Restoring patient wellness. Building physician practices.
September 27-30, 2018 Burlington, Vermont
Conference Schedule 2018 Trends in Nutrition, Pain Management, and Mind-Body Therapies
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Welcome Letter ...... 5 About AARM...... 7 Certification in T3 Therapy...... 8 Continuing Education Credits ...... 9 General Conference Information...... 10 Hotel Map...... 11 Conference Schedule...... 12 Conference Faculty...... 16 Presentation Descriptions...... 21 Post Conference Notes...... 29 Speaker Financial Disclosure ...... 29 Exhibitor Directory ...... 31 Exhibitor Booth Map...... 41
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3 4 Welcome to the 16th Annual International Restorative Medicine Conference!
elcome to Burlington! We are proud to be hosting the planting fruit trees, supporting farmers, and protecting forests. annual conference in AARM’s beautiful home state of The conference also makes a donation to a local charity as WVermont this year. Our conference theme, 2018 Trends part of a thank you gift to the speakers rather than presenting in Nutrition, Pain Management, and Mind- Body Therapies material gifts. This year, we contributed to the Vermont intends to reach a wide range of interests and modalities within Food Bank, which distributes millions of pounds of food to Restorative Medicine. I am grateful for the contributions from Vermonters in need. our excellent faculty this year, who represent a diverse mix of The Restorative Medicine Conference continues to prioritize MDs, DOs, NDs, and herbalists, from both the US and Canada. diversity and inclusion. My wish is that this fun and friendly One of our goals for 2018 is to further enhance the fun and gathering will help you better serve your patients, as well as positive energy generated by our annual conference! I hope help you grow your practice. I hope to see you next year in you’ll join our kava party on Saturday night, with live music, a sunny San Diego, CA on September 12- 15, 2019! cash bar, and dancing with the afro-funk band Sabouyouma. On Thursday, legendary herbalist Rosemary Gladstar is In Health, hosting a full day of herb farm tours, and shorter herb walks are being offered on Friday. For the foodies among us, there are a lot of exciting and delicious restaurants and pubs within walking distance of the hotel in downtown Burlington. For the Michaël Friedman, ND conference lunches and breaks, healthy local organic foods AARM Executive Director from Vermont will be featured. We’re also going greener and more high-tech this year by offering a conference management app to use on your phone This conference is dedicated to my cousins, Drew and or tablet. Everything you need to know about the conference is Meredith, and to those who lost their battle with opioid now available in one convenient location. The app allows you addiction much too soon in their lives. I strongly believe that to pre-plan which lectures you want to attend. The conference integrative medicine has the greatest potential to help solve evaluation can be completed on the app, which helps us reduce the opioid crisis by offering effective alternatives to pain paper waste and allows us to generate your CME certificates management. more efficiently. For more information on the conference app, My hope is that this conference also serves to increase see page 7 of this booklet. clinicians’ awareness of patients who are at risk of addiction, Another green initiative is credited to Restorative and to guide them to the assistance that they need. Thank Formulations, the platinum sponsor for the conference. Aware you to all of you who are carrying out this important mission. of the carbon dioxide emissions created by holding a conference of this size (through travel, hotels and food production), they With peace and gratitude, contributed approximately $4000 to COTAP.org — Carbon Jen Palmer, ND Offsets To Alleviate Poverty. This money goes towards projects AARM Communications and Education Director in India, Africa and Nicaragua to offset carbon emissions, by
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6 About AARM he Association for the Advancement of Restorative AARM certifies health care practitioners in specific Medicine (AARM) is a non-profit medical association Restorative Medicine therapies. For example, providers who Twhich supports cross-disciplinary learning and attend the T3 certification courses at our conferences can collaboration in the use of herbal, nutritional, and hormone take an online exam and become certified in T3 therapy. By medicines. AARM’s focus is on providing medical education providing education from leading experts, clinical research, about endocrine system disorders, with an emphasis and cutting-edge protocols, AARM is empowering physicians on therapeutic approaches for treating hypothyroidism, to more effectively treat their patients and build their practices hyperthyroidism, adrenal dysfunction, and dysglycemia, through the use of herbal, nutritional, and natural hormone as well as male and female hormonal imbalances. We also medicines. provide protocols and scientific information to physicians for A one-year membership in AARM is only $49 and includes: using Restorative Medicine to treat chronic diseases, including • Five CME credits for reading Journal of Restorative digestive, respiratory, nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, Medicine articles. Only AARM members are eligible to and autoimmune diseases. receive these online credits (members must pass quizzes AARM’s education for healthcare professionals occurs to receive credits). through several channels. Each year, hundreds of physicians • 20% discount on all AARM conference registrations and and other healthcare providers attend our conferences in educational resources, such as conference recordings the U.S. and Canada. Recordings of conference lectures and books are available on our website for those who prefer to learn remotely. AARM also publishes the peer-reviewed Journal To become a member, visit restorativemedicine.org/ of Restorative Medicine (JRM). Continuing medical education membership. During the conference, you can also stop by the credits are available for many of our educational products. registration desk and we’ll be glad to sign you up. The Entire Conference at Your Fingertips!
Install our free conference app in 3 easy steps! 1 DOWNLOAD APP iPhone and iPad: In the App Store, search for QuickMobile Events. Android: In Google Play, search for QuickMobile Events. Other platforms and laptop users: Visit https://eventapps.quickmobile.center/ 2 FIND EVENT Click on Event ID, enter AIRMC16 (letters must be all caps) Or scan this QR code: 3 LOGIN Username: your email address Password: vermont For more information, go to restorativemedicine.org/app
7 Certification in T3 Therapy: Optimizing Body Temperature and Thyroid Function with Hormones, Botanicals and Nutrition
ertification in T3 Therapy is an elective option for AARM The certification program, Optimizing Body Temperature and members and is an excellent means to help your patients and Thyroid Function with Hormones, Botanicals and Nutrition, Cbuild your practice. Medical providers can obtain Certification features pioneering experts in managing thyroid disease and in T3 Therapy by attending required classes scheduled during the fatigue, led by Denis Wilson, MD and Michael Friedman, ND. The preconference day for the Annual International Restorative Medicine non-CME course (“Dosing of Triiodothyronine T3”) is classified as Conference. such because Dr. Wilson discusses off-label usage of drugs that are This full day of seminars provides: not conventionally approved by the medical establishment. It is • Speakers who are experienced clinicians and experts in thyroid approved for CE credit for NDs. physiology • Evidence-based review of low body temperature and Certification Requirements associated symptoms To qualify for Certification in T3 Therapy you must meet the • Treatment protocols for optimizing thyroid health and body following requirements: temperatures • Attend required lectures at the Restorative Medicine • Protocols for Triiodothyronine (T3), botanicals, and nutritional conference. medicines to support the thyroid system • Complete and pass the examination immediately after the • Written exam to earn certification at the end of the day course (recommended) or online within 4 weeks after the con- Certification in T3 Therapy verifies that practitioners have ference (email [email protected] for online access). completed the training and have passed an examination. Once • Maintain certification by keeping current with updated certified, practitioners who are AARM members will be listed on a lectures at certification day intensives at a conference at least practitioner search tool. This opportunity allows practitioners to once every three years. share contact information, clinic description, and website links to Medical providers who pass the exam and meet all of the potential patients to help build their practice. requirements above will be emailed a certificate. Free Peer-Reviewed Botanical Medicine Articles for Clinicians
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8 Continuing Education Credits After attending a class, please complete the speaker evaluation form in the conference app’s Surveys section to receive your CME/CE credits. If you cannot use the conference app, a paper evaluation form is available at the registration desk. Certificates will be available to attendees within 1 week post- conference if using the conference app, 3 weeks post-conference if using paper forms. Please log on to your account at www.RestorativeMedicine.org to access your certificate at that time.
CME Credits CE Credits This Live activity, 2018 Annual International Restorative Medicine NDs: Earn 22 CE credits (including 6 pharmacology credits) from Conference, with a beginning date of 09/27/2018, has been reviewed the live conference. In addition, up to 8 CE credits are available (for and is acceptable for up to 22.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American NDs) by watching recorded lectures in the Online University post- Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit conference (see Online University section for more info). Earn up to commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 30 CE credits total, including 12 pharmacology credits. CE credits are approved by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and the AMA/AAFP Equivalency: College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO) as category A. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical California NDs can claim 22 CME as approved by the AAFP Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward (see accreditation note above). See schedule for courses marked as the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA offering “CME”. PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Dietitians: Approved for 22 CE for Integrative and Functional Category 1. Medicine Registered Dietitians by the Commission on Dietetic Physicians of Osteopathic Medicine – The American Osteopathic Registration. Association (AOA) accepts AAFP Prescribed and Elective credit as Other practitioners: Most states’ regulatory agencies accept AMA AOA Category 2 credit: Category 2-A includes formal live, clinical PRA Category 1 Credits and providers should check with their state educational programs that are AAFP- approved. Category 2-B includes board regarding use of CME credit. informal or nonlive activities, or activities that deal with non-clinical topics such as malpractice. CME/ CE credits for Vermont practitioners, pertaining to In addition to the AMA, the AOA, and the CFPC, the following Vermont Act 173: organizations accept AAFP Prescribed credit: Vermont Practitioners can fulfill their required 2 continuing medical education credits related to controlled substances. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Conference courses to choose from to fulfill CME related to American Academy of Physician Assistants Act 173: American Association of Medical Assistants • Two hours of classes on pharmacological and natural American Nurses Credentialing Center treatments for pain during the Pain Management Track on American Academy of Family Physicians September 27. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants • One hour class on natural pain management on September 28. Physician licensing boards that accept Prescribed credit include: • Five hours of classes on identifying patients with addiction American Board of Family Medicine and treatment protocols on September 29. American Board of Emergency Medicine See schedule for detailed descriptions. American Board of Preventive Medicine American Board of Urology Online University Track CE All NDs can earn an additional eight CE credits (including six Pharmacology CE credits), by watching recorded lectures and passing quizzes in the Online University. To complete the online courses after the conference, you must watch the webinars in their entirety and pass the related quizzes with a 75% or better grade. The Online University courses will be available in your Restorative Medicine account after the conference. (Approved by OBNM and CONO.) If you have questions about the CE/CME credits, please email Jen Palmer, ND at [email protected].
