2019 Speakers
9:30 – 10:15 am
Catalina Room
Medicare 101 – Understanding Your Medicare Plan Options
Fernando Muñiz, General Manager, Boomers Insurance Services
Presented by HealthCare Partners
Medicare options can be confusing for those approaching 65. Mr. Muñiz will help to answer and clarify questions and concerns about when you are eligible, what are parts A, B, C and D, advantages and disadvantages, and guidelines for signing up. Being educated on all available options will help you make the best choice.
Fernando Muñiz is General Manager of Boomers Insurance Services. An organization dedicated to helping Baby Boomers navigate through the confusing world of Medicare. Mr. Muñiz and his team have assisted over 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries find the right fit for their needs. They believe that every person has individual needs and one plan is not the right fit for all. His focus is to treat people with the same patience and respect he would give to his own parents and grandparents.
HealthCare Partners is a sponsor at the expo.
9:30 – 10:15 am
Monarch Room
Financial Elder Abuse – Who is Vulnerable? How to Prevent it.
James M. Morgan, Partner, Lanzone Morgan, LLP
James Morgan will discuss common ways that elderly people get abused or ripped off by family, friends and strangers. He will also provide tips on how to prevent this from happening.
Lanzone Morgan, LLP is a Long Beach based law firm that dedicates its practice to representing victims of elder abuse.
James M. Morgan is a founding partner of Lanzone Morgan, LLP. His law firm is dedicated to representing victims of elder abuse, whether it be financial elder abuse or physical elder abuse at the hands of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Mr. Morgan is licensed to practice law in California, Arizona, and Nevada. He has been practicing law for over 22 years. Over the course of his career, Mr. Morgan’s efforts have helped lead to more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements on behalf of abused and neglected elderly adults.
Lanzone Morgan, LLP is an exhibitor at the expo.
10:30 – 11:15 am
Catalina Room
Know your Social Security options and how it relates to Medicare
Justin Hart, Health Market Services Agency, presented by Aetna
James Morgan will discuss common ways that elderly people get abused or ripped off by family, friends and strangers. He will also provide tips on how to prevent this from happening.
Join Justin Hart from Health Market Services Agency and learn about your social security options and how it relates to Medicare.
• Learn what is Social Security and your options in retirement
• How do benefits work and how can you qualify?
• Are you retiring soon?
• Are you currently working and did not realize you can qualify for Medicare?
• Are you New to Medicare?
Justin Hart has over 10 years experience in the Medicare insurance business. He is certified and contracted to represent most local health plans in the area. In addition to being a former regional trainer, Mr. Hart has working relationships with many physician groups and medical practices.
10:30 – 11:15 am
Monarch Room
A discussion about what is CBD and its uses including chronic pain
Michael Tehrani, MD, Board Certified Internal Medicine.
Gerontologist & Primary Care Provider,
Brand New Day Health Plan
Where do you start? CBD is a popular topic, but many are confused about what it is and the benefits it provides. Dr. Tehrani will provide information and answers to your questions about CBD and its healing benefits, and provide clarity to the variety of areas that can be covered by using CBD.
Michael S. Tehrani, MD is a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician in Long Beach specializing in Geriatrics and the care of older adults. Dr. Tehrani is passionate about helping individuals age successfully through preventive and personalized healthcare delivered through a concierge-level quality approach. His preventative treatment programs designed uniquely for each person has resulted in sustainable health and wellness outcomes, improved quality of life and increased longevity. Dr. Tehrani completed his training at USC Medical Center and is based out of Long Beach and affiliated with the local hospital systems.
Brand New Day is a Sponsor at the expo.
11:30 – 12:15 pm
Catalina Room
George Burns – He’s BACK!
Duffy Hudson, Actor, Impersonator
“When I was a kid the Dead Sea was only sick…”
To know George Burns is to love George Burns. The cigar, the glasses, the wit and the kind Grandfather like image he projected in his later years, all found a way into our hearts. Many of us grew up with George as another member of the family. Join us on a stroll along nostalgia lane.
This one-man, musical, comedy performance of our beloved George Burns is sure to warm your heart and tickle your funny bone. Duffy Hudson is an actor, director, writer, teacher and filmmaker. He has performed on and off Broadway, in film and television. He performs his several one-man shows all across the country and has been voted “Best One Man Show” 3 years in a row by the Los Angeles Daily News.
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Catalina Room
Doug McIntyre, Columnist and Former Long-Time Host
of “McIntyre in the Morning” – 790 KABC Radio
Columnist Doug McIntyre has been writing for the Press-Telegram and Southern California News Group for more than a decade, with an eye on life as lived in SoCal as well as the wider world beyond. With a sense of history and humor, Doug calls it as he sees it and is trying his best to make sense of an often times senseless world.
McIntyre is also the former long-time morning show host of “McIntyre in the Morning” on Talk Radio 790 KABC. He has been consistently ranked by his peers among the Top 50 hosts in America. A TV/Film writer-producer, Doug worked on the hit series, “Married… With Children”, “WKRP in Cincinnati”, “Full House”, “Mike Hammer” and the award-winning PBS series, “Liberty’s Kids.” Together with his wife, Penny Peyser, Doug wrote/produced/directed the feature documentary, “Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon.” Doug is currently writing his first novel, “Frank’s Shadow.”
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Catalina Room
Food as Medicine: How to reverse medical conditions through the use of food
Siamak Rouzroch, MD, Memorial Care
Dr. Rouzroch will help guide you to understand which food choices are the best fit for you to improve your health.
Dr. Rouzroch is a board certified internal medicine physician who has been in practice for 25 years. Dr. Rouzroch believes in an integrated approach to medicine that combines clinical, alternative and wellness practices to provide an individualized treatment plan for each and every one of his valued patients. Dr. Rouzroch completed his medical education at the University of Hamberg, Germany and his Internist Medical Residency at Kern Medical Center of UCLA. Being fluent in Spanish, Farsi and German, Dr. Rouzroch takes pride in being able to service such a diverse patient population for southern California.