer. In 2016 she obtained an additional board certification in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Scott is passionate about educating the medical community on the advances in evidence-based hormone therapy. She lectures around the community to raise awareness about wellness and hormone balance. She also serves as Medical Director of Integrative Medicine for Summa Health in Akron, OH. |
 | Pamela W. Smith, MD, MPH, MS Dr. Smith spent her first twenty years of practice as an emergency room physician with the Detroit Medical Center and then the next twenty years as an Anti-Aging/Functional Medicine specialist. She is a diplomat of the Board of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians and is an internationally known speaker and author on the subject of Metabolic, Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine. She also holds a Master’s in Public Health Degree along with a Master’s Degree in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine. She has been featured on CNN, PBS, and many other television networks, has been interviewed in numerous consumer magazines, and has hosted two of her own radio shows. She is a regular contributor for Fox News Radio. Dr. Smith is currently the Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine and the founder of The Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. Dr. Smith is also the co-director of the Master’s Program in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida. |
 | Myles Spar, MD, MPH Dr. Spar is an expert in Integrative Men’s Health and is board certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Vault Health and the Director of Integrative Medicine at the Simms-Mann Health and Wellness Center at Venice Family Clinic. He is a Clinical faculty member of the University of Arizona Schools of Medicine and faculty member for the Academy for Integrative Medicine and Health, where he teaches on men ‘s health. Dr Spar has served as a consultant to the NBA, working with many NBA teams on optimal health and Integrative Medicine issues. He co-edited Integrative Men’s Health from Oxford University Press and his book, Optimal Men’s Health: Your guide to being healthy in order to win! Was released in February, 2020. Dr. Spar is the recipient of the Bravewell Award for Leadership in Integrative Medicine in 2013. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Dr. Spar attended the University of Michigan Medical School and worked as a humanitarian for Medecins sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders, which triggered his appreciation for the role of health in each person’s ability to achieve their goals. |
 | Sahar Swidan, PharmD, BCPS, ABAAHP, FMNM Dr. Swidan is President and CEO of Pharmacy Solutions in Ann Arbor, MI and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Wayne State University. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and completed a 3-year research Fellowship in Bio-Pharmaceutics and Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. Following her fellowship, she was Director of Pharmacy at Chelsea Community Hospital and the clinical pharmacist for the inpatient head and chronic pain service. Dr. Swidan is board certified and an advanced fellow in anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She is an internationally renowned speaker in the areas of pain management, headaches, and HRT. She has authored several book chapters, articles, and patient education material in head and general pain management and personalized medicine. Most recently, Dr. Swidan has contributed in authoring “Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics, Second Edition”. This edition provides continued knowledge on how optimizing metabolic pathways can improve the success of regenerative therapies through emerging technologies, integrative approaches, clinical research, and compelling evidence from over 30 experts. Dr. Swidan provides key insight in the areas of drug-related muscular pain and sarcopenia and the effects of hormones on the musculoskeletal system. Dr. Swidan co-edited and authored a book with many thought leaders from around the globe titled Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine which aids clinicians in advancing their current toolbox in the treatment of various pain syndromes. |
 | Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, ABAARM, ABFM, FMNM Dr. Trindade is a teacher, author, and international speaker in functional medicine. She is a graduate of the fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine and teaches in the Fellowship (a Master’s program through the Morsani School of Medicine, University of South Florida). After obtaining her BA degree in Biology she went on to finish a Master’s in Public Health in the area of environmental health and epidemiology before starting medical school. She graduated first in her class in family practice from the University of California Davis School of Medicine and did her residency training in family practice at the U.C. San Francisco/Santa Rosa Program. She has been in clinical practice for over 20 years. Before starting her own private practice in 2004 in functional medicine she was the medical director of a non-profit organization that catered to the underserved. Her work has been published in Townsend Letter, Guide to Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine, Saúde Actual, and the Border Health Journal among others. She is currently very active in developing teaching programs in Functional Medicine in the USA, Latin America and Europe. Keep up with her activities at www.drtrindade.com. |
FOR PHYSICIANS
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FOR PHARMACISTS
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
ACPE#: 0536-0000-21-005-L04-P
Activity Type: Knowledge
Release Date: March 5, 2021
Expiration Date: March 5, 2024
CE Credits: 16.5 (1.65 CEUs)
FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
ACPE#: 0536-0000-21-005-L04-T
Activity Type: Knowledge
Release Date: March 5, 2021
Expiration Date: March 5, 2024
CE Credits: 16.5 (1.65 CEUs)
Available Credit
- 16.50 ACPE PharmacistThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 16.50 ACPE Pharmacy technicianThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 16.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.