Events

YEAR	CONFERENCE	DATE	LOCATION	TOPIC
2024	Clinical Weight Management 2024	May 9-10, 2024	Scottsdale, AZ	Dr Gonzalez will be teaching doctors how to properly integrate and execute effective weight loss programs in their clinics. This formal certification course is held by the world’s largest Healthy/Anti-Aging organization.
2024	Harmony in Health: The Intersection of Healthcare and Health Clubs	March 7, 2024	Los Angeles, CA	Dr. Gonzalez will be presenting as an expert panelist on one of the largest health and fitness club conferences on the safety and use of the popular GLP-1 agonists Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, semaglutide, tirzepatide, and others. He will address how these medications have affected the fitness industry. He will describe the issues with the overuse and difficulty getting off these medications.
2023	Longevity Fest 2023	December 14-16, 2023	Las Vegas, NV	Dr. Ben Gonzalez, mainstage keynote speaker at the world’s largest anti-aging conference in the world, sharing teh stage with Dr. Mehmet Oz speaking on women’s health and cardiac disease.
2023	2023 Conference: Legends of Medicine – Advancing the Practice of Integrative Care in the Carolinas	June 9-10, 2023	Raleigh, NC
2023	The Fire Inside Inflammation: The Common Pathway to Disease	May 18-20, 2023	Orlando, FL	Module I – Advanced Endocrinology Module V – TRIADS Peptide Therapy Certification – Module I
2023	Inspired Women Becoming Badasses	March 8, 2023		In celebration of International Women’s Day, join Jamie Gilleland and her special guests as we celebrate where we’ve been, where we’re going, and how we’ll get there together!
2022	Maryland Chiropractic Association 2022 Fall Convention	October 21-23, 2022	DoubleTree Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel 890 Elkridge Landing Rd. Linthicum, MD 21090	Here is a great Continuing Education weekend in which Doctors of Chiropractic can earn up to 16 hours of CE. You’ll also join your fellow chiropractors for the 2022 General Membership Meeting.
2022	2-Day Aesthetic Training Course	March 11th & 12th March 18th & 19th April 15th & 16th April 22nd & 23rd	12200 Tech Rd., Suite 102, Silver Spring, MD 20904	Over the course of 2 days, you will gain real hands-on experience with botox procedures and learn how to utilize these new skills with PRP treatments. At the end of your one-on-one training you will be comfortable with all procedures and fully prepared to treat patients.
2021	31st Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine Conference Insulin Resistance: We Need To Do Better	November 6th	Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel Dallas TX	A detailed look at how at how Heart Disease, Dementia, High Blood Pressure, Obesity, Pediatric Type II Diabetes, Sarcopenia, Arthritis, Fatty Liver, Stroke, Erectile Dysfunction, and many other disease processes have one thing in common: Insulin Resistance (IR). Dr. Gonzalez discusses how IR is a true disruptor of the endocrine system and how IR is the primary contributor to major disease processes. You will learn how to recognize IR early and what tools to use in the prevention of the top 5 Killer-Diseases in the U.S. You will leave with a better understanding of why you, as a medical provider, should be focusing on the early recognition and management of Insulin Resistance in treating all disease processes.
2021	31st Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine Conference Gender Bias in Medicine: Lazy Science and Bad Medicine	November 5th	Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel Dallas TX	This is a powerful discussion of how our current medical system ignores women. The system believes women are done with life at the age of 52. There is a built-in gender-bias that has shaped the health care system and educated generations of physicians. You will learn how for generations women were kept out of medical studies, how men were used in primary studies for uterine cancer, how women were left out of long-term studies on aging, and how the medical system chooses bandaids over prevention in the management of aging women. This discussion will teach you how to recognize gender bias in medicine and begin to be the solution for decreasing the rate of the top 5 killers of women. You will learn how to transition from this built-in gender bias in the post graduate medical education system to evidence-based, gender-focused care of your female patient.
2021	Insulin Resistance- The Root of All Metabolic Evil	September 24th	Online Event	Listen to three experts talk about the #1 Issue causing the top 5 killers in the world. Insulin resistance is the top contributor to obesity, high blood pressure, excess fatigue, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, eye disease, mental health issues, premature aging, dementia, and early death.
