Advanced Topics in Anti-Aging Medicine

Course Details

Course Topics

The course will concentrate on the more complicated medical issues affecting your Health and Wellness practice which includes the following topics:

• Managing Alfa Gal Syndrome - Diagnosing, treatment, and management
• Correcting the over-replaced Patient
• Patients with reduced or compromised Immune Function - Inflammation of Internal Organs, Tissues (i.e. Lupus - SLE), Blood disorders and abnormalities, Digestive Issues (i.e. Celiac Patients, Crohn's Disease, and Colitis), Use of Peptides for various auto-immune disorders
• BHRT and existing Medical Conditions - Anti-Depressants (i.e. Prozac, Lexapro, Zoloft etc.), Anti-Psychotic Medications (i.e. Abilify), Other Prescription Therapies (i.e. Statins), Hypertension Prescriptions and Patients, Hypothyroid Conditions, Diabetic Patients
• Integrative Approach Concepts for Cancer Patients: How you can help! - Ascorbic Acid IV Nutrition in Literature, Diet Considerations, Natural Conjunctive Treatments
• High Risk BHRT Patients - Advanced Testing, Protocols, and Monitoring
• Peptides in Current Metabolic and Immune Pathophysiology - Types (Classes) of Peptides, Review Long-Chain Amino Acids, Essential Amino Acids, Mechanism of Action and Immune Properties associated with Peptides, Candidates for possible Peptide Therapies

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the program, the physician should be able to:

1. Learn to perform new patient comprehensive evaluation and workup, learn what questions to ask to acquire a proper medical history.
2. Learn how take advantage of various diagnostic tests that can be performed to reveal a variety of silent autoimmune diseases with predictive autoantibodies.
3. Understand the basis and foundation of autoimmune disease as well as the causes and how to evaluate and treat autoimmune disease.
4. Evaluate patients for drug dependencies, side effects, and learn how certain lifestyle changes can positively affect autoimmune disease and chronic medical conditions.
5. Understand the various protocols for condition-specific medical conditions and be able to offer suggestive therapies to treat in combination with conventional medicine an array of autoimmune and chronic illnesses.
6. Gain a better understanding of the medical and biological conditions that lead to poor health and how to address these issues using evidence-based therapies to initiate an individualized form of treatment for your patients.
7. Understand how to correctly interpret hormone studies, immune assay tests, and other interpretive tests to render a diagnosis and treatment plan.
8. Review food allergies and sensitivities as relates to autoimmunity and aggravation of chronic disease conditions.
9. Review concepts of auto-reactive antibodies/T-cell receptors, how autoimmune complexes are formed, models of autoimmunity, the various conditions that elicit autoimmune disease, and understand how different heavy metals and environmental causes can affect and alter the immune response.
10. Understand the important role that GI microbiota and the intestinal barrier have in maintaining a healthy immune system.
11. Review the latest various studies concerning ancillary care for cancer patients including ascorbic acid IV infusion, diet consideration, and other therapies for patient management.
12. Review optimal hormonal levels in men and women for blood and saliva testing. Understand the specific strategies of Hormone Replacement Therapy in relation to Integrative Medicine approaches for aging populations. Examine current regulatory initiatives and possible expected governing changes.
13. Understand how, when and whom it would be appropriate to consider Peptides for patients and possible hormone interaction. Examine dosing and protocols.
14. Learn how to integrate Anti-Aging services in a practical setting. Learn from successful physicians and business faculty who have thriving Integrative Medicine practices.

Course Prerequisites

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for physicians and nurses who are either practicing Anti-Aging Medicine or who have successfully completed the Anti-Aging Module I & II prior to attending this advanced workshop. The course is designed for physicians and nurses to receive the latest up-to-date information available as well as incorporating an increased standard-of-care for enhanced patient care. The classes purposely allow for questions and answers on the topics presented as there are nuances that are unique to every medical condition.

Recommended Preparation

It is recommended that physicians are either practicing Anti-Aging Medicine or have successfully completed our Anti-Aging Module I & II prior to attending this advanced workshop.

Agenda

Please look out for an email with the final agenda 3 days before your course date with more information. For assistance, call 844.997.3231 or email [email protected].

*Agenda may be adjusted based on course requirements and operational considerations.