Thursday, October 9

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Registration Open

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Networking Reception

Friday, October 10

7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Chow Medical Qigong, A Special Morning Healing Event (1 CEU credit)
Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
Renew, revitalize, replenish! Kick off the conference by experiencing firsthand the profound and revitalizing effects of Chow Medical Qigong presented by world-renowned Qigong Grandmaster and author Dr. Effie Chow. Open yourself to the gift of healing through your own life energy (Qi) and the ancient practice of Qigong. Whether you're interested in increasing your personal wellness or the wellness of others, you'll learn valuable lessons for improving your quality of life. Through specific meditations, and physical and mental exercises designed by Dr. Chow, you'll begin to understand the innate healing energy that exists within each of us. Recognized for helping people on their healing journeys with a wide variety of chronic, serious health conditions, Dr. Chow brings her over 35 years of Qigong training, a Ph.D. in higher education, a masters degree in behavioral sciences and communication, and her experience as a registered nurse to her impressive body of healing work.

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Complimentary continental breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Plenary Session (1 CME/CEU credit)

Keynote: New Visions of Health: Incorporating Traditional Chinese Medicine in Contemporary Health Care
Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
Dr. Ka-Kit Hui's pioneering work in integrative medicine at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine has earned international recognition. He will open the conference with an introduction to the traditional Chinese medicine approach to health and disease and a provocative exploration of the differences between analytic (Western) and holistic (Eastern) ways of thinking. Through this broad lens, Dr. Hui will discuss the role TCM can play in the transformation and reconstruction of contemporary health care and launch the framework for the issues and discussions threaded through each of the conference sessions.

10:00 am - 10:30 pm

Break

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Concurrent Panels (2 CME/CEU credits each)

Panel A: Immune System Disorders

Immunomodulation of T Cells by the Chinese Herbal Medicine Ling Zhi (Ganoderma Lucidum)
Xiu-Min Li, MD
The Chinese herbal medicine, Ling Zhi (LZ) has been used to treat and prevent immune disorders including allergy in traditional Chinese medical practice and is a major component in our anti-asthma and food allergy herbal formulas. T lymphocytes play a central role in many immune disorders. To explore the mechanisms of actions of LZ on allergic disorders, we compared the effects of LZ to dexamethasone (one of the most potent corticosteroids) on allergen-primed and normal T cells in vitro. This presentation shows that the immunomodulatory effect of LZ on T cells is different from dexamethasone's overall suppression of all lymphocytes. The immunomodulatory actions of LZ should benefit patients with allergy and immune suppression.

Hepatitis C and TCM
Xiao Tian Shen, MD, LAc, MPH
The ancient knowledge of treating liver diseases has been refined in the battle of fighting the recent hepatitis epidemic in China. Traditional Chinese medicine is considered to be very helpful in treating various types of hepatitis. This presentation will provide an overview of the TCM approaches for treating Hepatitis C and its complications. The discussion will focus on the TCM mechanism of the development of Hepatitis C, TCM and the use of Chinese herbal medicine to protect the liver against long-term damage from HCV.

TCM Protocol for Increasing the Human Body's Immune Function
Haihe Tian, AP, PhD, MD (China)
There are many diseases related to immune system dysfunction. Most cases are hypo-function of the immune system. The human body cannot recognize and attack the target while the immune function is low. All the immune-related diseases in clinic are stubborn. Chinese medicine has very safe and effective methods to increase the human body's immune function. Dr. Tian will present his clinical and experimental study on TCM protocol for increasing the human body's immune function. He will discuss common TCM approaches to regulating immune dysfunction including: strengthening the Zheng Qi and dispelling Xie Qi, balancing Yin and Yang, regulating Zang-Fu (or solid) organs and unblocking appropriate meridians.

Panel B: Examining the Spiritual Dimensions of Healing

A Prescription for Spiritual Wholeness: A Model for Group Healing
Frances L. Brisbane, PhD
Dr. Brisbane will describe a model of a prescription for spiritual wholeness that can lead to a spiritually transforming experience. It helps group participants bypass the drug store and go directly to a higher source for spiritual guidance in problem-solving.

