Laura Matarese is the Director of Nutrition, Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Center, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center.  She has authored over 150 books, manuscripts and videos.  She lectures extensively both nationally and internationally and was honored as the first recipient of the Advanced Clinical Practice Award from ADA.  Laura will speak on Maximizing Bowel Adaptation in Short Bowel Syndrome.

What impact does drinking milk have after heavy weight lifting?  Find out the answer from Stuart Phillips, PhD, FACN, associate professor, Kinesiology – Exercise Metabolism Research Group at McMaster University.  Dr. Phillips led the study that looked milk’s ability to aid in muscle growth and fat loss that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 

Neal Barnard, MD, adjunct associate professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and author of 14 books and more than 30 research articles will discuss A New Dietary Approach to Type 2 Diabetes.  Learn how to improve glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors, while achieving strong patient adherence.