Archive

Commission Home Button
Commission Members Button
Commission Meetings Button
How to Contact the Commission Button
Commission News and Events Button
 
The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

 
December 6-7, 2001
6001 Executive Boulevard, NIH Neuroscience Building
Conference Rooms C-D
Bethesda, Maryland

 

DAY ONE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001
 
7:30 a.m.   Registration Opens
 
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.  
    Welcome
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    8:15 - 8:20 a.m.   Charge for the Day
  • Dr. Stephen Groft, Executive Director

  • Discussion Session I: Definitions and Guiding Principles of CAM
     
    8:20 - 9:35 a.m.   Discussion Facilitators: Mr. Tom Chappell and Dr. Wayne Jonas
    (Staff Lead: Mr. James Swyers)
     
    9:35 - 9:45 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    9:45 - 10:00 a.m.   BREAK

    Discussion Session II: Education and Training of Health Care Practitioners
     
    10:00 - 11:45 a.m.   Discussion Facilitators: Dr. George Bernier and Dr. Joseph Pizzorno
    (Staff Lead: Dr. Joseph Kaczmarczyk)
     
    11:45 - 12:00 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    12:00 - 1:00 p.m.   Lunch Break

    Discussion Session III: Access and Delivery of CAM
     
    1:00 - 2:45 p.m.   Discussion Facilitators: Dr. Joseph Fins and Ms. Linnea Larson
    (Staff Lead: Ms. Michele Chang)
     
    2:45 - 3:00 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    3:00 - 3:15 p.m.   Break
     

    Discussion Session III: Access and Delivery of CAM
     
    3:15 - 4:45p.m.   Discussion Facilitator: Mr. George DeVries
    (Staff Lead: Ms. Maureen Miller)
     
    4:45 - 5:00 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  • 5:00 p.m.   Adjourn
     
    Friday, December 7, 2001
     

    Discussion Session V: Information Development and Dissemination
     
    8:00 - 9:35 a.m.   Discussion Facilitators: Dr. David Bresler and Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
    (Staff Lead: Ms. Corinne Axelrod)
     
    9:35 - 9:55 a.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    9:55 - 10:05 a.m.   Break
     

    Discussion Session VI: Coordination of CAM Research
     
    10:05 - 11:45 a.m.   Discussion Facilitators: Dr. Wayne Jonas and Dr. Dean Ornish
    (Staff Lead: Ms. Geraldine Pollen)
     
    11:45 - 12:00 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    12:00 - 1:00 p.m.   LUNCH
     

    Discussion Session VII: CAM in Wellness and Prevention
     
    1:00 - 2:30 p.m.   Discussion Facilitator: Dr. Dean Ornish
    (Staff Lead: Ms. Corinne Axelrod)
     
    2:30 - 2:45 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  

    Discussion Session VIII: Coordinating and Centralizing Federal CAM
     
    2:45 - 3:30 p.m.   Discussion Facilitator: Dr. Donald Warren
    (Staff Lead: Dr. Joseph Kaczmarczyk)
     
    3:30 - 3:45 p.m.   Call for Consensus
  • Dr. James Gordon, Chair
  •  
    3:45 - 4:00 p.m.   Final Report: Process
  • Dr. Stephen Groft, Executive Director
  •  
    4:00 - 5:00 p.m.   Public Comment Session
  • Boyd Landry, M.P.A.: The Coalition for Natural Health, Inc.
  • Candace Campbell: American Association for Health Freedom
  • Fabrizio Mancini, D.C.: Parker College of Chiropractic
  • Jerry Hardee, Ed.D.: Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic
  • Matthew Irwin, M.D.: Group for Scientific Reappraisal of HIV/AIDS
  • Ginette Hemley, Ph.D.: World Wildlife Fund
  • Ian Cyrus, M.S.: American Association of Oriental Medicine
  • William Rutenberg, M.D.: American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
  • Remy Coeytaux, M.D.: Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation
  • John Borneman, M.S.: National Center for Homeopathy
  •  
    5:00 p.m.   Adjourn
     
    Home | Commission Members | Meetings | How to Contact the Commission | News and Events
    Privacy | FOIA