First Caribbean Obesity Summit 2012: Diabetes &
Obesity, the Most Challenging Disease in the Puerto
Rican Community & the Second Scientific Meeting of
the American Physiological Society, Puerto Rico
Chapter

Place: Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino Resort, Ponce,
Puerto Rico.
Date: March 2nd, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Intended audience: Physicians, health and nutrition
specialists, policy developers, medical residents,
graduate students.

Credit designation: The Ponce School of Medicine &
Health Sciences designates this Educational activity
for a maximum of 8 AMA PARA Category 1 Credit(s)(tm).
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.

General info

Objectives
-The Epidemiological update of metabolic syndrome &
obesity in the Puerto Rican community.
- Evaluation of physiopathological changes in obesity,
role of hyperglycemia, inflammation, lipid tissue as an
inflammatory organ.
-The role of the Kidney in the disease.
- Dialog towards a comprehensive approach to obesity
and related diseases.

Academic Speaker: John E Hall, PhD, Editor-In-Chief of
The American Journal of Physiology
and of Hypertension, published by the American Heart
Association.

Public Health Speaker: Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Acting
Director of the Office of Minority
Health at the US Department of Health and Human
Services and former advisor in the Office of
the First Lady on childhood obesity.

Registration at www.caribbeanobesitysummit.org & on
site
Info-
E-mail: malbors@psm.edu / amtorres@psm.edu /
mcruz@psm.edu
Fax: 787 841 1040 / 787 841 8032 - Tel: 787 840 2575 /
x. 2158, 2120, 2279, 2305