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Vegfest 2009 - March 21st & 22nd, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
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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 Hansen, M.D.
Keith Hanson, M.D.
  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.
     
     
Dr Chan Hwang, M.D.
Chan Hwang M.D.
  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.
     
     
Photo: Dr. Marilyn Joyce
Dr. Marilyn Joyce, PHD, R.D.
  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.

     
     
Dr Michael Orlich
Michael Orlich M.D.
  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.
     
     
Dr Esther Park-Hwang, M.D.
Esther Park-Hwang M.D.
 

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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