Arthur
Agatston, M.D., developer of the wildly successful South Beach Diet, will speak
on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
His
talk, part of Union's “Perspectives at the Nott” series, is
free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Dr.
Agatston, a renowned cardiologist and director of the Mt. Sinai Non-Invasive
Cardiac Lab in Miami
Beach,
tailored his common-sense diet to help patients improve their hearts and
general health. The diet also paid an unanticipated dividend – weight loss.
Dr.
Agatston is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine and interned
at Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
He is one of the developers of the electron beam tomography scan (EBT), a
screening method used to detect coronary artery disease.
Dr.
Agatston maintains a private practice in Miami Beach and is an associate professor of
medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He also is a
much-sought-after speaker on the national and international scenes, an
author/reviewer for prominent medical/cardiology journals, and an expert
consultant for the Clinical Trials Committee of the National Institutes of
Health.
The South Beach Diet: The
Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss is Dr. Agatston's first non-academic
work. The South Beach Cookbook was recently published.