AGENDA: 41st Annual Sports Medicine Symposium at the Boston Marathon

Saturday, April 14th

Female Athlete: Running Through Pregnancy, Hysterectomy, and Menopause (Elisabeth Beyer Nolen, MD)

The Gastric Bypass Athlete (Nancy Clark, MS, RD)

The Evolution of the American Marathon
• Amby Burfoot • Greg McMillan • Daniel Vigil, MD • Pierre d'Hemecourt, MD

Loading and Alignment: Global Indicators of Running Injuries
(Irene S. Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM)

2:15 – 2:55

Common Causes of Hip and Pelvic Pain in Runners (Cathy Fieseler, MD)

Heart Rate Training: Theory and Practice (Douglas F. Munch, PhD)

Thirst and Sodium Palatability During Running: Can We Trust Our Bodies to
Guide Individual Fluid Needs? (Jed Hummel, BS, ACSM-CES)

Update on the Etiology and Treatment of the Spectrum of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia (Tamara Hew-Butler, DPM, PhD, FACSM)

Sunday, April 15

On-Site Registration / Continental Breakfast /
Optional Roundtable Training Discussion: Boston Marathon Race Day Strategies (Mark Cucuzzella, MD, FAAFP)

9:00 – 9:45

Treating the Cause of Coronary Heart Disease (Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD)

Special Guest Speaker (TBA)

11:15 – 11:55

Hypertension: New Data and Concepts (Charles L. Schulman, MD)

12:00 – 12:40

Atherosclerosis: Are Athletes Immune? (Amy L. Doneen, MSN, ARNP)

Lydiard Principles for the 21st Century (Mark Cucuzzella, MD, FAAFP and Lorriane Moller)