Officials with Cary Medical Center have announced that Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a board certified family physician, New York Times best-selling author and
nutritional researcher in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods, will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Siruno Stroke Prevention Conference to be held on Friday, Oct. 11. The conference is designed for health care professionals and will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Dr. Fuhrman will also speak to the general public on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the same location.
The conference is made possible by the Siruno Stroke Education Program created by the family of the late Dr. Cesar Siruno, who was a general surgeon at Cary Medical Center for more than 20 years.
The Oct. 11 conference will begin at noon with a heart-healthy lunch. A special lunchtime presentation will be provided by Christy Daggett, a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, Phi Betta Kappa with highest honors and holds a master’s degree in public policy and management from the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. She will present her findings of a 10-year review of cardiovascular mortality in Aroostook County compared to a similar health region in New Brunswick.
Following lunch, Dr. Fuhrman will deliver his remarks on stroke prevention through healthy nutrition. Dr. Fuhrman’s book, “Eat to Live,” has sold more than one million copies and has been translated into multiple foreign languages.
As a medical expert on nutritional therapy and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows. Dr. Fuhrman’s PBS television show, “3 Steps to Incredible Health,” began airing nationwide in June 2011 and became the top fund raising show for PBS that year. Dr. Fuhrman is presently involved in ongoing scientific studies in human nutrition and serves as the research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation.
In addition to Dr. Fuhrman, the stroke conference will also feature Dr. Robert Ecker, director of endovascular surgery at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He is associate professor of neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. Ecker also served as staff neurosurgeon at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Physicians can receive up to 4 AMA category 1 PRA credits by attending the entire conference on Friday. A certificate of completion will also be provided upon request to other health care professionals attending the conference. A $60 fee will be charged with a special $15 rate for students. The fee includes a heart-healthy lunch served at noon.
On Saturday, Oct. 12, Dr. Fuhrman will address the general public from 9 a,m. to 11 a.m. and will discuss healthy nutrition and stroke prevention. He will also do a book signing. There is a $15 registration fee, which includes a heart-healthy lunch at 11:30 a.m. Members of Cary Medical Center’s Seniority Program will be charged $10 and couples or families $25.
Pre-registration for both events is required and seating will be limited. The registration deadline is Tuesday, October 8. You can register on line at CaryMedicalCenter.Org/stroke, or by calling conference coordinator Kim Parent at 498-1112.