The IM Network Forum, 2016, will Who should attend: build on the success of the inaugural Integrative Medicine Research  Integrative and conventional medicine clinicians, researchers and educators Forum of 2014. We invite you to join interested in learning more about how us for this free half-day conference to integrative medicine research can translate help shape and strengthen the into clinical care and practice. integrative medicine community across .  Boston-wide practitioners wishing to connect with others in the integrative This year, the focus will not only be to medicine community. convene the Boston-wide Integrative  Medical students seeking to learn more Medicine community as a whole, and about the integrative medicine network in to facilitate connection, cooperation Boston. and collaboration, but to also highlight the contours of the local clinical integrative medicine network. Event Details:

Preliminary Format: Date: Friday, November, 18, 2016 Program: 8:00am - 2:00pm  8:00am: Breakfast and Registration Cost: Free Welcome and Introduction: Breaking down silos Venue: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center,  Keynote: Dr. Alessio Fasano , Boston, MA  Clinical Panel Discussion and Q&A: (exploring the clinical translation of Organizers: the Osher Center for Integrative integrative medicine research) Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Networking Break Brigham and Women’s Hospital  Integrative Medicine Research Presentations Contact: Aterah Nusrat at p: 617.525.8737;  Clinical Medley Presentations e: [email protected] (key integrative medicine institutions from across Boston) Register online at  *Launch Event* : Clinical Integrative Medicine Interactive Online map (for www.oshercenter.org practitioners and the public) Networking lunch with research poster viewing  Close: 2:00pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

ALESSIO FASANO, MD W. Allan Walker Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School Chief of Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Director of Center for Celiac Research and Treatment Director of Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center Associate Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Basic, Clinical and Translational Research MassGeneral Hospital for Children Visiting Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School World-renowned pediatric gastroenterologist, research scientist and entreprenuer Alessio Fasano, M.D., is the W. Allan Walker Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at MassGeneral Hospital for Children. His visionary research has advanced international understanding and awareness of celiac disease and gluten-related disorders. In 2000, he and his team discovered , which regulates and can play a role in inflammation and autoimmunity throughout the systems of the body. Dr. Fasano recently authored Gluten Freedom to dispel confusion about gluten and how it can affect your health.

PANELISTS

ATHER ALI, ND, MPH, MHS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Director, Yale Adult and Pediatric Integrative Medicine Clinic Medical Director, Integrative Medicine Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Yale School of Medicine

Ather Ali, ND, MPH, MHS is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and of Medicine (General Medicine) at the Yale School of Medicine. He is Director of the Yale Adult and Pediatric Integrative Medicine Clinic and Medical Director or Integrative Medicine at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. Dr. Ali is principal investigator of clinical and translational studies in fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, food sensitivity, nutritional interventions, diagnostic tests, the human microbiome, and integrative medicine outcomes, supported by federal, foundation, and industry sources.

ANTHONY J. LEMBO, MD Director, GI Motility Laboratory Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Anthony Lembo has served as Director of the GI Motility Laboratory at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (BIDMC) Division of Gastroenterology in Boston, MA and as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an accomplished expert in GI Motility Disorders and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. His research interest includes the study of placebo in the treatment of IBS. He divides his time between clinical medicine and research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has authored numerous original clinical studies and other research articles related to IBS.

DONALD B. LEVY, MD Medical Director, Osher Clinical Center for Integrative Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Levy is the Medical Director of the Osher Clinical Center. He is a board certified internist and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He graduated New York Medical College in 1981 and completed his residency at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Levy taught Harvard medical students, interns, residents and fellows in a variety of roles for over 25 years and maintained a practice in primary care internal medicine until 2007. He worked at the Marino Center for Progressive Health in Cambridge, MA for over 10 years, where he served as Medical Director for one year, and then staff physician and Director of Integrative Medical Education. He helped the center to expand its multidisciplinary team of practitioners and to ally itself with local academic medical centers, hospitals and research organizations. His professional interests include the use of nutrition and dietary herbs and supplements in medicine, the management of cardiac risks to prevent heart disease, and the integration of scientific advances in modern medicine with the rediscovery and implementation of age-old principles and therapies that enhance the ability to heal and maintain good health.