Organizing Committee
Aviad Haramati PhD
Chair
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Madonna Carr CMP
Director of Convention Services
Meet Minneapolis, Inc.
Dan Cherkin PhD
Group Health and the University of Washington, Seattle
David Eisenberg MD
Director, Osher Research Center
Harvard Medical School
Susan Folkman PhD
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Mary Jo Kreitzer RN, PhD
Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of Minnesota
Adam Perlman MD, MPH
Executive Director, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Scholten MS
Information Officer, Osher Research Center
Harvard Medical School
Jeannie Schwartz
Consortium Coordinator
University of Minnesota
Fundraising Committee
Susan Folkman PhD
Chair
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Mary Jo Kreitzer RN, PhD
Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of Minnesota
Scientific Review Committee
David Eisenberg MD
Chair
Director, Osher Research Center
Harvard Medical School
Susan Gould Fogerite PhD
Co-Chair
Director of Research, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Laurie Lachance PhD
Co-Chair
Assistant Research Scientist, Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan
Program Committee
Dan Cherkin PhD
Chair
Group Health and the University of Washington, Seattle
Brian Berman MD
Director, Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Maryland
Paul M. Coates PhD
Director, Office of Dietary Supplements
National Institutes of Health
Trish Dryden RMT, MEd
Director, Applied Research and Innovation
Centennial College
Christine Goertz Choate DC, PhD
Director of Research
Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research
Susan Gould Fogerite PhD
Director of Research, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Richard Hammerschlag PhD
Dean of Research
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Jack Killen MD
Deputy Director, NCCAM/NIH
Helene M. Langevin MD
Research Associate Professor
University of Vermont
Michael P. Lischke EdD, MPH
Executive Director of CME
Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Cynthia Myers PhD, LMT
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Michael J. Smith
Director of Bureau Research & Outreach Programs
Natural Health Products Directorate, Health Canada
Harold (Hal) Sox MD, MACP
Editor-in-Chief,
Annals of Internal Medicine
Kristen M. Swanson RN PhD, FAAN
Professor & Chair, Family & Child Nursing
Term Professor in Nursing Leadership
Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow
University of Washington Medical Center
Marja Verhoef PhD
Canada Research Chair in Complementary Medicine Sciences
University of Calgary
Ex Officio Members:
Aviad Haramati PhD
(Chair, Organizing Committee)
Georgetown University School of Medicine
David Eisenberg MD
(Chair, Scientific Review Committee)
Osher Institute
Harvard Medical School
Susan Folkman PhD
(Chair, Fund Raising Committee)
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Mary Jo Kreitzer RN, PhD
(Chair, Site Committee)
Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of Minnesota
Finance Committee
Adam Perlman MD, MPH
Chair
Executive Director, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Site Committee
Mary Jo Kreitzer RN, PhD
Chair
Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing
University of Minnesota
Brent Bauer MD
Director, Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Pat Culliton MA, LAc
Director
Alternative Medicine Clinic of Hennepin Faculty Associates
Val Lincoln PhD, RN, AHN-BC
Clinical Lead - Integrative Services
Woodwinds Health Campus
Greg Plotnikoff MD
Medical Director, Institute for Health and Healing
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Chuck Sawyer DC
Senior Vice President & Provost
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Jeannie Schwartz
Consortium Coordinator
University of Minnesota
Communications Committee
Robert Scholten MS
Chair
Information Officer, Osher Research Center
Harvard Medical School
Ather Ali ND, MPH
Asst. Director, Integrative Medicine
Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale University
Anne Nedrow MD
Director, Women's Primary Care and Integrative Medicine
Center for Women's Health
Oregon Health and Science University
Stephen Sagar MB, BS
Associate Professor, McMaster Medical School
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (Canada)
Victor Sierpina MD
Professor, Family Medicine
Nicholson Professor of Integrative Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
John Weeks
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