Thursday, February 21, 2002
• Welcome/Opening Remarks - Dr. James Gordon
• Charge for the Day - Dr. Stephen Groft
• Open Discussion: Introduction and History of CAM Guiding Principles of the Commission
• Open Discussion: Coordination of Research
• Open Discussion: Education and Training
• Open Discussion: Coordinating and Centralizing Federal CAM Activities
• Adjournment
  
  Friday, February 22, 2002
• Opening Remarks - Dr. James Gordon
• Open Discussion: Coordinating and Centralizing Federal CAM Activities
• Open Discussion: CAM Information Development and Dissemination
• Open Discussion: CAM in Wellness and Prevention
• Open Discussion: Access and Delivery of CAM
• Public Comment Session
  • Joyce Frye, DO, MBA,
    National Center for Homeopathy
  • Madan Khare, DVM, MS, PhD,
    American Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine Association
  • Boyd Landry, MPA,
    The Coalition for Natural Health, Inc.
  • Hiroshi Nakazawa, MD,
    American Board of Medical Acupuncture
  • Riva Touger-Decker, PhD,
    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Open Discussion: Coverage and Reimbursement of CAM
• Adjournment
  
  Transcript Files:
• Meeting Contents and Participants (10K bytes)
• Thursday, February 21, 2002 - Morning Session (180K bytes)
• Thursday, February 21, 2002 - Afternoon Session (251K bytes)
• Friday, February 22, 2002 - Morning Session (304K bytes)
• Friday, February 22, 2002 - Afternoon Session (277K bytes)

PARTICIPANTS:

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,
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

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. [Not present]
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
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. [Not present]
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

Max Heirich
Consultant/Editor

James Swyers
Writer/Editor









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