Thursday, November 4, 1999

4:00-6:00pm Registration
6:30-8:00pm Informal Cocktail and Reception
Potomac Ballroom A-D

Friday, November 5, 1999

8:00-8:10am Introductory Remarks
Dr. Joseph A. Bellanti
Dr. William G. Crook

8:10-8:30am Welcome: Speaker to be Announced

8:30-9:00am “Overview of the Neurobiology of ADHD”
Dr. Marianne Mercugliano-Glanzman

Session 1: Nutrition: Moderator: Dr. Michael Severson

9:00-9:30am "Nutritional Deficiencies in American Children"
Dr. Donald R. Davis

9:30-10:00am "Use of Nutritional Supplements in the Treatment of ADHD"
Dr. Leo Galland

10:00-10:30am"Nutritional Deficiencies and Violent Behavior"
Dr. Stephen J. Schoenthaler

10:30-11:00am Coffee Break

Session 2: Environmental Toxins: Moderator: Dr. Leo Galland

11:00-11:30am Position Paper: "Low-level Exposures to Chemicals:
Challenges for Research and Public Policy"
Dr. Nicholas Ashford

11:30-12:00n "Pesticides in Food"
Dr. John Wargo

12:00-12:30pm "The Human Wildlife Laboratory Connection"
Dr. Theo Colburn

12:30-1:00pm Discussion: Drs. Mercugliano-Glanzman, Davis, Galland,
Shoenthaler, Ashford, Wargo, Colburn, Severson

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

Session 3: Food Allergy and ADHD: Moderator: Dr. Michael F. Jacobson

2:00-2:30pm "Overview of Food Allergy"
Dr. Sami Bahna

2:30-3:00pm "Foods, Food Additives and Hyperactivity"
Dr. Michael Jacobson

3:00-3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30-4:000pm "Non-IgE and Delayed Hypersensitivity Mechanisms in Food Allergy"
Dr. William T. Kniker

4:00-4:30pm "Food and Chemical Intolerance: Placebo-Controlled Clinical Studies in Attention Deficit Disorders"
Dr. Marvin Boris

4:30-5:00 Discussion: Drs. Jacobson, Bahna, Kniker, Boris

Saturday, November 6, 1999

Session 4: Gut Immunologic Mechanisms and CNS Moderator: Dr. Sidney MacDonald Baker

8:30-9:00am Position Paper: "Gastrointestinal Transport of Macromolecular Food Antigens"
Dr. Joseph A. Bellanti

9:00-9:30am "Ileal Lymphoid Hyperplasia, Non IgE Food Allergy and ADHD"
Dr. Aderbal Sabra

9:30-10:00am "Organic Causes of ADHD: Syndromes Associated with ADHD"
Dr. Randi Hagerman

10:00-10:30am "Prevention of Food Allergy with Probiotics and Pancreatic Enzymes"
Dr. Michael L. McCann

10:30-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00-11:30am Position Paper: Keynote Speaker
“ADHD in the Nosological Tree: A Clinician’s View from the End of the Limb”
Dr. Sidney MacDonald Baker

11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Joseph A. Bellanti
Drs. Sabra, Hagerman, McCann, Baker, Galland, Layton, Crook

12:30-1:30pm Lunch

Session 5: ADHD Possible Solutions

1:30-2:00pm Overview
Dr. Richard Layton

2:00-2:30pm "Study Effect of Junk Foods & Nutritional Deficiencies"
Dr. Glen Elliott

2:30-3:00pm "Yeast/Sugar & ADHD: Fact or Fiction"
Dr. William Crook

3:00-3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30-5:00pm Parent Teacher Presentations
Moderators: Dawn Wallerstedt and Patricia Frederick, Sally Bunday, Kathleen Conroy
Karen Duncan, Dr. Michael Severson

Sunday, November 7, 1999

8:30-12:00noon
"Where Do We Go From Here" and "Unmet Needs"
"Recommendations for the Future"
Panel Discussion with Drs. Bellanti, Crook, Layton, Elliott, Severson

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