Conference Directors
Andrew Weil, MD
Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Fredi Kronenberg, PhD
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine; Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
Conference Advisory Group
The advisory group for the 2010 conference:
Andrew Weil, MD
The University of Arizona
Fredi Kronenberg, PhD
The University of Arizona, Stanford University, New York Botanical Garden
Victoria Maizes, MD
The University of Arizona
Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD
Tufts University
Cynthia Thomson, PhD
The University of Arizona
Pamela McDonald, NP
Penscott Medical Corporation
Wendy Kohatsu, MD
Santa Rosa (CA) Family Medicine Residency
Faculty (in order of presentation)
Public Forum / Plenary (in order of presentation)
Andrew Weil, MD
Founder and Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Jones/Lovell Chair in Integrative Rheumatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Arthur Agatston, MD
Assoc. Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Author, The South Beach Diet
Robert Superko, MD
Vice President, Chief of Medical Affairs, Celera Corporation, Alameda, CA
David Rakel, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine; Director, University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine
Gerard Mullin, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Director of Integrative Nutrition Services, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
William Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Marjorie McCullough, ScD, RD
Strategic Director, Nutritional Epidemiology, Epidemiology Research, American Cancer Society
Fredi Kronenberg, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Senior Research Fellow, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University; Visiting Scientist, The New York Botanical Garden Institute of Economic Botany
Allen Taylor, PhD
Director of the Laboratory for Nutrition & Vision Research, Professor of Nutrition, Biochemistry & Ophthalmology, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Director of Scientific Training Encouraging Peace - Graduate Training Program, International Nutrition Foundation, Tufts University
Robert Anderson, MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, Dean A. McGee Professor of Ophthalmology, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City
Johanna Seddon, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine
David Kessler, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; former Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD
Associate Professor, Nutrition Sciences, Medicine and Public Health, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona
Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Director, Antioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University
Roberta Lee, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Integrative Medicine, CoDirector of the Integrative Medicine Fellowship, Director of Professional Education, Center for Health & Healing, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
Wendy Kohatsu, MD
Director, Integrative Medicine Fellowship, Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA; Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Chef & Culinary Medicine private consultant
Concurrent Sessions
Victoria Maizes, MD
Executive Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine & Public Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Scott Shannon, MD
Asstistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Integrative Health Clinic, University of Colorado, Children's Hospital, Denver
Amy Branum, MSPH
Health Statistician, Infant, Child and Women's Health Statistics, DHHS/CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
David Wallinga, MD, MPA
Director, Food & Health Program, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Minneapolis
James Nicolai, MD
Medical Director, Franciscan Center for Integrative Health, Indianapolis
Jill Frame, MS RD
Bariatric Dietitian, St. Francis Medical and Surgical Weight Loss Center
Bridget Bongaard, MD
Director of the Integrative Medicine Service Line, CMC-NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, NC
Tieraona Low Dog, MD
Director of the Fellowship, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Richard Bruno, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut
Sylvia Geiger, MS, RD
Lecturer & Adjunct Faculty Member, Nutrition & Food Sciences Dept., University of Vermont; EatingWell Dietitian & Nutrition Advisor, EatingWell Media Group
Jay Hoffman, PhD
Chair & Professor, Dept. of Health & Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey
Patricia Thompson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine
George Muñoz, MD
Integrative Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Miami, FL; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Arthritis, University of Miami; Team Physician, University of Miami Hurricanes
Hilary McClafferty, MD
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Robert Kushner, MD
Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
James Painter, PhD, RD
Chair, School of Family & Consumer Sciences, Eastern Illinois University
Louise Gagné, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
Robert Rhode, PhD
Clincal Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, Arizona State University Psychiatry, University of Arizona.
