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Integrative Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #82: August 2014 |
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Written by John Weeks
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Integrative Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #82: August 2014Policy
-Whole System
Health: Consider donating to the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of former
CMS administrator Don Berwick, MD!
-American Herbal
Products Association urges lawmakers to include "CAM" in new veteran's
legislation
Research
-NCCAM-ipedia: agency
responds (sort-of) to corrective appeal on acupuncture and chronic pain
-Regarding
Christine Goertz, PhD, the "licensed integrative health practitioner" on the
PCORI board of governors
-NCCAM advisor
Jane Guiltinan, ND and Bastyr University on the NCCAM's proposed name change
Integrative Practice
-Naturopathic
research group
publishes data on naturopathic primary
care based on 300,000 patient visits at teaching clinics
-Michael Cohen offers
thorough exploration of "fee-splitting" in integrative practice for FON
Therapeutics
-From
Google Alerts: Links to Integrative Medicine in Health Systems and Communities
from July 2014
Academic medicine
-Health reform
stimulates U Minnesota to offer Masters in Integrative Health and Wellbeing
Coaching
-Without
Medicare, naturopathic doctors offer residencies to 17% of graduates
Organizations
-The 213
professionals certificated by the Institute of Functional Medicine
-APHA gives elevates
complementary/integrative/traditional medicine group to section status
-Hospital group begins
campaign promoting its role disease as an economic engine
-American Acupuncture
Council offers seminars to bring acupuncturists up to speed on insurance
changes under the Affordable Care Act
Professions
-American
Herbalists Guild celebrating its 25th year
-Nutritionists
win first battle, in Michigan, following federal opening to non-RD
nutritionists
-Naturopathic
organizations to form World Naturopathic Federation with sights on W.H.O.
People
-John Tew, MD
selected to head University of Cincinnati integrative medicine
-Chris Cassirer,
PhD named president at Northwestern Health Sciences University
-Lynda Balneaves
selected as founding director of the U Toronto Centre for Integrative Medicine
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Policy
 Berwick: the candidate
Whole System
Health: Consider donating to the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of former
CMS administrator Don Berwick, MD!
Comment: A fascinating electoral campaign is under way
in the state of Massachusetts. Donald
Berwick, MD is running a feisty campaign for governor. Berwick, the former administrator of the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been a key force in most every
positive step we have made to wrestle the medical industry to a focus on health
creation. He highlighted the problem of errors in To Err is Human then pushed the 100,000 Lives Campaign to help
solve the problem. He's been a key proponent of the Triple Aim to substitute
patient experience, population health and reduced costs for increasing
procedures and income as the driver of U.S. medicine. He's pushed efforts to
undo the perverse incentives in our payment and deliver system.
More
recently, Berwick urged US medical leaders to create a system
that engages the community and public health that focuses on "salutogenesis"
and "health creation." He is running for governor in part because he sees that
the vision for health creation must be built into virtually all of our agency
work. This MIGHT include education, transportation, energy, tax policy and more.
He is presently running strong in third place, toward a primary on September 9,
2014. My spouse and I are making a "stretch" monthly donation. I urge you to
consider a donation ASAP. Thanks.
Additional
comment:
For some of you, Berwick is a lightening rod because he has noted that outcomes
are better - from human health and cost perspectives - under single payer
systems, and thus he has advocated a single payer model. I appreciate his
respect for the evidence.
 McGuffin: AHPA director
American Herbal
Products Association urges lawmakers to include "CAM" in new veteran's
legislation
On July6 17, 2014, the American
Herbal Products Association (AHPA) sent a letter to members
of Congress in support of legislation that would expand complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) options for the nation's veterans. AHPA was
supporting the Expanding Care for Veterans Act (H.R. 4887). This bill
would "require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research
and develop a plan for inclusion of CAM, carry out a program for three years to
‘assess the feasibility and advisability of integrating [CAM services] with
other health care services' provided by VA medical centers, and study any
barriers that exist to receiving and administering CAM services in VA
facilities." Says AHPA president Michael
McGuffin: "H.R. 4887 is a good step toward expanding access to
CAM for our nation's veterans." H.R. 4887 was introduced on June 18 by
Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) and the bill language is also included in a broader
Senate bill, the Restoring Veterans Trust Act (S. 2413).
