Metabolic Syndrome / Metabolic Risks

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

 

12:30 - 1:30 pm Registration

 

1:30 pm Introductory Remarks

Robert Eckel and Robert Rizza

Session I - Defining the Metabolic Syndrome/Metabolic Risks
Session Chair, Richard Kahn

1:45 pm Insulin Resistance and the Many Faces of the Metabolic Syndrome

Gerald Reaven

 

2:30 pm When is a Cluster a Cluster? or 10 Pitfalls of Epidemiology

John Yudkin

 

3:15 pm Insights from Factor Analysis

James Meigs

 

4:00 pm Break

 

4:15 pm Metabolic Causes of Cardiovascular Disease: a Quantitative Approach

David Eddy

 

5:00 pm Panel Discussion: Approaches to Metabolic Syndrome/Metabolic Risks

in Medical Practice

Moderator: Scott Grundy

Gerald Reaven, John Yudkin, James Meigs, David Eddy, and Robert Rizza

 

5:45 Presentation of Awards for Best Abstracts

Robert Eckel and Robert Rizza

 

6:00 pm Reception

 

7:00 pm Dinner and Kenote Address: Metabolic Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis

Valentin Fuster

 

Thursday, May 4, 2006

 

7:30 am Breakfast

 

8:30 am Opening Remarks

Jane Reusch

 

Session II - Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Metabolic Syndrome /

Metabolic Risks, Part I

Session Chair, Jane Reusch

 

8.45 am Adipose Tissue, Inflammation and Metabolic Disease

Gokhan Hotamisligil

 

9:30 am What have we learned from Genomic Approaches to Diabetes Prevention?

Mary-Elizabeth Patti

 

10:15 am Break

 

10:30 am Mechanisms of Glucose Homeostasis in Skeletal Muscle

Michael Czech

 

11:15 am CNS Regulation of Insulin Resistance

Michael Schwartz

 

12:00 pm Lunch

 

Session III - Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Metabolic Syndrome /

Metabolic Risks, Part II

Session Chair, Jane Reusch

 

1:00 pm HDL, Metabolic Risks and Cardiovascular Disease: New Insights

Alan Fogelman

 

1:45 pm The Central Role of Visceral Obesity in Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Steven Kahn

 

2:30 pm Break

 

Session IV - Lifestyle Intervention and Metabolic Risks / Metabolic Syndrome

Session Chair, Frank Hu

 

2:45 pm Public Health Strategies to Address Metabolic Syndrome

Diane Finegood

 

3:30 pm Strategies for Obesity Interventions

Jean-Pierre Despres

 

4:15 pm Break

 

4:30 pm Dietary Macronutrients and Metabolic Risk

Elizabeth Parks

 

5:15 pm Impact of Exercise and AMPK on Inflammation and Insulin Action

Neil Ruderman

 

6:00 pm Poster Reception

 

Friday, May 5, 2006

 

7:00 am Breakfast

 

8:00 am Opening Remarks

Robert Eckel

 

Session V - Physiological Response to Interventions for Metabolic Syndrome /

Metabolic Risks

Session Chair, Robert Eckel

 

8:15 am Novel Therapies to Manage Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risks

Willa Hsueh

 

9:00 am Hypertension Treatment and Vascular Structure and Function with Metabolic

Risk Modification

Anthony Heagerty

 

9:45 am Novel Lipid Treatments and Metabolic Risks

Ronald Krauss

 

10:30 am Panel Discussion: Future Directions for Understanding Metabolic Syndrome /

Metabolic Risks

Moderator: Robert Rizza

Robert Eckel, Frank Hu, Richard Kahn, Jane Reusch

 

11:15 am Closing Remarks

Robert Eckel and Richard Kahn

 

11:30 am Adjourn