Chinese Medicine and the Evolution of Consciousness
Lonny Jarrett, MS, MAc, FNCAAOM
A basic premise of Chinese medicine is to move stagnation before tonifying. There is no greater stagnation in life than having forgotten one's true self. We recognize that nourishing the fulfillment of destiny is the heart and soul of this medicine, yet how often do we realize this goal in our lives or in clinical practice? After gaining clinical experience, it often becomes clear that there is a strong momentum in ourselves and in our patients to resist change.

After 18 years of clinical practice, Lonny Jarrett has concluded that everyone wants to get better but few people sincerely want to change. In this presentation, he will examine both original nature and the created false self (Authentic self and Conditioned self) in regard to the Five Element system of Chinese medicine. Discussion will focus on the nature of obstacles to embracing an enlightened perspective in life from the standpoint of our own personal healing and the sake of the whole. Jarrett will focus on what it means to practice medicine in a spiritual context and the question of from where the moral authority and potency to heal another human being arises.

Investigating the Scientific Foundations for the Physiologic Benefits of Life Style, Mind/Body, and Complementary Interventions
David Felten MD, PhD
This presentation will discuss the scientific foundations underlying the ability of the brain to regulate the immune system and other systems in the body. Many beneficial effects of TCM as well as Western complementary and integrative approaches appear to act through the generation of selected sets of important biological mediators, many of them derived from actions of neuroendocrine and neurotransmitter signaling on peripheral target tissues. Alterations in stress hormones, cytokines and chemokines, inflammatory mediators, and small molecule mediators can exert profound healing effects, and help to maintain wellness. This system of molecular signaling represents the mechanistic level at which exogenous pharmacology and internal healing systems merge.

Panel C: Research Abstracts

Acupuncture for Chronic Nausea in HIV: A RCT Pilot Study
Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, RN, FAAN, LAc
Dr. Anastasi, in addition to her Columbia University School of Nursing appointments, is a member of the Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public of the Institute of Medicine Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She will present on Acupuncture for Chronic Nausea in HIV: A RCT Pilot Study. Nausea is a common symptom of HIV disease with prevalence estimated to be 50 percent. Quality of life for patients with chronic nausea is greatly impacted. Although opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS have decreased due to new drug combinations, many of these drugs have nausea as a side effect. Anti-emetics prescribed for nausea are commonly ineffective for this group. Acupuncture shows promise in serving as an adjunctive therapy with conventional medical interventions to manage chronic nausea. Few acupuncture studies include the TCM approach to diagnosis and treatment, which integrates the eight principles, pulse, and tongue evaluations. This trial incorporates the TCM approach to acupuncture, to reduce the severity of chronic nausea among HIV-positive individuals in the context of a randomized, blinded (subject and evaluator), controlled study.

Acupuncture and Side Effect Management
Brock Haines, Lic Ac
Pathways to Complementary Medicine operates one of the largest public health complementary medical clinics in the United States. Clinical Director Brock Haines will present preliminary results of a clinical trial exploring Acupuncture and Side Effect Management. This clinical trial examines the role of acupuncture in controlling side effects related to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which is the current treatment of choice for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. HAART results in a high prevalence of digestive side effects such as nausea, vomiting, bowel upsets, and loss of appetite and weight. These symptoms, in turn, can negatively impact adherence to medication protocols, which may result in serious health consequences due to increased viral resistance and transmission of resistant virus. The AIDS Care Project designed a six-week clinical trial to examine whether a set of four symptom-specific points can be more effective in controlling digestive symptoms associated with use of HAART than a set of four nearby comparison points.

