This
year's speaker biographies coming soon! Stay tuned.
Previous Speaker Biographies and Topics
“Integrative
Medicine Research at
Children’s Memorial Hospital”
Janine
E. Gauthier, Ph.D.
Psychosocial therapy and oncology
Healing
Touch, Massage Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy Experiences
and
Discussions- Breakout Session
"Homeopathy
and Adrenal Fatique"
Patrick
Massey, M.D.
"Bioengetic
Healing and
Qigong"- Breakout Session
Aaron
Michelfelder,
MD
“Learning to use self-hypnosis for a healthier
you!”
"Developmental
and Functional aspects of jaw position, body posture, and jaw function
in sleep apnea and trigeminal nervous system disorders"
"Reaching
Sensory Processing Disorders: Working to
Benefit ADD/ADHD to Autism through Structure and Function
"A BIOMECHANICAL APPROACH""- Breakout Session
Jennifer Dubowsky M.S.O.M. Dipl. Ac., L.A.c
"Exploring
The Evidence-Based
Role of Integrative Medicine in Cancer: A Focus on Acupuncture"-
Breakout Session
Biographies
& Topics
Jame
Young, MD
Rush
University Medical Center
Opening speaker
Dr.
James Young is the Chair and Associate Professor in
the Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rush University Medical Center.
He is
double boarded as a psychiatrist and neurologist.
Dr. Young is a
past executive board member of the Brain Injury Association of Illinois
and is
presently an Honorary Board Member. For his leadership in the
field of
acquired brain injury, and commitment to helping persons with brain
injury live
the most fulfilling lives possible, Dr. Young was
awarded the James
Brady Award. He has also received the Hero of the Heart Award for his
exceptional care and compassion from the Rush Department of Religion,
Health
and Human Values.
Dr. Young has
lectured worldwide on traumatic brain injury and the role of
alternative types
of care in patients with disabling physical diseases.
'Applications
of integrative medicine for the
patient in 2010'
will provide
background information and suggestions for physicians to gain a greater
understanding of daily applications for their
patients.
Dr. Young will identify a variety of
approaches applicable
to all specialties for maximum outcomes using integrative
medicine.
Research
Director
Judith
Nan Joy
Integrative Medicine Initiative
Children's
Memorial
Hospital
Dr.
Sheila
Wang is the
Director of Research for the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine
Initiative at
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics
at Northwestern’s
Feinberg School of Medicine.
In 2007, she received a five year NIH career award to study the effects
of
massage therapy on autonomic, hormonal, immune and behavioral systems
in HIV+
adolescents. Other current projects include massage therapy
and children
with chronic pain and two randomized controlled trials evaluating the
effects
of energy healing on quality of life and engraftment time in children
with
leukemia (after stem cell transplant) and the effects of energy healing
on
fatigue in brain tumor patients. The Initiative’s
Medical Director, Dr.
David Steinhorn,
and Dr. Wang co-authored a chapter
on Integrative Pediatric Intensive Care in a new textbook, Integrative
Pediatrics, part of the Weil Integrative Medicine Library
series. The
Integrative Medicine research being done at Children's Memorial
Hospital has
been featured in Alternative and Complementary Therapies (April 2007),
US News
& World Report (Jan 2008), and in an upcoming Reuters News
television
report. Before entering the field of integrative medicine
research, Dr.
Wang worked at the National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
and the
Yale School of Medicine studying physiologic correlates of trauma
symptoms and
at the National Institute on Aging studying quantitative
psychophysiology. Her background in
chemistry,
physiology and psychology, as well as being a licensed massage
therapist, give
her a unique perspective from which to develop innovative research
designs and
investigate mechanisms.
Janine
E. Gauthier, Ph.D.
"Psychosocial
therapy and oncology"
Dr.
Gauthier is the
Director, Psychosocial Oncology and Director, Clinical Services for the
Cancer
Integrative Medicine Program at Rush University Medical Center. Dr.
