Featured Speakers and Presenters

Scientific Speakers:

Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA

Title: Invited Keynote Speaker (US Surgeon General)

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service. As America’s Doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation. Dr. Benjamin also oversees the operational command of 6,500 uniformed health officers who serve in locations around the world to promote, protect, and advance the health of the American People. Dr. Benjamin is Founder and Former CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama, former Associate Dean for Rural Health at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, and immediate Past Chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States. In 1995, she was the first physician under age 40 and the first African-American woman to be elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees. She served as President of the American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation and Chair of the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA). In 2002 she became President of the Alabama State Medical Association, making her the first African American female president of a State Medical Society in the United States. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/biographies/biosg.html

Michael Parkinson, MD, MPH

Titles: Leveraging Employers for Community Health Improvement; Practice and Policy Implications of Lifestyle Medicine

Michael Parkinson, M.D., M.P.H., FACPM is the immediate past president of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Health & Medical Officer for Lumenos® where he was responsible for the development and implementation of an integrated and incentivized health improvement strategy. A retired Air Force colonel, Dr. Parkinson’s final assignment on active duty was associate director of medical programs and resources in the Office of the Surgeon General where he was responsible for policy and planning for a $4 billion budget. Dr. Parkinson believes that "over half of premature illness, injury and death is directly related to preventable behaviors." For a much more extensive biography, click here.

Richard Hart, MD, DrPH

Title: The President's Perspective

Dr. Hart is the President and CEO of Loma Linda University. He has also served LLU as Chair of the Department of Health Sciences, Director of the Center for Health Promotion, Chair of the School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine, Dean of the School of Public Health, and Chancellor and CEO. He was the first student missionary from the Adventist church to serve outside North America. He and his family later served in Tanzania for 5 years. As an intern from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, he developed the department of community health in Moshi and co-authored Child Health for midlevel health professionals in Africa. Dr. Hart has a vision for lifestyle medicine and health care that extends to the farthest reaches of the globe. See www.llu.edu/llu/chancellor.html

Gary Fraser, MD, PhD

Title: Adventist Health Study Update

Dr. Fraser, originally from New Zealand, is Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University. He is the Director of a series of long-term medical research projects known as the Adventist Health Study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, a research project measuring the link between lifestyle, diet, disease, and mortality among Seventh-day Adventists. He is the author of Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease published by the Oxford University Press that summarizes the findings of the Adventist Health Studies which have broadly influenced medical science. See www.llu.edu/llu/health

Roger Greenlaw, MD

Title: Self-care: The New Primary Care

Dr. Greenlaw is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Holistic Medicine and practices in Rockford, IL where he has been the medical director of the Rockford CHIP program. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Greenlaw places special emphasis on the role of diet, exercise, and stress management in the care of his patients. His lifestyle medicine research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. See www.wellness.com

Milton Teske, MD

Titles: Effective Cholesterol Control; A New Approach to Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Dr. Milton Teske, M.D., is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He works as an emergency physician and serves as the director of the Emergency Department at Hanford Community Medical Center in Hanford, CA. Dr. Teske is a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He did his specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Teske has worked as a participating physician in the NEWSTART Lifestyle Program at Weimar Center of Health and Education in California. Dr. Teske is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. See www.reversingdiabetes.org

John Kelly, MD, MPH

Titles: Epigenetics; CHIPwit Tutorial

Dr. Kelly is board certified in Preventive Medicine and has a masters degree in public health epidemiology. He serves on the faculty in the Preventive Medicine Department, Loma Linda, University. He has served as co-investigator for a congressionally funded clinical trial for lifestyle treatment of diabetes in the Marshall Islands. He is the founding president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and is currently President and Executive Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine Education, Inc in Rocky Mount, VA. See www.lifestylehealthcenter.org

Hans Diehl, DrHSc, MPH

Report from Lifestyle Medicine Institure and Speaker's Panel Discussion Moderator

Dr Diehl is Director of Lifestyle Medicine Institute in Loma Linda, California. His pioneering efforts with Nathan Pritikin and Dr. Dennis Burkitt have shown conclusively that many of today's diseases are truly reversible through some simple lifestyle changes. As a best-selling author, researcher, dynamic speaker, and top-ranking motivator, he has lectured to corporations and governments and has presented seminars on four continents. He says that more than 50,000 CHIP graduates can testify to the effectiveness of the CHIP program. The stunning clinical results of this program have been published in over a dozen peer-reviewed medical and health journals. See www.chiphealth.com/scientific.html

Chef AJ

Title: Love & Kale; Avoiding the Evil Trinity

Chef AJ is a consulting Chef at Exsalus Health & Wellness Center. She was the Executive Vegan and Raw Pastry Chef at Sante in Los Angeles, CA and will be soon making vegan and raw desserts for Juicy Ladies in Woodland Hills, CA. She never uses any processed ingredients (like flour, sugar, oil or salt) in any of her creations, using only fruits to sweeten. AJ has followed a plant based diet for over 32 years and for the last 10 years has taught at several culinary schools throughout Los Angeles. She has prepared food for many celebrities and television shows and also volunteers as a culinary instructor for Black Women Wellness, an organization that serves the needs of economically challenged women in Los Angeles, many who are suffering from Diabetes. AJ lives in Los Angeles with her vegan husband, Charles, who is a writer/producer, and their 2 rescued mutts Ginger & Sparky who also do volunteer work at the Sherman Oaks Burn Center. See www.vegsource.com/chef-aj/

Jullianne Aranda, RD

Title: Practical Food Demos

Julianne is a graduate of Loma Linda University Nutrition and Dietetics Program, and is a Registered Dietitian with Kaiser Permanente in the Health Education Department. Prior to becoming a registered dietitian, she worked in Lifestyle Programs at Hartland Institute and Weimar. She has travelled abroad, teaching vegetarian cooking. She also worked at Maranatha Corrections, a privately owned men’s prison, that had a begun a vegetarian menu and bakery as part of their rehabilitation program.

