Friday October 30, 9:00 – 10:30am
How the medical community can get people to reap the health benefits of walking and motivate their patients to get moving. Featured program initiatives include Walk with a Doc, Physical Activity as a Vital Sign, best practice strategies for reaching practicing clinicians, and a collaborative effort to incorporate lifestyle medicine into standard medical practice.
Moderator: Tom Richards, Director of Corporate Engagement at American Council on Exercise
Panelists:
- David Sabgir, MD, FACC, Founding CEO of Walk with a Doc, Board Certified Cardiologist, Mount Carmel Health System
- Dr. Bob Sallis, MD, FACSM, Co-Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship; Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center; UC Riverside School of Medicine
- Edward Phillips, MD, Founder and Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine in the Department of Physical Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School
- Dr Jason Matuszak, MD, FAAFP, Chief of Sports Medicine, Excelsior Orthopaedics
Presentations
- Engaging the Medical Community in the Walking Movement
- Exercise is Medicine – Robert E. Sallis
- Walk with a Doc: The Next Dimension of Health Care – David Sabgir
- Engaging the Medical Community in the Walking Movement: Reforming Medical Education – Edward Phillips
- Engaging the Medical Community in Change – Jason Matuszak
