September 08 Pre-Holiday Health Symposium
JDA (Jewish Diabetes Association)
Health Symposium
Making Choices for a Healthier Lifestyle
"AN EYE ON PREVENTION & WELLNESS"
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH 2008
Magen David Yeshivah Isaac Shalom Elementary School
2130 McDonald Ave Brooklyn, NY 11223
11 am – 5 pm
The symposium will include a full program of support including keynote speakers:
Dr. Richard K. Bernstein
Author of the national award winning book, Diabetes Solution
“ACHIEVING OPTIMAL CONTROL”
Professor Lois Jovanovic
CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. Associate Editor of the American Diabetes Association journal, Diabetes Care. Dr. Jovanovic has published over 250 articles in the fields of diabetes, obstetrics, gynecology, and perinatology. She currently is working on “closing the loop” with insulin algorithms that incorporate the continuous glucose monitoring of an intravascular glucose sensor to regulate the insulin infusion of an implanted, continuous insulin pump. Recently nominated chair person for the US government of all stem cell research, writer and contributor of countless articles and books in these fields
“WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD”
HEALTH SCREENINGS SPONSORED BY
DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER
SCREEINGS WILL BE BY PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY. REGISTER BELOW
This symposium is sponsored by:
Sephardic Community Center
Sephardic Bikur Holim/MedStar
Downstate Medical Center
The Jewish Press
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