Dr. Wendi El-Amin, Department of Family Medicine, discussing the obesity epidemic in the African-American community, the importance of assisting patients in making informed eating choices and how to prevent and reduce obesity. Dr. El-Amin has developed a Charlottesville-based community program to educate minorities about lowering their risk for disease. She also serves on institutional boards dedicated to improving minority health.
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Dr. Arthur ‘Tim' Garson, Jr., executive vice president and provost of the University and former School of Medicine dean, addresses America's shortage of trained medical personnel, our nation's obesity crisis, and the impact of the uninsured on public policy.
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Dr. Christopher Holstege, Director of the Division of Medical Toxicology and Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, discusses the effects of lead poisoning from moonshine ingestion, and the links between absinthe consumption and the development of chronic psychoses
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Dr. Mary Jensen, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, discusses treatment and prevention of strokes and aneurysms, the seriousness of which is frequently underestimated by baby boomers. Acknowledged for her pioneering use of coils and stents in treating stroke victims, Dr. Jensen is also national president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
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Dr. Bankole Johnson, Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, discusses the challenges of treating the brain disorders of alcoholism and cocaine dependence, treatment successes, and his research to develop drugs to reduce these cravings. In March 2007, he was featured with patients on HBO's "Addition Documentary" during the portion called "Topiramate: a Clinical Trial for Alcoholism."
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Dr. Casey Kerrigan, Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, outlines the biomechanics of walking and running with regard to knee arthritis, and sharing her new shoe technology to ease arthritis pain. Dr. Kerrigan tells women to stop wearing high heels!
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Dr. J. Michael Mangrum, Director of UVa's Atrial Fibrillation Center, discusses treatments for atrial fibrillation, a condition affecting 2.5 million Americans in which the atria in the upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of pumping blood effectively. Dr. Mangrum is involved in a multitude of cutting-edge studies in the clinical management of atrial fibrillation.
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Dr. Susan Modesitt, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, discussing the HPV vaccine and the controversy surrounding when it should be given to girls and the link between obesity and uterine and breast cancers.
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