Letter from the Publisher

Las Vegas’s entertainment is a great venue to bring together doctors for medical education. Last November, the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM) held its biannual meeting at the Rio Hotel. In December, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) convened its annual LV meeting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. The time before the holidays is a period when most practices are transitioning to winter – a good time to spruce up one’s continuing medical education. I attended both conventions this year and was surprised at the wealth of information I took away from both groups. ACAM focused its education on examining nutritional and biochemical models involved in auto-immune disease. A4M provided in-depth instruction in understanding bioidentical hormone prescribing. A4M has also established extensive fellowship classes conferring certification specialty status. A4M has developed postgraduate study modules for hormone prescribing, aesthetic therapies and procedures, and most recently for nutritional management of cancer treatment. Both ACAM and A4M offer intensive workshops prior to the general meeting. Keeping with the digital age, both groups are now offering the syllabus as a CD with nearly all the lecture slides provided. Of course, recordings of the workshops, lectures, and special training sessions are available for attendees and those unable to attend. It’s a little bit ahead of schedule, but now would be a good time to plan on a Las Vegas trip at the end of the year to attend ACAM and A4M.