The Treatment of Fibromyalgia with Acupuncture: Effects of Needle Placement, Needle Stimulation, and Dose
Richard Harris, PhD
Richard Harris' interests have been in the integration of TCM acupuncture with "Western" clinical pain research. Mr. Harris obtained knowledge of the electrical properties of nerve cells through his doctoral thesis on potassium ion channels (1997, UC-Berkeley) and his postdoctoral work on cultured neurons. His long-range research goal is to explain the analgesic properties of acupuncture. Mr. Harris will make a presentation on an experimental study concerning The Treatment of Fibromyalgia with Acupuncture: Effects of Needle Placement, Needle Stimulation, and Dose. Acupuncture is frequently used by patients with fibromyalgia, yet demonstration of its efficacy and mechanism of action is largely lacking in high- quality scientific studies. In particular, most previous studies have used inadequate blinding and non-inert controls. The objective of this investigation was to determine the effects of standard acupuncture procedures including needle placement, stimulation and dosage on symptom improvement in fibromyalgia.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for Inflammatory Pain
Lixing Lao, CMD, PhD, LAc
Lixing Lao, PhD, CMD, has practiced acupuncture and Chinese medicine for more than 20 years, being actively involved in patient care, teaching and research. Dr. Lao conducts basic science study on an inflammation-induced hyperalgesia animal models to explore the mechanism of anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammation effect of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Dr. Lao will present on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for Inflammatory Pain." It is estimated that nine percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from moderate to severe non-cancer related persistent pain, causing physical and emotional suffering and costing the economy more than $100 billion in physician visits, consumption of analgesics, and loss of productivity. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recently developed COX-2 inhibitors are commonly used for treating inflammatory pain. They are, however, associated with gastrointestinal disturbances. Opioids can be used to manage chronic pain, but their use is limited by adverse effects and the risk of addiction. The team at the Center for Integrative Medicine has conducted numerous research projects on the effects of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine on persistent inflammatory pain.

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

LUNCHEON PANEL
Building Bridges Between TCM and Wildlife Conservation (2 CME/CEU credits)
Grace G. Gabriel, Deputy Director, Wildlife and Habitat Program, IFAW; Craig Hoover, Deputy Director of TRAFFIC North America; John Meehan, Resident Agent in Charge, US Fish & Wildlife Service
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, WildAid, and World Wildlife Fund and its wildlife trade monitoring program, TRAFFIC, are working to facilitate dialogues between TCM specialists and conservationists, with the aim of generating mutual understanding and conservation interests. TCM's emphasizes intimate relationships among all species and the responsibility of humans to live in harmony with nature. This philosophical underpinning meshes seamlessly with the principles of wildlife conservation. Sharing this common ground, conservationists, the U.S. government, and the TCM community have become partners in saving wild endangered species. These groups will talk about some of their recent work within the TCM community to conserve this ancient practice, and many of the species on which it has so long depended.

Luncheon panel and discussion sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, International Fund for Animal Welfare, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and WildAid

Space is limited; you must register for this lunch to reserve your spot.

2:00-2:45 pm

Author Signings

Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
Qigong: Miracle Healing from China  (MediPress, 1994)
Chow Integrated Healing System Volumes 1 & 2 (video)

Lonny Jarrett, MS, MAc, FNCAAOM
Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine (Spirit Path Press, 1999)

2:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Afternoon Workshops (2 CME/CEU credits each)

#1

TCM and Qigong: Rehabilitation for Chronic and Acute Pain, and Paralysis
Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
Dr. Chow will explore the ways in which her Chow Integrated Healing System can be used in the treatment of chronic and acute pain as well as paralysis. She will discuss a number of successful case studies, describe her methods of addressing them, and describe how she selected appropriate treatment modalities to achieve remarkable results.

#2

Neural-Immune Communication, Biological Mediators, and Molecular Signaling: Mechanistic Foundations for the Integration of TCM and Conventional Western Medicine
David Felten, MD, PhD
This workshop will explore the scientific approaches that can bridge interventions and clinical outcomes by providing the scientific mechanistic underpinnings by which the interventions work. Discussion will include relevant outcome variables, methods of approach for assessment, selective use of animal models vs. human evaluation, and approaches to studying individual interventions vs. comprehensive intervention programs.