Gauthier is
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Rush
University.
Dr. Gauthier has been affiliated with Rush University since 2003. She
is a
licensed clinical health psychologist specializing in psychosocial
oncology and
has worked clinically with patients in the Rush Cancer Center. Dr.
Gauthier
completed a National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention and Control
post-doctoral fellowship at the University Of
Texas
Health Science Center Houston, Texas working in collaboration with MD
Anderson’s Cancer Center. Her research interests include
Integrative Medicine,
emotional distress; mind-body medicine, health related quality of life,
spirituality, spiritual issues in cancer and coping in cancer
patients.
Healing
Touch, Massage
Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy Demonstrations and Discussions-
Breakout
Session
Horizon
Hospice, Chicago's first hospice, is a not-for-profit community
based
organization whose mission is to to
provide comfort
for the dying, to preserve dignity at the end of life for all in need
of
services, and to educate the community. The Complementary and
Alternative
Medicine team (CAM) provides therapies to patients in conjunction with
conventional medical treatments to improve physical, emotional, and
spiritual
comfort at the end of life. The CAM team provided over 1000
treatments
last year to Horizon patients at no cost. Therapies include:
acupuncture,
aromatherapy, expressive arts therapy, herbal therapy, Healing Touch,
massage,
and music therapy.
Breakout Session: Horizon's
break-out session will offer participants
the
opportunity to experience CAM therapies first hand. Each
participant will
experience at least 20 minute individual therapy session with time
following to
ask questions.
Pauline
Harding MD
"Homeopathy
and
Adrenal Fatigue”
Dr.
Harding has completed residency programs in Family
and Internal
Medicine. She has been in private
practice in DuPage
County, Illinois since 1979 where she has also
served as an Emergency Room and Occupational Health
physician. Dr.
Harding has been an instructor in the Department of Family Practice at
Rush
Medical College in Chicago and a lecturer at the University of Illinois
at
Chicago College of
Medicine.
Dr. Harding has testified as an expert
witness before the Illinois
Commerce
Commission regarding the health effects of high voltage power lines and
the use
of pesticides along transmission line right-of-ways. She
appeared in the
documentary "Of Mercury, Sheep and Man" on the adverse health effects
of amalgam dental fillings and in the documentary “Sweet
Remedy” on managing
the adverse health effects of aspartame. Dr. Harding has been
a guest on
Chicago area television shows featuring medical and environmental
health issues
including Kathy Brock’s Channel 7 news documentary on toxic
molds.
Presentations
have
included a day-long seminar on "Environmental Medicine: Ethical Issues
and
Their Impact on Health" at the regional Bioethics Workshop for High
School
Teachers and lectures on "Environmental Health" at the Mind-Body
Medicine Conference sponsored by the Rush Primary Care
Institute. Dr.
Harding acted as a panel discussant at the American Psychological
Association's
first panel on Women and Environmental Health.
With
Dr. Theron
G. Randolph, the founder of American Academy of
Environmental Medicine in the United States, Dr. Harding presented
scientific
exhibits on "Environment and Health" at the annual meetings of the
American Academy of Otolaryngic
Allergy and the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine.
Patrick
Massey,
M.D.
"Bioengetic
Healing and Qigong"- Breakout Session
Patrick
Massey is
the Medical Director for complementary and alternative medicine for the
Alexian
Brothers hospital network. He is also
president of ALT-MED medical and physical therapy program.
Dr. Massey
received his M.D. degree from Rush University and is a board-certified
internist. He also received his Ph.D. in immunology from
Northwestern
University School of Graduate Medicine. Dr. Massey is also a
6th degree
black belt and has been using qigong as healing technique in his
private
medical practice for over a decade. The
concept of
bioenergy-based therapy is common in all culturally based medical
systems
except for allopathic medicine. However, there are over fifty
years of
solid research demonstrating that all humans have biomagnetic fields
and these
biomagnetic fields can be manipulated with intention. In the
group
session, participants will be familiarized with the latest data in
biomagnetic
research and several of the more common bioenergetic
therapies- their similarities/differences and clinical application as
well aslearn
how to experience their own biomagnetic energy for
self-healing as well as the healing of others.