2021	Fatigue Freedom: Learn to Improve Energy & Reverse Fatigue	July 26th	Virtual	This workshop is designed to teach you SPECIFICALLY what and how the triad of systems in your body that support energy function.
2020	Medical Metabolism & Weight Loss Virtual Course	August 21-22	Virtual Two Day Course	A Provider’s Didactic and Practical Course for Advanced Metabolism and Weight Loss Management.
2019	Medical Weight Management – VLCD One Day Crash Course	September 28	12200 Tech Rd., Suite 102, Silver Spring, MD 20904	Advanced One-on-One Hands-On Training
2019	The Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone Link: Aging Men and Women	November 8	JW Marriott Starr Pass 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85745	A detailed look at the connection between estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in both women and men in aging. A discussion and literature review of how these three hormones confer a sense of potency, power, and self esteem in both men and women. A discussion of how the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis plays a role in the decline and maintenance of these three hormones. Case studies will be reviewed for emphasis.
2019	Metabolism & Medical Weight Loss Preceptorship	November 11-16	12200 Tech Rd., Suite 102, Silver Spring, MD 20904	A Provider’s Didactic and Practical Course for Advanced Metabolism and Weight Loss Management.
2019	Advanced Hormone Evaluation and Replacement Course	June 22 – 23	12200 Tech Rd., Suite 102, Silver Spring, MD 20904	Testosterone/Estrogen Replacement Myths Advanced look at HPA Axis disruption Specific Laboratory Review HRT in the Complex Patient Thyroid, Cortisol, and Insulin Connection Systems Biology Approach to HRT Advancing Metabolism with Food/Nutrients Creams, IM, sq, and Pellets
2019	Hormone Happiness A Provider’s Guide to the Basics of Hormone Evaluation and Therapy:	June 21 – 22	12200 Tech Rd., Suite 102, Silver Spring, MD 20904	Adrenal Health in a Stressful World Laboratory “Normals” vs “Optimals” Estrogen/Progesterone Replacement: po vs TD Thyroid, Estrogen, Cortisol and Cholesterol Not Everybody Needs Vitamin D Testosterone Replacement: Men and Women Protect your License and Practice Advancing Medicine with Food/Nutrients
2019	First Holistic International Men’s Health Conference	June 13 – 15	6810 Eastern Ave NW,, Washington DC 20012	The purpose of this 1st Holistic Men’s Health Conference is to (1) raise the awareness of preventable health concerns in African American men, (2) encourage early detection (3) explore possibilities of treatment (4) empower care providers to initiate the conversation (5) as well as to educate on men’s specific health risks based on age range.
2019	Cynosure Academy	April 12 – 14	The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove 3300 SW 27th Avenue Miami, FL 33133	Cynosure Academy is a comprehensive education program designed to help you stay on top of emerging trends, clinical treatments and techniques, and industry best practices that you can apply at your practice.
2019	D Labs 3rd Annual Conference – Clinical Innovations in Weight Management and Hormones	March 29	Archer Hotel Austin 3121 Palm Way Austin, TX 78758	Join us at the Archer Hotel, for an in-depth look at the Clinical Innovations in Weight Management and Hormones with Dr. Anthony Capasso, Dr. Andrew Heyman, Dr. Jennifer Landa, and Dr. James Lavalle.
2019	Truths, Myths, and Dogma: What to do about improving your metabolism	February 10	Dawson’s Market 225 North Washington Street Rockville, MD 20850	You may already understand the many metabolic factors that lead to weight gain. It’s one thing to know what they are in theory, but it’s a whole other issue to recognize your own micronutrient deficiencies and apply that knowledge practically in your own life. This workshop will help you identify and sort through all the myths, dogma, and controversy surrounding how your metabolism functions, whether your need micronutrient supplementation, and how to take your next steps forward in helping your metabolism function in the most optimal way.
2018	Hormone Happiness A Provider’s Guide to the Basics of Hormone Evaluation and Therapy: A Practical 2-Day Preceptorship	November 9 – 10	Silver Spring, MD	Individual or Small Group Instruction directed to providers interested in understanding hormone evaluation in a primary or specialty health care practice.
