Press Release
April 14, 2014 (Boca Raton, FL)

Press Release | April 14, 2014

Healthy Aging Therapeutics Symposium to be held at Harvard Medical School, September 20-21, 2014 featuring unmatched faculty lecturers and cutting edge education

April 14, 2014 (Boca Raton, FL) – Over 300 healthcare practitioners from all specialties, both international and domestic, will convene at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center September 20-21, 2014 for theHealthy Aging Therapeutics Symposium. This symposium will feature some of the most knowledgeable and respected experts in the area of healthy aging that will discuss the most relevant and pertinent topics in the rapidly changing healthcare industry.  These leading experts come to the stage from both the medical and biotech worlds with years of experience.

Select topics will include pharmaceutical approaches to treating diseases of aging; dyslipidemic-induced vascular disease; oxidative stress; telomerase; and much more.

Featured Speakers include:

Christoph Westphal, MD, PhD is on the Board of Fellows of Harvard Medical School, founder and partner of Longwood Fund, co-founder and executive chairman of Verastem as well as co-founder of Sirtris. Dr. Westphal has spearheaded many research projects engineering experimental medicine for several incurable cancers and serious inflammatory disorders.

Leonard Pershing Guarente, PhD is co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is the Novartis Professor of Biology at MIT, and serves on the Advisory Board of Segterra Inc.

David Sinclair, PhD is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Molecular Biology of Aging, Associate Member of the Broad Institute for Systems Biology, and co-founder of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals.

Mark Houston, MD, MS, ABAARM, FACP, FAHA is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Director of the Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology in Nashville, TN, and Medical Director of the Division of Human Nutrition at Saint Thomas Hospital.  Dr. Houston also runs an active clinic in Nashville, is involved in clinical research, teaches, and is well published on the topics of Hypertension and Vascular Biology.

Mark Rosenberg, MD is an integrative cancer specialist and research scientist that has been involved with drug research since 1991. He is actively involved in the development of drugs and techniques to combat cancer, obesity and age-related diseases.  Dr. Rosenberg has an active clinic in which he practices daily treating both healthy aging and integrative cancer therapies.

Michael Schmidt, PhD is co-chair of the Advanced Pattern Analysis and Countermeasures Group.  He is Course Director of the Clinical Genomics, Proteomics, & Metabolomics program, Integrative Metabolic Medicine Program, at George Washington University.  Dr. Schmidt’s work is focused on assessment, clinical therapeutics, and countermeasures associated with converging variables within molecular networks.

David Perlmutter, MD is a Board Certified neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is a frequent lecturer at symposia sponsored by prestigious medical institutions such as Columbia University, Scripps Institute, and Harvard University.

For more information on this uniquely innovative medical education event, pleaseclick here or call 888.997.0112.

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About the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

As a federally registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) is the world's largest non-profit scientific society of physicians and scientists dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process.

A4M offers exclusive membership to all medical professionals where they gain access to over two-decades of established medical expertise.  We are also dedicated to educating physician and scientists and are proud to be in our 22nd year of providing first-class continuing education conferences on anti-aging issues, regenerative and functional medicine.

To further demonstrate our commitment to the Future of Medicine Today, the shared responsibility for patient outcomes and transforming health education through innovation, we offer Board Certifications and Fellowship Training Programs in various disciplines ranging from Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine to such disciplines as aesthetic medicine, skin cancer and stem cell therapy, in order to lead the industry by establishing best practice standards in these areas.