Aaron
Michelfelder,
MD
“Learning
to use self-hypnosis
for a healthier you!”
Aaron
J. Michelfelder,
M.D., FAAFP, FAAMA is an associate professor
of both family medicine and bioethics and health policy at the Loyola
University Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine.
His serves as the Vice Chair and Predoctoral
Director
for the Department of Family Medicine, is the chair of the
school’s curriculum
committee, and is the course director for the first-year medical
student
clinical skills course and the fourth-year Healer’s Art and
Integrative
Medicine electives. He attended Northwestern University for
undergraduate
school and Loyola Stritch
School of Medicine for
medical school. He completed his residency in family medicine
at Lutheran
General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois and completed medical
acupuncture
training through UCLA/Helms Medical Institute. He is
board-certified in
both medical acupuncture and family medicine and practices integrative
medicine
in the Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Illinois.
Description:
In
this session, Dr. Michelfelder
will be giving a brief presentation on self-hypnosis, and then will
teach you how to use self-hypnosis for such issues as test performance,
sleep, and anxiety. You'll walk out of the session feeling better and
with some new tools!
Special
Note: Since this will be an experiential session, and to not disturb
the process, please be on time, as late-comers will detract from the
experience.
Ira L
Shapira, D.D,S
"Developmental
and Functional aspects of jaw position, body posture, and jaw function
in sleep apnea and trigeminal nervous system disorders"
Dr.
Ira L. Shapira has been treating sleep apnea,snoring and other sleep
disorders for over 25 years.As a visiting Assistant Professor at Rush
Sleep Center in the 1980's, he performed research on similarities in
neuromuscular jaw posture of female TM Joint disorder patients and
sleep apneic patients. He returned to Rush as an Asst. Professor in the
1990'sto treat apnea and snoring patients. He treats sleep disorders by
making and fitting commercially available oral appliances as well as
unique customized appliances for unique needs. He is consultant to
several Illinois sleep centers where his protocol for appliance
titration is employed. Dr. Shapira was a charter and credentialed
member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which became the American
Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American
Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a member of the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine. He is a founding member of DOSA, the Dental
Organization for Sleep Apnea. He is a diplomate of the Academy of Pain
Management, a fellow of the International Academy of Craniomandibular
Orthopedics and a representative to the TMD alliance for that group. Dr
Shapira is the director of Dental Sleep Medicine at Sleep and
Behavioral Medicine Centers and dental editor of Sleep & Health
Journal. His recently formed Chicagoland Dental Sleep Medicine
Associates with locations in Chicago, Skokie, Schaumburg and
Bannockburn. Dr Shapira teaches courses to dentists from across
theUnited States who come to his Gurnee office to learn Dental Sleep
Medicine. Dr Shapira is the founder and partner of Delany Dental Care
Ltd where he concentrates his practice on Sleep apnea, TMJ disorders,
Chronic pain relief and reconstructive implant and esthetic
dentistry. He holds several device and method patents on
collection of stem cells and minimally invasive early removal of wisdom
teeth. He is the founder of I HATE CPAP LLC an organization dedicated
to promoting Dental Sleep Medicine as alternative to CPAP. His web site
www.ihatecpap.comhas a national listing of sleep apnea dentists who
treat apnea.
Dr.
Charles W. Chapple
Reaching
Sensory Processing Disorders: Working to
Benefit ADD/ADHD to Autism through Structure and Function
"A BIOMECHANICAL APPROACH" -
Breakout Session
Dr.