Sally Kelly

Title: Practical Food Demos

Sally is passionate about healthful cooking and wellness. She completed her degree in Political Science at Radford University. (Radford, Virginia) She was trained in massage and hydrotherapy by Dr. Charles Thomas, a master of physical medicine known for his success with hydrotherapy. She operated a private health massage practice for women. Sally was one of the founders of The Eden Way Place vegan cafe in historic downtown Roanoke. She established and ran the vegan cafe before beginning her career in massage. She has also served as VP of Finance for a large non-profit land conservancy. She now serves as the Treasurer and Business manager on a volunteer basis. See www.lifestylehealthcenter.org

Summit Inspiration

John Bradshaw, Senior Pastor

Titles: A New Natural; R&R; The Time of Our Lives

Since joining Amazing Facts in 1995, John and his wife, Melissa, have held seminars in the United States, from California to New York and many points between. Known for his dynamic preaching and the clarity of his presentations, John has spoken at camp meetings, ministers’ meetings and many other events. He has also held seminars in Africa and Asia where many souls were won to the Lord. John’s enthusiasm and eagerness to share God’s word is contagious and he will inspire, motivate and encourage you at our CHIP Summit 2010. He is currently the Senior Pastor at the College Place Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in College Place, Washington. See http://villageadventist.org

 

Don Mackintosh, MDiv

Titles: Everything Depends On…; What’s The Connection? (A tutorial)

Pastor Mackintosh is the Director of Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism (AFCOE). He has coordinated and conducted multiple evangelistic meetings and bridge events. He has written a fresh series of studies on Daniel and Revelation and the Sanctuary of Scripture and has also produced a series of studies entitled "What's The Connection?" designed to lead people who attend health events to a study of Scripture. Pastor Don has been intimately involved with CHIP ministry for more than 12 years and has played a vital role in the development and expansion of CHIP throughout North America. See www.connections.threeangels.org & www.amazingfacts.org

Dan Matthews, MDiv

Title: One Man's Story

Dan Matthews continues as a popular co-host on Lifestyle Magazine. Dan served as executive director for the Faith For Today television ministry for 19 years, until his retirement in 1999. Today, as Speaker Emeritus, he continues to represent Lifestyle Magazine and Faith For Today throughout the world at speaking appointments, on television programs, and at conferences. In addition, Dan Matthews is an associate Pastor at the Loma Linda University Seventh-day Adventist Church. See www.lifestyle.org/article.php?id=16

Randy Roberts, DMin

Title: The Lion and the Lamb
Loma Linda University Church Thanksgiving Service, 9:00-10:15 am

Dr. Roberts was born in South America of missionary parents where he spent the majority of his early life. He has served as pastor in the Texas conference, chaplain at the Loma Linda University Medical Center, and was instrumental in establishing and leading the Center’s grief recovery program. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has also served as the Associate Dean for the Faculty of Religion at LLU. He has been the senior pastor of the University Church since 2000, speaking both nationally and internationally. He has authored the book The End is Near (Again). See www.lluc.edu

Dr. Florence Littauer

Titles: Behind the Personality; Personalty Plus; Silver Boxes with Bows

Florence has been teaching biblical truths, relationship issues, and life skills for over 30 years. She earned both the Certified Speaking Professional and Council of Peers Award of Excellence from the National Speakers Association. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Southwestern Adventist University in Texas. Due to Florence's insights, The Personalities have become the standard in understanding people for families, churches, schools and businesses. She is the author of Personality Plus, Personality Puzzle, Personality Plus for Couples and Personality Plus for Parents. See www.classervices.com/FlorenceLittauer.html

Harold Burden, MDiv, MPH

Title: CHIP Stories

Pastor Harold has been the chairperson of the Adventist CHIP Association since its founding in December of 2000. He was a pastor in Wyoming and then a missionary in South America for 10 years—Lake Titicaca, Peru & Medellin, Colombia. After 25 years as hospital health educator at Portland Adventist Medical Center in Oregon, he “retired” and became a full-time CHIP volunteer.  His wit and wisdom helps to hold “CHIP in the Church” together.  See www.adventistchip.org

 

String Trio

Siblings Alva, Jeremiah, and Emerald Waworoendeng will be playing for the Friday evening program beginning at 7:00 pm. They are born and raised in Loma Linda and went to school at La Sierra University. Both Alva and Emerald were music majors and are currently giving private lessons. Jeremiah is in the School of Allied Health taking respiratory therapy.

 

Christian Edition

Christian Edition, a men’s chorus group, has begun their 30th year of music ministry. Their mission is to provide each listener with an opportunity for a closer walk with the Lord through songs, the Word, and prayer ministry. Their members believe that the Lord's love and the Spirit combine to make Christian Edition His ministry.