2018	Nutrition and Surgical Healing and Recovery Skin Health from the Inside Out: The Role of Antioxidants in Inflammation and Healing	August 10 – 11	Scottsdale, AZ	Aesthetic Everything Beauty Expo The #1 Aesthetic Trade Show in the southwest that will draw in over 2000 national and international aesthetic and beauty industry professionals. Over 100 Exhibitors, 50 Key Note Speakers and exceptional evening events and networking at the beautiful 5 Diamond Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
2018	Basic and Advanced Metabolism and Weight Loss 3 and 6 Day Course and Preceptor Program	May 14 – 16 May 14 – 19 July 9 – 14	Maryland/Washington D.C./Virginia Metro Area. Place to be announced.	This practical didactic and hands-on preceptor program focuses on metabolism management, hormone evaluation and nutritional dietary guidance for sustained weight loss in all settings. You will get didactic discussions and review effective weight loss protocols with immediate live patient case-study application. This is NOT a chain, franchise, or one-size-fits-all program. What you learn you bring immediately to your practice the following Monday.
2018	Basic & Advanced Botox 2day Training Course	February 16 – 17	Silver Spring, MD	This is how to combine Beauty, Art, and Medicine. You will be seeing actual patients of all types. This is very practical, one-on-one training. We will also discuss how to utilize these skills with PRP treatments. You will leave the course comfortable with the procedures.
2017	Advanced Hormone Evaluation and Replacement Course	November 10 – 11	Silver Spring, MD	Testosterone/Estrogen Replacement Myths Advanced look at HPA Axis disruption Specific Laboratory Review HRT in the Complex Patient Thyroid, Cortisol, and Insulin Connection Systems Biology Approach to HRT Advancing Metabolism with Food/Nutrients Creams, IM, sq, and Pellets
2017	A4M MMI Weight Symposium	October 6 – 7	Boston, MA	Metabolism Management Definitions: Literature and Reality General Approach to Metabolism/Weight Loss Programs Sustained Weight Loss: Review of Literature Specific Diet Start‐Up Guidelines Role of Medications and Supplements in Metabolism/Weight Loss Management Thyroid/Adrenal/Pancreas Connection: “It’s not just for Weight Loss General Review of Laboratory Studies in the Weight Loss Patient
2017	Old North State Medical Society	June 23 – 24	Raleigh, NC	Nutrition and Medicine: Truths and Myths VLCD and the hCG Protocol
2017	Southeast Regional Integrative Medical Conference	June 3 – 4	Asheville, NC	Hormones in Our Toxic World
2017	George Washington University	June	Washington, DC	Health Coach Certification Program, Curriculum Developer and Primary Instructor: Live Instruction, 80 hours
2017	Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG) Conference	April 27 – 30	Championsgate, FL	Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine
2017	A4M Obesity Conference*	March 2 – 4	Las Vegas, NV	Module XIV-D: Weight Management – Putting it All Together *A4M Metabolic Medical Institute/George Washington University College of Medicine Lectures. 9.5 hours of CME lectures
2016	Medical Metabolism Institute Graduate Course	Dec 9 – 11	Las Vegas, NV	Nutrition and the Bariatric Patient Post Surgical Medical Management 4 hours CME Lectures
2016	Old North Carolina Medical Society (ONCMS) Annual Symposium	June 24	Raleigh, NC	Nutrition and Medicine* Gut-Neuro Connection* 2 CME Lectures
2016	A4M and MMI Graduate Program Course	June 23	Raleigh, NC	Physical Assessment for Bariatrics and Weight Loss Programs Metabolism Management of Bariatric Surgical Patient 3 CME Lectures
2015	24th Annual World Conference of Anti Aging Medicine MMI, Module XIV‐A‐ Individualized Weight Management for the Patient	October 8 ‐ 10	Chicago, IL	6 hours of Lectures including the following Subject Titles: Metabolism: A System Biology Approach to Improvement Introduction to the Gut-Nervous System Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Physiology Cost Fat Loss Strategies: An Evidenced Based Look at Weight Loss From Bariatrics to VLCD: A Look at Different approaches to Weight Loss Nutrition and Medicine
2015	Advanced Hormone Training Course	January 31	Silver Spring, MD	Curriculum Developer and Primary Instructor 8 Hour Practical Course
2014	Health Care Professional Alliance (HCPA) Prioritizing Prevention Conference	October	Provo, UT	Nutrition in Pre and Post-Surgical Care Truths and Myths of Metabolism Management
2014	Primary Health Care Practitioners Training	February	Provo, UT	Supplements: Why the Controversy?