December 17, 2012: Affiliate faculty member presented at the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr. Steven Jonas, PPH Affiliated Faculty Member and Professor of Preventive Medicine, recently visited London, England. While there he gave three presentations on the “prescription for exercise” and what he calls “The Ordinary Mortals® Pathway to Mobilizing Motivation for Health.” On November 29 he participated in an all-day symposium at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled “Beyond 2012: How sport and exercise medicine can improve the health of your patients” organized by the Section of General Practice with Primary Health Care and the Sport & Exercise Medicine Section. Dr. Jonas has been working with several members of the Royal Society of Medicine on these subjects since 2008 and has given several presentations there. There were around 70 attendees at the symposium, which featured several clinical presentations. He also presented on the same subject at the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital for medical and physical therapy staff, as well as for senior staff of the Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Mile End Hospital. He looks forward to an ongoing relationship with his friends and colleagues in the recognized medical specialty of Sport and Exercise Medicine.