9 General Conference Information
Registration and Information Desk Refreshments and Meals The conference registration desk is located in the North Providing good food to you is important to us. We do out best to Prefunction Area. Stop by to pick up conference materials and serve organic, fresh, and locally sourced food whenever possible, and get information or assistance with conference functions. Hours of provide vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free options at every meal. operation are: Meals and social events are as follows: Thursday, September 27...... 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 28...... 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch: Thursday and Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 29...... 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 30...... 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. AM Refreshment Breaks: Thursday-Sunday (see schedule for times) PM Refreshment Breaks: Thursday-Saturday Speaker Slides (see schedule for times) You can access the digital versions of the conference program Networking Reception: Friday from 5:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. book, speaker presentations, and other handouts provided by Kava Party: Saturday from 8:00 p.m. to 11 p.m. speakers by visiting restorativemedicine.org/VT2018 Breakfast and dinner are on your own each day. The Hilton Conference App Burlington serves a breakfast buffet and traditional breakfast Download the Quickmobile Events conference app from either selections in the Mounted Cat restaurant beginning at 6:30 a.m. each Google Play or the Apple App Store. Open the app and enter day. “Grab and go” breakfast items are available for purchase in the event ID: AIRMC16 (letters must be caps). Log in with user name bar area next to the Mounted Cat. (usually the email address used to register for the conference) and the password vermont. For more information about the app, visit Recreational Activities restorativemedicine.org/app. If you cannot use the mobile app, a (See downtown Burlington map in conference app Maps section) web version is located at https://eventapps.quickmobile.center/. Enter AIRMC16 in the search and then log in with email address and Waterfront Park is a great place to go for a stroll along the board- password vermont. walk and catch the sunset over Lake Champlain. Located at the foot of College Street, about a block from the Hilton Burlington. Exhibits Burlington’s paved bike path runs for miles along the shore of Lake Make sure to visit our exhibitors in in the Green Mountain Champlain with spectacular views around every turn. Access the Ballroom, the Adirondack Ballroom Prefunction area, and the path at Waterfront Park at the foot of College Street, about a block Montpelier Room to learn more about the cutting-edge products from the Hilton Burlington. The Hilton has several bikes available and services available to your practice. Visit with exhibitors during for hotel guests to use for free, by signing them out at the front the morning coffee and tea before the conference begins for the day, desk. Bike rentals are available at Localmotion on the waterfront at refreshment breaks and at lunch, starting at 7:30 am on Friday and near the Hilton Burlington. ending at 10:30 am on Sunday. Visit with our high-level sponsors in Shopping, restaurants, and entertainment abound at the Church the Adirondack Ballroom Prefunction area during pre-conference Street Marketplace, an outdoor pedestrian mall three blocks from day on Thursday, September 27 beginning at 7:30 am. the Hilton Burlington. Cell Phone Etiquette The Spirit of Ethan Allen cruise ship offers daily narrated tours on Please be considerate of presenters and turn your phones to Lake Champlain, leaving from its dock on the waterfront just one vibrate or “do not disturb” mode while in session. Thank you! block from the Hilton Burlington. The Vermont Comedy Club, two blocks from the Hilton Burlington, Wireless Internet offers nightly shows with local and nationally-known comedians. Wireless internet is available throughout the hotel at no charge. ECHO, the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, offers fun exhibits To log into the WiFi: and programs to inspire and engage families in the joy of scientific 1. Open Browser and Choose AT&T Wi-Fi Network discovery, wonder of nature, and care of Lake Champlain. ECHO is 2. Choose I have a coupon / promotional code, click next on the waterfront at the foot of College Street, about a block from 3. Enter Code: AARM2018 (not case sensitive) the Hilton Burlington.
10 Burlington Hilton floorplan
11 Conference Schedule
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time Speaker Event/ Course Title Location CME CE Pharm
7:30- 8:45 a.m. Registration & Exhibits Adirondack Prefunction
8:45- 9:00 a.m. Welcome Adirondack Ballroom
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Gladstar Vermont Herb Tour Off-site 0 2
9:00- 10:00 a.m. Arseneau MD and ND Collaboration: Integrative Adirondack C/D 1 1 .5 Medical Strategies for Chronic Pain
9:00- 10:00 a.m. Stansbury T3 Certification Track: Adirondack A/B 1 1 The Role of Phytosterols in Regulating Hormones
10:00-10:30 a.m. Break and Exhibits Adirondack Prefunction
10:30- 11:30 a.m. Matheson MD and ND Collaboration: Adirondack C/D 1 1 .5 Practical Approaches to Chronic Pain
10:30- 11:30 a.m. Wilson T3 Certification Track: Adirondack A/B 1 1 .5 Sub Laboratory Hypothyroidism, Part 1
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Lazar Meditation and Neuroplasticity Adirondack C/D 1 1
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Wilson T3 Certification Track: Sub Laboratory Adirondack A/B 1 1 .5 Hypothyroidism, Part 2
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch and Exhibits Adirondack Prefunction
2:00-3:00 p.m. Lazar Meditation, Trauma and Pain Adirondack C/D 1 1
2:00-3:00 p.m. Stansbury T3 Certification Track: Botanical Medicines Adirondack A/B 1 1 for Thyroid Disease
3:00-4:00 p.m. Flechas Fibroblasts as Novel Therapeutic Adirondack C/D 1 1 Targets in Chronic Inflammation
3:00-4:00 p.m. Wilson T3 Certification Track: Adirondack A/B 0 1 1 Dosing of Triiodothyronine T3
4:00-4:30p.m. Break and Exhibits Adirondack Prefunction
4:30-5:30 p.m. Zampieron T3 Certification Track: Adirondack A/B 1 1 Men’s Hormones
4:30-5:30 p.m. Flechas Boron and Inflammation Adirondack C/D 1 1
5:45-6:45-p.m. T3 Certification Exam Adirondack A/B
5:45-6:45-p.m. Beaudrow Teas and Tinctures Workshop Vermont Conference Room
* The Certification Track includes classes on optimizing body temperature and thyroid function with hormones, botanicals and nutrition.
