ACAM to Present Ishwarlal Jialal, M.D., Ph.D., With the Linus Pauling Award in April

ACAM, the American College for Advancement in Medicine, is pleased to announce that it will present Ishwarlal Jialal, M.D., Ph.D., with the Linus Pauling Award for notable achievement in the field of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Jialal will receive the award at the ACAM Spring 2008 Conference in Orlando, FL, on April 11, 2008. Dr. Jialal is Robert E. Stowell Endowed Chair in Experimental Pathology and the Director of the Laboratory for Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Research, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis.

“We are pleased to recognize Dr. Jialal’s extensive and ground-breaking research with Vitamin E and vascular disease,” said Jeanne Drisko, M.D., the association’s president.

Linus Pauling, Ph.D., was arguably one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. He described the nature of the chemical bond, leading to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. He is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes. He was later fascinated by vitamin C and the use of high-dose nutrients in the treatment of diseases, including cold and flu viruses, cancer, and heart disease, and he coined the term ‘orthomolecular medicine’ to describe the use of correct molecular balance to treat and prevent disease with dietary supplements. He founded the Linus Pauling Institute, which continues his biomedical research legacy.

The American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) is a not-for-profit medical society dedicated to educating physicians and other health care professionals on the latest findings and emerging procedures in preventive/nutritional medicine. ACAM’s goals are to improve skills, knowledge and diagnostic procedures as they relate to complementary and alternative medicine, to support research, and to develop awareness of alternative methods of medical treatment.

Celebrating more than a quarter century of service, ACAM represents more than 1,000 physicians in 30 countries. ACAM is the largest and oldest organization of its kind in the world dedicated exclusively to serving the educational needs of the health professions. For more information, please visit http://www.acam.org