* This is a tentative schedule that may be subject to change.
Friday, March 3rd
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7:55 am – 8:00 am PT / 10:55 am – 11:00 am ET
Opening Remarks
8:00 am – 9:45 am PT / 11:00 am – 12:45 pm ET
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety and Efficacy and the Urgent Need for Early Ambulatory Therapy
Presented by Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Objectives +- To review the lack of evidence for asymptomatic spread
- To understand asymptomatic testing is not FDA approved or CDC or WHO-endorsed
- To understand that natural immunity is protective against severe outcomes
- To review lack of safety for COVID-19 vaccines
- To understand early treatment for COVID-19
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9:45 am – 10:00 am PT / 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm ET
Break
10:00 am – 11:45 am PT / 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm ET
Post COVID and Post Vaccination Integrative Approaches
Objectives +- To describe Post COVID symptoms and other latent disease activation
- To explain post vaccination adverse effects
- To discuss potential treatment for Long COVID or vaccine injury
- To review integrative approaches for health optimization and disease prevention
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11:45 am – 12:45 pm PT / 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm ET
Lunch
12:45 pm – 2:30 pm PT / 3:45pm – 5:30 pm ET
Post COVID Medicine
Presented by Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD
Objectives +- To explore Long COVID as an often progressive illness
- To review common symptoms and emerging treatments including:
- Eyes (cataracts and macular degeneration)
- Fatigue
- Memory loss
- Hair Loss
- Insomnia
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm PT / 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm ET
Break
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm PT / 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm ET
The Intersection Between Long-Haul COVID, Lyme Disease, and Complex Chronic Illness
Presented by Marie Matheson, ND
Objectives +- To provide an understanding of the pathophysiology of Long COVID and the multiple, concurrent, interdependent mechanisms that contribute
- To understand the similarities of symptoms between Long COVID, Chronic Lyme Disease, and Complex Chronic Illness
- To provide understanding of how the inappropriate treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and its ultimate fate lead to Long COVID and how to treat the acute symptoms and support the recovery of affected organs
- To learn the risk factors for developing Long COVID
- To provide clinical pearls on the best natural treatments for Long COVID, including various bioenergetic treatments, dietary recommendations, herbs, and LDI therapy
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm PT / 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm ET
Advisor Wrap-Up
Kristine Gedroic, MD
Saturday, March 4th
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7:55 am – 8:00 am PT / 10:55 am – 11:00 am ET
Opening Remarks
8:00 am – 9:15 am PT / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET
Environmental Toxins and Cardiovascular Disease
Presented by Jack Wolfson, DO, FACC
Objectives +- To learn why cardiovascular disease remains the #1 killer worldwide
- To understand why the current medical system does not address the cause of disease
- To explore environmental toxins as a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
- To discuss why strategies for toxin detection, avoidance, and elimination are of paramount importance
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9:15 am – 9:30 am PT / 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm ET
Break
9:30 am – 10:45 am PT / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm ET
What Happens When Dots Connect? The Theory of the Complex Path to Intracranial Hypertension and CSF Leak Taken by Those with Mast Cell Activation, Hypermobility, and Dysautonomia
Presented by Andrew J. Maxwell, MD, FACC
Objectives +- To connect the dots between Dysautonomia, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Ehlers Danlos, GI Dysmotility, and Autoimmunity
- To discuss the role of the parasympathetics and vagus nerve in dysautonomia
- To outline “Spiky-Leaky Syndrome” and its role in structural instability
- To discuss the role of environmental toxicants as contributors to the Pentad
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10:45 am – 11:00 am PT / 13:45 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Break
11:00 am – 12:15 pm PT / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET
The Endothelial Glycocalyx – A New Frontier for Health Intervention
Presented by Kristine Burke, MD
Objectives +- To introduce Endothelial Glycocalyx (EGx) discovery, structure, and function
- To review pertinent EGx literature
- To review some of the recent clinical studies demonstrating potential treatment effects
- To discuss supplement support available to protect and restore EGx
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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PT / 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm ET
Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm PT / 4:15pm – 5:30 pm ET
Autism – Genetics, Mold, Co-infections, and Clinical Outcomes
Presented by Christian Bogner, MD, FACOG, CFMNP
Objectives +- To explore what is autism really? After years of testing, are there patterns?