#3

Transcending the Five Elements: the Nature of Authentic and Conditioned Self
Lonny Jarrett, MS, MAc, FNCAAOM
The masses, in their frantic creeping about, thirst only after riches and honors. They may well be called walking corpses. -- Ge Hong

A general rule in many traditions of Chinese medicine is the importance of moving stagnation concurrent with or before using methods that tonify. If we tonify without clearing stagnation, we run the risk of worsening the condition. Many traditions conceive of stagnation in thermodynamic terms and talk of moving stagnant qi, blood, or heat or clearing external pathogens such as wind, damp, or cold. There is no more significant or fundamental stagnation in life, however, than that which comes from having forgotten our true self. Whether we wake up to rediscover the lost self or die ignorant is a matter of our choice to either turn away from or embrace destiny. In this workshop, I will discuss the true and false self from the perspective of Chinese physiology. This discussion will focus on the nature of what lies in the way of embracing an enlightened perspective in life from both the standpoints of our own personal healing and for the sake of the whole.

#4

Hepatitis C and TCM
Xiao Tian Shen LAc, MD, MPH
The ancient knowledge of treatment of treating liver diseases has been refined in the battle of fighting the recent hepatitis epidemic in China. Traditional Chinese medicine is considered to be very helpful in treating various types of hepatitis. This workshop will provide an overview of the TCM approaches for treating Hepatitis C and its complications. The discussion will focus on the TCM mechanism of the development of Hepatitis C, TCM and the use of Chinese herbal medicine to protect the liver against long-term damage from HCV.

#5

TCM Protocol for Increasing the Human Body's Immune Function
Hai He Tian, AP (FL), PhD, MD (China)
There are many diseases related to immune system dysfunction. Most of cases are a result of hypo-function of the immune system. The human body cannot recognize and attack the target while the immune function is low. All the immune-related diseases in clinic are stubborn. Chinese medicine has very safe, effective methods to increase the human body's immune function. Dr. Tian will present his clinical and experimental study on TCM protocol for increasing the human body's immune function. He will discuss common TCM approaches to regulating immune dysfunction including: strengthening the Zheng Qi and dispelling Xie Qi, balancing Yin and Yang, regulating Zang-Fu (or solid) organs and unblocking appropriate meridians. He will cover the human body's common immune disorders and how to use the TCM protocol to deal with them. 

#6

TCM: Integration in the Hospital Setting
Joyce Smith, RN, BSN, BA, HNATM, Dipl ABT; Louis Evan Teichholz, MD; Ann Michelle Wry, MD
This workshop will explore one medical center's experience working with patients in pain in a major hospital setting through the integration of various modalities from the West and East. Hackensack University Medical Center has been integrating Western and Eastern medicine in the treatment of pain for five years. Pain is considered the sixth sense at Hackensack University Medical Center and is a very important indicator in patient assessment and an area well-suited to an integrated treatment approach. The institution recognizes that chronic pain can become an all-consuming and debilitating part of a person's life. Its effects are physical, psychological and spiritual. The institution understands that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has an important role to play in the treatment of patients diagnosed with pain. After a full assessment at Hackensack University Medical Center's Center for Health and Healing, a plan of care is put together for the patient. Modalities such as massage therapy based on TCM, Eastern and Western nutritional consultations, and stress management are integrated to help the person begin their healing journey. Participants will interact with the panel to learn about the opportunities, challenges and learning lessons of incorporating TCM into the healing matrix.

5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Event

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Emergent Medicine: Creating a New Framework with TCM
(2 CME/CEU credits)
Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP; David Felten, MD, PhD; Nan Lu, OMD; Mitchell Gaynor, MD; Louis Teichholz, MD; Carla Wilson, LAc, DiplA.& CH (NCCAOM)
This multidisciplinary panel of Eastern and Western practitioners will discuss the advantages, opportunities and barriers to birthing an emergent medicine that goes beyond individual Eastern and Western competencies. They will explore interactively with conference participants how contemporary medicine can adapt and adopt the best of each to address the body, mind, spirit and emotions of those in need of health care and healing. Presenters will discuss the limitations and leaps of technology of the Western medical system as well as how and when TCM can make significant contributions to a gentler, more cost-effective system with emphasis on patient empowerment and early intervention. It will also explore practicable ways to help reshape today's medical system into one that comprehends true prevention as a cost-effective, efficient method for improving health outcomes and options for all Americans.

