Each new generation is living longer than ever before and thus faced with a unique set of challenges in the process of getting older.

Dr. Lisa Lilienfield will discuss these challenges and the key factors essential for healthy aging in our next lecture in the Kaplan Center's "Total Recovery Lecture Series." With an emphasis on inflammation as a risk factor, she will introduce centurions from various cultures and show how lifestyle, diet and exercise has affected their longevity. 

Dr. Lilienfield will also discuss: 

• The neurophysiology  and neuroplasticity of the brain and how we can change from negative to positive thinking through the practice of meditation and gratitude; 

• The Grant Study, a 75 year old Harvard study that determined factors in healthy aging and determined that those who resist change fare worse than those who have a positive outlook on societal change;

• The current and future use of genomics and stem cells for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease, and their role in healthy aging.

Lisa Lilienfield, M.D., has been a physician at the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine for over 15 years. She is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, and is a member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.  Dr. Lilienfield also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine's Department of Community and Family Medicine. At the Kaplan Center Dr. Lilienfield practices Acupuncture and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and has developed an expertise in both Women's Health and Sports Medicine.