Comment: Good to see this
industry association acting beyond its strict industry agenda to support the
direction for health care with which it is associated. McGuffin contacted the Integrator with this additional comment:
"Even as we endorsed this we knew that the likelihood of getting this into the
final VA bill is small. But the AHPA board feels strongly that our veterans
should have meaningful health care choices that include modalities such as
acupuncture, chiropractic, physical therapy, and naturopathy."
Research
 Nielsen: informing NCCAM
NCCAM-ipedia: agency
responds (sort-of) to corrective appeal on acupuncture and chronic pain
When
New York Beth Israel acupuncturist Arya Nielsen, PhD, Ac, reviewed the NCCAM website
on chronic pain last March she concluded that the site did not fully
reflect present evidence, to the detriment of her field: "It seemed dated and
oddly biased." Rather than simply complain, Nielsen, who in 2013 instigated the
campaign to get the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations to re-open its guidelines on non-pharmacological
approaches, put together what she called a "lit review" case for a
change. On August 7, 2014, Nielsen shared with the Integrator that "we heard
this morning they have updated their page informed by what we sent." The site
now includes reference to two meta-analyses "that conclude acupuncture is
effective for chronic pain beyond the placebo effect." She adds, however, "that
the site doesn't exactly reflect it." She and her colleague are responding
again. Nielsen also serves as director
of the Acupuncture Fellowship for NY Beth Israel.
Comment: Someone should
give Nielsen an action award for, in this 12 month period, getting both the
Joint Commission and NCCAM to engage changes in their documents. Thank you,
Arya. And credit NCCAM for its responsiveness to good, if formerly overlooked,
data.
 Goertz: new PCORI role
Regarding
Christine Goertz, PhD, the "licensed integrative health practitioner" on the
PCORI board of governors
When
the Patient Centered
Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was formed, via the Affordable
Care Act, Congress required the agency to have at
least one "state licensed integrative health practitioner" on the agency's
Board of Governors. Christine Goertz, DC, PhD has been that
person. Goertz' has since held a
sequence of important roles at PCORI. She was first chair of the PCORI Program
Development Committee. More recently, she began serving in the same capacity as
chair of the PCORI Science Oversight Committee.
According to its charter, this committee "provide(s) recommendations to the
Board on the strategic goals to produce quality, timely, usable, and
trustworthy comparative research information." This is in such areas as "research
and scientific program priorities and topics, merit review process for
applications, designation of specific research projects for funding and active
portfolio management by staff."
Comment: A challenge to the "state licensed
integrative health" disciplines is to put forward candidates for this type of
responsibility, relative in this case to a $650-million annual PCORI budget,
who have the bandwidth and background to hold their own in a group of experts
from professions whose institutions - and careers - have been powered by three
generation of billions in NIH funding. Goertz is one such. Is there a PCORI
"program priority" available to explore cloning her?
 Taking a position on NCCAM's name change
NCCAM advisor
Jane Guiltinan, ND and Bastyr University on the NCCAM's proposed name change
The
recent Integrator article by Taylor Walsh on the proposed name
change for the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM) included this statement in the comment field: "Notably, [Scott] Haldeman,
an MD-DC, spoke to the exclusion he feels is implicit in not including
‘complementary' in the title. Walsh did not report whether Jane Guiltinan, ND,
the only other member who meets the criterion [as a licensed ‘CAM'
professional] spoke up." Guiltinan sent the Integrator
the following clarification:
"I did indeed speak to this issue ... In
my comments I agreed with Scott Haldeman, and expressed my concerns that
eliminating any reference to ‘CAM' in the name would move us further down the
road to less visibility and more exclusion for CAM disciplines and
practitioners in the public's eye. I stated my support for using the word
health or health care instead of medicine, my support for omitting the word
research, and finally, expressed my support for the name ‘National Center for
Complementary and Integrative Health.' Further, I advised Bastyr's Chief of
Staff on these matters and helped her craft the public comment made by Bastyr
University."