Saturday, October 11

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

7:00 am -8:00 am

Morning Taiji (1 CEU credit)

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Complimentary continental breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Plenary Session (1 CME/CEU credit)

Keynote: The Heart -- The King of All Organs: Eastern and Western Perspectives
Nan Lu, OMD and Mehmet C. Oz, MD
It's a tragic reality that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans, as well as the No. 1 killer of women, surpassing breast cancer by far. This beautifully complex organ commands a central role in both Eastern and Western medicine, where having a peaceful heart is a powerful key to good health. "If the King is happy, there is peace and harmony in the kingdom," goes an ancient Chinese adage about the Heart. The ancient medical classic, the Nei Jing, also states that "The Heart is the sovereign of all organs and represents the consciousness of one's being." When traditional Chinese medicine contemplates this organ, its framework includes not only the Heart's physiology, but also its psychological and spiritual dimensions. For millennia, TCM has understood the Heart as the seat of consciousness, as well as the ruler of intelligence, thinking, memory, sleep, and the emotional and spiritual dimensions of being. It is also home to the Shen, one of the five aspects or souls of the spirit. It is no surprise that Heart problems can create havoc in any kingdom. Memhet Oz, MD, internationally known cardiac surgeon and director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Nan Lu, OMD, founding director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation, will examine the role of this monarch organ, caring for it, keeping it well, and preventing, as well as treating, heart problems.

10:00 am - 10:30 pm

Break

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Concurrent Panels (2 CME/CEU credits each)

Panel A: Women's Health

TCM for Endometriosis
Hong Jin, MD
Endometriosis is a chronic disease that affects over 5 million women and girls in the United States and Canada, and millions more worldwide. Dr. Jin will explore the applications of traditional Chinese medicine for Endometriosis, drawing on her extensive clinical and research experience. She will outline a full-system treatment approach that includes theories and principles of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture techniques and herbal prescriptions. In addition, Dr. Jin will offer her perspective on the comparison between TCM and Western approaches as well as the challenges and opportunities of designing research studies on classical TCM methods for endometriosis.

Treating Depression with TCM
Michael Johnson, MD
Depression is a common and pervasive disorder that affects the entire body's health. Dr. Johnson will discuss how TCM avoids the pitfalls of Western medicine in treating this disease by recognizing the relationship between body and mind.

Women and Aging: A TCM Perspective
Nan Lu, OMD
As Baby Boomers age and surge through the population, they are looking to their health-care professionals for ways to stay healthy and prevent diseases common to the aging process. Dr. Lu will focus on TCM's specialty in two key areas - prevention and women's health. He will talk about the necessity and benefits of addressing the root cause of conditions like heart disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis -- Kidney Qi (or energy) deficiency and Liver Qi stagnation.

Treating Menopause with TCM
Guili Zheng, MD, PhD
Menopause is part of the normal life cycle for women. Many women experience a series of uncomfortable symptoms that are termed Menopausal Syndrome and that affect their life to a greater or lesser degree. In a minority of cases, such symptoms may be severe and make the woman's life miserable. Administration of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the basic treatment for Menopausal Syndrome, but potential adverse effects of HRT such as breast cancer have now been proven. Chinese herbal formulas are effective for improving symptoms of Menopausal Syndrome without potential adverse effects. This presentation will address the treatment of Menopausal Syndrome by TCM from two aspects: treatment based on pathogenesis and symptoms.

