One Path Summit Announces Final Speakers, Including Suzanne Somers

ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patient care professionals and members of the public are invited to attend the inaugural One Path Summit at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Centre, March 26-27, 2011. This two-day event will feature a keynote address by Suzanne Somers (both days), educational presentations and a luncheon hosted by nationally renowned physicians as speakers discuss options for creating and maintaining optimal health. The event aims to facilitate dialogue and cooperation between proponents of traditional and complementary approaches to medical care.

Somers, a well-known actress and breast cancer survivor, is also a best-selling author with a unique perspective on the integration of traditional and complementary medicine. Her book Knockout focuses on alternative treatments to chemotherapy. She recently released a new book, Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat After Forty.

Other presenters include medical experts whose work has garnered national attention in the areas of cancer, cardiology, hypertension, neurology, endocrinology, internal medicine, nutrition, integrative holistic medicine, patient-centered care and community-based care. Event moderators are Sandy Thurman, former director, Office of National AIDS Policy, and Nancy Paris, president and CEO, Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education.

Featured presenters include:

• Opening speaker Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D., evaluated an aggressive nutritional therapy in the treatment of advanced cancer under Dr. Robert Good, a president of Sloan Kettering known as the father of modern immunology. Gonzalez was a journalist at Time, Inc., before graduating from Cornell University School of Medicine
• Rebecca A. Blessing, D.C., M.S., C.N.M.T., certified neuromuscular therapist, instructor of neuromuscular therapy, doctor of chiropractic discipline
• Zhaoming Chen, M.D., PhD, FAAIM, neuroscientist, board-certified neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist, chairman - American Association of Integrative Medicine
• Harry Delcher, M.D., endocrinologist specializing in diet's effect on type 2 diabetes, ADHD, obesity, chronic sinusitis, GI disorders, Crohn's disease, arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, carpel tunnel, sciatica and other medical conditions
• Mark C. Houston, M.D., associate clinical professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and director of the Hypertension Institute at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, named one of the top physicians in hypertension in the U.S. by Consumer Research Council, author of four best-selling books on hypertension
• Kimball Johnson, M.D., board-certified in internal medicine and integrative holistic medicine, physician and president of Midtown West Medical, founder and medical director of the Jobri Center for Integrative Health
• Mitchell W. Krucoff, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.C.C.P., Duke University Medical Center cardiologist and professor of medicine, founder and director of Duke Clinical Research Institute's electronic ECG Core Laboratories (the largest academic lab of its type), senior editor of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
• Bernadette Saviano, D.D., M.F.T., C.H.C, president and CEO of Atlanta Wellness Institute, holistic health counselor with a doctorate in divinity and master's degrees in theology and medical psychology
• Neil Shulman, M.D., author of What? Dead… Again?, inspiration for Doc Hollywood movie, president of Patch Adams' non-profit organization, associate professor - Emory University School of Medicine
• Pamela Wible, M.D., board-certified family physician, nationally recognized innovator in patient-centered care, co-author of the award-winning Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change with Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and other visionary women

The cost for the two-day event is $280, and the cost for the luncheon is $85. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. More information on the One Path Summit is available at 404-310-2773 or www.onepathsummit.com.

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