 Guiltinan: clarifies role
Guiltinan
subsequently shared the formal comments submitted by Bastyr University,
for which she serves as dean of naturopathic medicine. Bastyr's perspective is
particularly of interest as a 2010 analysis found that it was, at that
time, a recipient of roughly 33% of all NCCAM grants to "CAM" institutions. The
Bastyr letter, signed by Coquina Deger, MBA, chief of staff at Bastyr, said:
"On behalf of myself and the academic leadership of Bastyr
University, we thank you for opening the door to feedback in response to
NCCAM's proposed name change. We are in support of the direction that NCCAM has
taken with its newly proposed name, ‘The National Center for Research on
Complementary and Integrative Health (NCRCIH).' After some contemplation and
discussion, we have one suggestion to offer up for your consideration, and this
is to consider dropping the words ‘Research on.' This would result in a shorter
and more approachable title: ‘The National Center for Complementary and
Integrative Health (NCCIH).'
"While we undoubtedly agree that the research objective is
crucial to the activities carried out through NCCAM, our reasoning for this
suggestion is largely for consistency among other NIH agency names. For
example, NIDDK and NHLBI do not mention research in their title, even though
research is at the core of what they do. Please note that we appreciate your
recognition that ‘alternative' no longer serves to accurately describe what
this Center does. We also appreciate your replacing the term ‘medicine' with
‘health.'"
Comment: First, an apology to Guiltinan for not including her
perspective in the original article. It is notable that Guiltinan and Bastyr are
aligned with both Haldeman and NCCAM director Josephine Briggs, MD in
underscoring the importance of keeping "complementary" as the agency's
connection to the five disciplines it is most responsible for researching. The
dominance of integrative medical doctors on the advisory panel appeared to be
linked to a majority view that "complementary" was not necessary and should be
discarded. The NCCAM decision is expected by the Fall 2014 meeting.
Integrative Practice
 Key data on the ND profession
Naturopathic
research group
publishes data on naturopathic primary
care based on 300,000 patient visits at teaching clinics
A
study led by members of the Naturopathic
Physicians Research Institute (NPRI) examined 300,483 patient visits
to naturopathic doctors at the field's academic teaching clinics. Some
demographic findings were: patients were 69% female with a mean age of was 39;
seniors totaled 9% of the population and children 8%. The group compared the
profile of these settings to national conventional primary care and found a 44%
overlap in the most frequent 25 diagnoses for primary care at these settings
and conventional settings. Notably, 50% of patients paid out of pocket at
naturopathic clinics, versus 4% in conventional centers, and naturopathic
clinics more frequently offered discounted care - 26% of visits vs. 0.3%. These data did not include visits at clinics operated by the schools in community
settings. (Disclosure: I serve on the NPRI board.)
Comment: These findings support a key
assertion of leaders of naturopathic medicine that these practitioners serve a broad
primary care population and can be useful in meeting the nation's primary care
needs. The similarities with typical primary care in this study would likely be
stronger if the patients seen at the off-campus settings were included. These clinical
education opportunities are meant to broader experience. Students work
rotations through community clinics, health centers, schools and other external
organizations. These patients, many on Medicaid or Medicare, and thus not cash
paying, would show even a greater diversity.
 Cohen: clarifying a complex issue
Michael Cohen offers
thorough exploration of "fee-splitting" in integrative practice for FON
Therapeutics
Lawyer,
consultant and yoga teacher Michael Cohen, whose leadership and legal
insight into integrative practices goes back to a seminal paper in 1995 has
published at FON Therapeutics a thorough review of a key
issue in integrative practice models - "fee-splitting." The perspective is
entitled "Fee-Splitting 101 for MDs and Other Integrative
Health Practitioners." The perspective will be particularly valuable
for Californians, where Cohen, a former faculty member at Harvard Medical
School, currently resides.
From
Google Alerts: Links to Integrative Medicine in Health Systems and Communities
from July 2014
This
monthly
Integrator feature is a quick capture of highlights from the
multitude of links that flow in daily via Google Alerts for "integrative
medicine," "complementary and alternative medicine" and
"alternative medicine." It is interesting to see in one month the strong
pieces supporting lifestyle for cardio risk, "CAM" during treatment
for brain surgery, and "CAM" for MS.
The month was also notable for a number of announcements of new
integrative medicine centers or clinics in health systems. Here are 17
selections related to hospitals and medical organizations in integrative
medicine, 11 from alternative and integrative medicine in community non-system
practices, and 8 developments from around the world for June 26-July 31. 2014.
