Lings’ topic will deal with “a hurting world”---no doubt a reflection of the global issues she has investigated throughout her career, such as the human rights concerns associated with the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, child trafficking in Ghana and the drug war in Columbia. Ling has a connection to the world of medicine as well, through her husband Paul Song, a radiation oncologist. Ling credits Song, “a man of faith,” with her belief that a compassionate God created us to make a difference in this world.

CME Speakers, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Friday, Oct. 30, Centennial Complex

Harold Koenig, MD MHSc, 8:45 - 9:45 am
Dr. Koenig is the founding co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. His lecture will explain the role of religion in physical and mental health, and why spirituality is a vitally important part of patient care. Koenig has been widely published in diverse medical fields, and his research has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets. Among the many books he as authored are “Spirituality in Patient Care” and “Medicine, Religion and Health.”

Gary Fraser, 9:45 - 10:15 am
Over the last 22 years, Dr. Fraser has been awarded a number of AHA and NIH research grants, with a broad focus on diet, exercise, lipids, heart disease, and cancer. At present, he is principal investigator of the study "Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists -A low risk group." This study will find the incidence of breast, colon, and prostate cancer and mortality amongst 125,000 black and white Adventists over a 10 year follow-up. He is also the principal investigator of the study “Biological and Psychological Manifestation of Religion”. This study examines particular cognitive, behavioral, affective, and social manifestations of religious experience and their associations with quality of life and cause-specific mortality.

Patrick Reynolds, 10:15 - 11:15 am
At first it might seem odd tht a grandson of tobacco giant R. J. Reynolds would be speaking at a Loma Linda lecture series, but Patrick Reynolds is in fact a leading advocate of anti-smoking. Come hear about his campaign for a smoke-free America, sparked by his concerns about the industry that helped cause his own family members’ deaths through emphysema and lung cancer.

David Kessler, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler is yet another prominent speaker at the continuing education lectures. During Kessler’s seven years as commissioner, he helped improve the process of approving new drugs and the standardization of nutrition labels on foods. Kessler is noted for playing a large part in the FDA’s attempt to regulate cigarettes. More recently, Kessler has been a dean at Yale and UC San Francisco. His 2009 book, “The End of Overeating,” has become a New York Times best seller. Kessler will explain his lecture how to take control of the “insatiable American appetite.”

Erik Frykman, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Also among the team of speakers on Friday is Eric Frykman, MD, MPH, MBA, the director and public health officer of the Riverside Community Health Agency. Frykman has also volunteered and worked internationally in nations such as Macedonia (during the Kosovo conflict), Bangladesh, Mexico and Russia. In the local community, Frykman has had much involvement in health improvement activities as well, including helping to develop bioterrorism response plans and to prevent public health threats. He will bring listeners up to speed on the status of healthcare in California and the U.S. as a whole.

Robert Gallo, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
You won’t want to miss the lecture by Robert Gallo, PhD, a biomedical researcher who helped co-discover HIV and helped prove that the virus causes AIDS. Gallo, who is currently the director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will address the impact of AIDS on global health—a subject that draws close to Loma Linda’s mission.

Richard Hart, 3:30 - 4:00 pm
Finally, Loma Linda University President Richard Hart, MD, DrPhD, will bring the topics full circle in his talk on the School of Medicine’s global commitment to make man whole. Hart recently established Loma Linda University’s Global Health Institute and the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.

Lee Strobel, 7:00 pm, Friday, Oct. 30, LLU Church

On Friday evening, Lee Strobel will speak at the University Church. Strobel is a widely read atheist-turned-Christian apologist and author of the award-winning books “The Case for Christ,” “The Case for a Creator,” and others. The former journalist has used his interviewing skills to lend a unique perspective to these books, gathering the views of a plethora of experts on each topic to form an argument for the existence of creator, the New Testament’s reliability and more.On Friday evening, Lee Strobel will speak at the University Church. Strobel is a widely read atheist-turned-Christian apologist and author of the award-winning books “The Case for Christ,” “The Case for a Creator,” and others. The former journalist has used his interviewing skills to lend a unique perspective to these books, gathering the views of a plethora of experts on each topic to form an argument for the existence of creator, the New Testament’s reliability and more.

Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass, 7:00 pm, Friday, Oct. 30, LLU Church

The King’s Brass, under the baton of conductor Tim Zimmerman provides innovative worship for young and old alike through “the best in sacred brass music.” The ensemble consists of three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, keyboards, and percussion. This outstanding program of worship and music is brought to you free, compliments of the LLU School of Medicine as part of its Centennial celebration.

Randy Roberts, 8:30 & 11:15 am, Saturday, Oct. 31, LLU Church

Randy Roberts was born in South America of missionary parents. He graduated from Southwestern Adventist University with a major in Theology, and a minor in Modern Languages. He completed a Master of Divinity degree from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. In 1987, he began work as a chaplain at LLU Medical Center. While there, he was instrumental in establishing and leading the Medical Center’s grief recovery program. In early 1994, he began teaching full-time with the Loma Linda University Faculty of Religion where he worked as Associate Professor of Theology and Ministry and served as the Associate Dean for the Faculty of Religion. In 1996, he completed his studies and graduated with a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. In September of 2000, he began his duties as the senior pastor of the Loma Linda University Church of Seventh-day Adventists in Loma Linda, California. Dr. Roberts will deliver the School of Medicine’s centennial sermon entitled, “Embracing the Vision” on Sabbath, October 31, 2009 at both the 1st and 2nd church services at the University SDA.

Centennial Choir and Orchestra with Vincent Mitzelfelt ’60, 8:15 & 11:15 am, Sat., Oct. 31, LLU Church

This 60-voice choir and 52-piece orchestra have been assembled for the purpose of celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Loma Linda University School of Medicine. A large number of students who attend or who have attended Loma Linda University School of Medicine are extraordinarly talented musicians in addition to being highly competent, compassionate physicians. What makes the Centennial Choir & Orchestra extremely unique is that both groups are comprised of 100% current medical students or alumni of the School of Medicine. The choir and orchestra will be performing for both 1st and 2nd church services at the University SDA Church on Sabbath,, October 31.

Sabbath School, "Morning Rounds...Live!", 10:00 am, Saturday, Oct. 31, LLU Church

In April 1974, Loma Linda University’s Overseas Heart Surgery Team went to Saigon, Vietnam to perform surgery for two weeks. Dr. Ellsworth Wareham (one of the two cardiac surgeons) and Dr. Roger Hadley (a senior medical student) were two of the people on the team. Nearly 35 years later, one of the patients from Saigon, Wynn De Boever, successfully discovered who her “saviors” were that saved her life when she was only 14 years old. In May of 2009, Dr. Wareham, who still assists in cardiac surgery at the age of 94, and Dr. Hadley, the current dean of Loma Linda University School of Medicine, went to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to be reunited with their grateful patient at her request. At the University SDA Church Sabbath School on October 31, 2009 you will hear about this modern day version of the Bible story, “The 10 Lepers” and the one who came back to say thank you. At this very special program for the centennial, you will meet Wynn and her family, and watch her as she is reunited with the rest of the LLU Overseas Heart Surgery Team from 1974.

25 Years Later...The Legacy of Baby Fae, Saturday, Oct. 31, LLU Church

She entered the world by accident, and for the girl known as Baby Fae, the fates seemed uncommonly cruel. The 5.9-pound girl was born with a crippled heart as the left side of her heart was grossly underdeveloped. Doctors wrote her off and sent her home to die. As she worsened, doctors from LLU called and suggested that she might be saved by a transplant of a baboon’s heart. She lived only 21 days after the historic transplant, but her legacy of infant heart transplantation lives on. Join as on Saturday, October 31 @ 4 p.m. in the University Church for the 25th anniversary of Baby Fae as the story is lovingly told by her mother starring in a premiere film and in person.

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