30 Minutes

America the Vulnerable – Identifying the Immune Risks of Patients Who Walk into Our Pharmacy

By: Jeff Robins

Learning Objectives

• Discuss how polypharmacy, poor diet and lifestyle habits has increased the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in America
• Initiate the discussion about how nutrition and lifestyle are the keys to immune-rejuvenation and immune-protection

60 Minutes

The Many Faces of the Immune Response to COVID-19: Understanding the Long-Term Implications of COVID as the Progenitor of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

By Andrew Heyman, MD

60 Minutes

Overmedicated and Undernourished: A Recipe for Immune Disaster – Drug-Induced Immune Dysfunction

By Jim LaValle, RPh

Learning Objectives

• Discuss how polypharmacy contributes to immune challenges
• Understand how the Standard American Diet is missing the mark
• Explore the micronutrient inadequacies leading to immune dysfunction

60 Minutes

The Immune-Micronutrient Connection – How to Assess Nutritional Status in Your Patients

By Jim LaValle, RPh

Learning Objectives

• Identify the key nutrients in the immune defense system
• Explore the micronutrient inadequacies leading to immune dysfunction
• Discuss the pharmacists’ opportunities to assess nutritional status

45 Minutes

Powering the Immune System: Key Nutrients for Mitochondrial Resuscitation and the Healing Cycle

By Andrew Heyman, MD

Learning Objectives

• Define optimal mitochondrial reserves
• Explore optimal strategies to build mitochondrial reserves and enhance immune health

45 Minutes

Fortifying the Immune System – Strengthening the Gut-Immune Interface

By Lara Zakaria, PharmD MSc CNS CDN IFMCP

Learning Objectives

• Review the power of the gut-immune interface
• Discuss best practices in fortifying the immune system by strengthening the gut-immune interface

45 Minutes

Engineering Immuno – Protection with Phytonutrients

By Lara Zakaria, PharmD MSc CNS CDN IFMCP

Learning Objectives

• Identify the phytonutrients and pathways crucial to immune support
• Review strategies to engineer immune protection with phytonutrients

45 Minutes

Lifestyle Reprogramming with Group Detoxification Systems – Stimulating Autophagy and Immune Rejuvenation

By Shilpa P. Saxena, MD

Learning Objectives

• Discuss autophagy and the body’s process to clean out cellular remnants
• Explore lifestyle reprogramming with group detoxification programs focusing on autophagy leading to immune rejuvenation

30 Minutes

Conclusion and Q&A – The Battle for Patient Health: The Role of the Pharmacist in Preventing Chronic Disease

By: Jeff Robins

Learning Objectives

• Explore chronic disease prevention best practices for the pharmacist
• Review the consultative approach utilized by successful pharmacists
• Identify tools available to enhance patient care and program success
• Review the day’s learnings from a functional pharmacist’s perspective