Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Lisa Anselme, RN, BLS, HN-BC, CHTP/I
Executive Director
Nurse Consultant for Integrative Healthcare
Healing Touch International, Inc.
President, Life Spark Cancer Resources
Lakewood, Colorado

Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD
Conference Co-Chair
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director for Education
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

David Kiefer, MD
Conference Co-Chair
Clinical Instructor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Adjunct Faculty, Bastyr University
Kenmore, Washington
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Sudha Prathikanti, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Sara Thyr, ND
Private Practice
Concord Birth & Wellness Center
Concord, New Hampshire

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. This policy is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about material presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

7:00-8:00am Registration & Check-in / Breakfast

8:00 Conference & Faculty Introduction
David Keifer, MD

8:15 Integrative Medicine in Women's Health: Our Journey from Treating to Healing
Ellen Hughes, MD

9:00 Ethical Considerations in Integrative Medicine
Lisa Anselme, RN, BLS, HN-BC, CHTP/I

10:00 Break

10:15 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

11:00 Infertility: Natural & Effective Treatments
Sara Thyr, ND

11:45 The Most Commonly Used Herbal Supplements by Women
David Kiefer, MD

12:30pm Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 18, 2008

7:30am Breakfast

8:00 Alternative Management for Menopause: Herbs & Bio-Identical Hormones
Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD

8:45 Benefits of Detoxification: Why & How
Sara Thyr, ND

9:30 Break

9:45 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 Holistic Practice & Energy Therapies: What's Being Used in Women's Health
Lisa Anselme, RN, BLS, HN-BC, CHTP/I

11:00 Naturopathic Therapies for PMS: Nutrition, Supplements & Lifestyle Changes
Sara Thyr, ND

11:45 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:45pm Adjourn for the Day

Friday, September 19, 2008

3:30pm INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session One

A. Optimizing Food & Dietary Supplement Choices: Understanding Labels & Claims
David Keifer, MD

B. How Your Patients Revitalize: Self Qi Massage, Simple Qi Gong, Sitting Meditation & Sound as Energy
Lisa Anselme, RN, BLS, HN-BC, CHTP/I

C. Body, Breath, & Psyche: Yoga as Mind-Body Medicine
Sudha Prathikanti, MD

5:00 Break

5:15 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session Two
Session One Topics Repeated

6:45 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, September 20, 2008

7:30am Breakfast

8:00 Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: An Introduction to Ayurvedic Medicine
Sudha Prathikanti, MD

8:45 Weight Management & Metabolic Syndrome: An Integrative Approach
David Kiefer, MD

9:30 Break (hotel check-out if applicable)

10:00 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:45 An Integrative Approach to Insomnia
Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD

11:30 Holistic Healing for the Mind: An Overview of CAM Approaches to Depression
Sudha Prathikanti, MD

12:15 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:00pm Conference Adjourns