Academic medicine
 Lawson: health coach leader at U Minn
Health reform
stimulates U Minnesota to offer Masters in Integrative Health and Wellbeing
Coaching
The
June 17, 2014 announcement of from the University of Minnesota distinguished
itself by starting with a reference to federal politics: "The passage of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) as part of healthcare reform has stimulated numerous
changes in the delivery of care, including more emphasis on health promotion,
lifestyle management, and team-based care." The release noted that in "responding
to these important and timely needs" they will begin a new Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing
Coaching. A local health system leader Nico Pronk, MD, heralded
health coaching as having "promise as a player in changing the nature of our
existing healthcare system." The 38-credit degree program will offer coursework
in a blended format of online and in-person intensives.
Comment: The Center has been a leader in the health
coaching field for many years, via the visionary leadership of Center director
Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN and of health coaching lead Karen Lawson, MD. This is
an intriguing next step. Here's hoping
that the graduates will be readily hired, as the release hopefully suggested,
into "a multitude of practice settings, including hospitals, clinics, health
educational facilities, community centers, senior living centers, fitness
venues, corporations, schools, and private practice." The question is certainly
not one of need. Good for the U Minnesota team to respond to this call for
transformation.
 Beeson: NERC co-founder
Without
Medicare, naturopathic doctors offer residencies to 17% of graduates
A
little known fact for many outside of conventional medicine is that the
residencies for medical doctors and osteopathic doctors are mainly funded
through a Medicare subsidy to medical education. This
amounts to some $10-billion per year or $113,000 per resident per year. Naturopathic
educators have prioritized a rapid increase in post-graduate educational
opportunities such as residencies as a critical next step in the professional's
advance. But how can the field do this without federal subsidy? In the ND's
experience, the cost of such a residency is roughly $45,000 a year.
 Hudson: NERC co-founder
In
2005, two leading naturopathic clinicians, Portland, Oregon-based Tori Hudson, ND
and Billings, Montana-based Margaret Beeson, ND chose to take this
challenge on by founding the Naturopathic Education and Research Consortium (NERC).
The not-for profit's purpose would be to develop resources in a grassroots way
to drive the growth in residencies. At a fourth annual "Resveritrol and
Residencies" event on August 8, NERC celebrated the successes of their
grassroots model. From 2 residencies in 2006, they currently have stimulated
the development of 16. This is 28% of the 56 available to the 350 naturopathic graduates
last year. The vast majority of the 40 others are positions in the teaching
clinics of the 7 accredited North American schools. The NERC residencies are
funded by a combination of corporations, grateful patients, and outlays from
doctors at the clinical sites where the residents practices. The total of 56
residencies is amounts to 17% of the 350 naturopathic graduates in 2013.
Comment: Imagine that
your taxes were paying for residencies of another profession yet your own field
can only provide a similar opportunity by going booth to booth to exhibitors,
or making asks from grateful patient to grateful patient, to create the capital
to stitch together a meaningful experience for graduates. The Hudson-Beeson
team is doing pure heavy lifting here. Just $15,750,000 million annually would
give all the ND graduates a chance.
Organizations
The 213
professionals certificated by the Institute of Functional Medicine
The
Institute
of Functional Medicine recently shared with the Integrator data on the growth of their new certificate program.
Presently 213 have been certificated, in 2013-2014. The organization's leaders expect another 200
or so in 2015 "if our tracking is correct." Of the current group, 63% are
female and 10% international. Nearly two-thirds of those certificated are MD/DO
(65%), with chiropractors next (12%) then nutrition professionals (10%),
naturopathic doctors (7%), and nurse practitioners (6%). In a separate note,
IFM shares that 25 medical schools or residency programs "currently incorporate
functional medicine in their curriculum."
Comment: I learned this
while assembling some data on the number of medical doctors who have been
educated to a set standard in the field of integrative/functional medicine. We
know that the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine has certified
roughly 2500 and that the U Arizona Fellowship in Integrative Medicine has
roughly 1200 graduates. Together with IFM, the total pushes 2850, with some
overlap. What other programs belong in this set?
