Scientific Program
Welcome
10.00
Greetings
Erietta Kourkoulou Latsi
President of “A Promise to Animals”
Panagiotis Halvatsiotis
President of Hellenic Assosiation for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
Evangelos Filopoulos
President of Hellenic Cancer Association
Giorgos Charitakis
President of the Conference
Session 1
Moderator:
Christos Panopoulos
Oncologist Director of Oncology Department, Euroclinic
10.30 – 11.00
Food as Medicine: the Evidence Underlying the Transformational Power of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet and Healthy Lifestyle
James F. Loomis
MD, MBA, DipABLM, FACLM, Medical Director, Barnard Medical Center, USA
11.00 - 11.10 Questions
11.10 – 11.40
Plant-based nutrition: from biochemical profiling to molecular signaling
Christina Papis
MD, MSc, specialized in haematology
11.40 - 11.50 Questions
11.50 – 12.20
Nutrition and colon cancer. Correlation between carcinogenesis and consumption of red and processed meat
Dimitrios Karapiperis
M.D. – FEBG, Gastroenterologist – Expert on Interventional Endoscopy, Sweden
12.20 - 12.30 Questions
12.30 – 13.00
Nutrition in cancer care: an oncologist’s perspective
Despina Handolias
MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP – Medical Oncologist, Australia
13.00 - 13.10 Questions
13.10 - 14.15 Break - Plant-based lunch
Session 2
Moderator:
Dimitrios Vlachakos
Professor of Pathology – Nephrology, NKUA
14.15 – 14.45
The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease
Giorgos Charitakis
Ph.D., M.D., Cardiologist, HeartMath Trainer, President of the Conference
14.45 - 14.55 Questions
14.55 – 15.25
The benefits of a plant-based diet for a woman’s health, even during the particularly sensitive period of pregnancy
Vasiliki Skalafouri
Obstetrician – Gynecologist
15.25 - 15.35 Questions
15.35 – 16.05
Plant-based diet in childhood
Manos Dilanas
Pediatrician, Neonatologist MSc , IBCLC
16.05 - 16.15 Questions
16.15 – 16.45
Autoimmune, chronic inflammation and plant-based diet: Scientific data and nutritional and therapeutic approaches
Despina Marselou
Clinical Dietician – Nutritionist specialized in Autoimmunity
16.45 - 16.55 Questions
16.55 – 17.25
Is a plant based diet key to diabetes reversal?
Gemma Newman
MBBCH DRCOG DFSRH MRCGP, GP, UK