Vitamin D
Time and Place
December 3, 2008
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
500 Flatiron Boulevard
Broomfield Colorado 80021
303-464-8400
www.renaissanceflatiron.com
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Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD
December 3, 2008
Vitamin D evolved for the development and maintenance of a healthy vertebrate skeleton. Most vitamin D for the human requirement comes from exposure to sunlight. Increased skin pigmentation, sunscreen use, aging, and increase in latitude dramatically reduce the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D3. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to increased risk of many chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, hypertension and heart disease. Responsible sun exposure will guarantee vitamin D sufficiency. Eating and drinking foods fortified with vitamin D, such as milk and orange juice, is also valuable in providing some of the vitamin D requirement.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participants should:
- Understand the role of sunlight for vitamin D
- Know the effect of aging, latitude, time of day, and sunscreen use on vitamin D production
- Have an appreciation for the role of vitamin D for prevention of osteoporosis, osteomalacia, common cancers, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other chronic diseases
About the Presenter
Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D., is Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics; Director of the General Clinical Research Center; and Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Heliotherapy, Light, and Skin Research Center at Boston University Medical Center.
After earning a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry, attaining a medical degree, and completing a research postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Holick completed a residency in medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Holick has made numerous contributions to the field of the biochemistry, physiology, metabolism, and photobiology of vitamin D for human nutrition. He determined the mechanism for how vitamin D is synthesized in the skin, and demonstrated the effects of aging, obesity, latitude, seasonal change, sunscreen use, skin pigmentation, and clothing on this vital cutaneous process. Dr. Holick has established global recommendations advising sunlight exposure as an integral source of vitamin D. He has helped increase awareness in the pediatric and medical communities regarding vitamin D deficiency pandemic and its role in causing not only metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis in adults, but increasing the risk of children and adults developing common deadly cancers and autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, and heart disease.
Dr. Holick is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and a member of numerous organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the American Association of Physicians. He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the American Skin Association’s Psoriasis Research Achievement Award in 2002, the American College of Nutrition Award in 2002, the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition in 2003, the Annual General Clinical Research Centers’ Program Award for Excellence in Clinical Research in 2006, and most recently the Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Award from the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2007 and the Eli Lilly Award from the Canadian Endocrine Society in 2007. Dr. Holick serves on a number of national committees, including NIH and NASA, editorial boards, has organized and co-chaired several international symposia, and is Editor in Chief for the Journal for Clinical Laboratories and Laboratories Related to Blood Transfusion. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, and written more than 250 review articles, as well as numerous book chapters. He has acted as editor or co-editor on 11 books, and has written a book, entitled The UV Advantage.
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