 APHA elevates traditional/integrative
APHA gives elevates
complementary/integrative/traditional medicine group to section status
The
co-chair of the recently renamed interest group of the American Public Health
Association, Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health
Practices, Elizabeth Sommers, PhD, MPH, LAc, sends news that, after
20 years, the group has been elevated to "section" status by APHA. The group has over 400 members with "growing
'sister' groups in South Africa and Australia," says Sommers. These are part of
a "wide net" that includes practitioners, academics, researchers, students,
consumers, policy-makers. Sommers said a
common bond is "recognition of the importance of self-care and health
promotion." Members of the new APHA Section are "involved in many practices and
look toward trans-disciplinary approaches to yoga, massage, Tai Chi, nutrition,
Ayurveda, naturopathic healthcare, Traditional Asian Medicine, herbal care,
spirituality, Indigenous healing practices, relaxation and mindfulness."
Comment: Sommers, who
produces a public health haiku daily, also sent this with the news: "Embracing
fullness/Vision of global health and/Renewal for earth." Great to see this
earned recognition. The next APHA Annual Mtg. in New Orleans, Nov. 16-19.
Sommers urges "folks involved in CAM to consider joining APHA and getting
involved.
Hospital group begins
campaign promoting its role with disease as an economic engine
The
group is called the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care.
On its website the group lays out evidence of the economic impact it is seeking
to protect. Hospitals are major economic engines in their communities. They have
created 5.5 million jobs - one in every nine in the United States. This "contribution"
totals $900-billion of economic activity. A recent appeal to members stimulates
concern over $121.8-billion in federal budget cuts in recent years. The group
is focused on keeping access to cutting edge technologies. Patient stories of
gratitude are solicited top put human faces on their desire to protect the
status quo.
Comment: We know that something is terribly awry when
those nominally in charge of our medicine show such a profound remove from
responsibility for assisting us to health. This should be called the Coalition
to Protect the Medical Industry. Remember the phrase in the kiddy book: "'More' said the baby, ‘more, more, more.'"
Like a military base threatened with a shut down or a Port District questioned
for its taxing authority, the hospital organization seeks to maintain its position
by sowing the fear. Imagine a day when we are invited by hospitals to a
campaign promising to give each person access to health coaches and successful,
self-care technologies that will, in a staged way, allow them to cut their HOSPITAL
employment and transition to a community-based, economy of health
creation. Meantime, while reflecting on
this, a colleague sent this note: "I'm at the docs for a stress test. His $120K Mercedes is
parked outside with a vanity plate that reads STENTS ! American Healthcare at
its best."
 Payment seminars
American Acupuncture
Council offers seminars to bring acupuncturists up to speed on insurance
changes under the Affordable Care Act
The
American Acupuncture Council (AAC) is offering a series of live conferences around the country
on insurance issues and the Affordable Care Act. While generally set for any
acupuncture practitioner who works with 3rd party payment, the
themes include Section 2706, "Non-Discrimination in Health Care." Content
includes specific looks at some states where acupuncture is directly included
in benefits. ACC is the leading provider of malpractice coverage to acupuncture
practitioners.
Professions
 25 years
American
Herbalists Guild celebrating its 25th year
In early November 2014 members of
the American
Herbalist Guild (AHG) will celebrate the organization's 25th
year. Founded in the home of Christopher
Hobbs and Beth Baugh, AHG was dedicated to "growing herbalism in the
United States, thereby, establishing herbal practices as a viable source of
health care in every community." Today the AHG has, according to a release on the celebration, "over 1,750
members all over the world, more than 225 professional members, and over 12
active state chapters." On November 6-10, 20144, in Pine Mountain,
Georgia, the AHG will gather in its annual conference to educate and celebrate.
Comment: The AHG fills
an important place in the evolving integrative health and medicine world,
especially as the pressures and biases in research push the herbs as
phytomedicines and thus as standardized extracts, and each removes us from the
ground from which they sprout. The best of integrative health thinking is
deeply connected to our communities and to the earth. A part of the AHG's work
is to take the big and sometimes abstracted picture of a healthy and whole
earth and put it under our fingernails.