Panel B: Cancer

Chinese Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Supportive Cancer Care
Misha Cohen, OMD, Lac
Chinese traditional medicine's philosophy is primarily preventive in nature. From the Chinese medicine perspective we first try to prevent disease through balancing disharmonies. When that may be unsuccessful, we attempt to use methods that are curative and supportive to alter the course of disease. With serious challenges such as a cancer diagnosis, Chinese medicine is always used to treat the person and their imbalances may sometimes be used to treat the disease, and most of the time is an adjunctive supportive therapy to Western treatments. In this panel presentation, Dr. Cohen will outline the Chinese medicine philosophy and approaches for cancer that she has used for over 25 years in clinical practice.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer: Real Change for the Real World
Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
Prevention is the answer to the war against cancer. Approximately 30 to 70 percent of all cancers are related to diet, and many cases, if not most, can be prevented. This workshop will explore cancer prevention based on a simple premise: cancer is seldom the result of one event; it is the result of innumerable choices made over a lifetime. Dr. Gaynor will focus on prevention techniques and the use of antioxidants, phytonutrients, Omega-3 oils, and minerals, as well as general lifestyle choices that can be adapted and used by Eastern and Western practitioners. Scientific studies will be reviewed that show how Eastern and Western modalities affect a variety of physiologic functions and parameters, such as heart and respiratory rates in post-MI patients, reduced blood pressure, increased levels of interleukin-1, and a decrease in stress hormones during medical testing.

The Role of Chinese Herbs in Cancer Management
Yong Ming Li, MD, PhD
Traditionally, herbal medicine is a part of comprehensive therapies for cancer management in China. Under the direction of TCM physicians, most patients suffering from late stage cancer take one or more types of herbal medicine. However, this is not the case in the US. Currently, there is insufficient information in English literature for oncologists to recommend herbal therapies to cancer patients. Recently, the National Center of Alternative and Complementary Medicine at NIH has launched a new funding program to support CAM research for cancer. Many TCM research projects are or will be funded. Based on TCM history and current practice in China, the potential applications of Chinese herbs for cancer management in the US will be discussed in this talk.

The Critical Role of TCM in Current and Future Cancer Care
Ruan-Jin Zhao, OMD, PhD
Dr. Zhao will present a study based on 124 clinical cases to demonstrate how the proper application of acupuncture, herbal medicine, and moxibustion for cancer patients - whether singly or in conjunction with conventional cancer therapy - can greatly reduce morbidity and mortality from the disease.

Panel C: Solving Challenging Cases through Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine in the Primary Care Setting
Ka Kit Hui, MD; Marc Brodsky, MD; and Weiping Mei MD(CHINA), LAc
The UCLA Center for East-West Medicine was established to lead in improving quality of life by bringing together the best of Western and Chinese Medicines to provide health care that is safe, effective, affordable and accessible for people, families and communities. Dr. Hui and his colleagues will discuss how blending these two healing traditions can enhance patient care, offer cost-effective alternatives and provide innovative solutions to challenging medical cases.

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

LUNCHEON PANEL (2 CME/CEU credits)
Scientific Research Roundtable: Can the West Measure the East: Opportunities and Challenges in Developing TCM Research
Rosa N. Schnyer, LAc, Lixing Lao, MD, PhD, LAc
Rosa Schnyer and Lixing Lao are two of the leading thinkers in a growing field of scientists and practitioners who conduct rigorous research into the clinical efficacy and basic mechanisms of acupuncture, herbal therapy, and other modalities of the traditional Chinese medical system. They will lead a lively discussion on the core issues surrounding research and TCM. Questions to be explored include: What is the evidence to date of the efficacy of TCM? Are the research design and results valid? Should TCM be subject to evidence-based research? How can TCM diagnosis and treatment be evaluated for its individualized approach?

Space is limited; you must register for this lunch to reserve your spot

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Author Signings
Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc
Chinese Way to Healing: Many Paths to Wholeness (Berkley Publishing Group, 1996)
Hepatitis C Help Book: A Groundbreaking Treatment Program Combining Western and Eastern Medicine for Maximum Wellness and Healing (St. Martins, 2001)
The HIV Wellness SourceBook: An East/West Guide to Living Well with HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions (Henry Holt & Company, 1998)

Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice, and Music (Shambala, 2002)
Dr. Gaynor's Cancer Prevention Program: Lower Your Cancer Risk Now!  (Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2000)

Leon Hammer, MD
Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary Approach  (Eastland Press, 1999)

Rosa N. Schnyer, LAc
Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression: A Manual for Practice and Research (Churchill Livingstone, 2001)

2:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Afternoon Workshops (2 CME/CEU credits each)

#1

Cancer Support and Prevention Using Chinese Medicine
Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc
Chinese traditional medicine's philosophy is primarily preventive in nature. From the Chinese medicine perspective we first try to prevent disease through balancing disharmonies. When that may be unsuccessful, we attempt to use methods that are curative and supportive to alter the course of disease. With serious challenges such as a cancer diagnosis, Chinese medicine is always used to treat the person and their imbalances, may sometimes be used to treat the disease, and most of the time is an adjunctive supportive therapy to Western treatments.

In this workshop, Dr. Cohen will outline approaches for cancer that she has used for over 25 years in clinical practice. She will focus on prevention of cancer using Chinese medicine and natural approaches, diet and nutrition and self-care topics.  In the area of cancer support, she will focus on supportive treatments using Chinese medicine for breast cancer, gynecological cancers, prostate cancer and lung cancer.

#2

Healing the Whole Self: Nutrition and Mind-Body Strategies for Recovering from Cancer
Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
Prevention is the answer to the war against cancer. Approximately 30 to 70 percent of all cancers are related to diet, and many cases, if not most, can be prevented. This workshop will explore cancer prevention based on a simple premise: cancer is seldom the result of one event; it is the result of innumerable choices made over a lifetime. Dr. Gaynor will focus on prevention techniques and the use of antioxidants, phytonutrients, Omega-3 oils, and minerals, as well as general lifestyle choices that can be adapted and used by Eastern and Western practitioners. Scientific studies will be reviewed that show how Eastern and Western modalities affect a variety of physiologic functions and parameters, such as heart and respiratory rates in post-MI patients, reduced blood pressure, increased levels of interleukin-1, and a decrease in stress hormones during medical testing.

#3

Contemporary Pulse Diagnosis
Leon Hammer, MD
Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis is an attempt to revive a neglected tradition, begun before recorded history, which has been passed on to Dr. Hammer by a master of pulse diagnosis, Dr. John Shen. It represents 70 years of his work and 29 years of Dr. Hammer's efforts. It is an important attempt to make Contemporary Chinese Pulse relevant to a modern world far removed from the agricultural society in which it was born. This is commensurate with another tradition, the constant amendment and revision of Chinese medicine over the millennia, to meet new social conditions and to integrate new insights.

Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis enables us to detect early deviations from the normal pulse, a sensitive and precise measurable standard of health. It provides us with a preventive medicine, almost completely lacking in our modern health-care system, both Oriental and biomedical.

Successful treatment depends on accurate and detailed diagnosis. Through the use of pulse records we will demonstrate the enormous volume of applicable diagnostic material made readably available by Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, not now accessible from any other diagnostic source.

#4

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Women's Health Issues
Hong Jin, MD
Hong Jin, MD specializes in the applications of traditional Chinese medicine for women's health. She frequently collaborates with conventional medical doctors on women's health issues and is the co-investigator for two women's health research projects funded by the NIH.  In this workshop, she will outline a full-system treatment approaches that include theories and principles of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture techniques and herbal prescriptions. In addition, Dr. Jin will offer her perspective on the comparison between TCM and Western approaches as well as the challenges and opportunities of designing research studies on classical TCM methods for women's health.

#5

Models of Integration: The Principles and Theories of TCM in the Primary-Care Setting
Ka Kit Hui, MD; Marc Brodsky, MD
Dr. Hui, director, and Dr. Brodsky, staff physician of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine will use an interactive format and a hands-on demonstration to illustrate the "Integrative East/West Medicine" approach to solving patients' problems in the primary-care setting. Case discussions will include neck and back pain and related symptoms.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Gala Dinner 
Gala Dinner and presentation of second annual "Bridges of Integration" Awards.

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

Qi Dancing
Join us for this fun post-dinner dance celebration and use your Qi to get moving in happy and healthy ways.