Charles W. Chapple completed his undergraduate studies at Nazareth
College of Rochester, NY receiving a Bachelor degree in Biology before
earning his Doctorate degree in Chiropractic from National College of
Chiropractic in 1991. Dr. Chapple holds many post-graduate
certifications in areas such as chiropractic pediatrics (Fellowship in
International Chiropractic Pediatric Association), acupuncture, applied
kinesiology and spinal rehabilitation. Dr Chapple's studies have also
encompassed treating neurological challenges involving children with
developmental and learning delays, such as Autism, Sensory Integration
Dysfunction and ADHD. A portion of his Roselle, Illinios practice
focuses on the non-invasive benefits of Chiropractic and Craniosacral
Therapy to address Retained Primitive Reflexes and Sensory Processing
Disorders.
Abstract:
So frequently Sensory Processing Disorders: ADHD to Autism, are
addressed through a variety of behavioral and biochemical approaches
that the significance of the biomechanical aspects of these conditions
can be underestimated. Experts state that if a cluster of irregular
nervous system reflexes remain unaddressed they will prevent
”sustained long term improvement". This presentation
discusses the utilization of the non invasive techniques of
Chiropractic and Craniosacral Therapy, in order to address Retained
Primitive Reflexes and Hemispheric Imbalances to benefit the
biomechanical and nervous system demands of individuals with special
needs.
Jennifer
Dubowsky, Dipl OM, LAc, MSTOM, MPH
Nationally Board Certified Diplomat of Oriental Medicine
Breakout
Session: "Exploring The Evidence-Based Role of Acupuncture in the
treatment of Cancer, Infertility and Pain Management."
Jennifer
earned her Master of Science degree in Oriental Medicine from Southwest
Acupuncture College, an accredited 4 year Master’s program in
Boulder, Colorado. She received her Diplomate from the NCCAOM, the
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
and completed an internship at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in
Beijing, China. Jennifer has been in practice since 2001. She has a
passion for her work and has researched and written articles on Chinese
medicine. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology from
the University of Illinois.
Jennifer
will briefly introduce you to the basic concepts of acupuncture. Then
she will discuss the evidence based studies that have integrated
acupuncture with western medicine in the areas of pain relief,
fertility, and cancer treatment. Finally, she will offer a
practical demonstration of acupuncture so that participants can
experience the treatment and ask questions and discuss their results.
This
year's speaker biographies coming soon! Stay tuned.
Previous Speaker Biographies and Topics
Janine
E. Gauthier, Ph.D.
Psychosocial therapy and oncology
Healing Touch, Massage Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy Experiences and Discussions- Breakout Session
Patrick Massey, M.D.
"Bioengetic Healing and Qigong"- Breakout Session
Aaron Michelfelder, MD
“Learning to use self-hypnosis for a healthier you!”
"Developmental and Functional aspects of jaw position, body posture, and jaw function in sleep apnea and trigeminal nervous system disorders"
"Reaching Sensory Processing Disorders: Working to Benefit ADD/ADHD to Autism through Structure and Function "A BIOMECHANICAL APPROACH""- Breakout Session
Jennifer Dubowsky M.S.O.M. Dipl. Ac., L.A.c
"Exploring The Evidence-Based Role of Integrative Medicine in Cancer: A Focus on Acupuncture"- Breakout Session
Biographies
& Topics
Jame
Young, MD
Rush
University Medical Center
Opening speaker
Dr.
James Young is the Chair and Associate Professor in
the Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rush University Medical Center.
He is
double boarded as a psychiatrist and neurologist.
Dr. Young is a
past executive board member of the Brain Injury Association of Illinois
and is
presently an Honorary Board Member. For his leadership in the
field of
acquired brain injury, and commitment to helping persons with brain
injury live
the most fulfilling lives possible, Dr. Young was
awarded the James
Brady Award. He has also received the Hero of the Heart Award for his
exceptional care and compassion from the Rush Department of Religion,
Health
and Human Values.
Dr. Young has
lectured worldwide on traumatic brain injury and the role of
alternative types
of care in patients with disabling physical diseases.
