Scientific Foundations of Alternative Medicine Conference

Agenda

 

The Conference will take place in the Feinberg Pavilion at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

 

Friday, December 10

 

 8:00 am             Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits

 

 9:00 am             Welcome and Introductions

                           Michael Roizen, MD, Melinda Ring, MD

 

 9:10 am             Integrative Strategies for Mood Disorders

                           Melinda Ring, MD

 

 9:55 am             CAM Interventions in the Treatment of Insomnia

                           Ramadevi Gourineni, MD

 

10:40 am            Mind-Body Syndrome: An Alternative Explanation and Treatment for Chronic Pain

                           John Stracks, MD

 

11:25 am            Questions and Answers

                           Moderator: Richard Lang, MD

 

11:40 am            Refreshments/Exhibits

 

11:55 am            Stress Reduction: The Call Center Experience Plus

                           Thomas Morledge, MD

 

12:35 pm            Integrative Approach to Treatment of Functional Disorders in Pediatrics

                           Youngran Chung, MD

 

 1:15 pm             Yoga Theory and Benefits

                           Judi Bar, RYT

 

 1:45 pm             Questions and Answers

                           Moderator: Richard Lang, MD

 

 2:00 pm             Adjourn

 

 

Saturday, December 11

 

 6:30 am          Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits

 

 7:10 am          Introduction

Moderator: Tanya Edwards, MD

 

 7:15 am          Steps to Reduce or Eliminate the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

                        Steven Stryker, MD

 

 8:15 am          Is the Diet and Nutrition Link to Cancer Meaningless or the only Alternative?

                                 T. Colin Campbell, PhD    

                       

 9:15 am          Adjuvant Therapies During Cancer Treatment

Tanya Edwards, MD

                       

10:00 am         Questions and Answers

Moderator: Raul Seballos, MD

 

10:15 am         Refreshments/Exhibits/Book Signing

 

10:45 am         Integrative Approaches to Gynecologic/Breast Cancer

Diljeet Singh, MD, DrPh

 

11:30 am         Life After Cancer: Naturopathic Approaches

Judy Fulop, MS, ND 

12:30 am          Cancer Survivorship Challenges and Opportunities

                         Mitchell Gaynor, MD

 

 1:15 pm          Questions and Answers

Moderator: Tanya Edwards, MD

 

 1:30 pm           Adjourn

 

 

Sunday, December 12

 

 6:30 am          Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits

 

 7:00 am          Introduction

Moderator: Raul Seballos, MD

 

 7:05 am          Introduction – Employee Wellness: What We Have Done and the Cleveland Clinic Results

                        Michael Roizen, MD  

 

 7:45 am          Prevention Controversies and Issues in Women’s Health

                        Anita Misra-Hebert, MD

 

 8:25 am          Vitamin D: Testing, Levels, and Supplements – What Do We Really Know and What Should We Do?

                        Raul Seballos, MD

 

 9:05 am          Coronary Artery Disease: Statins, Aspirins, and What To Do – Controversies and an Update

                        Leslie Cho, MD

 

 9:40 am          Integrative Approach to Preventive Cardiology

                        Steven Devries, MD

10:15 am         Making Yourself Heart Attack Proof

                        Caldwell Esselstyn Jr, MD

 

10:55 am         Questions and Answers

Moderator: Raul Seballos, MD

 

11:05 am         Refreshments/Exhibits/Book Signing

 

11:20 am         Prostate Cancer: Screening and Chemoprevention, Update and Future Directions

                        Eric Klein, MD

 

12:00 pm         Update on Genetic Testing and Personal Genomic Screening

                        Charis Eng, MD, PhD

 

12:35 pm         Testosterone and Hormone Replacement in Men: Risks and Benefits

                        Richard Lang, MD

 

 1:15 pm          Questions and Answers

Moderator: Raul Seballos, MD

 

 1:30 pm          Closing Remarks

 

 1:45 pm          Adjourn