Revitalizing Cancer Care: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Programs and Whole Systems Research
Goal of this Conference
The goal of this conference is to synthesize the evidence from various health care practices in order to derive models of integrative systems that can benefit patient management. In addition to analysis of the parts, the conference aims to emphasize the importance of the whole in designing cancer programs within the Western healthcare system. We propose an important contribution to Health Care Reform, using the best of current scientific evidence with new ideas derived from various global health care systems. We aim to derive improved models within a culture of scientific exploration and the compassionate delivery of health care services. We welcome research submissions on all aspects of integrative medicine and oncology, including acupuncture, botanicals, mind-body medicine, therapeutic massage and other systems, music therapy, exercise, nutrition, supplements, health care systems and practice, and more.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 AM- 8:00 AM Breakfast provided/Exhibits
8:00 AM- 8:30 AM Introduction/Welcome
Stephen Sagar, MD (McMaster University); Kara Kelly (Columbia University), MD, Debra Barton RN PhD (Mayo Clinic)
1) Educating researchers on theory of whole systems
2) Educating integrative practitioners on quality of evidence and gaps in knowledge for each whole system:
8: 30 AM – 9:20 AM
Western Whole Systems
Keynote Lecture: Dean Ornish (University of California, San Francisco)
The Power of Comprehensive Lifestyle Changes
9:20 AM – 10:00 AM
Keynote Lecture: Marja Verhoef (University of Calgary)
Whole Systems Research in Integrative Oncology: What is it? Why do we need it?
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break/Refreshments/Exhibits
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 1: Whole System #1 (Ayurveda)
- Theory/Practice (Nancy Lonsdorf, Family Practice, Fairfield, Iowa) (30 min)
- Research Overview (Anand Dhruva, UCSF) (30 min)
- Abstracts (20 min)
- Critical Review/Summary of Level of Evidence/Research Direction (Debra Barton, Mayo Clinic) (5 min)
- General Discussion/Comments (5 min)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch provided- Special Lecture
Anticancer!
David Servan-Schreiber MD, PhD (University of Pittsburgh).
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Session 2: Whole System #2 (Naturopathy)
- Theory/Practice (Dan Labriola, Northwest Natural Health Specialty Care Clinic) (30 min)
- Research Overview (Dugald Seely, The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine) (30 min)
- Abstracts (20 min)
- Critical Review/Summary of Level of Evidence/Research Direction (Heather Greenlee, Columbia University) (5 min)
- General Discussion/Comments (5 min)
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions
Proferred Abstracts (6) (Moderator: Steven Melnick, Miami Children’s Hospital)
OR- Integrative Oncology Education and Training Across Disciplines
- Models of Teaching Integrative Oncology (Donald Abrams, UCSF)
- Naturopathy (Tim Birdsall, Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians)
- Music Therapy (Suzanne Hanser, Berklee School of Music)
- Massage Therapy (Curtiss Beinhorn and Sat-Siri Sumler, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (Katherine Taromina, Touro College School of Health Sciences)
4:00 PM-4:30 PM Break/Refreshments/Exhibits
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Best of SIO Proferred Abstracts (6)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Poster Session/Reception (including highlight of student poster awards)
Friday, November 13
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Meet the Experts/Networking Breakfast Session
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
SIO Business Meeting
8:30 AM –9:15 AM
Keynote Lecture: Pursuing Placebo: From Noise to Signal
Ted Kaptchuck (Harvard Medical School)
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Session 3: Whole System #3 (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
- Theory/Practice (Jonathan Daniel, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine) (30 min)
- Research Overview (Helene Langevin, University of Vermont) (30 min)
- Abstracts (20 min)
- Critical Review/Summary of Level of Evidence/Research Direction (Simon Yeung, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) (5 min)
- General Discussion/Comments (5 min)
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Break/Refreshments/Exhibits
11:15 AM- 12:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
Proferred Abstracts (5): Basic
OR Proferred Abstracts (5): Clinical
12:30 PM -1:30 PM
Lunch provided- Symposium:
Ginseng for Supportive Care in Cancer TreatmentKevin High MD(Wake Forest)
Debra Barton PhD (Mayo Clinic)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 4: Whole System #4 (Homeopathy):
- Theory/Practice (Moshe Frenkel, MD Anderson Cancer Center) (30 min)
- Research Overview (Wayne Jonas, Samueli Institute) (30 min)
- Abstracts (20 min)
- Critical Review/Summary of Level of Evidence/Research Direction (Michelle Kohn, Integrated Cancer Care 2) (5 min)
- General Discussion/Comments (5 min)
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Break/Refreshments/Exhibits
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Personalized Medicine: Chaired by Wendy B. Smith, M.A., Ph.D., BCIAC , NIH.
