Module XX-A
A Metabolic
Systems Triad Training
September 14-16, 2017 - Chicago, IL
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Course Description
The Metabolic Systems Triad system creates a framework to assess & treat patients by first understanding these important interrelationship hierarchies & then provides specific treatment recommendations. The Metabolic Systems Triad Training is a breakthrough approach in clinical medicine that serves to organize complex patient presentations into a unified treatment approach.
The module will cover five triads that together underlie the clinical framework of the Metabolic Systems. Case-based teaching forms a central part of the training, ensuring that the learner gains specific tools & techniques to effectively treat patients immediately after completing the course.
Triad 1: Adrenals - Thyroid - Pancreas - Reviews the significant physiologic, reciprocal relationships between cortisol levels, thyroid functions & insulin sensitivity. Patients often report fatigue & depression, while progressing towards insulin resistance & auto-immunity when this triad deteriorates. This lecture will explore these interactions, common clinical presenting symptoms & how to effectively manage them therapeutically.
Triad 2: Gut - Immune - Brain - Reviews the physiologic relationships between the digestive tract, immune system & brain. We will also examine the important role stress plays as a mediator of these interconnections. Understanding Triad 2 is critical to evaluating patients with complex presentations such as fibromyalgia, auto-immune diseases, cancer, mood disorders, cognitive impairments & digestive problems.
Triad 3: Cardio - Pulmonary - Neuro-Vascular - Reviews the physiologic relationships between mood, the central & peripheral nervous systems & cardiac function. The brain, mind, lungs & heart are connected in intimate ways, with early disturbances leading to endothelial dysfunction, a precursor to hypertension, vascular pathologies & heart disease.
Triad 4: Liver - Lymph - Kidney - Reviews the interrelationships between the 'drainage' systems of the body including the liver, lymph & kidneys. There is a growing awareness of the impact environmental toxins have on human physiology. Organophosphates, chemical byproducts, heavy metals, antibiotics & hormones all contribute to many chronic diseases. It is critical that health practitioners learn methods to assess the clinical burden of environmental exposure & acquire tools to safely remove these factors from their patients.
Triad 5: Estrogen - Progesterone - Testosterone - Reviews the role sex hormones play in human health. Their decline with age contributes to the worsening of the most common chronic illnesses & creates a large burden on quality of life for many men & women. Understanding how to balance & restore when appropriate, these hormones is a centerpiece of any anti-aging practice. Estrogen, progesterone & testosterone will be explored in detail with regard to normal functioning & in particular how they interrelate in the context of human physiology. Methods of assessment & treatment will be reviewed for both men & women.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how the Metabolic Systems Triad works
- Look at an example of a triad, The Brain-Gut-Inflammation Triad & see how triad organizational thought would be helping organize complex patient therapies
- Review normal physiology of adrenals, thyroid & pancreas
- Review common ways patients present with multiple metabolic abnormalities
- Review natural & hormonal treatment strategies for cortisol, insulin & thyroid
- Be familiar with the physiologic relationships between the digestive tract, immune system & brain
- Review common clinical presentations within the proposed framework of Gut-Immune Brain
- Review treatment options & strategies specific for Gut-Immune-Brain pathologies
- Learn basic physiologic connections between the mind, brain & heart mediated through mechanisms such as heart rate variability, depression, stress & the immune system
- Review common clinical presentations within the cardiopulmonary-neuro-vascular triad
- Learn ways to treat complex conditions within this triad framework
- Learn the physiology of the most important detoxification organs & their pathways to remove toxins
- Review the most common toxins, both exogenous & endogenous, which contribute to medical illness
- Review treatment strategies for removal of toxins safely & effectively
- Review ways to mitigate toxins in the home environment
- Review the role of sex hormones in the aging male & female
- Review common presentations of sex hormone dys-regulation & the associated signs & symptoms
- Examine methods of balancing & replacing estrogen, progesterone & testosterone safely & effectively through the use of natural products & hormone replacement therapy
Schedule
7:30 am
An Introduction to the Triads
James LaValle, RPh, CCN
8:30 am
Triad 1: Adrenals-Thyroid-Pancreas – Part One
Andrew Heyman, MD
9:30 am
Break
10:00 am
Triad 1: Adrenals-Thyroid-Pancreas – Part Two
Andrew Heyman, MD
12:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
Triad 1: Adrenals-Thyroid-Pancreas – Case Studies
Andrew Heyman, MD
2:30 pm
Triad 2: Gut-Immune-Brain – Part One
James LaValle, RPh, CCN
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Triad 2: Gut-Immune-Brain – Part Two
James LaValle, RPh, CCN
6:00 pm
Close of session
7:30 am
Triad 2: Gut-Immune-Brain – Case Studies
Andrew Heyman, MD
9:30 am
Break
10:00 am
Triad 3: Cardiopulmonary-Neuro-Vascular – Part One
Doreen Saltiel, MD, FACC, FMNM, ABAARM
12:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
Triad 3: Cardiopulmonary-Neuro-Vascular – Part Two with Case Studies
Doreen Saltiel, MD, FACC, FMNM, ABAARM
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Triad 4: Liver-Lymph-Kidney – Part One
Andrew Heyman, MD
6:00 am
Close of session
7:00 am
Triad 4: Liver-Lymph-Kidney – Part Two
Andrew Heyman, MD
8:00 am
Triad 4: Liver-Lymph-Kidney – Case Studies
Andrew Heyman, MD
9:00 am
Break
9:30 am
Triad 4: Liver-Lymph-Kidney – Case Studies
Andrew Heyman, MD
10:30 am
Triad 5: Estrogen-Progesterone-Testosterone in Men
Kenneth Varano, DO
11:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm
Triad 5: Estrogen-Progesterone-Testosterone – Case Studies
Kenneth Varano, DO
2:00 pm
Triad 5: Estrogen-Progesterone-Testosterone in Women
Jennifer Landa, MD, FMNM, ABAARM
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Triad 5: Estrogen-Progesterone-Testosterone – Case Studies
Jennifer Landa, MD, FMNM, ABAARM
4:30 pm
Clinical Cases
Andrew Heyman, MD
5:30 pm
Close of session
Speakers
Andrew Heyman,
MD, MHSA
Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA 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.