Nutritionists
win first battle, in Michigan, following federal opening to non-RD
nutritionists
In
a July 17, 2014 release, the American Board for
Certification of Nutrition Specialists announced that Michigan
governor Rick Snyder "signed legislation (HB 4688) repealing Michigan's
nutrition and dietetics licensing law, which had prohibited a broad range of
nutrition practitioners from providing nutrition counseling." The release added
that "with his action, Michigan becomes the first state in the nation to roll
back a law that made it illegal for essentially all nutrition professionals other
than Registered Dietitians®-no matter how highly qualified-to practice
individualized nutrition counseling.
 Parker: US lead in WNF
Naturopathic
organizations to form World Naturopathic Federation with sights on W.H.O.
At
the 2nd International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine (ICNM) in early July
2014 in Paris, over 30 participants representing national associations from
around the world voted unanimous to form the World
Naturopathic Federation (WNF). The mission of the WNF is to:
" ... support the growth and diversity of
naturopathic medicine worldwide; support the regulation of naturopathy and
naturopathic medicine; promote accreditation and the highest educational
standards for our global profession; encourage naturopathic research; establish
and maintain a database of Naturopathic organizations, regulation,
accreditation, conferences and research activities and work with world agencies
(World Health Organization, United Nations, UNESCO) and governments to promote
naturopathic medicine."
The
group established an organizing team, with members from 8 nations. The group declared that the first general
assembly where Charter members will convene to ratify the constitution/bylaws
and elect an executive council will take place within 2 years. Tabatha Parker, ND, a member of the
organizing committee from the U.S., shares that one value of a worldwide
organization for her profession is that one's needs such an organization to
represent to the W.H.O.
Comment: Two possible names for the organization were
not selected: "World Federation of Naturopathic Medicine" and "World Federation
of Naturopathy." The reason: in many countries naturopathy is not recognized as
a field of "medicine" (nor the practitioners as "physicians" or "doctors" as
they are in most U.S. jurisdictions in which they are licensed). The strength
and viability of this global organization will rest on the ability to merge the
less educated and the physician-level versions of the field.
People
.jpg) Tew: U Cincinnati IM leader
John Tew, MD
selected to head University of Cincinnati integrative medicine
Neurosurgeon
John
Tew, MD, selected as a Great Living Cincinnatian in 2011, has been
selected to head up the University of Cincinnati's Center for
Integrative Health and Wellness. In the release announcing
his acceptance of the position, Tew, who has had a neurosurgery
chair named after him, noted plans to engage employers and the community:
"I appreciate the university's commitment to changing the way we approach
patients and care for them. This truly represents a significant change in the
care delivery model, one that puts patients in the center and empowers them to
take control of their health and wellness." Under his neurosurgeon hat, Tew has
completed over 700 visiting professorships. A part of his work with WILL be to
access philanthropic dollars.
Comment: Tew appears to
be a very interesting and powerful choice - a neurosurgeon who only recently
left 45 years of practice - iF in fact he can integrate well with the rest of
the integrative staff. His focus on the community and employers is exceptional.
His tenure will be interesting to watch.
 Cassirrer: talkes helm at Northwestern
Chris Cassirer, MPH, ScD, named president at Northwestern Health Sciences University
On
June 23, 2014, Northwestern
Health Sciences University named Chris Cassirer, ScD, former
president and executive at Capella University, as president of the university.
Cassirer was most recently dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the
College of Management and Business at National Louis University. He has also served as a professor at The
George Washington University and the University of Minnesota. Northwestern has degrees or focused programs
in chiropractic, acupuncture, Oriental medicine, therapeutic massage, and in
human biology serving roughly 900 graduate and undergraduate students on their
25-acre Bloomington, Minnesota campus.
.jpg) Balneaves: first Toronto IM leader
Lynda Balneaves
selected as founding director of the U Toronto Centre for Integrative Medicine
Lynda
Balneaves, MD, has been chosen as inaugural Director of the Centre for Integrative Medicine at the University of
Toronto. According to a report from IN-CAM, the Canadian integrative research
organization, the Centre is a collaboration between the University of Toronto's
Faculty of Medicine, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and the Scarborough
Hospital. Balneaves will concurrently serve as associate professor in psychiatry
at the University of Toronto and will be a Scientist in the Department of
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Balneaves is a board member of the Society for Integrative Oncology.
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