12 Friday, September 28, 2018
Time Speaker Event/ Course Title Location CME CE Pharm
7:00-8:00 a.m. Friday Morning Yoga Vermont Conference Room Sponsored by Restorative Formulations
7:30- 8:45 a.m. Registration Green Mountain Ballroom, and Exhibits Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
8:45- 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks and Welcome Adirondack Ballroom
9:00- 11:00 a.m. Sinatra High Vibrational Living/Metabolic Adirondack Ballroom 2 2 .5 Cardiology: The Segue to Optimum Health
11:00- 11:30 a.m. Break and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Gaby 2018 Nutrition Research Updates: Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 What’s Real, What’s Dubious? Part 1
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch and Exhibits Lunch buffet in Adirondack Prefunction Lunch sponsored by Microbiome Labs
12:45-1:30 p.m. Krishnan A Clinical Update on Vitamin K2 Adirondack Ballroom
2:00-4:00 p.m. O’Hara and Burlington Herb Walk Off-Site 0 MacDougall
2:00-3:00 p.m. Petersen Think Hormones First: From Birth Lake Champlain Room 0 1 1 Trauma to Anti-Aging, A Life Time of Hormone Balance
2:00-3:00 p.m. Stadtmauer SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Over-growth) Overview, Part 1
3:00-4:00 p.m. Zampieron Pain Management Secrets of an Aging Lake Champlain Room 1 1 .5 Martial Artist: Botanical Medicine Protocols for Pain and Inflammation
3:00-4:00 p.m. Stadtmauer SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Over-growth) Overview, Part 2
4:00-4:45 p.m. Break and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
4:00-6:00 p.m. O’Hara and Burlington Herb Walk Off-Site MacDougall
4:45-5:45 p.m. Stansbury Berberine and Curcumin: Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Herbal Superstars
4:45-5:45 p.m. Hamilton The Underlying Pathology of Lake Champlain Room 0 1 Chronic Disease
5:45-7:00 p.m. Networking Reception with Exhibitors Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
13 Saturday, September 29, 2018
Time Speaker Event/ Course Title Location CME CE Pharm
7:00-8:00 a.m. Saturday Morning Yoga Vermont Conference Room Sponsored by Restorative Formulations
7:30-8:30 a.m. Networking and Exhibits
8:30- 9:30 a.m. Van Gaver Addiction Primer for the Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 1 Health Professional
8:30- 9:30 a.m. Born A Comprehensive, Integrative Lake Champlain Room 0 1 Approach to Chronic Pain
9:30- 10:30 a.m. Van Gaver Addiction Primer for the Health Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Professional (continued)
9:30- 10:30 a.m. Campbell Mold and Mycotoxins: Lake Champlain Room 1 1 The Neglected Disease
10:30-11:00 a.m. Break and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Van Gaver Addiction Primer for the Health Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Professional (continued)
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Pescatore Everyday Clinical Application of Lake Champlain Room 1 1 Telomere and Aging Support
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch and Exhibits Lunch buffet in Adirondack Prefunction
1:30-2:30 p.m. Van Gaver Addiction Primer for the Health Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 Professional (continued)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Gladstar Adaptogens and Tonic Herbs Lake Champlain Room 1 1
1:30-2:30 p.m. Poster Presentations Montpelier Room
2:30-3:30 p.m. Stansbury Opiate Addiction: Pathophysiology Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 .5 and Herbal Interventions
2:30-3:30 p.m. Penn Obesity Medicine for the Lake Champlain Room 1 1 Adolescent Patient
3:30- 4:15 p.m. Break and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
4:15 -5:15 p.m. Gaby 2018 Nutrition Research Updates: Adirondack Ballroom 1 1 What’s Real, What’s Dubious? Part 2
5:15-6:15 p.m. Beaudrow Teas and Tinctures Workshop Vermont Conference Room
8:00-11:00 p.m. Kava Dance Party Lake Champlain Room Kava drink toast at 8:00 p.m. followed by live music from Sabouyouma, a Vermont-based afro-funk band
14 Sunday, September 30, 2018
Time Speaker Event/ Course Title Location CME CE Pharm
7:00-8:00 a.m. Networking and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
8:00- 10:00 a.m. Newport Ketones as an Alternative Fuel for the Adirondack Ballroom 2 2 Brain: Medium Chain Triglycerides and Ketogenic Diets
10:00-10:30 a.m. Break and Exhibits Green Mountain Ballroom, Adirondack Prefunction and Montpelier Room
10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Penn Healing from Historical and Adirondack Ballroom 2 2 Generational Trauma, Through Movement, Mindfulness and Spirituality
12:30 p.m. Conference Ends
Total of 22 CME or CE credits/ 6 Pharmacology credits You’re Invited to the Saturday Evening Kava Dance Party Enjoy a free Kava drink toast at 8:00 p.m. hosted by Rosemary Gladstar and Dr. Eugene Zampieron, followed by live music from Sabouyouma, a Vermont-based afro-funk band. Other drinks available at the cash bar. All attendees, exhibitors, and their guests are invited. Lake Champlain Room, Mezzanine Level, Hilton Burlington
15 Conference Faculty
Leigh Arseneau, ND Andrew Campbell, MD Dr. Arseneau is a naturopathic physician who Dr. Campbell trained at the Orlando Regional specializes in integrative medicine. Based in Medical Center in Florida and at the Medical Ontario, he is the director of the Centre for College of Georgia before moving to Houston, Advanced Medicine, the chief naturopathic Texas, where he was the medical director of physician for the Canadian Center for the Medical Center for Immune and Toxic Integrative Medicine, and a medical advisor Disorders for over 20 years. He has held various for the Centre for Restorative Medicine. Dr. leadership positions in hospitals in Houston. Dr. Arseneau has worked as policy advisor for Campbell served on the admissions committee the government of Ontario. He is a member for the University of Texas Medical School of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors, the Ontario and as a faculty member. He founded the St. Association of Naturopathic Doctors, the editorial board for the John Vianney Clinic for the indigent 27 years ago. He has served as Journal of Restorative Medicine and a past peer review er for the president or vice-president of a number of medical organizations, Integrated Healthcare Practitioners Journal. Dr. Arseneau has co- both national and international. He has also been editor-in-chief, authored several research papers on the benefits of natural hormone co-editor, associate editor and on the editorial board of several therapy, essential fatty acids, thyroid treatment, and integrative pain medical journals. He is currently the editor-in-chief of two peer management. He has also conducted over 100 lectures for patients reviewed and indexed medical journals. Dr. Campbell has published and physicians alike and has appeared as a guest speaker on national over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and medical textbook and local television broadcasts. chapters.
Penelope Beaudrow, RH Jorge Flechas, MD Penelope is an educator and registered Dr. Flechas is the medical director of Flechas herbalist who earned her diploma from the Family Practice in Hendersonville, North Dominion Herbal College in British Columbia. Carolina. In addition to family practice, She has had a career with herbs for the past Dr. Flechas’ subspecialities include iodine two decades; from “the field to bottle” in all Therapy for thyroid and breast disorders, aspects of the natural products industry. She natural hormone replacement for both men is product development specialist and herbal and women, and diagnosis and treatment of educator at Faunus Herbs. Penelope is also cardiac-related issues such as coronary artery a board member of the Association for the disease, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Advancement of Restorative Medicine, moderator at the Annual Dr. Flechas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is fluent in both International Restorative Medicine Conference, and past organizer English and Spanish. He majored in physics at Southern Missionary of this conference for 10 years. She is also the founder of The Ginkgo College in Tennessee and achieved both his doctorate in medicine Tree, a small herbal business located on her family farm, Dogwood & (1977) and his masters degree in public health (1979) from Loma Brambles (designated as a United Plant Savers botanical sanctuary). Linda University in California. As an internationally sought-after speaker, Dr. Flechas regularly speaks at medical conferences. Todd Born, ND His lectures have informed many doctors on new and effective Todd A. Born is a naturopathic doctor, certified treatment protocols for a wide spectrum of medical disorders. nutrition specialist (CNS), co-owner and medical director of Born Naturopathic Associates, Inc., Alan Gaby, MD in Alameda, California. Dr. Born graduated from Dr. Gaby received his undergraduate degree Bastyr University in Seattle and completed his from Yale University, his MS in biochemistry residency at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health from Emory University, and his MD from the and its 13 teaching clinics. University of Maryland. He is past-president He has been published in Naturopathic of the American Holistic Medical Association Doctor News and Reviews, Townsend Letter, and gave expert testimony to the White Integrative Medicine Alert, Natural Medicine House Commission on Complementary and Journal and the Natural Nutmeg. He has appeared on KRON4 News, Alternative Medicine on the cost-effectiveness multiple national radio shows, and lectured as an expert for the of nutritional supplements. He is the author National Psoriasis Foundation and Arthritis Foundation, and across of numerous books and scientific papers in the field of nutritional the country at various medical conferences. medicine. He was professor of nutrition and a member of the clinical
16 faculty at Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington, from 1995 Sara Lazar, PhD to 2002. In 2011, he completed a 30-year project, the textbook Dr. Lazar is an associate researcher in the Nutritional Medicine, and has recently completed the updated second psychiatry department at Massachusetts edition of the book. General Hospital and an assistant professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School. The Rosemary Gladstar focus of her research is to elucidate the neural Rosemary Gladstar is a star figure in the field of mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects modern herbalism, internationally-renowned of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings for her technical knowledge and stewardship in and in healthy individuals. She is a contributing the global herbalist community. She has been author to Meditation and Psychotherapy learning, teaching, and writing about herbs (Guilford Press). She has been practicing yoga for over 45 years and is the author of 11 books. and mindfulness meditation since 1994. Her research has been Her work includes Medicinal Herbs; a Beginners covered by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, Guide, Herbal Healing for Women, Gladstar Herbal USA Today, CNN, and WebMD, and her work has been featured in a Recipes for Vibrant Well Being, The Science and Art of Herbalism, an display at the Boston Museum of Science. extensive home study course, and the recently-published Herbal Healing for Men. She is the founding president of United Plant Savers, Shona MacDougall, RH(AHG) and founder and former director of both the International Herb Shona is a certified clinical herbalist with 19 Symposium and The New England Women’s Herbal Conference. years of experience. She is affiliated with the She is also the co-founder and original formulator of Traditional Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism Medicinal Tea Company. Rosemary works from her home, Sage in Montpelier, Vermont and also owns Earth Mountain Herbal Retreat Center and Botanical Sanctuary — a 500- Rhythm Herbals in Middlesex, Vermont. Shona acre botanical preserve in Central Vermont (www.sagemountain. studied at the Rocky Mountain School of com). Botanical Studies in Boulder, Colorado and is a member of the American Herbalist Guild. Debby Hamilton, MD Dr. Hamilton is a board certified pediatrician Jeff Matheson, MD with a focus on treating autism and ADHD. Dr. Matheson obtained an HBSc (Biochem) After researching more than 600 references, degree from University of Western Ontario, she wrote the book Preventing Autism and followed by a his MDCM Degree (Doctor of ADHD: Controlling Risk Factors, Before, During Medicine, Master of Surgery) from McGill and After Pregnancy. Dr. Hamilton founded University in 1991. He was a full-time Holistic Pediatric Consulting in Colorado in emergency room physician for 15 years, medical 2005. Her practice used an integrative focus director of Med-Emerg, Inc. from 1998-2013, to treat chronic diseases such as autism and and is the founder of CPM Medical Clinics ADHD. Although she began treating only children, her practice led to (pain management) which became the largest treatment of parents who often have similar medical issues as their provider of pain management in Canada from 2005 to present, children. By using functional medical testing, she could evaluate setting standards to which all clinics must be certified by the the underlying mechanisms involved in chronic diseases such as College of Physicians and Surgeons Ontario. He has trained over 70 inflammation, immune deficiencies, and mitochondrial dysfunction. physicians in the practice of pain management, and established the Kiran Krishnan Headache, Migraine and Pain Treatment Centre in Ajax in October 2013 — a new, non-narcotic approach to pain management using Kiran is a microbiologist who has been involved neuroplasticity principles. in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 15 years. He comes from a traditional research background having spent Mary Newport, MD several years with hands-on R&D in the fields of Dr. Newport grew up in Cincinnati and was molecular medicine and microabiology at the educated at Xavier University and University University of Iowa. Over the past 10 years Kiran of Cincinnati College of Medicine, both in has focused his knowledge and experience on Cincinnati. She is board certified in pediatrics developing unique and effective nutritional and neonatology, and completed her training at products for well-known brands in the dietary supplement market. Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, and Medical University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She practiced neonatology in Florida for 30 years and was founding medical
17 director of two newborn intensive care units in the Tampa Bay area. Fred Pescatore, MD Dr. Newport currently provides home visits to sick and homebound After graduating from medical school at patients in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Dr. Newport was caregiver Columbia University, Dr. Pescatore studied for 15 years for her husband Steve Newport, who suffered from early in Southeast Asia, India, Japan, Africa, and onset Alzheimer’s disease and died in January 2016. She is author of Europe. Prior to opening his own practice, three books: Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story for five years, Dr. Pescatore was the associate of Ketones; The Coconut Oil and Low Carb Solution for Alzheimer’s, medical director of The Atkins Center for Parkinson’s and Other Diseases; and The Complete Book of Ketones Complementary Medicine working with Dr. which will be published in 2019. She has been an invited speaker Robert C. Atkins. He is a consultant for many throughout the USA, Canada, Australia, and countries in Europe and dietary supplement companies and has been Asia on the subject of ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain. instrumental in developing and clinically testing many of the leading nutritional products. He is the former president of the International Erin O’Hara and American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists, a member of the Erin’s history with plants goes back to 1997, American College for the Advancement of Medicine, and belongs to when he began an herbal apprenticeship many other professional organizations. in British Columbia. Later he attended the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine Carol Petersen, RPh in Ithaca, NY and The Ayurvedic Institute Carol is an accomplished compounding pharma- in Albuquerque, NM. A fascination with cist with decades of experience helping patients the medicinal properties of herbs quickly improve their quality of life through bioidentical expanded into a love affair with gardening. hormone replacement therapy with Women’s Over the years Erin has studied permaculture International Pharmacy. She graduated from at The Fingerlakes Permaculture Institute, the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy Yestermorrow, and Prospect Rock Permaculture. He also completed and is a certified nutritional practitioner. Carol’s the Master Gardener course with UVM extension. He is currently passion to optimize health and commitment medical herbalist at Restorative Formulations and the owner of Turtle to compounding is evident in her involvement Hill Native Plants in Montpelier, Vermont. with organizations including the International College of Integrated Medicine and the American College of Apothecaries. She was also the Carol Penn, DO founder and first chair for the Compounding Special Interest Group Dr. Penn, board certified in family medicine with the American Pharmacists Association. and osteopathic manipulative medicine, brings more than 20 years of experience and expertise Stephen Sinatra, MD in mind-body medicine and the movement Dr. Sinatra is a board-certified cardiologist and sciences. Her diverse education includes a BS an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the in dance education from New York University, University of Connecticut School of Medicine MA in humanities from New York University, in Farmington, Connecticut. He is certified and DO from Rowan University in Stratford, as a bioenergetic psychotherapist, and is a New Jersey. Dr. Penn most recently served as nutrition and anti-aging specialist. In 1987, Dr. the acting medical director for quality community health care, a Sinatra founded the New England Heart Center. federally qualified health center in Philadelphia, and is currently Through it, he became a well-known advocate a staff physician with Integrated Medical Alliance of Shrewsbury, of combining conventional medical treatments New Jersey. During her residency in family medicine, she served as for heart disease with complementary chief resident in family practice medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital/ nutritional, anti-aging, and psychological therapies. He is the founder North Philadelphia Hospital System (2012-2013). She has also been of heartmdinstitute.com, an informational website dedicated to a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, promoting public awareness of integrative medicine as well as Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine; a faculty member vervana.com a website focused on high vibrational living and foods. at the Center for Mind Body Medicine, Washington, DC; mind-body skills group facilitator; nationally certified health, wellness, and Mike Stadtmauer, ND fitness coach (Wellcoaches Inc.); certified yoga instructor; member Dr. Stadtmauer received his doctorate in of the National QiGong Association; reiki master/teacher; and health naturopathic medicine, as well as a masters of correspondent for WURD900 AM radio. science in oriental medicine, from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 2000. He has served as clinic director and classroom instructor at Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine in North
18 Carolina and maintained a private practice there before relocating Denis Wilson, MD to Vermont in 2010. He is currently the owner and director of Dr. Wilson graduated from the University of Vermont Naturopathic Clinic in South Burlington and offers primary South Florida College of Medicine in 1985 and and specialist naturopathic services focused on helping people trained in family practice. Dr. Wilson specializes understand and treat their GI, thyroid/adrenal, and auto-immune in optimizing peripheral thyroid function, body disorders from a root cause and naturopathic perspective. temperature, and well-being. Working with more than 5,000 patients, he has developed Jill Stansbury, ND a new simplified paradigm for thyroid Dr. Stansbury has practiced in Southwestern management and was the first doctor to use Washington for more than 25 years specializing sustained-release liothyronine. Over 20 years, he in women’s health, mental health, and chronic has educated more than 2,500 physicians about the use of sustained- disease. Dr. Stansbury is the former chair of the release liothyronine for patients with symptoms of low thyroid and Botanical Medicine Program at the National low body temperature despite having normal blood tests. His novel University of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, treatment of using sustained-release T3 is now standard of care with Oregon, and remains on the faculty teaching a subsection of physicians practicing complementary and alternative natural products chemistry, botanical influences medicine and his work is being taught in naturopathic medical on cell biology, ethnobotany field courses, and schools. Dr. Wilson is the author of three books, including the other miscellaneous topics in herbal medicine. She is publishing a extensively referenced Evidence-Based Approach to Restoring Thyroid new series of herbal reference books titled Herbal Formularies for Health. He is also the co-founder of an herbal supplement company Health Professionals. She writes for numerous professional journals that focuses on restoring health with certified organic formulas. plus teaches around the country at a variety of medical and herbal conferences. She frequently travels to the Peruvian Amazon, Eugene R. Zampieron, ND, MH, RH studying South American plants and working with various tribes in (AHG) the jungles of Manu and Iquitos. Dr. Zampieron has almost 30 years of experience as a licensed naturopathic physician, Aaron Van Gaver, ND professional herbalist, tropical ethnobotanical Dr. Van Gaver completed his undergraduate researcher, botanical formulations inventor, degree in biomedical toxicology at the professor, educator, internationally known University of Guelph where he worked in the author, lecturer, spokesman, and radio pharmaceutical industry as a pharmaceutical personality. His most recent book is titled chemist for a short period of time. Following Supplements for Pain: Comprehensive Natural Help for Arthritis, this, he completed his naturopathic medicine Fibromyalgia and other Inflammatory Conditions. Dr. Z, as he is known diploma from the Canadian College of to his students and audiences, is one of the founding fathers of the Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, which then University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine, the first brought him to Vancouver for a two-year accredited naturopathic medical college on the US Eastern seaboard. associateship. He taught at BINM as faculty chair. He also earned a Dr. Z has trained hundreds of naturopathic doctors and physicians CCAC (Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor) in Vancouver. He internationally with his encyclopedic knowledge of plants and is currently practices family medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia, steward of the college’s medicinal plant garden. and trains physicians in addiction counseling with his program Project Starlight.
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Thursday September 27 4. Understand how phytosterols interact with hormone receptors. 9:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. 5. Review the research on phytoestrogen safety and cancer risk. Vermont Herb Tour 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. 2 CE (0 CME) Sub Laboratory Hypothyroidism Rosemary Gladstar This is a full day tour of 2 herb farms in Vermont, including 2 hours 2 CME/2 CE- 1 Pharmacology CE of educational tours of the farm with Rosemary and the farm Denis Wilson, MD owners. Rosemary will review the basic pharmacology principles Recent research has demonstrated that much more regulation of the for adaptogens, nervines, alteratives and carminitives. She will thyroid system occurs in the periphery than previously thought. The discuss the differences between standardized extracts and whole hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is responsible for maintaining herbs, and the various herb extraction methods. She will review the an appropriate level of thyroid hormones that the cells can use to actions, contraindications and dosing for many of the herbs found provide for normal metabolism. Just as vital, recent research has on the farms, including nettle, rosemary, ashwagandha, blue flag, uncovered thyroid signaling pathways that regulate the thyroid goldenseal and lavender. system on a cellular level. The ubiquitin proteasome system controls the level of deiodinase enzyme, thereby determining T4 to T3 Goals and Objectives: conversion. All this crucial intracellular activity is not measured by 1. Understand the herb category adaptogen, and what type of thyroid blood tests. This might explain why some people have low plants are included. body temperatures and symptoms of low thyroid function that may 2. Understand the herb category nervines, and what type of warrant the empirical use of T3. plants are included. 3. Understand the herb category alteratives, and what type of Presentation Goals and Objectives: plants are included. 1. Describe the physiology of thyroid hormone pathways and 4. Review the actions and safety of various herbs which are avail- body temperature able to view on the farm tours. 2. Name 3 intracellular signaling pathways that direct the conver- 5. Share herbal formula recipes. sion of T4 to T3 3. Understand the intracellular physiology of thyroid hormones T3 Certification Track 4. Explain when and why or why not T3 might be desirable as an empirical treatment 9:00-10:00 a.m. 5. Understand the risks of T3 and the safety concerns of the The Role of Phytosterols in Regulating Hormones American Thyroid Association regarding the use of T3 1 CME/1 CE Jillian Stansbury, ND 2:00-3:00 p.m. Phytosterols are present in a wide variety of botanical medicines Botanical Medicines for Thyroid Disease and plant foods. These chemical compounds are similar to steroidal 1 CME/ 1 CE hormones found naturally in humans. There are proven benefits to using plant-sourced sterols to balance women’s hormones, Jillian Stansbury, ND particularly in menopause, breast cancer and PCOS. This presentation This session will present current research on botanical medicines will review the science that has expanded our understanding about aimed at regulating thyroid function. Agents that improve various phytosterols and the best possible clinical applications. hypothyroid function by increasing iodine uptake and synthesize thyroid hormones will be reviewed, along with agents known to Goals and Objectives: block excessive stimulation of the thyroid in cases of excessive TSH 1. Review the research that elucidates the biochemical actions of production, or thyroid auto-antibodies. Nutritional and botanical phytosterols evidence- based protocols for a variety of common thyroid 2. Review plants that contain isoflavones, coumestans, genistein, conditions seen in clinical practice will be shared. This presentation steroidal saponins and other phytosterols. will review the signs and symptoms of adrenal disorders and identify 3. Gain an understanding of how phytoestrogens can balance HPA axis dysfunction. Synergism between the adrenal and the hormones and respond appropriately to deficiencies or thyroid gland, and the “cross talk” between all the endocrine organs excesses. will be addressed as an important aspect of treating thyroid diseases.
21 Goals and Objectives: 3. Review the causes of “andropause”. 1. Review fundamentals of endocrinology and learn how to 4. Provide protocols for optimal prostate health. identify HPA dysregulation and blood sugar regulation 5. Provide nutritional and herbal protocols for enhanced through lab tests and clinical evaluation longevity and libido in aging men. 2. Research review of herbs and nutrients and effect on cortisol secretion and adrenal function. Pain Management Track 3. Review of research and evidence-based treatments to restore 9:00-10:00 a.m. the neuroendocrine system. MD and ND Collaboration: Integrative Medical 4. Help patients understand specific lifestyle adjustments that will support balance within the HPA axis. Strategies for Chronic Pain 5. Develop a collection of natural treatments for thyroid, glucose 1 CME/ 1CE .5 Pharmacology and adrenal support Leigh Arseneau, ND 6. Understand evidence-based management of these conditions One of the top ten reasons patients see a physician is for chronic pain, yet it is one of the most challenging conditions to overcome. 3:00-4:00 p.m. It’s important that physicians offer alternatives to opioids that can Dosing of Triiodothyronine T3 effectively manage pain. This is an opportunity for naturopathic and 0 CME/ 1 CE- 1 Pharmacology CE medical doctors to work together to identify the true source of pain and create a protocol which blends both modalities. Denis Wilson, MD Dr. Arseneau will provide a template for reviewing and assessing A simple protocol for the empirical use of T3 in patients with low systems to identify the underlying sources of chronic pain. He will body temperatures and normal thyroid blood tests will be presented. present an example of an integrative model and how patients flow Crucial principles of dosing and management that are specific to T3 through a ND- MD workup to assess neuropathic and inflammatory therapy will be discussed, focusing on maximizing the benefit while pain. He will share an evidence- based review of how they assess, minimizing the risk of T3 therapy. Doctors will learn how cycling collaborate, decide on treatment order and incorporate drugs with patients on and off T3 can often reset the body temperature so natural products. He will identify the baseline tests and specialized that the temperature and symptoms often remained improved off labs to conduct, including genomics. He will present treatment medicine. This “resetting phenomenon” is a hallmark of T3 therapy protocols for effective, evidence-based novel natural therapeutics. for Wilson’s Syndrome. Transitioning patients from T4-containing medicine to T3 will also be discussed. Goals and Objectives: 1. Learn how to incorporate an effective multi-discliplinary (ND- Goals and Objectives: MD) model for complex, chronic pain patients 1. Understand the wide range of medical conditions that can be 2. Overview of a robust system’s biology approach and affected by body temperature and T3 assessment 2. Understand the intracellular physiology of thyroid hormones 3. Evaluation and assessment of standard and specialized 3. Explain when and why T3 might be desirable as an empirical laboratory tests to include in chronic pain based on research treatment 4. Evidence based review of novel and effective natural products 4. Understand the risks of T3 and the concerns of the American for common pain complaints Thyroid Association regarding the use of T3 5. Case studies on neuropathic, inflammatory pain and headaches 4:30- 5:30 p.m. Men’s Health 10:00- 11:00 a.m. 1 CME/1 CE 1 CME/ 1 CE .5 Pharmacology Eugene Zampieron, ND MD and ND Collaboration: Practical Approaches to This presentation will explore several facets of men’s health, Chronic Pain including natural options to increase testosterone levels, herbs and Jeff Matheson, MD nutrients for prostate health, and supporting libido in aging men. Dr. Matheson will present an evidence based integrative model Dr. Zampieron will review the common symptoms of age-related for treating headaches and migraines. He will present case studies testosterone decline, and review the natural therapies to restore based on decades of experience, published research, and share what healthy hormone levels. really works. He’ll present protocols using nutritional interventions, botox, and nerve blocks. He will review the science and nutritional Goals and Objectives: biochemistry of omega fats and nutrients for treating chronic pain. 1. Review research on botanical medicines and nutrients to enhance testosterone levels in men. 2. Review best testing methods for assessing men’s hormone health.
22 Goals and Objectives: 3:00-4:00 p.m. 1. Learn how to incorporate an effective multi-discliplinary (ND- Fibroblasts as Novel Therapeutic Targets in MD) model for complex, chronic pain patients Chronic Inflammation 2. Overview of a robust system’s biology approach and assess- ment 1 CME/1 CE 3. Evaluation and assessment of standard and specialized labora- Jorge Flechas, MD tory tests to include in chronic pain based on research Fibroblasts are part of the family of connective tissue cells, a group 4. Evidence based review of novel and effective natural products of cells which are important to repair every tissue and organ in for common pain complaints the body. Fibroblasts are essential for life; they are a source for 5. Case studies on neuropathic, inflammatory pain and head- growth factors, but when overactive, can trigger inflammation and aches pain in many conditions. Excessive fibroblast activity can trigger angiogenesis, and is linked to increased risk of breast cancer, ovarian 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 2:00-3:00 p.m. cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and liver cirrhosis. Dr. Flechas will present natural ingredients which can help moderate Meditation and Neuroplasticity (part 1) and Medi- fibroblast activity and reduce pain and inflammation. tation, Trauma and Pain (part 2) 2 CME/2 CE Goals and Objectives: Sara Lazar PhD 1. Review the research identifying fibroblasts as a source of Mindfulness meditation has been gaining popularity over the past inflammation and pain few decades, and now commonly appears in corporate settings and 2. Examine how fibroblasts secrete growth factors, which when other mainstream venues. Despite increasing understanding and reacting with other cells can convert them to cancerous cells. acceptance, it is sometimes the subject of misinformation, misplaced 3. Identify conditions related to excess fibroblast activity, such as expectations, and occasional disappointment. Fortunately, research fatty liver disease, fibrocystic breasts, fibromylagia and prosta- is helping scientists better understand how mindfulness works, and titis. what to expect from practicing mindful meditation. In this engaging 4. Review research indicating that overactive fibroblasts stimu- presentation, Dr. Lazar will share her firsthand research experience late angiogenesis and ultimately cancer. on the topic, and present evidence- based information about how 5. Review research on natural ingredients related to reducing mindfulness meditation can impact brain structure and function. fibroblast activity, thus inflammation. The focus of part one will be on the use of mindfulness for treating anxiety and depression specifically. In part two, Dr. Lazar will discuss 4:30- 5:30 p.m. the use of mindfulness techniques to address chronic pain. She Boron and Inflammation will demonstrate several neuroimaging studies that have begun to 1 CME/1 CE elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the effects. The data presented will clearly show that meditation uses very different Jorge Flechas, MD neural pathways as compared to placebo, distraction, and cognitive Boron is a metalloid element with similar properties to silicon. It restructuring. Attendees will enjoy a short experiential guided is best known for its role in bone health because of its effects on meditation session to better understand how to apply the concepts steroid hormones. It is essential for human function, as it is crucial in clinical practice. for enzyme regulation, plant growth and cell wall synthesis. There is evidence that dietary boron helps control normal inflammation, Goals and Objectives: and suppresses signals which downregulate enzyme activities. This 1. Describe brain activity during mindfulness meditation presentation will review the research exploring the role of boron in 2. Identify brain regions that exhibit long lasting changes in brain reducing inflammation and its clinical applications. structure following mindfulness training 3. Describe neural mechanisms associated with mindfulness Goals and Objectives: mediated anxiety reduction 1. Review the physiology of boron as an enzymatic co-factor 4. Describe neural mechanisms associated with mindfulness 2. Establish that boron is an essential nutrient mediated reductions in depressive symptoms 3. Review research indicating that boron plays an important role 5. Discuss how mindfulness by the clinician can impact clinical in regulating inflammation outcome. 4. Review the role of boron in wound healing 6. Identify brain activity during mindful awareness of painful stimuli 7. Differentiate mindfulness from other forms of behavioral pain management neurobiologically and behaviorally 8. Describe ways in which mindfulness can be used in clinical settings to help treat pain
23 Friday September 28 literature as the basis for substantiation. 2. Examine vitamin D research to determine safe, recommended 9:00-11 a.m. dosing 3. Examine new research revealing nutritional therapies in a High Vibrational Living: The Segue to clinical setting. Optimum Health 4. Review nutrient dosing protocols and potential contraindica- 2 CME/2 CE .5 Pharmacology tions. Stephen Sinatra, MD Dr. Stephen Sinatra, board certified cardiologist, will present the 12:45- 1:30 p.m. emerging field of metabolic cardiology, a perspective which aims to Lunch sponsored by Microbiome Labs treat heart conditions at the cellular level. Using food and individual A Clinical Update on Vitamin K2 nutrients, physicians can provide the body with essential building blocks for energy production and heart repair. Dr. Sinatra offers a 0 CME/ CE unique blend of energetics and evidence-based medicine to restore Kiran Krishnan cardiac function. He presents scientific research on nutrients such Vitamin K2, the most recently recognized vitamin in the Western a coQ10, carnitine and ribose and how they restore mitochondrial world is now achieving recognition as an omnipotent nutrient that function. exerts control and function in virtually every tissue type in our body, including the digestive tract. Dozens of large scale studies have Goals and Objectives: clearly illustrated its role in bone health, heart health via calcification, 1. Learn how optimal nutrition provides the basic foundation for cancer and diabetes. It acts as an “activator” or carboxylating agent the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. to activate key vitamin K dependent proteins. Considering that the 2. Discuss some of the most popular nutritional trials demon- western population is sub-clinically deficient in vitamin K2, what strating significant efficacy in coronary heart disease preven- impact is this having on our health? Additionally, we will discuss tion. new discoveries in the function of vitamin K2 in the body by going 3. Learn why olive oil is the secret sauce of the Mediterranean beyond its well-known roles as a carboxylating vitamin in bone diet. health and heart health. These new discoveries will further illustrate 4. Discover the new triad of bioenergetic energy in cardiac the dangers we face in the Western world- a population that is sub- health – Coenzyme 10, D-ribose, and L-carnitine and how they clinically deficient in vitamin K2. contribute to improving quality of life. 5. Define the complex role of energy and the heart. 2:00-3:00 p.m. 6. Learn how targeted nutraceuticals can help people survive Think Hormones First: From Birth Trauma to heart disease and “buy time” for intrinsic stem cell renewal. Anti-Aging, A Lifetime of Hormone Balance 0 CME/ 1 CE 1 Pharmacology CE 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Carol Petersen, RPh (Part 2 on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 4:15- 5:15 p.m.) We have, at long last, started to recognize that we can evaluate 2018 Nutrition Updates: and support faltering hormone production as we age. However, What’s Real, What’s Dubious? diminished hormone production or disruption can occur throughout 2 CME/2 CE the lifetime. We haven’t found the underlying causes because we Alan R. Gaby, MD haven’t looked. Considering and evaluating hormone deficiencies The presentation will focus on recently published clinically relevant and excesses should be as standard as performing blood chemistries, research on the use of dietary modifications and nutritional differentials, and lipids. This presentation is intended to explain supplements for the prevention and treatment of various physical the benefits of routine hormone evaluation, and offer insights for and mental disorders. A review of evidence-based research will be hormone interventions that may prevent years of patient suffering. used to support or dispute current nutritional approaches typically Participants should be able to: used by integrative medicine practitioners. Topics to be discussed • Identify which hormone deficiencies cause pain. include: the role of iron deficiency in heart failure; the use of • Understand why patients should be evaluated for hormone niacinamide for the prevention of skin cancer; the role of gluten imbalances before being referred to psychiatry. intolerance in nephrotic syndrome; controversies in high dose • Understand why prolonged HPA axis damage occurs with iodine and blood type diets; and dietary factors for the prevention of traumatic brain injury at any age. osteoporosis. • Identify when hormone imbalances precipitate cognition loss leading to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Goals & Objectives: • Understand that addressing hormone deficiencies may be a 1. Discuss controversies in nutrition, using published scientific key component in autoimmune disease recovery.
24 2:00-4:00 p.m. studies for treating pain without pharmaceuticals. SIBO Overview 2 CME/2 CE Goals and Objectives: 1. Recall and discuss phytopharmacognosy, pharmacology, Michael Stadtmauer, ND posology, and summarize research studies supporting the use This presentation will provide an overview of the pathophysiology, of key botanicals, used to manage pain, trauma, and injury etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of SIBO- Small Intestinal Bacterial 2.Develop a non-pharmacologic individual treatment plan for Overgrowth. Recent published research will be presented to provide a patient with rheumatological pain and disability, such as the attendee with clinically useful information. A large portion of osteoarthritis of the knee. the lecture will be devoted to understanding the role of diet in the 3. Identify and categorize the types of pain syndromes. etiology, treatment and management of SIBO. We will examine 4. Review research on individual herbs and nutrients for reducing diet as treatment, diet for symptom relief and diet as a long term inflammation and pain. management and prevention strategy. The elemental diet, the 5. Discern which conditions may need to be co-managed with SCD diet, the FODMAP diet and others will be covered in terms of natural therapies and pharmacological medications. understanding why those diets are helpful in SIBO cases and how best to utilize them practice. 4:45-5:45 p.m. Goals and Objectives: Berberine and Curcumin: Herbal Superstars 1. The attendee will be able to understand the basic etiology and 1 CME/1 CE pathophysiology of SIBO Jillian Stansbury, ND 2. The attendee will become familiar with the treatment options Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes are all for SIBO leading causes of death in the United States. Combined, these 3. The attendee will become familiar with the diagnosis of SIBO conditions kill over 1.25 million Americans annually. Berberine and 4. The attendee will be able to understand how to use diet as curcumin are two botanical medicine extracts which have shown treatment for SIBO promise to be beneficial based on published clinical research. These 5. The attendee will be able to understand how to use diet for alkaloid based botanicals are among the most researched herbs with prevention and management of SIBO the most extensive historical use. This presentation will review the clinical applications of these promising herbs, including the potential 3:00-4:00 p.m. drug interactions, contraindications, dosage and safety issues that Pain Management Secrets: Botanical Medicine physicians need to be aware of. Protocols for Pain and Inflammation Goals and Objectives: 1 CME/1 CE .5 Pharmacology 1. Review the research supporting the chemopreventative effects Eugene Zampieron, ND of curcumin and berberine. Whether it’s the elite athlete who tears their ACL, the weekend 2. Review the research on the cardiovascular supporting actions warrior with delayed onset muscle soreness, or the senior with of berberine and curcumin. osteoarthritis — injury and pain are part of life. For the majority 3. Review research on the neuroprotective effects of berberine of consumers, OTC and prescription NSAIDS, topical menthol and curcumin. preparations (which merely mask the pain), lidocaine patches, 4. Review the research evaluating berberine and curcumin bio- diclofenac sodium, tramadol and opioids are used with reckless availability, and which methods successfully improve it. abandon and have potential for serious side effects, interactions, 5. Inform practitioners of potential drug interactions, contraindi- nutrient deficiencies, and worse — addiction. Dr. Zampieron knows cations, dosage and safety issues for curcumin and berberine firsthand about the challenges of managing pain and based on extracts. his personal experiences, he has created natural pain protocols for himself and his patients to help avoid the typical ‘pharma-pitfalls.’ 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dr. Zampieron will discuss how to categorize pain and injury into distinct classes so the practitioner can best choose a herbal protocol The Underlying Pathology of Chronic Disease for the patient. After discussing individual herbs and their chemistry, 0 CME/ 1 CE he will delve into formulas for herbal ice, botanical pain patches, Debby Hamilton, MD, MPH liniments, and effective but forgotten pain formulas developed by As chronic disease rates continue to soar, practitioners need new the Eclectic physicians in the 1800s (when opioids were indicated methods for helping patients. Targeting symptoms can work for but could not be tolerated by the patient). He will review effective short-term issues but not in long standing illness. Understanding the nutraceuticals studied at major universities to deal effectively with underlying mechanisms involved in disease development offers long pain, trauma, and injury. Dr. Zampieron will provide step-by-step term prevention and treatment strategies. As research focuses more protocol handouts for clinicians, and use his personal stories as case on pathology than symptoms of disease, the interaction between
25 mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation has 8:30- 9:30 a.m. been repeatedly shown to be a major factor. Luckily integrative A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach to medicine offers treatments able to support mitochondrial function, Chronic Pain combat oxidative stress and inflammation, along with improving 0 CME/ 1 CE antioxidant status in the body. Todd Born, ND Objectives: Chronic pain affects more than 100 million people in the United 1. Discuss the increase in rates of chronic diseases in adults and States and accounts for 20 percent of outpatient visits, 12 percent children of all prescriptions, and over 100 billion dollars in direct and indirect 2. Describe the biologic basis underlying most chronic diseases expenses. It also comprises 20 to 50 percent of patients seen including mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflam- in primary care. A comprehensive pain evaluation is essential to mation, and antioxidant depletion developing an effective treatment plan. Those individuals with 3. Discuss a change in treating disease not by diagnosis but by complicated pain pictures, particularly those who are heavily pathology causing the symptoms medicated, need a strong, integrated team to improve outcomes and 4. Review research studies on the connection between these quality of life. pathologic mechanisms and chronic diseases including persistent infections, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alz- Goals and Objectives: heimer’s and autism, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic 1. Understand the different types of pain, along with common disease among others causes. 5. Learn treatment options for decreasing the underlying patho- 2. Treatment options for chronic pain generally fall into six major logic mechanisms in chronic disease categories: pharmacologic, physical medicine, behavioral medicine, neuromodulation, interventional, and surgical Saturday, September 29, 2018 approaches 3. Optimal patient outcomes often result from multiple ap- proaches utilized in concert, coordinated via a multidisci- 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. (4 hours total, with breaks) plinary team. Addiction Primer for the Health Professional 4. Discuss most common evidence-based pharmacological and 4 CME/4 CE- 1 Pharmacology non-pharmacological options to improve patient outcomes Aaron Van Gaver, ND and quality of life. This presentation will focus on understanding addiction from a physiological and anatomical perspective. Participants will learn 9:30- 10:30 a.m. what the dopamine reward system is and how addiction changes Mold and Mycotoxins: The Neglected Disease the structure and function of a healthy brain. Dr. Van Gaver will 1 CME/ 1 CE present an evidence based review on how neurotransmitters are Andrew Campbell, MD produced, and how important they are for understanding mental This evidence-based lecture reviews the health consequences of illness and addiction. We will review current standard medical mold exposure and sources of mycotoxins. What are the best tests treatments, and examine the detoxification process for all the and clinical signs and symptoms used to help in diagnosing health substances, including what types of rehabilitation facilities offer this conditions caused by mycotoxins. This presentation will explain how in the inpatient/outpatient programs. Lastly, this presentation will mold exposure affects the gut, causes excess inflammation and how review the research on natural supportive treatment options for the mycotoxins can cause cancer. The final section focuses on treatment, addict- starting with vitamins, minerals and amino acids, and going including supplements and probiotics to repair mycotoxin damage. into botanical herbs, and acupuncture. Extensive handouts will be provided on the conference link. Goals and Objectives: 1. Be able to differentiate whether a patient is suffering from Goals and Objectives: Lyme disease or mycotoxicosis based on clinical symptoms 1. Evidence based review of the role of neurotransmitters in and lab tests. addiction 2. Identify the most accurate tests to use for diagnosing mycotox- 2. Identifying patients who may have addictions using question- in related illnesses. naires 3. Review research identifying treatment modalities using natural 3. Overview of current standard treatments and medicines supplements. 4. Evidence based review on natural treatments to support 4. Evidence based review of probiotics to evaluate their role in addiction recovery treating mycotoxicosis. 5. Counseling and maintenance for post-recovery addicts
26 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 2:30- 3:30 p.m. Everyday Clinical Application of Telomere and Opiate Addiction: Pathophysiology and Aging Support Herbal Interventions 1 CME/1 CE 1 CME/1 CE .5 Pharmacology Fred Pescatore, MD, MPH, CCN Jillian Stansbury, ND This presentation will review the biochemistry of methylation, There are at least 4 million opiate addicts in the US alone and at as well as mitochondrial actions and the functions of telomeres. least 1.5 million Americans undergo treatment for heroin addiction Dr. Pescatore will explain how the process of aging is accelerated annually. The success rate for treatment is just 2- 5%, and as a when these three actions are disrupted. He will provide a review result, there are approximately 30-40,000 opiate- associated deaths of a specific form of folic acid which helps overcome methylation per year in the US. The CDC reports that opiate sales, hospital flaws, and the supporting nutrients required to maintain an effective admissions, and opiate overdose deaths have tripled in the last 30 methylation cycle and how that interacts with telomere activity. He’ll years and now exceed motor vehicle deaths per year. Opiate drugs explain the factors which can impact mitochondrial functionality bind opiate receptors and activate the “reward” sensation, and and steps for prevention. By supporting nutrition and diet, a three unfortunately, can become top priority. As tolerance develops, the pronged approach can help slow the aging process. addict increases dosages and changes to increasingly dangerous forms of opioid drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. To effectively Goals and Objectives: help the recovering addict, it’s critical to address the underlying 1. Review the function of mitochondria. pathologies which led to the addiction. By supporting endogenous 2. Examine the role of telomeres and DNA protection, and neurotransmitters, blocking opiate receptors, and supporting provide research which demonstrates how lack of telomerase adrenal function, it is possible to help reduce some of the symptoms activity can shorten DNA strands. experienced during withdrawal. 3. Review the nutrients utilized in the methylation cycle. 4. Provide research which identifies the optimal forms of nutri- Goals and Objectives: ents to support methylation. 1. Review the pathophysiology of opiate addiction. 5. Examine the role of telomeres in the aging process. 2. Understand the mechanisms of the opiate system. 3. Review the evidence based use of botanical medicine to lessen 1:30- 2:30 p.m. the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Adaptogens and Tonic Herbs 4. Review the botanical extracts which bind to opiate receptors. 1 CME/ 1 CE 5. Review the preparatory steps to take when helping an addict transition. Rosemary Gladstar Rosemary will discuss herbs used around the world that have 2:30- 3:30 p.m. earned a reputation for improving and maintaining energy, vitality, and health. She will review the clinical and animal research that Obesity Medicine for the Adolescent Patient supports the long history of use for these herbs and identifies their 1 CME/ 1 CE mechanism of action. The adaptogenic/tonic herbs are also the Carol Penn, DO foundation of many health protocols for both acute and chronic In this presentation, Dr. Penn will define pediatric obesity and disorders. Special considerations concerning those in their aging provide insight on the epidemiology of pediatric obesity as it relates years will be addressed, including herbs for improving eyesight, to the adolescent. She will help define pediatric weight loss goals digestion, bone health, and sexual wellbeing. Rosemary will share in the adolescent population. The attendee will learn the stages of extraction methods, dosing and recipes for longevity and wellbeing. intervention when treating an adolescent child with obesity. Goals and Objectives: 1. Review ten adaptogenic and tonic herbs- presenting clinical Goals and Objectives: uses and supporting research. 1. Learn how to screen for adolescent obesity 2. Review the mechanisms of action for adaptogenic herbs based 2. Review the recommended exams and labs on scientific support. 3. Review the psycho-social implications of childhood obesity 3. Review the traditional and modern clinical applications of 4. Context for BMI charts in adolescent obesity adaptogens and tonics in botanical medicine. 5. Review intervention approaches for obesity 4. Understanding the differences and similarity between tonic botanicals and adaptogens. 5. Applications for adaptogens and tonics as food and medicine, including recipes and botanical formulas.
27 4:15- 5:15 p.m. 2. The participant will learn the connections between diabetes, 2018 Nutrition Updates: excessive sugar intake, and dementia. What’s Real, What’s Dubious? Part 2 3. The participant will learn the similarities and differences between the classic ketogenic diet originally used for epilepsy, Alan R. Gaby, MD the modifications of the ketogenic diet, the Paleo diet and (see description from Friday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) Mediterranean diet. 4. The participant will learn the potential applications of the Sunday September 30, 2018 concept of ketones as alternative fuel to the brain and other organs to other conditions such as Parkinson’s, other neurode- 8:00-10:00 a.m. generative diseases, diabetes and cancer. Ketones as an Alternative Fuel for the Brain: 5. The participant will learn additional strategies for increasing Medium Chain Triglycerides and Ketogenic Diets ketone levels, including overnight and intermittent fasting, 2 CME/2 CE exercise, caffeine, branched chain amino acids. And use of exogenous ketone supplements, such as ketone salts and Mary Newport, MD ketone esters Ketones are an alternative fuel to glucose for the brain and the 6. The participant will learn the difference between ketosis and brain is capable of easily switching from burning glucose to ketones ketoacidosis. during fasting, starvation, with ketogenic diets, and use of medium chain triglycerides and exogenous ketone supplements. The classic ketogenic diet began use as a successful treatment for drug resistant 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. childhood epilepsy in the early 1920s and is still in use today for Healing from Historical and Generational Trauma, that purpose and more recently to treat other conditions such as Through Movement, Mindfulness and Spirituality Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, other neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, 2 CME/2 CE and cancer. The Paleo and Mediterranean diets are technically not Carol A. Penn, DO ketogenic diets but can easily provide the foundation for a ketogenic The first tenet of Osteopathic Medicine is that the body is a self- diet. regulating unit, composed of mind, body, and spirit. Persons who Alzheimer’s is a type of diabetes of the brain, but the person are living with or who have inherited historical and generational does not necessarily have type 1 or 2 diabetes as well. While there trauma often hide in their bodies hurt, humiliation, fear, and shame. is decreased glucose uptake in the areas of the brain affected by This manifests itself in a myriad of physical signs and symptoms Alzheimer’s, ketone uptake is normal in those same areas of the ranging from obesity, depression, headaches, anxiety or may take on brain, therefore, a potential treatment is to provide ketones as an addictive qualities and show up as substance abuse, alcohol abuse, alternative fuel to the brain. A case report will be presented as an perhaps binging on sex, gambling and food. These conditions may example of this approach, as well as series of caregiver reports. Small be difficult to fully resolve without understanding their origin. studies of the use of the ketogenic diet or ketogenic foods, such as This presentation reviews evidence- based approaches which MCT oil, have been reported with positive results for Alzheimer’s and help create a safe place to let these deep wounds be explored and larger studies are in progress. released, using modalities such as meditation, deep breathing, Other strategies to increase ketone levels will be discussed and movement. Research shows that by addressing the deeper including exercise, overnight and intermittent fasting, branched underlying causes of physical symptoms, it sets the stage for chain amino acids, caffeine and exogenous ketone supplements, transformation and healing by connecting mind, body and spirit. such as ketone salts and ketone esters (will be presented We will also review the United Nations 17 Goals for Sustainable generically). Differences between medium chain and longer chain Development, which includes: addressing issues of education, triglycerides will be discussed, as well as the special properties of growth, and inequality for persons with disabilities; peace and lauric acid. Common concerns will be addresses, such as whether this justice; and gender equality. approach can be used for prevention of Alzheimer’s, whether these approaches can cause ketoacidosis and whether the high fat content Goals and Objectives: of the ketogenic diet is a problem. 1. Utilizing a variety of techniques combining wisdom, traditions and modern-day science, at the end of the session participants Goals and Objectives: will have practical Monday morning take-aways to use imme- 1. The participant will learn the history and evolution of the idea diately for their own self-care and to share with their patients, of ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain and other organs clients, and students. and application of the concept to Alzheimer’s disease, includ- 2. Participants will better understand some of the underlying ing the use of medium chain triglycerides and ketone esters to emotional causes for physical symptoms. increase ketone levels.
28 3. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the ben- 4. Participants will be introduced to the United Nations 17 efits of expressive meditation involving movement therapy, Sustainable Goals as a potential blueprint for how one can breathing, and exercises to energize, uplift, relieve tension and begin or expand Unity, from self-healing to community and enhance mental clarity, guided meditation, and forgiveness global healing. meditation- a transcendent form of meditation which simulta- neously heals the individual as well as the greater community.
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Workshop Sponsor Faunus Herbs, Inc. Conference Education Partners Box 249 Cannington, Ontario L0E 1E0 705-437-4438 ermont sso iation o www.faunusherbs.com aturo athi h si ians Faunus Herbs manufactures Vermont Association of medical/consumer herbal Naturopathic Physicians and natural food products, PO Box 4351, Burlington, VT 05405 distributed throughout Canada and the U.S. University of Vermont College of 802-238-8603 • vanp.org including over 1000 products and Nursing and Health Sciences The Vermont Association of Naturopathic formulations distributed to health care 105 Rowell Hall Physicians (VANP) was formed in 1992 as the professionals within Canada and the United Burlington, VT 05405 professional organization for licensed Natu- States. The company has developed and (802) 656-3858 ropathic physicians (NDs) in the State of Ver- manufactured formulae for some of the uvm.edu/cnhs mont. The VANP supports strong professional most high-profile distribution companies standards, continuing education for NDs, and in North America. Faunus Herbs is a family The College of Nursing and Health Sciences promotion of the full scope of naturopathic farm (certified organic) based operation, prepares the next generation of health care medicine throughout the state and region growing and producing a wide variety of professionals through a purposeful continu- in a regulatory environment consistent with herbs, grains and seeds. We also contract um of patient care that includes health and protection of the public interest. We support directly with organic farmers to produce wellness promotion, illness and injury pre- inclusion, collaboration and equal access for herbs, grains and other raw materials for the vention and the management of disability all licensed medical professions in the health many products they manufacture. and disease. care and insurance systems.
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compounding components that continues to make our formulations exceptional. Visit our booth or contact us directly to learn more about our comprehensive compounding services and practitioner resources. Acuintegra, Inc. Biotics Research Corporation 560 Fire Station Rd 6801 Biotics Research Drive Clarksville TN 37043 Rosenberg TX 77471 931-358-4146 800-231-5777 acuintegra.com bioticsresearch.com Acuintegra empowered botanicals is Biotics Research Corporation was formed Direct Laboratory Services a company that has developed and in 1975 and from day one the foundation 4040 Florida St Ste 101 manufactured line of innovative herbal and has been “Innovation and Quality.” Our Mandeville LA 70448 nutritional products over the years of clinical goals remain unchanged - innovative ideas, 800-908-0000 practice . Our products are unique herbal carefully researched concepts, and product directlabs.com formulas designed according to cutting development with advanced analytical and DirectLabs® is a valuable resource for all types edge research blended with wisdom of manufacturing techniques to develop and of medical practices with uninsured patients Traditional Chinese Herbology. As we use the produce nutritional products of superior or high deductible health plans. Our direct combination of herbal extracts , our products quality and effectiveness available exclusively access services include: blood, urine, saliva, are well balanced, safe for longtime use and to healthcare professionals. hair and fecal tests, with major clinical lab devoided of common problems associated draw sites conveniently located close by. with some single herb use. Efficacy of our Services are simple with confidential results formulas has been proven by many years available within 24 hours for most tests. of clinical application in ours and other healthcare practitioners clinics. Ceres Natural Remedies 115 Catamount Dr. Milton VT 05468 833-237-3767 Dnalife ceresremedies.com Stockbridge MA 01262 Ceres Natural Remedies unites traditional 413-344-7033 plant-based therapeutics with modern dnalife.healthcare Bioclinic Naturals science. We offer over 60 different brands - so dnalife® is dedicated to providing healthcare #104-3686 Bonneville Place both people and pets can experience the practitioners with training and education Burnaby BC V3N 4T6 benefits of CBD. Champlain Valley Dispensary to accurately and usefully interpret genetic 877-433-9860 (CVD) will also be represented at this booth - test results, simultaneously combining an bioclinicnaturals.com awarded the first medical marijuana dispen- array of functional assessments. dnalife® Natural health pioneer, Dr. Joseph Pizzorno sary license in Vermont, CVD now has four was established by two independent with fellow naturopathic physician and locations serving several thousand patients. companies Nordic Laboratories and DNAlysis author, Dr. Michael T. Murray collaborated Biotechnology, who together have more than with Canada’s leading functional food 30 years experience in providing cutting edge manufacturer to develop the ultimate laboratory tests to clinicians across the globe professional line -- Bioclinic Naturals. Bioclinic Naturals’ commitment is to quality; pure, potent, tested and trusted products. College Pharmacy Made in Canada, GMP, TGA (Australia) and 3505 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Ste. 101 USP certified. Call 1.877.433.9860/www. Colorado Springs CO 80918 bioclinicnaturals.com. 800-888-9358 collegepharmacy.com It is College Pharmacy’s compounding process, attention to detail, and quality of the
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35 Hopkinton Drug Compounding & Wellness Integrative Therapeutics 52 Main Street Longevity Physicians 825 Challenger Drive Hopkinton MA 01748 Insurance Company Green Bay WI 54311 800-439-4441 1715 N Street, NW 800-931-1709 rxandhealth.com Washington DC 20036 integrativepro.com Hopkinton Drug is a compounding pharmacy 860-507-6914 Integrative Therapeutics™, a top-tier manufac- located in Hopkinton Massachusetts. In our longevityphysiciansinsurance.com turer of dietary supplements, strives to offer state of the art compounding lab, we create Longevity Physicians Insurance Company products and education to healthcare profes- hundreds of different medications to meet (LPIC) offers medical malpractice insurance sionals to provide choices to their patients to our patient’s specific needs. We work with premiums lower than your current policy! lead healthy lives. Integrative Therapeutics is physicians nationwide and ship to most states. LPIC is focused on the practice of Age the founding sponsor of TAP Integrative, a dy- Management and Restorative Medicine. For namic resource for practitioners to learn with/ over 8 years, LPIC has been saving physicians from leading experts and fellow clinicians. money on their malpractice premiums. How much can we save you?
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39 Exhibitor Booths Exhibitor Booth # Exhibitor Booth # Acuintegra Inc...... 40 Hopkinton Drug Compounding & Wellness...... 19 Allergy Research Group...... 6 Host Defense Organic Mushrooms...... 24 Alletess Medical Laboratory...... 11 IGeneX, Inc...... 22 Bioclinic Naturals ...... 18 Integrative Therapeutics ...... 13 Biotics Research Corp...... 14 KBMO Diagnostics...... 28 Ceres Natural Remedies...... 30 Living Younger Lifestyle Medicine...... 21 College Pharmacy...... 23 Longevity Physicians Insurance Company...... 31 DaVinci Laboratories...... 4 Microbiome Labs ...... 2 Direct Laboratory Services ...... 41 Natural Partners Fullscript...... 20 Dnalife ...... 37 Oxford Immunotec...... 32 Doctor’s Data, Inc...... 8 Precision Analytical Inc...... 25 Dunwoody Labs ...... 38 Premier Research Labs...... 34 Ecological Formulas & Cardiovascular Research. . . . .12 Pure Life Science Corp...... 16 Empower Pharmacy...... 9 Researched Nutritionals...... 5 Essential Formulas Incorporated...... 17 Restorative Formulations...... 1 Genova Diagnostics Inc...... 33 Tree Top Essentials...... 39 Great Plains Laboratory ...... 27 Voxxlife...... 10 Herbal Vitality, Inc...... 15 Wellness Pharmacy ...... 3 Heron Botanicals...... 26 Women’s International Pharmacy...... 7
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