Press Release, 01/23/2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Physicians’ Course at The Kampong
Opportunity to connect traditional medicine with ethnobotany

Coconut Grove, FL – Now in its eleventh year, the annual Physicians’ Course is scheduled for February 11 – 13, 2010 at The Kampong. Participants cover the basics in medical botany, ethnobotanical approaches to new drug discovery, plant origins of pharmaceutical products, case studies of common herbs, and basics in botany and plant identification. The Physicians course has been accredited by the Florida Medical Association and qualifies for 13.75 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA physician’s recognition award. The course is geared for physicians and other health care professionals (practicing or retired).

Guest speakers include Medical Professors from the University of Miami Medical School, Neurology, Cardiology, Family Practice, Ph.D. Ethnobotanists, and Professors in Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences from the University of British Columbia.

The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is extremely grateful for the support and generosity of the Shepard Broad Foundation.

For course application and additional information, please call 305-442-7169.
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The Kampong is one of five tropical gardens and three preserves of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The mission of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is to enrich life through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education by perpetuating the survival of plants, ecosystems, and cultural knowledge of tropical regions.

NTBG is a not-for-profit institution.
Media Contact: Iliana Leon, The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, (305) 442-7169, kampong@ntbg.org