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Neuroscience Building
National Institutes of Health
Conference Rooms C & D
6001 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, Maryland

December 6 & 7, 2001


Due to the large size of the meeting transcript file, it has been divided into smaller sections.


            
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 Thursday, December 6th, 2001
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 Friday, December 7th, 2001
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P A R T I C I P A N T S :



Chairperson

James S. Gordon, M.D., Director
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine


Commission Members

George M. Bernier, Jr., M.D.
Vice President for Education
University of Texas Medical Branch

David Bresler, Ph.D., LAc, OME,  [Not present]
Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM)
Founder and Executive Director
The Bresler Center, Inc.

Thomas Chappell
Co-Founder and President
Tom's of Maine, Inc.

Effie Poy Yew Chow, Ph.D., R.N., DiplAc (NCCA)
Qigong Grandmaster
President, East-West Academy of Healing Arts

George T. DeVries, III  [Not present]
Chairman, CEO, American Specialty Health Plans

William R. Fair, M.D.
Attending Surgeon, Urology (Emeritus)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Chairman, Clinical Advisory Board of Health, LLC

Joseph J. Fins, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director of Medical Ethics,
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus

Veronica Gutierrez, D.C.
Gutierrez Family Chiropractic

Wayne B. Jonas, M.D.
Department of Family Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine

Charlotte Kerr, R.S.M.
Traditional Acupuncture Institute, Inc.

Linnea S. Larson, LCSW, LMFT
Associate Director
West Suburban Health Care
Center for Integrative Medicine

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., A.H.G.
(Private Practice)

Dean Ornish, M.D.
President/Director
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Conchita M. Paz, M.D.
(Private Practice)

Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., N.D.
Co-Founder/Founding President, Bastyr University

Buford L. Rolin  [Not present]
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

Julia R. Scott
President
National Black Women's Health Project

Xiaoming Tian, M.D., LAc
Director, Wildwood Acupuncture Center
Academy of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Donald W. Warren, D.D.S.
Diplomate of the American Board of
Head, Neck & Facial Pain


Executive Staff

Stephen C. Groft, Pharm.D.
Executive Director

Michele M. Chang, C.M.F., M.P.H.
Executive Secretary

Joseph M. Kaczmarczyk, D.O., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Advisor

Corinne Axelrod, M.P.H.
Senior Program Analyst

Geraldine B. Pollen, M.A.
Senior Program Analyst

Joan Albrecht
Program Assistant

Doris A. Kingsbury
Program Assistant



Consultant Staff

Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Advisor

Maureen Miller, R.N., M.P.H.
Senior Policy Advisor

James Swyers
Writer/Editor





            
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THURSDAY CONTENTS

Welcome/Opening Remarks
  Dr. James Gordon

Charge for the Day
  Dr. Stephen Groft

Discussion Session I: Definitions and Guiding Principles of CAM
  Mr. Tom Chappell and Dr. Wayne Jonas
  Assisted by Mr. James Sawyers

Session Summary



Discussion Session II: Education and Training of Health Care Practitioners
  Dr. George Bernier and Dr. Joseph Pizzorno
  Assisted by Dr. Joseph Kaczmarczyk

Session Summary



Discussion Session III: Coordination of CAM Research
  Dr. Wayne Jonas Dr. Dean Ornish
  Assisted by Ms. Geraldine Pollen

Session Summary



Discussion Session IV: CAM in Wellness and Prevention
  Dr. Dean Ornish
  Assisted by Ms. Corinne Axelrod

Session Summary

Adjournment



            
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FRIDAY CONTENTS

Session V: Information Development and Dissemination
  Ms. Julia Scott
  Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
  Assisted by Ms. Corinne Axelrod

  Session V Summary
  Dr. James Gordon

Session III: Access and Delivery of CAM
  Dr. Joseph Fins
  Ms. Linnea Larson
  Assisted by Ms. Michele Chang

  Session Summary
  Dr. James Gordon

Final Report: Process
  Dr. Stephen Groft

Session IV: Coverage and Reimbursement of CAM
  Ms. Maureen Miller

  Session Summary
  Dr. James Gordon

Session VIII: Coordinating and Centralizing Federal CAM
  Dr. Donald Warren
  Assisted by Dr. Joseph Kaczmarczyk

  Session Summary
  Dr. James Gordon

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 P. Borneman, M.S., National Center for Homeopathy

Adjournment


            
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