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Appendix D: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 79-92

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From page 79...
... She is a fellowship-trained geriatrician, and completed her fellowship at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. She completed the Duke Integrative Leadership fellowship in Durham, North Carolina, and was a recipient of the Bravewell Leadership Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
From page 80...
... She is a Master Faculty Scholar for the Washington, DC, Area Geriatric Education Center Consortium and member of the National Association of Social Workers Aging Specialty Group, and served as a member of the expert panel for Family Caregiving Standards.
From page 81...
... For the past 6 years, Dr. Eliot has participated in a variety of unique interprofessional education experiences including an international medical mission trip and the development of an interprofessional practicum capstone course.
From page 82...
... Department of Veterans Affairs from the Duke University Health System, where she served as Executive Director of Duke Integrative Medicine from 2001 to 2010. Under her leadership, Duke Integrative Medicine created a state-of-the-art health care facility dedicated to the transformation of medicine through the exploration, demonstration, and research of new models of patient-centered care.
From page 83...
... She assisted in creating three National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health centers with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Kaiser Permanente ­ that included representation from the complementary and alternative health care colleges.
From page 84...
... He completed his residency and chief residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Yale University. Charamporn "Joy" Holumyong, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand.
From page 85...
... He has successfully petitioned or co-petitioned the addition of nine medicines to the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List, including blockbuster cholesterol-lowering statin drugs in 2007. He has served as delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, a Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dalai Lama Center for Ethics & Transformative Values, is the first Lancet awardee for community service, a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, and a TEDMED 2012 speaker.
From page 86...
... Kreitzer is the co-lead of the doctorate of nursing practice program in integrative health and healing. She has served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of numerous clinical trials focusing on mindfulness meditation with persons with chronic disease including studies focusing on solid organ transplant, cardiovascular disease, chronic insomnia, diabetes, and caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease.
From page 87...
... In that role, he provides staff support for the following AAVMC Committees and Subcommittees: Academic Affairs, Research, One Health, Veterinary Educator Collaborative, and Primary Care Veterinary Educators. He also provides leadership and support for several mental health and wellness initiatives under way in the profession and interprofessionally.
From page 88...
... She is currently working as Programme Associate, providing program support ­ nder u Responsive Institutions and Citizen Engagement within the United Nations Development Programme, Malawi, in promoting accountability, civic engagement, respect for human rights, rule of law, peace, and democracy. She enjoys contributing to portfolio projects results and loves to serve her community through volunteering as a community counselor, Sunday school teacher, life skills coach, peer educator at workplaces, and by documenting.
From page 89...
... She was awarded the AAMC 2013 Abraham Flexner Distinguished Service to Medical Education Award. She is currently working on a pilot study of a new model for training medical students who want to go into pediatrics in a competency-based model that combines Undergraduate Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education.
From page 90...
... Professor Sheikh also founded and co-edits Innovations in Global Health Professions Education Journal, providing an international platform for profiling conceptual and technological innovations in global health profession education. Prior to joining WCM–Q in 2007, Professor Sheikh built a distinguished career as a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean, and Chairman of the Board of the Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education at the prestigious Stanford University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in California.
From page 91...
... He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and completed postdoctoral training in pediatric dentistry and dental public health. He previously served on the faculty and administration of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.
From page 92...
... Her main interests reside in patient safety and quality and resident education, and she serves as a Volunteer Site Surveyor for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Clinical Learning Environment Review program. Her current energy is dedicated toward the creation of a Center of Excellence for Integrated Learning at HCMC, and she is actively engaged in the redesign of interprofessional training, patient education, and employee development through blended learning.


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