'Applications
of integrative medicine for the
patient in 2010'
will provide
background information and suggestions for physicians to gain a greater
understanding of daily applications for their
patients.
Dr. Young will identify a variety of
approaches applicable
to all specialties for maximum outcomes using integrative
medicine.
Research
Director
Judith
Nan Joy
Integrative Medicine Initiative
Children's
Memorial
Hospital
Dr.
Sheila
Wang is the
Director of Research for the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine
Initiative at
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics
at Northwestern’s
Feinberg School of Medicine.
In 2007, she received a five year NIH career award to study the effects
of
massage therapy on autonomic, hormonal, immune and behavioral systems
in HIV+
adolescents. Other current projects include massage therapy
and children
with chronic pain and two randomized controlled trials evaluating the
effects
of energy healing on quality of life and engraftment time in children
with
leukemia (after stem cell transplant) and the effects of energy healing
on
fatigue in brain tumor patients. The Initiative’s
Medical Director, Dr.
David Steinhorn,
and Dr. Wang co-authored a chapter
on Integrative Pediatric Intensive Care in a new textbook, Integrative
Pediatrics, part of the Weil Integrative Medicine Library
series. The
Integrative Medicine research being done at Children's Memorial
Hospital has
been featured in Alternative and Complementary Therapies (April 2007),
US News
& World Report (Jan 2008), and in an upcoming Reuters News
television
report. Before entering the field of integrative medicine
research, Dr.
Wang worked at the National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
and the
Yale School of Medicine studying physiologic correlates of trauma
symptoms and
at the National Institute on Aging studying quantitative
psychophysiology. Her background in
chemistry,
physiology and psychology, as well as being a licensed massage
therapist, give
her a unique perspective from which to develop innovative research
designs and
investigate mechanisms.
Janine
E. Gauthier, Ph.D.
"Psychosocial
therapy and oncology"
Dr.
Gauthier is the
Director, Psychosocial Oncology and Director, Clinical Services for the
Cancer
Integrative Medicine Program at Rush University Medical Center. Dr.
Gauthier is
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Rush
University.
Dr. Gauthier has been affiliated with Rush University since 2003. She
is a
licensed clinical health psychologist specializing in psychosocial
oncology and
has worked clinically with patients in the Rush Cancer Center. Dr.
Gauthier
completed a National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention and Control
post-doctoral fellowship at the University Of
Texas
Health Science Center Houston, Texas working in collaboration with MD
Anderson’s Cancer Center. Her research interests include
Integrative Medicine,
emotional distress; mind-body medicine, health related quality of life,
spirituality, spiritual issues in cancer and coping in cancer
patients.
Healing
Touch, Massage
Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy Demonstrations and Discussions-
Breakout
Session
Horizon Hospice, Chicago's first hospice, is a not-for-profit community based organization whose mission is to to provide comfort for the dying, to preserve dignity at the end of life for all in need of services, and to educate the community. The Complementary and Alternative Medicine team (CAM) provides therapies to patients in conjunction with conventional medical treatments to improve physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort at the end of life. The CAM team provided over 1000 treatments last year to Horizon patients at no cost. Therapies include: acupuncture, aromatherapy, expressive arts therapy, herbal therapy, Healing Touch, massage, and music therapy.
Breakout Session: Horizon's break-out session will offer participants the opportunity to experience CAM therapies first hand. Each participant will experience at least 20 minute individual therapy session with time following to ask questions.
Pauline
Harding MD
"Homeopathy
and
Adrenal Fatigue”
Dr.
Harding has completed residency programs in Family
and Internal
Medicine. She has been in private
practice in DuPage
County, Illinois since 1979 where she has also
served as an Emergency Room and Occupational Health
physician. Dr.
Harding has been an instructor in the Department of Family Practice at
Rush
Medical College in Chicago and a lecturer at the University of Illinois
at
Chicago College of
Medicine.
