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Speakers at Vegfest 2009
Here are the speakers we have lined up for you at Vegfest 2009. See our
schedule page to see when they will be speaking at
Vegfest this year,
This is an invaluable
opportunity to hear the latest on nutrition and health from our doctors and
dietitians. You’ll have ample opportunity to ask questions, both at the talks
and at the Vegfest Doctors and Dietitians booth.
Keith Hanson, M.D. |
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Keith Hanson,
M.D. received his medical training at Loma Linda University School
of Medicine in California in 1978. He is currently Chief of Staff at the
Okanogan-Douglas District Hospital and also has private practice in
Family Medicine. He has a special interest in preventative medicine and
is the Medical Director of the Coronary Health Improvement Program
(CHIP) in Brewster, Washington. |
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Chan Hwang M.D. |
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Chan Hwang,
MD
obtained his medical degree at Loma Linda University School of Medicine
in 1994 and completed a four-year residency program in Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation in 1998 at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern
University Medical School. Dr. Hwang has been in practice in the Seattle area focusing on
the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders since
1998. He has also been the pain clinic physician consultant for the Puyallup location of UBC,
Inc. since May of 2001. His passion is to provide lifestyle and physical
medicine as well as rehabilitation resources to the under-served not
only in
Western Washington but internationally as well.
Dr. Hwang will speak on the role that a vegetarian diet plays in the
prevention and treatment of chronic pain and illness. |
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Dr. Marilyn Joyce, PHD, R.D. |
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Dr. Marilyn
Joyce is an international radio and television personality,
motivational and inspirational speaker, and author of
I Can't Believe It's Tofu! and
5 Minutes to Health, and the Original Hollywood Celebrity Diet's
official Registered Dietitian. She has more than 18 years experience as
a nutrition and health educator and coach.
Marilyn is a
registered dietitian trained in biochemistry and human nutrition with a
holistic perspective, and also a cancer survivor. She works with patients
living with cancer, AIDS, heart disease and other degenerative
illnesses. Read more about Dr. Joyce at her website,
MarilynJoyce.com.
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Michael Orlich M.D. |
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Michael Orlich, M.D. ttrained
at Tacoma Family Medicine, affiliated with the University of Washington, where he earned his
certification in Family Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of
Michigan Medical School and has a longstanding interest in preventive
medicine, nutrition and lifestyle education. Dr Orlich worked for a
number of years as a physician with the Newstart program at the Weimar
Institute for Health. This center specializes in helping people change
their lifestyle to reverse chronic disease and optimize health and
promotes a vegetarian diet as the cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle. He
is currently a physician at Loma Linda University Medical School. Dr. Orlich also has a special
interest in international medicine which has taken him to South America
and
Africa. In his spare time he enjoys the
outdoors, singing and Bible study.
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Esther Park-Hwang M.D. |
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Dr. Park-Hwang is a board certified obstetrician and
gynecologist. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of
Washington, medical education at Loma Linda University, School of
Medicine, and graduate training in obstetrics and gynecology at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. She has joined the Tacoma Family
Medicine Residency program in 1998 as faculty, and has been actively
involved in training the obstetrics and gynecology portion of resident
training. Her special interests include managing commonly occurring
women’s health problems through healthy lifestyle changes.
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