First Annual Vegfest Medical Seminar
On April 9, 2016, at Seattle’s Vegfest, the first Vegfest Medical Seminar was held for doctors and medical students on the safety and efficacy of a plant-based diet to treat and prevent several common diseases. This unique event featured 7 different board-certified specialists, who presented the latest research, along with their clinical experience.
We are delighted to announce that a complete set of videos of this seminar are now available. You can watch the complete playlist of presentations (see video link below program), or select the individual talk topic you are most interested in by clicking on the topic next to each speaker’s name in the program below.
Here is the program for the seminar, with each topic linked to a video of that talk.
| 7:00pm | Welcome | Amanda Strombom, President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:05pm | Prescribe Vegetarian Campaign | Stewart Rose, Vice President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:15pm | Cardiology | Dr Uma Krishnan, Cardiologist, Cardiac Study Center – Tacoma, WA |
| 7:30pm | Endocrinology | Dr Mythili Ramachandran, Internal Medicine, Bonney Lake Medical Center, WA |
| 7:45pm | Ob/Gyn | Dr Esther Park-Hwang, Ob/Gyn, Multicare OB/GYN Associates, Tacoma, WA |
| 8:00pm | Oncology | Dr Ron Swensen, Gynecological Oncology, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA |
| 8:15pm | Prostate Cancer | Dr Andrea Rose, Medical Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, WA |
| 8:30pm | Infectious Disease | Dr Uma Malhotra, Infectious Disease specialist, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA |
| 8:45pm | Preventative Medicine | F. Patricia McEachrane-Gross MD, Preventative and Family Medicine, Ocala, FL |
