Southwestern Gynecologic Assembly - 44th Annual Clinical Meeting
December 4-5, 2009
"AGING – How to Stay Young by Aging Gracefully"

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Friday, December 4th
Moderator: Robert S. Darrow, M.D.

8:00	a.m.	-	Registration and Welcome Announcements
8:15	a.m.	-	The Truth about Aging - Separating Fact from Fiction - Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
9:04	a.m.	-	The Basic Science of Aging - Dr. Jerry Shay
9:55	a.m.	-	Break
10:15	a.m.	-	Cognitive Changes in the Elderly - Dr. Belinda Vicioso
11:05	p.m.	-	Current and Future Roles for Hormone Therapy after Menopause - Dr. Wulf Utian
11:55	p.m.	-	Q & A for morning session
12:15	p.m.	-	Lunch lecture: Our specialty: Where it has come from, where it is going- Perspective of an Old Man - Dr. Norman Gant
1:30	p.m.	-	The Skin and Aging - Dr. Sarah Weitzul
2:20	p.m.	-	The Prevention and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Which Agent, When and How Long? - Dr. Sydney Bonnick
3:10	p.m.	-	Break
3:40	p.m.	-	Adult Stem Cell Research - Dr. Jerry Shay
4:30	p.m.		Q & A for afternoon sessions

Saturday, December 5th
Moderator: Jennifer Freeman, M.D.

8:00	a.m.	-	Registration and Announcements
8:30	a.m.	-	CV disease - mechanism, current literature/clinical trials and therapy - Dr. Howard Hodis
9:20	a.m.	-	CV disease - Continuation - Dr. Howard Hodis
10:10	a.m.	-	Break
10:40	a.m.	-	Determining and Achieving Quality of Life Goals for Women after Menopause - Dr. Wulf Utian
11:30	p.m.	-	Lunch lecture: Question and answer discussion session with speakers - Dr. Irwin Kerber (moderator)
1:00	p.m.	-	Nutrition and Aging/Cancer - Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
1:50	p.m.	-	Vitamin D - Dr. Sydney Bonnick
2:40	p.m.	-	Break
3:10	p.m.	-	The Luis Leib, MD/St. Paul Medical Foundation Memorial Lecture: End of Life Issues (Ethics) - Dr. Robert Fine
4:00	p.m.		Q & A for afternoon sessions

2008 Faculty

Course Director
Elysia Moschos, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Sydney Bonnick, M.D.
Medical Director, Clinical Research Center of North Texas
Denton, TX

Robert Fine, M.D.
Director, Office of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care
Baylor Health Care System
Dallas, TX

Norman Gant, M.D.
President, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dallas, TX

Howard Hodis, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Preventative Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.
Director of Education, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Tucson, AZ

Jerry Shay, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D., DSc
Executive Director, NAMS
President, The Nams Foundation
Consultant, OB/Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Prof. Emeritus, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Mayfield Heights, OH

Belinda Vicioso, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Sarah Weitzul, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology and Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX