APPENDIX G
Public Meetings
Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by the American Public
MEETING I
Washington, DC
February 27, 2003
AGENDA
11:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Stuart Bondurant, MD, Committee Chair |
11:15 a.m. |
Sponsor Presentation of Charge Stephen E. Straus, MD Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Health |
11:45 a.m. |
Committee Discussion and Clarification of Charge |
12:15 p.m. |
LUNCH |
1:15 p.m. |
Demographic Overview of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States David M. Eisenberg, MD The Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School |
1:45 p.m. |
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy James Gordon, MD Chair, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy |
2:45 p.m. |
BREAK |
3:00 p.m. |
Research Discussion—Overall Approaches and Accomplishments in Research Training and Outreach Stephen E. Straus, MD Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Health |
4:00 p.m. |
Open Testimony John Lunstroth Antonio C. Martinez II, Martinez, Bass, and Associates Anthony Rosner, Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research |
4:30 p.m. |
Open Discussion |
5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
MEETING II
Washington, DC
April 22, 2003
AGENDA
11:00-11:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Stuart Bondurant, MD, Committee Chair |
11:15-11:40 a.m. |
The Scientific Approach to Decision Making—Levels of Evidence for Evaluating Treatment Efficacy and Effectiveness Harold C. Sox, MD, MACP Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine |
11:40-12:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
12:00-1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
1:00-1:30 p.m. |
Methodological Challenges in Evaluating CAM Therapies Wayne Jonas, MD Director, Samueli Institute |
1:30-2:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
2:00-2:30 p.m. |
Innovative Approaches to the Evaluation of CAM Therapies Opher Caspi, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona |
2:30-3:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
3:00-3:15 p.m. |
BREAK |
3:15-3:45 p.m. |
Developing the Research Workforce Dilip Jeste, MD Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging University of California, San Diego |
3:45-4:15 p.m. |
Discussion |
4:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
MEETING III
Washington, DC
June 30, 2003
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Stuart Bondurant, MD, Committee Chair |
PANEL |
Developing Well-characterized and Reliable Products: Current Status and Challenges |
8:45 a.m. |
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994: Public Policy Considerations Rowena Richter, MPH, MBA Health Policy Analyst |
9:15 a.m. |
Characterization of Dietary Supplements: Research Considerations Joseph Betz, PhD Director, NIH Office of Dietary Supplement Program for Analytical Methods and Reference Materials |
9:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
10:15 a.m. |
BREAK |
10:30 a.m. |
Characterization of Dietary Supplements: Industry Considerations Steven Dentali, PhD Vice President for Scientific and Technical Affairs, American Herbal Products Association |
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David Morrison, JD, MS Director of Scientific Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim, Consumer Health Care, Pharmaton Natural Health Products |
11:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
12:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
PANEL |
Licensure and Certification of CAM Therapies |
1:30 p.m. |
Licensure, Scope of Practice, and Regulation of CAM Therapies Michael Cohen, JD, MBA Director of Legal Programs, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School |
2:00 p.m. |
Effects of Licensure on Individual CAM Therapies Garrett Cuneo Executive Vice President, American Chiropractic Association |
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Claude Gagnon National Planning Committee Chair, American Massage Therapy Association |
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Timothy Birdsall, ND, Speaker of the House of Delegates and Director, American Association of Naturopathic Physicians |
3:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
3:30 p.m. |
BREAK |
3:45 p.m. |
Open Testimony James Winterstein, DC, Secretary, American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians |
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Kelly Welch, LAc, Dipl Ac & Ch, American Association of Oriental Medicine |
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Antonio C. Martinez II, Martinez, Bass, and Associates |
4:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
MEETING IV
Irvine, CA
September 22, 2003
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Stuart Bondurant, MD, Committee Chair |
8:45 a.m. |
Strategies for Successful Integration. Donald Novey, MD Medical Director, The Center for Complementary Medicine Advocate Medical Group |
PANEL |
Integrative Approaches to Care |
9:30 a.m. |
Networks George DeVries President and CEO, American Specialty Health |
9:50 a.m. |
Cancer Treatment Centers Timothy C. Birdsall, ND Vice President for Integrative Medicine, Cancer Treatment Centers of America |
10:15 a.m. |
Discussion |
10:45 a.m. |
BREAK |
PANEL |
Integrative Approaches to Care |
11:00 a.m. |
Hospital Systems Milton Hammerly, MD Director of Integrative Medicine, Catholic Health Initiatives |
11:20 a.m. |
Health Maintenance Organization Harley Goldberg, DO Director, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Kaiser Permanente Medical Group |
11:40 a.m. |
Discussion |
12:00 pm. |
LUNCH |
1:30 p.m. |
Certifying Medical Doctors and Doctors of Osteopathy as Holistic Practitioners Lee Lipsenthal, MD American Board of Holistic Medicine |
PANEL |
Effects of Licensure on Individual CAM Therapies |
2:15 p.m. |
Will Morris, OMD, LAc, Dipl Ac American Association of Oriental Medicine |
2:35 p.m. |
John Melnychuk, RSHom (NA) CCH North American Society of Homeopaths |
2:55 p.m. |
Discussion |
3:30 p.m. |
Open Testimony Matthew Bauer, LAc |
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Ugochi Erondi, MD, PhD |
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William Lauretti, DC, American Chiropractic Association |
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John Longhurst, MD, PhD, University of California at Irvine, College of Medicine |
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Harry Swope, ND, Council for Homeopathic Certification |
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Manfred Clynes, Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center |
5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
MEETING V
Washington, DC
December 11, 2003
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Stuart Bondurant M.D., Committee Chair |
8:45 a.m. |
Creating a New Field of Research and Training—What Can We Learn from Past Efforts? |
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Geriatrics—Evolution of a New Field William R. Hazzard, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Washington Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care, VA Puget Sound Health Care System |
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HIV/AIDS Behavioral Research Centers Willo Pequegnat, PhD Associate Director, Prevention, Translational, and International Research Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health |
9:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
10:15 a.m. |
BREAK |
10:30 a.m. |
Creating Educational Programs
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Aviad Haramati, PhD Professor and Director of Education Georgetown University School of Medicine Departments of Physiology and Biophysics |
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Mary Jo Kreitzer, RN, PhD Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing University of Minnesota |
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Lawrence Smith, MD Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Medicine Dean for Medical Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
11:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
12:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
1:30 p.m. |
NCCAM Activities Stephen Straus, MD Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Health |
2:15 p.m. |
Discussion |
3:00 p.m. |
BREAK |
3:15 p.m. |
Open Testimony David Luther, Medical Massage Office and Associates |
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Susan Bonfield Herschkowitz, Natural Medicine Consumer |
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Randall Neustaedter, Council for Homeopathic Certification |
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Victoria Goldsten, Washington Institute of Natural Medicine |
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Marissa Valeri, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
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Ardith Dentzer, Writer |
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Thomas Shepherd, Bastyr University |
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Doug Mann, University of North Carolina |
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William Lauretti, American Chiropractic Association |
4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |