INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2000:
00-1. January 31, 2000
"Glutathione: The Body's Own Anti-Aging Protectant"
by
Prof. Theodore Hersh, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
E-mail: tedhersh@thione.com
00-2. February 4, 2000
"Gene Expression Profile of Aging and
Its Retardation by Caloric Restriction"
by
Prof. Tomas A. Prolla, Ph.D.
Departments of Genetics and Medical Genetics
University of Wisconsin
445 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
Office: 608-265-5204
Cellular: 608-345-1539
Lab: 608-265-5205
FAX: 608-262-2976
E-mail: taprolla@facstaff.wisc.edu
00-3. March 13, 000
"Growth Hormone/Sex Steroid Intervention in
Healthy Elderly Men and Women: Effects on
Body Composition, Strength, Endurance, and
Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Adverse Reactions"
by
Dr. S. Mitchell Harman, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
E-mail: harman@thekronosgroup.com
00-4. April 17, 2000 [Postponed due to severe rain in Souther California; April 22, 2002]
"Functional Genomics: Array of Hope for Improved Diagnosis"
by
Daniel R. Masys, M.D.
Director of Biomedical Informatics
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0602
Voice: 858-534-4194
E-mail: dmasys@ucsd.edu
00-5. May 8, 2000
"Public Policy in Stem Cell Research"
by
Prof. Alexander M. Capron, Esq.,
Henry W. Bruce Professor of Law
University Professor of Law and Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Voice: 213-740-2557
E-mail: acapron@law.usc.edu
00-6 June 12, 2000
"Drosophila Genomics and Biology"
by
Prof. Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D., Director
Drosophila Genome Center
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200; USA
URL: http://www.fruitfly.org
00-7 July 10, 2000
"The Implications of Genomics for 21st Century Medicine"
by
Dr. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., CEO
Human Genome Sciences
Rockville, MD
URL: http://www.hgsi.com
00-8 August 21, 2000
"The Endocrinology of Prostate Cancer"
by
Dr. Stephen B. Strum, M.D., Clinical Director
Prostate Cancer Research Institute
5777 West Century Blvd., Suite 885
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Voice: 310-743-2116
FAX: 310-743-2113
E-Mail: pcri@prostate-cancer.org"
URL: http://www.prostate-cancer.org
00-9 September 18, 2000
"Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease"
by
Dr. Michel F. Levesque, M.D., President and CEO,
Neurogeneration, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Director, Functional Neurosurgery Unit
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
Associate Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
8631 West Third Street, Suite 214E
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Voice: 310-659-7457
FAX: 310- 967-8318
E-mail: levesque@camc.edu
00-10 October 9, 2000
"Aspects of Aging Potentially Reversible by Gene Therapy"
by
Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey
Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge
1 Beaconsfield Terrace
Victoria Road
Cambridge, England CB4 3BP
Voice: 011-44-122-333-3963
FAX: 011-44-122-333-3992
E-mail: ag24@gen.cam.ac.uk
00-11 November 13, 2000
"Electron Beam Tomography (EBT) and the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease"
by
Dr. Harvey S. Hecht, M.D.,
Director of Cardiac Imaging and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Arizona Heart Institute and Foundation
2632 North 20th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85006
Voice: 602-266-2200
FAX: 602-285-0867
E-mail: hhecht@azheart.com
00-12 December 11, 2000
"Enhanced Counter Pulsation for Chronic Myocardial Ischemia"
by
Dr. Bijan Pourat, MD, FACC, FRCP
Diplomat American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases
Internal Medicine, and Cardiac Catheterization
Anti-Aging Medicine
125 North Robertson Street
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Voice: 310-550-8000
FAX: 310-652-5763