Integrative Healthcare Symposium 2015 Course Schedule
Conference Program
Learning Objectives
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In the current state of medical care, analyze the research, treatment opportunities, and challenges facing healthcare practitioners to improve outcomes for patients.
Examine new clinical approaches, especially integrative medicine's greater emphasis on prevention, and self-care practices to enhance conventional outcomes in healthcare management.
Evaluate scientific and clinically-relevant applications for the most commonly utilized and researched modalities in integrative and complementary/alternative medicine.
Given emerging evidence in the field, introduce the complementary approaches of Integrative Medicine to improve patient care
The 2015 conference program has been categorized into the following tracks:
• Environmental Health
• Brain, Mind & Mood
• Nutritional Science
• Integrative Nursing
• Spotlight Session
Spotlight sessions featured in 2015 include: Policy Updates, Practice Management Sessions, Functional Medicine Workshops, Experiential, and Movement classes.
PLEASE NOTE: *denotes a non-CME session. This program is subject to change. For conference updates and session details, please visit: www.ihsymposium.com/annual-conference
Thursday, February 19
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
*Opening Remarks
Woodson Merrell, MD
Grand Ballroom East
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
*Opening Keynote: The Tapping Solution: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Nick Ortner
track
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Grand Ballroom East
10:15 AM - 11:45AM
Principles of Integrative Cancer Medicine
Dwight McKee, MD
Environmental
Health
Grand Ballroom West
Patient-Centered Diagnosis: The Heart of Integrative Practice
Leo Galland, MD, FACP, FACN
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom East
*Interprofessional Panel Presentation on Nurse Leadership: Advancing Integrative Nursing Leadership in Collaborative Practice
Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA, HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC; Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN; Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH; Monique Class, MS, CS, APRN, BC; Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP
Integrative
Nursing
Murray Hill Suite
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Institute For Functional Medicine Presents: Functional Nutrition: Transforming Patients through Therapeutic Use of Food
Kristi Hughes, ND
Nutritional
Science
Grand Ballroom East
*Music and Medicine: Research & Clinical Applications from The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine
Stephan Quentzel, MD, JD, MA and Joanne Loewy DA, LCAT, MT-BC
Spotlight Session
Nassau Suite
Bringing Integrative Health Coaching to the Underserved
Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP
Integrative
Nursing
Murray Hill Suite
03:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Exposure to Toxins in Pediatrics
Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, DIH, FAAP, FACPM
Environmental
Health
Grand Ballroom East
Never Only Opioids: Policy Trends, Patient Experience and Practice Models in Treating People with Pain
John Weeks (moderator); with panelists: Heather Tick, MA, MD; Martha Menard, PhD, CMT
Grand Ballroom West
Spotlight Session
Friday, February 20
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Inflammation: Transforming Alarm to Health
Jeffrey Bland, PhD, CNS, FACN, FACB
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom East
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Environmental Influences on Health: Research, Preventions and Treatment Strategies
Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA, HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC (mod); with panelists: Robert Rountree, MD; Walter Crinnion, ND; Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Grand Ballroom East
Integrating Nutrition Into Your Everyday Practice
Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH; Jaime Schehr, ND, RD, CDN
Grand Ballroom West
Self-Care is the Heart of All Health Care
James Gordon, MD
Murray Hill Suite
Spotlight on Pain Management: Hands-On Experiential Education
Hal Blatman, MD, DAAPM, ABIHM
Environmental
Health
Nutritional
Science
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Spotlight Session
Nassau Suite
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Institute For Functional Medicine Presents: The ABCDs of Nutrition Evaluation of the Toxic Patient
Michael Stone, MD, MS
Grand Ballroom West
From Mitochondria
to The Spoken
Word
Michael
Greer, MD
Grand Ballroom East
Pediatric Mastermind: An Integrative/Functional Medicine Model for Complex Pediatric and Adolescent Cases
Lawrence Rosen, MD; Aviva Romm, MD, CPM; Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH
Nutritional
Science
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Spotlight Session
Murray Hill Suite
*Integrative Nursing: What does it look like in Practice?
Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Nassau Suite
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
The Stress Response and the Role of Adaptogens in Women’s Health
Aviva Romm, MD, CPM
Murray Hill Suite
Natural Approaches to Anxiety and Depression in Women: Women, Mood and Hormones
Hyla Cass, MD
Grand Ballroom East
Mitochondrial Performance - Essential for Hormonal and Organ Function
Chris Meletis, ND
Integrative
Nursing
Environmental
Health
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom West
*Integrative Nursing: Innovative Educational Strategies to Teach Clinical Decision-Making
Debbie Ringdahl, DNP, RN, CNM
Nassau Suite
05:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Visionary Award & Closing Keynote Presentation: A Call to Healing the Healthcare System
Wayne Jonas, MD
Grand Ballroom East
Integrative
Nursing
Spotlight Session
Saturday, February 21
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
*Experimental and Clinical Observations on the Impact on Reproductive Health of Wireless Radiation from Cell Phones and Other Devices
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Murray Hill Suite
*Bye Bye PMS, Hello healthier patients all month long
Ashley Koff, RD
Grand Ballroom West
Unravelling the Mysteries of the Eye
Robert Abel, MD
Environmental
Health
Nutritional
Science
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom East
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
*Interactive Nurse Coach Workshop with Case Studies
Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA, HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC; Caroline E. Ortiz, RN, MSN, MPH, CCMI, CCAP; Christine Gilchrist, RN, MSN, MPH, NC-BC; Deborah McElligott DNP, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC,
CDE; Janet Booth, RN, BSN, NC-BC ; Barbara Conly, RN; and Joan Scialo Rubin, BSN, RN, HWNC-BC
Integrative
Nursing
Nassau Suite
09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Effectiveness and Benefits of Orally-Administered Supplemental Enzymes
Mahmane Mamadou, PhD
Murray Hill Suite
Rethinking Mental Health: A Functional Medicine Approach
Joel Evans, MD, OB/GYN and Kelly Brogan, MD
Grand Ballroom East
Global Pain & Fatigue Syndromes Assessment and Treatment; When It Is Fibromyalgia and When It Is Not!
David Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN
Environmental
Health
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom West
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
The Benefits of Biodiversity and the Misfortunes of Monoculture
Robert Rountree, MD
Grand Ballroom East
*Food & Nutrition Champions: A Socioecological Model Perspective
Mary Beth Augustine, RDN, CDN, FAND; Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, EBQ; Rebecca Katz, MS; Stefanie Sacks, MS, CNS, CDN
Murray Hill Suite
Digital Health & the Healthcare Practitioner
Ashley Koff, RD (mod); with panelists: Jeff Arnold; James Maskell; Garth Graham, M.D., MPH; and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn MA, MHSA
Environmental
Health
Nutritional
Science
Spotlight Session
Grand Ballroom West
*Self-Care For Personal and Professional Transformation
Carla Mariano, EdD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAIM
Nassau Suite
Integrative
Nursing
Saturday, February 21 cont.
01:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Laboratory markers for assessing disease risk, toxicant and oxidative load and for tracking holistic treatment of chronic disease
Walter Crinnion, ND
Grand Ballroom East
Effective Treatment of CFS, Fatigue & Fibromyalgia
Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, ABIHM, ABIM
Grand Ballroom West
Chronic Stress: Tracing the Thread that Unravels Health
Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO and Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH RSHom(NA)
Murray Hill Suite
Integrative nursing support groups for mothers and children living in poverty
Dorothy Larkin, PhD, RN; Toni Russo, MSN, CNS; Abby Robbin, MSN, CNS
Nassau Suite
03:15 PM - 04:45PM
Contemplative Approach to Care for Others and Self
Koshin Paley Ellison MFA, LMSW, DMIN & Robert Chodo Campbell
Grand Ballroom East
Environmental
Health
Nutritional
Science
Brain, Mind
& Mood
Integrative
Nursing
Brain, Mind
& Mood