Sunday, October 12

8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Morning Taiji (1 CME/CEU credit)

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Coffee in the Exhibit Hall

8:30 am - 10:30 pm

Concurrent Panels (2 CME/CEU credits each)

Panel A: Pain

The Importance of Needle Technique in Acupuncture for Pain: A Neurophysiological Approach
Yemeng Chen, LAc, FICAE
Dr. Chen will introduce the TCM understanding of pain from a modern neurophysiological perspective. He will discuss the specific needle techniques for relieving pain as described in classical Chinese acupuncture literature as well as contemporary scientifically-based neurophysiological research. He will focus in particular on the physiological influences of different needle techniques. Dr. Chen will also offer evidence for the roles of improved therapeutic efficacy during acupuncture treatment of pain through accurate TCM differentiation, efficient selection of acupoints, prompt Qi arrival sensation, and appropriate needle techniques.

Effects of Acupuncture Deqi on Human Brain by fMRI: A View from the Cerebellum
Kathleen Hui, MD
The efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of diverse conditions suggests that its action may involve central pathways that regulate and integrate multiple physiological functions, mood and behavior. Dr. Hui will discuss research that uses fMRI to demonstrate that acupuncture elicits extensive modulatory effects on multiple levels of the brain and that the limbic system (emotional brain) may play an important role. The cerebro-cerebellar network responds to acupuncture in a coordinated manner, with markedly different patterns between acupuncture deqi and pain.

TCM and Acupuncture for Inflammatory Pain
Lixing Lao, MD, PhD, LAc       
It is estimated that 9 percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from moderate to severe non-cancer related persistent pain, causing physical and emotional suffering and costing the economy more than $100 billion in physician visits, consumption of analgesics, and loss of productivity. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recently developed COX-2 inhibitors are commonly used for
treating inflammatory pain. They are, however, associated with gastrointestinal disturbances. Opioids can be used to manage chronic pain, but their use is limited by adverse effects and the risk of addiction. Dr. Lao conducts basic science studies on an inflammation-induced hyperalgesia animal models to explore the mechanism of anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammation effect of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Dr. Lao will discuss his work at the Center for Integrative Medicine and on numerous research projects on the effects of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine on persistent inflammatory pain.

Acupuncture and Herbs for Lower-Back Pain
Jan J.  Li, MD, MPH, LAc
Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used to successfully treat lower back pain for thousands of years. Jan Li will discuss her personal experience using acupuncture and herbal medicine for low back pain. She will discuss how TCM can be integrated into the current medical setting, drawing on her work in a chronic pain clinic at the South California Permanente Medical Group.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Networking Brunch
Keynote Speaker and Facilitator: Frances L. Brisbane, PhD
All conference participants and speakers are invited to join in a dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of shaping new health-care paradigms with TCM. Come prepared to participate in a lively table dialogue with your colleagues and share your questions and insights.

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops (1.5 CME/CEU credits each)

#1

The Healing Power of Sound
Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
In this workshop, Dr. Gaynor will explore the symbiotic relationship between spiritual belief and physical healing - a relationship he understands through clinical research and personal experience. He will offer his experiences with spiritual teachers from India and Tibet as well as the translation of wisdom from these teachers to Gaynor Integrative Oncology in New York City. He will discuss how his patients have learned to awaken the healer within and use music therapy, yoga and imagery to not only take an active role in their own healing, but to attain spiritual healing and begin the path of physical recovery as well. Dr. Gaynor will demonstrate the power of quartz crystal bowls, and Tibetan metal singing bowls to emit a variety of tones and overtones as well as facilitate the use of chanting and healthy breathing practice.

#2

TCM: Self-Care for Practitioners
Nan Lu, OMD
Not only are health-care professionals exposed to patients' conditions - in some cases communicable ones - but they are also exposed to unbalanced Qi or energy. This can be a difficult and draining experience that can ultimately impact the practitioner's health. In this workshop, Dr. Lu will discuss the necessity of achieving balance and harmony for those who work with patients.  He will cover techniques of meditation and Qigong, healthy preventive lifestyle choices, and emotional issues that can impact health and healing for practitioners, as well as patients.

2:00 pm

Exhibit Hall closes