Dr. Harding has testified as an expert
witness before the Illinois
Commerce
Commission regarding the health effects of high voltage power lines and
the use
of pesticides along transmission line right-of-ways. She
appeared in the
documentary "Of Mercury, Sheep and Man" on the adverse health effects
of amalgam dental fillings and in the documentary “Sweet
Remedy” on managing
the adverse health effects of aspartame. Dr. Harding has been
a guest on
Chicago area television shows featuring medical and environmental
health issues
including Kathy Brock’s Channel 7 news documentary on toxic
molds.
Presentations
have
included a day-long seminar on "Environmental Medicine: Ethical Issues
and
Their Impact on Health" at the regional Bioethics Workshop for High
School
Teachers and lectures on "Environmental Health" at the Mind-Body
Medicine Conference sponsored by the Rush Primary Care
Institute. Dr.
Harding acted as a panel discussant at the American Psychological
Association's
first panel on Women and Environmental Health.
With
Dr. Theron
G. Randolph, the founder of American Academy of
Environmental Medicine in the United States, Dr. Harding presented
scientific
exhibits on "Environment and Health" at the annual meetings of the
American Academy of Otolaryngic
Allergy and the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine.
Patrick
Massey,
M.D.
"Bioengetic
Healing and Qigong"- Breakout Session
Patrick
Massey is
the Medical Director for complementary and alternative medicine for the
Alexian
Brothers hospital network. He is also
president of ALT-MED medical and physical therapy program.
Dr. Massey
received his M.D. degree from Rush University and is a board-certified
internist. He also received his Ph.D. in immunology from
Northwestern
University School of Graduate Medicine. Dr. Massey is also a
6th degree
black belt and has been using qigong as healing technique in his
private
medical practice for over a decade. The
concept of
bioenergy-based therapy is common in all culturally based medical
systems
except for allopathic medicine. However, there are over fifty
years of
solid research demonstrating that all humans have biomagnetic fields
and these
biomagnetic fields can be manipulated with intention. In the
group
session, participants will be familiarized with the latest data in
biomagnetic
research and several of the more common bioenergetic
therapies- their similarities/differences and clinical application as
well aslearn
how to experience their own biomagnetic energy for
self-healing as well as the healing of others.
Aaron
Michelfelder,
MD
“Learning
to use self-hypnosis
for a healthier you!”
Aaron
J. Michelfelder,
M.D., FAAFP, FAAMA is an associate professor
of both family medicine and bioethics and health policy at the Loyola
University Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine.
His serves as the Vice Chair and Predoctoral
Director
for the Department of Family Medicine, is the chair of the
school’s curriculum
committee, and is the course director for the first-year medical
student
clinical skills course and the fourth-year Healer’s Art and
Integrative
Medicine electives. He attended Northwestern University for
undergraduate
school and Loyola Stritch
School of Medicine for
medical school. He completed his residency in family medicine
at Lutheran
General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois and completed medical
acupuncture
training through UCLA/Helms Medical Institute. He is
board-certified in
both medical acupuncture and family medicine and practices integrative
medicine
in the Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Illinois.
Description: In this session, Dr. Michelfelder will be giving a brief presentation on self-hypnosis, and then will teach you how to use self-hypnosis for such issues as test performance, sleep, and anxiety. You'll walk out of the session feeling better and with some new tools!
Special
Note: Since this will be an experiential session, and to not disturb
the process, please be on time, as late-comers will detract from the
experience.
Ira L Shapira, D.D,S
"Developmental
and Functional aspects of jaw position, body posture, and jaw function
in sleep apnea and trigeminal nervous system disorders"
Dr.