James LaValle,
RPh, CCN
James LaValle, RPh, CCN is a nationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, board certified clinical nutritionist, founder of Metabolic Code Enterprises, Inc., a web platform and practice solution enterprise, launching AIR Support and the Metabolic Code Assessment. In addition, he founded Practices at Progressive Medical Center in Orange County, CA. In 2001, he founded and operated LaValle Metabolic Institute, an interdisciplinary medicine facility in Cincinnati for the past 15 years (sold in 2014) where he served thousands of patients using his metabolic model for health. He also founded Integrative Health Resources 15 years ago, which is focused as a natural products industry consulting company.
James has 27 years of experience integrating natural therapies into various medical and business model. James is probably best known for his expertise in natural therapeutics application and drug/nutrient depletion issues and uncovering the underlying metabolic issues that keep people from feeling healthy and vital. As such he has written hundreds of articles for a variety of industry journals and publications, and has lectured for thousands of healthcare professionals and consumer audiences globally on these topics. He was a founding author of the NHI on Demand database and spearheaded the Lexi Comp databases relating to natural therapeutics.
He is author of 16 e-books and 20 books including the most recently released, Your Blood Never Lies, as well as his best seller, Cracking the Metabolic Code, along with Smart Medicine for Healthier Living, Nutritional Cost of Drugs and the Cox 2 Connection. He was named one of the “50 Most Influential Pharmacists” by American Druggist magazine and was one of only nine Americans selected to participate in the inaugural Dietary Supplement Educational Alliance & Dietary Supplement Information Bureau.
Jennifer Landa,
MD, FMNM, ABAARM
Jennifer Landa, MD, Ob/Gyn specializes in helping women and men balance their hormones, restore their energy, and replenish their sex lives. At the heart of her practice is the belief that maintaining one’s health is hard work and she encourages her patients to make lifestyle changes that will result in increased health.
Dr. Landa’s focused, energetic, and straightforward style comes across well when she speaks in front of groups and on camera. She lectures nationally on preventive medicine and has appeared on national and local television. Dr. Landa just completed her first book with co-author Virginia Hopkins. Their book, The Sex Drive Solution for Women, is a no-nonsense approach to many of the sex drive issues that Dr. Landa addresses with her patients every day.
Kenneth Varano,
DO
Kenneth Varano, DO holds board certifications in Integrative Medicine, Family Practice and Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. He has completed the MMI Advanced Fellowship in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine and has recently been appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership at The George Washington University. Dr. Varano has been featured in Esquire Magazine, CBS News, and Comcast Network as an expert in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy. Dr. Varano specializes in teasing apart the metabolic imbalances found in complex patients and presenting simple therapies that restore health and function.
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Accreditation Information
Physician Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Global Education Group (Global) and MMI. Global is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physician Credit Designation
Global Education Group designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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This educational activity for 24.0 contact hours is provided by Global Education Group. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacist Accreditation Statement
Global Education Group is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Credit Designation
Global Education Group designates this continuing education activity for 24.0 contact hour(s) (2.40CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. (Universal Activity Number - 0530-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx)
This is a knowledge based activity.
Please note, ACPE does not allow participants to claim partial credit. If you are a pharmacist, you must attend the full day’s sessions in order to claim credit. Credit is broken out by day (day one, 7 hours, day two, 7 hours).
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Instructions to Receive Credit
An email will be sent following the conclusion of this activity and it will include the online evaluation form and post-test. Both the online evaluation and post-test are required to receive continuing education credit.
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