Mind Body Seminar: March 1980

FACULTY

William L. Haskell, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist and clinical assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, and codirector of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. He is also a consultant to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and has written extensively on the relationship between exercise and cardiovascular disease.

Albert A. Kattus, M.D., is a cardiologist and director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Centinela Hospital Medical Center and clinical professor of medicine, UCLA. His research interests have been in the area of exercise testing and cardiac rehabilitation. He is coauthor of The Cardiologists’ Guide to Fitness & Health Through Exercise and coeditor of Cardiac Rehabilitation for the Practicing Physician.

Terence Kavanagh, M.D., D.Phys.Med., is assistant professor of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Toronto and medical director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Center, which specializes in postcoronary exercise programs. He is author of Heart Attack? Counterattack!

Nina Kuscsik, R.N., is a patient advocate at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and a contributing editor to Runner Magazine. She is an experienced marathon runner and has led numerous programs for beginning runners and women runners.

Paul Milvy, Ph.D., is assistant professor of community medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He has a special interest in the epidemiology of physical activity and heart disease. He is editor of the New York Academy of Science Annual, The Marathon: Physiological, Medical, Epidemiological and Psychological Studies.

Michael H. Sacks, M.D., is assistant professor of psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, and associate director of the Residency Training Program at the Payne-Whitney Clinic. He is a marathoner, organizer of several conferences on the psychology of running, and has written about the psychodynamics of sports.

Norbert Sander, M.D., is director of the Preventive and Sportsmedicine Center in New York City and in practice of general internal medicine. He is a member of the American College of Sportsmedicine and was winner of the 1974 New York marathon.

David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H. is acting chief of preventive medicine, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in San Jose, and a fellow at the Health Policy Program, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He is also medical director for The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge and serves as cochairperson of this symposium.

Lenore R. Zohman, M.D., is an exercise cardiologist and director of the Exercise Laboratory and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is chairman of the New York Heart Association’s Committee on Exercise and has conducted research in the areas of exercise testing and cardiac rehabilitation. She is coauthor of The Cardiologists’ Guide to Fitness & Health Through Exercise and coeditor of Cardiac Rehabilitation for the Practicing Physician. She is also serving as co-chairperson of this symposium.

PROGRAM

SATURDAY, MARCH 29
MORNING
(9:00–12:00 noon)

HEALTH BENEFITS OF EXERCISE
William L. Haskell, Ph.D.
The physiological basis of how exercise can promote health will be discussed with regard to cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular disease. Also under review will be the current evidence linking vigorous physical activity with major health benefits including the effect of exercise on high-density lipoproteins (HDL).

EXERCISE AND HEART DISEASE
Paul Milvy, Ph.D.
Are men and women healthier because they exercise or do they exercise because they are healthy? The evidence supporting the role of exercise in preventing heart disease will be critically reviewed.

PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF EXERCISE
Michael H. Sacks, M.D.
In addition to the physiological changes, participation in sports and exercise produces notable psychological benefits. The psychological dimensions of physical activity including issues of motivation and treatment of depression will be explored.

AFTERNOON
(2:00–5:00 p.m.)

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (choice of two)

DESIGNING YOUR OWN ACTIVITY PLAN
William L. Haskell, Ph.D.

THE MARATHON
Paul Milvy, Ph.D.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS
Michael H. Sacks, M.D.

WOMEN AND EXERCISE
Nina Kuscsik, R.N.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30
MORNING
(9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.)

Rx: EXERCISE FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE
Norbert Sander, M.D.
A practical approach to preventive and sportsmedicine for the health problems of physically active people will be presented. Office evaluation, design of activity programs, and prevention and management of common exercise problems will be discussed.

HEART ATTACK?
COUNTERATTACK!
A film about postcoronary patients in a vigorous exercise rehabilitation program and subsequent running of the 26-mile Boston marathon.

Rx: EXERCISE AFTER HEART ATTACK
A panel discussion of several programs that encourage physical exercise in the management of people with heart disease. The impact and potential of such programs will be explored. Terence Kavanagh, M.D. Albert A. Kattus, M.D. Lenore R. Zohman, M.D.

AFTERNOON
(2:00–5:00 p.m.)

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

(choice of two)

CARDIAC REHABILITATION THROUGH EXERCISE
Terence Kavanagh, M.D.

PREVENTIVE AND SPORTSMEDICINE
Norbert Sander, M.D.

EXERCISE STRESS TESTING: A DEMONSTRATION
Lenore R. Zohman, M.D.

EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR HEART DISEASE
Albert A. Kattus, M.D.

AEROBIC DANCING WORKSHOP