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The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

 
Town Hall Meeting
October 30 - 31, 2000
Seattle Town Hall
1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
 
AGENDA & AND LIST OF SPEAKERS
 
Monday October 30, 2000
 
8:30 a.m. -
9:00 a.m.
  Pre-registration, check-in and on-site registration
 
9:00 a.m.   Welcome and Introductions
      Stephen C. Groft, Pharm. D.
Executive Director
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
 
  Commissioners:
      The Honorable James Gordon
Chair and Moderator
 
      The Honorable Tom Chappell
      The Honorable Effie Poy Yew Chow
      The Honorable Joseph Fins
      The Honorable Tieraona Low Dog
      The Honorable Linnea Larson
      The Honorable Veronica Gutierrez
      The Honorable Xiaoming Tian
 
9:15 a.m.   Opening Remarks
 
      Richard C. Kelley, PhD.
Regional Director, Department of Health and Human Services, Region X
 
      Robert Harkins
Office of the Insurance Commissioner
 
      King County Council
Greg Nickels, Maggi Fimia and Kent Pullen
 
      Joseph Pizzorno, ND
Expert Health Systems
 
9:40 a.m. -
11:15 a.m.
  Speakers (in order of appearance; 3-minute statements)
 
    1. Richard Lyons, MD, MPH
Regional Health Administrator, US Public Health Service, Region
 
    2. Dorothy Wong
International Community Health Centers
 
    3. Gail Zimmerman
Health Professions/Quality Assurance, WA Department of Health
 
    4. Henry Ziegler, MD, MPH
 
    5. Kathy Abascal, BS, JD
Botanical Medicine Academy
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    6. Lori Bielinski, LMP
Office of the Insurance Commissioner (WA)
 
    7. Kent Pullen
King County Council, District 9
 
    8. Alonzo Plough, MD
Seattle-King County Health Department
 
    9. Maggi Fimia
King County Council, District 1
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    10. Tom Trompeter
Community Health Centers of King County
 
    11. Judy Featherstone, MD
Kent Community Health Center
 
    12. Kathy Lynn Boulanger
Washington Reflexology Association
 
    13. Pamela Snider, ND
Bastyr University
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    14. Leanna Standish, PhD
Bastyr University
 
    15. Jeffrey Bland, PhD
Institute for Functional Medicine
 
    16. Richard Hammerschlag, PhD
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
 
    17. William Dallas, DC
Western States Chiropractic College
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
BREAK: 15 minutes
    18. Robert D. Mootz, DC
Washington State Labor & Industries
 
    19. Clyde Jensen, PhD
National College of Natural Medicine
 
    20. Jim Taylor, MD
University of Washington
 
    21. Karen Sherman, PhD
Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    22. Suzzanne Myer, MS, RD
Bastyr University
 
    23. Jacqueline Obando, DVM
MercyVet PLLC
 
    24. William E. Lafferty, MD
University of Washington
 
    25. Charles Simpson, DC
Complementary Healthcare Plans, Inc.
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
LUNCH BREAK: 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
 
1:15 p.m. -
3:45 p.m.
  26. Arlene M. Darby
Citizens for Alternative Health Care
 
    27. Nicole Ellis
 
    28. Rose Eng-Lum, NMN
Dai Wai Association
 
    29. Jayne Leet
Birdsong Ranch
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    30. 30. Jayne Leet
Birdsong Ranch
 
    31. Daniel J. Labriola, ND
WA State Department of Health (Consultant)
 
    32. Gay Koopman
 
    33. Kathy McVay
WA State Professional Loan Repayment ∓ Scholarship Program
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    34. Fred Bomonti, DC
WA State Chiropractic Association
 
  35. Laurence M. DeShields
Community Health Center (Board Member)
 
    36. Tracy Turner
 
    37. John Stephen Huber, DC
Highline Community College
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    38. M. Jacobson, MPH, MHRN, LLC
 
    39. Laura Patton, MD
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
 
    40. Elizabeth Goldblatt, MPH/PA, PhD
Commission on Colleges, A/OM Accrediting Agency
 
    41. JoAnne Myers-Ciecko, MPH
Seattle Midwifery School
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    42. Susan Haeger
Citizens for Health (National)
 
    43. Michelle Simon
 
    44. Julie Chinnock
 
    45. Chris LePisto
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    46. Don Taylor
 
    47. Cindy Breed, ND
Community Health Centers of King County
 
    48. Jane Guiltinan, ND
Natural Medicine Clinic, Bastyr University
 
    49. Fernando Vega, MD
Seattle Healing Arts Clinic
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    50. Judith Aileen Kaufman
Emerald City Healing Arts
 
    51. Stan Lippmann, PhD, JD
Natural Medicine Party
 
    52. Valerie Sasson, LM
Puget Sound Birth Center
 
    53. Scott Barnhart, MD, MPH
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
BREAK: 15 minutes
 
4:05 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.
  54. Leah Kliger, MD
Evergreen Community Health Center
 
    55. Brenda Loew, MRP
Japanese Acupuncture Center
 
    56. Robert A. May, ND
Alternare Health Services
 
    57. Terry Courtney, LAc
Bastyr University
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    58. Sue Vlasuk, DC
DABCO
 
    59. Diana Thompson, LMT
 
    60. Houston LeBrun, LMT
American Massage Therapy Association-WA Chapter
 
    61. Heike Doyle, LM
Puget Sound Midwives & Birth Center
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    62. Upledger Institute
 
    63. Jerri Fredin
Citizens for Alternative Healthcare
 
    64. Don Sloma
 
    65. Robert Nicoloff
WA State Department of Health
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    66. Richard Whitten, MD
Washington Health Care Authority
 
    67. Andrew John Brunskill, MD
Uniform Medical Plan, Health Care Authority
 
    68. Karl D. Peterson, DC, ND
NW Naturopathic Physicians Convention
 
    69. Pat Prinz, PhD
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing, U WA School of Nursing
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    70. Kay Lahdenpera
 
    71. Jane Bernice Nelson, MA
North Bend Elementary
 
    72. Sheila Kennedy Rhodes
Mt. Baker Care Center
 
    73. Vera Ridderbusch
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    73. Katherine R. Schmidt
Bellevue Massage School
 
    74. Ronald Schneeweiss, MBChB
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
6:00 p.m. ADJOURN
 
Tuesday October 31, 2000
 
7:00 a.m. -
8:30 a.m.
  Pre-registration, check-in and on-site registration
 
8:30 a.m.   Welcome and Introductions
      Stephen C. Groft, Pharm. D.
Executive Director
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
 
      The Honorable James Gordon
Chair and Moderator
 
    76. Paul Saunders, ND, PhD
Office of Natural Health Products
 
    77. Karta Purkh Khalsa, AHG, CN
 
    78. Jennifer Jacobs, MD, MPH
American Institute of Homeopathy
 
    79. Emma Bezy, MA
Spirituality Program, Bastyr University
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    80. Tom Shepherd, DHA
Bastyr University
 
    81. Robert Arthur Anderson, MD
American Board of Holistic Medicine
 
    82. Charlotte Coon
Hellerwork International
 
    83. Jeffrey Goin
Coalition for Natural Health
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    84. Barbara Mitchell, JD, LAc, MAc
Standards Management, Inc.
 
    85. Mark Tomski, MD
Washington Chapter of the AAMA
 
    86. Christa Louise, MS, PhD
North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners
 
    87. Todd L. Richards, Ph.D.
University of Washington
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    88. Lise Alschuler, ND
Bastyr University
 
    89. Jeff Novack, PhD
Bastyr University
 
    90. Sevak S. Kroesen, DC
Integrative Health Care Center, Inc. P.S.
 
    91. Robert Shook
Northwest Institute for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
BREAK: 15 minutes
 
10:25 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.
  92. Tommy Lewis
Northwest Indian College
 
    93. Ralph Forquera, MPH
Seattle Indian Health Board
 
    94. Graham Patrick, PhD
Seattle University School of Nursing
 
    95. Wayne William Topping, PhD
Topping International Institute, Inc.
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    96. Wendy J. Weber
 
    97. Heida Brenneke
Brenneke Massage School
 
    98. Paul Reilly, ND, MS, BS
WANP, AANP
 
    99. John Daley, PhD
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
    100. Eileen Stretch, ND
American Whole Health Network
 
    101. Jennifer Booker, ND
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
 
    102. Victoria M. Taylor, LM
Quality Midwifery Associates
 
    103. Austin McMillin, DC
 
    104. Susan Rosen, LMT
American Massage Therapy Association-WA Chapter
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
BREAK: 15 minutes
 
    105. Sheila Quinn
King County Integrated Health Care 2010
 
    106. David Matteson
Pacific Solutions
 
    107. James K. Rotchford
Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
 
12:45 p.m. -
1:15 p.m.
  108. Mitch Stargrove, ND
Integrated Body/Mind Information System
 
    109. Bradford S. Weeks, MD
Well Mind Association
 
    110. David A. Butters, DC
 
    111. Christopher Huson, LAc
Acupuncture Association of Washington
 
    QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS
 
1:15 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
  Walk-in (On-site Registrants in the order received and at the discretion of the Chair)
 
2:00 p.m. ADJOURN
 
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