Keynote Speakers

Frances L. Brisbane, PhD (Conference Co-Chair)
Dean, School of Social Welfare
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
Topic: A Prescription for Spiritual Wholeness: A Model for Group Healing

Mitchell Gaynor, MD (Conference Co-Chair)
Medical Director, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Weill Medical Center, Cornell University
New York, NY
Topic: Healing the Whole Self: Nutrition and Mind-Body Strategies for Recovering from Cancer

Nan Lu, OMD (Conference Vice Chair)
Founder and Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
New York, NY
Topic: Treating Women in Transition: Managing Menopause Naturally with TCM

Louis Evan Teichholz, MD
Chief, Cardiology
Medical Director, Center for Health and Healing, Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Topic: Complementary Care in the Hospital Setting

Featured Speakers from China

Liqun Jia, MD
Associate Professor, China Japan Friendship Hospital
Beijing, China
Topic: TCM and the Treatment of Cancer in China

Aiping Lu, MD
Director, Institute of Basic Theory
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Beijing, China
Topic: Key TCM Concepts and Their Potential Impacts on Disease Treatment

Naili Yao, MD
President, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Beijing, China
Topic: Using TCM Theory to Treat Hepatic Fibrosis with Herbal Medicine

Qi Wang, MD
Professor, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology
Beijing, China
Topic: TCM and the Treatment of Diabetes in China

Zhangling Zhou, MD
Professor, Acupuncture Facility, Army 301 Hospital
Beijing, China
Topic: TCM and the Treatment of Arthritis in China

Featured Speakers from the United States

John Byars
President, New Health Care Management Group (formerly American Health Care Alliance)
Atlanta, GA
Topic: Preparing for Integration: How TCM Providers Can Be Best Prepared to Integrate TCM with Western CAM and Western Medicine

Yemeng Chen, LAc, FICAE
Academic Dean, New York Institute of Chinese Medicine
New York, NY
Topic: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Pain Due to Whiplash Injuries

Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
President, East-West Academy of Healing Arts
Member, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
San Francisco, CA
Topic: TCM and Qigong: Rehabilitation for Chronic and Acute Pain, and Paralysis

Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc
Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine
Quan Yin Healing Arts Center
San Francisco, CA
Topic: TCM, Acupuncture and HIV Treatment

Dean Deng, CMD, LAc
Director, Acucenter Pain Clinic
Lake Forest, IL
Topic: TCM and Qigong for Pain

Felice Dunas, PhD, LAc
Topic: Sex and Its Influence on Health and Interpersonal Behavior: A TCM Perspective

David Felten, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
Irvine, CA

Leon Hammer, MD
Chairman, Governing Board, Dragon Rises School of Oriental Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Topic: A Vision of Integration: Dangers and Opportunities

Ginette Hemley
Vice President, Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
Topic: Building Bridges Between TCM and Wildlife Conservation

Lixin Huang, MS
President, American College of TCM
San Francisco, CA
Topic: Building Bridges Between TCM and Wildlife Conservation

Kathleen Hui, MD
MGH-NMR Center, Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Topic: Functional MRI Evidence of Acupuncture's Modulatory Effects on the Human Brain

Lonny Jarrett, MS, MAc, FNCAAOM
Stockbridge, MA
Topic: The Inner Functions of Acupuncture Points

Michael Johnson, MD
Psychiatrist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Boston, MA
Topic: Treating Depression with TCM

Fong Lam
Fong Lam
Ginseng and Chinese-medicine consultant
American Wildsenergy, Inc.
Flushing, New York
Topic: Enhancing Cancer Treatments with Chinese Herbals: The Co-Administration
of Wild American Ginseng

Evelyn Lee, EdD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Topic: TCM, Buddhism and Mental Health

Xiu-Min Li, MD (Committee Chair)
Assistant Research Professor, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Topic: Allergic Asthma and Chinese Herbal Medicines -- an Investigative Perspective

Yong Ming Li, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine Association
New York, NY
Topic: Comparison of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine: Fundamental Differences and Distinctive Disadvantages

Shi-Hong Loh, MD
Chief of Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director of Department of Complementary Therapies
St. Mary’s Hospital
Topic: Qigong Therapy for Cancer

Laura Murphy, PhD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Carbondale, IL
Topic: Enhancing Cancer Treatments with Chinese Herbals: The Co-Administration of Wild American Ginseng

Yongli Ni, MD, MPH
International Traditional Chinese Medicine Center, Washington, DC
President, TCM Exchange Association
Washington, DC
Topic: TCM and Women's Cancers: An Eastern Perspective on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

Henry Sacks, MD
Clinical Director, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Topic: Developing a Base of Evidence for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Opportunities for Collaborative Research

Ellen Schaplowsky
Vice President, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
Conference Director
New York, NY
Topic: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Kaylah Sterling, LAc
Clinic Dean, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Topic: TCM's Gifts in the Hospice Setting

Libang Zhang, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Topic: Research: The Crucial Component of CAM

Ruan-Jin Zhao, OMD, PhD
President, The Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Member, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Topic: The Critical Role of TCM in Current and Future Cancer Care