Ira L. Shapira has been treating sleep apnea,snoring and other sleep
disorders for over 25 years.As a visiting Assistant Professor at Rush
Sleep Center in the 1980's, he performed research on similarities in
neuromuscular jaw posture of female TM Joint disorder patients and
sleep apneic patients. He returned to Rush as an Asst. Professor in the
1990'sto treat apnea and snoring patients. He treats sleep disorders by
making and fitting commercially available oral appliances as well as
unique customized appliances for unique needs. He is consultant to
several Illinois sleep centers where his protocol for appliance
titration is employed. Dr. Shapira was a charter and credentialed
member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which became the American
Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American
Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a member of the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine. He is a founding member of DOSA, the Dental
Organization for Sleep Apnea. He is a diplomate of the Academy of Pain
Management, a fellow of the International Academy of Craniomandibular
Orthopedics and a representative to the TMD alliance for that group. Dr
Shapira is the director of Dental Sleep Medicine at Sleep and
Behavioral Medicine Centers and dental editor of Sleep & Health
Journal. His recently formed Chicagoland Dental Sleep Medicine
Associates with locations in Chicago, Skokie, Schaumburg and
Bannockburn. Dr Shapira teaches courses to dentists from across
theUnited States who come to his Gurnee office to learn Dental Sleep
Medicine. Dr Shapira is the founder and partner of Delany Dental Care
Ltd where he concentrates his practice on Sleep apnea, TMJ disorders,
Chronic pain relief and reconstructive implant and esthetic
dentistry. He holds several device and method patents on
collection of stem cells and minimally invasive early removal of wisdom
teeth. He is the founder of I HATE CPAP LLC an organization dedicated
to promoting Dental Sleep Medicine as alternative to CPAP. His web site
www.ihatecpap.comhas a national listing of sleep apnea dentists who
treat apnea.
Dr.
Charles W. Chapple
Reaching
Sensory Processing Disorders: Working to
Benefit ADD/ADHD to Autism through Structure and Function
"A BIOMECHANICAL APPROACH" -
Breakout Session
Dr.
Charles W. Chapple completed his undergraduate studies at Nazareth
College of Rochester, NY receiving a Bachelor degree in Biology before
earning his Doctorate degree in Chiropractic from National College of
Chiropractic in 1991. Dr. Chapple holds many post-graduate
certifications in areas such as chiropractic pediatrics (Fellowship in
International Chiropractic Pediatric Association), acupuncture, applied
kinesiology and spinal rehabilitation. Dr Chapple's studies have also
encompassed treating neurological challenges involving children with
developmental and learning delays, such as Autism, Sensory Integration
Dysfunction and ADHD. A portion of his Roselle, Illinios practice
focuses on the non-invasive benefits of Chiropractic and Craniosacral
Therapy to address Retained Primitive Reflexes and Sensory Processing
Disorders.
Abstract:
So frequently Sensory Processing Disorders: ADHD to Autism, are
addressed through a variety of behavioral and biochemical approaches
that the significance of the biomechanical aspects of these conditions
can be underestimated. Experts state that if a cluster of irregular
nervous system reflexes remain unaddressed they will prevent
”sustained long term improvement". This presentation
discusses the utilization of the non invasive techniques of
Chiropractic and Craniosacral Therapy, in order to address Retained
Primitive Reflexes and Hemispheric Imbalances to benefit the
biomechanical and nervous system demands of individuals with special
needs.
Jennifer Dubowsky, Dipl OM, LAc, MSTOM, MPH
Nationally Board Certified Diplomat of Oriental Medicine
Breakout Session: "Exploring The Evidence-Based Role of Acupuncture in the treatment of Cancer, Infertility and Pain Management."
Jennifer earned her Master of Science degree in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College, an accredited 4 year Master’s program in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Diplomate from the NCCAOM, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and completed an internship at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. Jennifer has been in practice since 2001. She has a passion for her work and has researched and written articles on Chinese medicine. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois.
Jennifer
will briefly introduce you to the basic concepts of acupuncture. Then
she will discuss the evidence based studies that have integrated
acupuncture with western medicine in the areas of pain relief,
fertility, and cancer treatment. Finally, she will offer a
practical demonstration of acupuncture so that participants can
experience the treatment and ask questions and discuss their results.