- To discuss how to approach a patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- To understand how to connect the tests by utilizing integrative medicine
- To consider therapeutic strategies
- To review examples of clinical outcomes
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm PT / 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm ET
Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm PT / 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm ET
Botanical Avatars for PANDAS & PANS
Objectives +- To describe the various mechanisms of PANDAS & PANS
- To illustrate the story of the “nose elevator to the brain”
- To briefly discuss the microbiome-microglia connection and the role of microglia activation
- To dream up what a perfect “avatar” for PANDAS & PANS would mean mechanistically
- To present a few Botanical Avatars that address the mechanisms covered above
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4:00 pm – 4:15 pm PT / 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm ET
Break
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm PT / 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm ET
The Evaluation and Treatment of the Sensitive Patient
Objectives +- To understand the neurological basis for sensitivity
- To discuss the toxins and infections that trigger sensitivity
- To understand the biochemistry and physiology of sensitivity
- To take this information and create a treatment plan for the sensitive patient
- To explore other treatments that help sensitive patients
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5:30 pm – 6:00 pm PT / 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm ET
Advisor Wrap-Up
Marie Matheson, ND
Sunday, March 5th
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7:55 am – 8:00 am PT / 10:55 am – 11:00 am ET
Opening Remarks
8:00 am – 9:15 am PT / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET
New Insights into the Microbiome
Presented by Kristine Gedroic, MD
Objectives +- To define a healthy microbiome
- To explore microbiota signatures of significance
- To discuss the successful manipulation of the microbiome
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9:15 am – 9:30 am PT / 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm ET
Break
9:30 am – 10:45 am PT / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm ET
Simplifying Functional Medicine
Presented by Joe Mather, MD, MPH & TM
Objectives +- To learn the importance of prioritizing fundamentals in chronic complex disease
- To explore why the fields of Functional and Integrative Medicine must refocus on symptoms rather than laboratory findings
- To learn strategies to lower the financial burden in your sickest patients
- To learn strategies to improve outcomes in your practice
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10:45 am – 11:00 am PT / 13:45 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Break
11:00 am – 12:15 pm PT / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET
Missing and Misunderstanding Oxalate Toxicity
Presented by Sally K. Norton, MPH
Objectives +- To recognize the chemical forms of oxalate
- To identify the three major sources of oxalate in the body
- To name two commonly consumed precursors
- To define normal, high, and low oxalate diets
- To describe factors that increase susceptibility to oxalate toxicity
- To recognize clearing illness and three related metabolic states
- To identify support nutrients and therapies
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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PT / 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm ET
Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm PT / 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm ET
The Role of Deuterium in Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Presented by Stephanie Seneff, PhD
Objectives +- To introduce deuterium (heavy hydrogen) and its effects on human health
- To explain how sulfate anions and NAD(P)H collaborate to keep mitochondria healthy
- To explain how glyphosate interferes with NAD(P)H homeostasis, causing deuterium toxicity
- To explain how a tumor can help ameliorate the deuterium toxicity problem
- To recommend a specific healthy lifestyle that optimizes mitochondrial health
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm PT / 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm ET
Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm PT / 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm ET
Thiamine and the Energy to Heal
Presented by Chandler Marrs, PhD
Objectives +- To understand that healing takes energy
- To understand that energy requires thiamine
- To explore modern foods, medications, and chemical exposures that deplete thiamine and thus deplete energy
- To consider that thiamine insufficiency is a common but unrecognized factor of modern illness
- To explore how thiamine repletion improves the capacity to heal
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4:00 pm – 4:15 pm PT / 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm ET
Break
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm PT / 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm ET
Impact of Environmental Metals and Chemicals on Mitochondria
Presented by Joseph Pizzorno, ND
Objectives +- To understand how environmental metals and chemicals damage mitochondria
- To be able to assess the body load of the worse environmental toxins
- To develop skills to help patients identify and avoid sources of mitochondrial toxins
- To discuss strategies to increase excretion/detoxification of environmental toxins
- To understand the basics of living a low-toxin life
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5:30 pm – 6:00 pm PT / 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm ET
Advisor Wrap-Up
Neil Nathan, MD
Bonus
Positive Results in Limbic Retraining in Patients with Long COVID
Objectives +- To discuss the limbic system
- To provide an overview of limbic system rehabilitation
- To present case studies of Long COVID patients
How Lyme and Mycotoxins Create High RANTES, Inflammation, and Clots
Objectives +- To understand how gain of function in TNF-a and HFE (Iron absorption) genes creates excess inflammation
- To explore how mutations in SIRT1 and HMOX can allow inflammaiton to stimulate mast cells and histamine
- To consider how environmental factors and endogenous factors can stimulate NADPH Oxidase
- To review how mutations in KIT genes can increase mast cell activation
- To show how mutations in histamine-degrading enzymes can cause excess histamine
- To understand how Histamine along with mutations in iNOS can increase inflammation and lead to increased RANTES
- To explore how stimulation of the PLA2 enzyme and weakness in Omega 3 enzymes further leads to platelet activation, clots, and inflammation