Thursday, October 15, 2015
3:00pm / Registration6:00pm / Welcome Remarks
Introduction of Luminary Prize for Health
Deborah German, M.D., Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean College of Medicine
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
6:30pm / Welcome Reception
Friday, October 16, 2015
7:30 am / Breakfast8:00 am / Opening Remarks
Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D., MBA.
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
8:10 am / The Rising Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; What is Changing in Our World
Maria Abreu, MD
Miami College of Medicine, Miami, FL USA
8:50 am / Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL USA
9:30 am / Epigenetic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Diabetic Vascular Complications
Rama Natarajan, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
10:10 am / Break
10:35 am / Inflammation and Wound Healing
Sashwati Roy, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
11:10 am / Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators in Atherosclerosis
Gabby Fredman, Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York, NY USA
11:40 pm / Novel Insights into the Pathophysiology of Crohn’s Disease
Saleh Naser, Ph.D.
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
12 :10 pm / Lunch
1:10 pm / Shock, Trauma and Stress-Connection to Inflammation
Eugen Faist, MD, Ph.D.
University of Munich, Munich, Germany
1:50 pm / Therapeutic Applications of Anti-Inflammatory Oligonucleotides
Dennis Klinman, MD, Ph.D.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC USA
2:30 pm / Break / Poster Session
3:00 pm / Jason Lang, MD
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL USA
3:40 pm / Resolving in Wound Healing – Stimulating, Re-generation and Protecting Tissues
Matthew Spite, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
Saturday, October 17, 2015
7:30 am / Breakfast8:00 am / Deborah German, M.D., Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean College of Medicine
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
8:10 am / Nitric Oxide-Mitochondria-Connection to Inflammation and Health
Sir. Salvador Moncada, MD, FRS., FRCP., FMedSci.
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
8:50 am / The Environment and Cardiovascular Health: The New Frontier for Sustainable Global Health
Jonathan R. Lindner, M.D.
Knight Cardiovascular Center, Portland, OR USA
9:30am / The Environment and Cardiovascular Health: The New Frontier for Sustainable Global Health
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
10:10 am / Break
10:30 am / Ayurvedic Principles in Health
Baghel Madhawsingh, MD
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
11:10 am / Novel Anti-Inflammatory Therapies
Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D., MBA, FAHA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
11:40 am / Endometriosis and Inflammation; New Treatment Options
Nalini Santanam, Ph.D., MPH, FAHA
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
12:10 pm / Lunch
1:10 pm / Shatkriyakala of Chronic Inflammation with Special reference to Arthritis: Exploring Preventive Strategies
Ram Harsh Singh, MD, Ph.D., D.Litt.
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA
1:50 pm / How to Preserve and Protect Mental Health? Ayurvedic Ways to Prevent Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders
Yogesh S. Deole, MD, Ph.D.
G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, Gujarat, INDIA
2:30 pm / Break / Poster Session
3:00 pm / Emerging Concepts in Wellness
B.M. Hegde, MD, FRCP, FRCPI, FACC, FAMS
Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, INDIA
3:40pm / Defining the Healing Macrophage Phenotype Using Genomic Approaches
Laszlo Nagy, MD, Ph.D.
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL USA
5:00 pm / Closing Remarks
Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease
Featuring Distinguished Lecture Dr. Peter Libby
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