Panelists:
Jeffrey Dusek, MD, Director of Research, Integrative Health Research Center, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Hospital and Clinics; Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH,Vice Chairand Research Director, Beth Israel Department of Integrative Medicine Continuum; Brian D. Lawenda, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology/Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services,University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine.
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Whole Systems Into Practice: Summary and Future Visions (3 minute statements) and 20 minutes for audience questions or comments.
Moderators: David Rosenthal (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Stephen Sagar (McMaster University): Marja Verhoef PhD; Peter Heusser MD; Nancy Lonsdorf MD; Dan Labriola ND; Jonathan Daniel DOM; Moshe Frenkel MD; David Servan-Schreiber MD.
5:45 PM – 6.00 PM
Closing Session President Elect: Donald Abrams MD (UCSF)
7:30 PM Banquet at Metropolitan Club
NEW: Saturday 14th Nov: 9-11.30 am.
Whole Systems in Oncology In a Trans-Cultural Academic Perspective:
A working proposal for the SIO
Background:
For a number of reasons, “whole systems” are about to become a number one topic in academic integrative medicine and especially oncology. These reasons include: 1. the popularity of complementary and integrative medical (CIM) care among patients, especially when affected by serious diseases such as cancer; 2. the fact that many of these CIM models are delivered within whole systems approaches; 3. globalization and the high prevalence of intercultural exchange in complementary and integrative medicine; 4. the fact that most whole systems approaches originate in non-western cultures or in alternative approaches to science that do not easily correspond to the conventional western science model based on molecular biology and reductionism; 5. to date a systematic intercultural dialogue is lacking in this field, but the prerequisites for such a dialogue on an academic level are existent, given the growing number of academic health centers and of high quality researchers in the international and intercontinental perspective.
Invitation:
For this reason we invite you for a first meeting on “Whole systems in Oncology”
on Saturday, November 14th, 9.00-11.30 am at Columbia University’s Medical Center in the Division of Pediatric Oncology, located at 161 Fort Washington Avenue (at W. 165th Street), 7th floor conference room.
Invited is a first group of colleagues with whom an exchange on this topic has already taken place:
Eran Ben Aryie
Moshe Frenkel
Peter Heusser
Kara Kelly
Patrick Mansky
Steven Sagar
Marja Verhoef ,
Dan Xi
Brian Lawenda
Anand Dhruva
You are kindly invited to propose others whom we could invite as well.
Aims:
1. To create a small international and intercontinental working group for “Whole Systems in Oncology” within the SIO, consisting of representatives of academic health centers from different countries and cultures.
2. To discuss options and means to promote a systematic international and intercultural academic dialogue on the issues of “whole systems” in integrative oncology and medicine. This may include networking, symposia, publications, and others.
3. To discuss and decide on the option to prepare and organize a satellite symposium on whole systems oncology in a trans-cultural perspective within the 2010 SIO conference.
4. Possible topics include: the concepts of holism or wholism in different medical systems, the relation between whole systems and the conventional western medical model, the understanding of health and disease in a whole systems perspective, the nature and the possibilities of whole system therapies, and evaluation and research methodology in whole systems approaches.
Response:
Please write us by November 5th whether you can take part or not.
Kind regards
Kara Kelly This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Peter Heusser