NE Ohio Chapter Board
Francoise Adan, MD
Liz Cavin, ND
Jane Lehr Eckert, PhD
Lili Lustig, DO
Tamara Macdonald, ND, LAc
Bradley Martin, MD
Jerome Masek, CH
Douglas Moore, PhD
Rosanne Radziewicz, RN, MSN
Hank Roth, JD
Lynn Szanyi
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Welcome to New and
Renewing Members
From October through December 2011, we welcome the following new members to AHMA Northeast Ohio:
Shahin Afnan, DI, Hom
Jeanne Hall, QBT, HTC
Michael Hasman, MD
Bradley Martin, MD
Nicholas Madaffer
Sara Spagnuolo, MD
Make sure to introduce yourself to them at an upcoming meeting. Thank you to the following individuals for continuing to nurture our mission and vision for the future of healthcare by renewing their membership: Robert Banner James Barry Deborah Baynes Diane Berie Kristen Boyesen L. Terry Chappell Mary Derwis-Balaz David Montgomery Michael Pecenka Robert Brooks Manfull Kathleen Pforr Jodie Skillicorn | |
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Schedule of Events
March 29 - AHMA/IONS NEO Chapter Event
"Reclaiming the Human Capacity for Ecstasy"
Crowne Centre II, Rockside & I77 Meeting Rooms A&B 6:00 - 8:30pm
$10 program only
$25 program/food
Co-sponsored by Cleveland Center for Conscious Living & Studio E
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April 21-22 - Holistic Expo the Lodge at Geneva State Park
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June 2-3 AHMA NEO/IONS Retreat "The Practice of Ritual Ecstatic Postures: Reclaiming Your Capacity for Ecstasy"
More info to come
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Calendar events can be submitted by AHMA members as space allows. To submit an event,
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Announcing
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Liz Cavin, ND will be the keynote speaker at the Case Western Reserve Integrative Medicine Day January 23, 2012. The event is organized by medical students.
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Our Newsletter is electronically distributed seasonally (quarterly). Deadlines for items to the Newsletter Chair are as follows:
Spring edition: April 2, 2012
Summer edition: July 9, 2012
Fall edition: October 2, 2012
We would like to enhance our articles, member highlights and calendar of events from our members. To submit:
Articles
Submissions are welcomed for consideration. They must pertain to holistic care and not exceed 150 words.
Member Spotlight
If you or someone you know should be featured in an issue of the newsletter, please let us know. We'd like a jpg head shot and an introduction not to exceed 100 words.
Calendar Item
To post an event on the calendar, please send the title, date, time, and location for the event with no more than a 50-word description by the deadline of the appropriate edition. We can run the event in our calendar, space permitting.
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| From the desk of Doug Moore, PhD, Chapter President | |
 AHMA of Northeast Ohio is reorganizing! Our intention is for NE Ohio to be a national leader in integrated and holistic healthcare. This new initiative expands AHMA services beyond just educational opportunities. We want to unite holistic health care practitioners in the region and support their personal and professional growth. These changes are all captured in a slogan for AHMA: To Inform, To Connect, To Transform Our vision is to create on the AHMA website a Holistic Town Hall where members can post upcoming classes, groups, presentations, recent publications and the like. You will receive a summary of these postings in a weekly email. In addition, we plan to develop Holistic Connections, a place on the website where members can meet up with other members either virtually or in person to discuss common interests. For example, if AHMA members want to gather and discuss integrated care for someone with an eating disorder or depression, Holistic Connections will facilitate that linkage. If there is interest in meeting to discuss cross referrals or other practice building strategies, AHMA is here to facilitate that. The possibilities are unlimited and very exciting. We also want to support experiences that are transformative in nature through retreats and other venues that facilitate balance, rejuvenation, and well-being. AHMA can help you either facilitate or attend such retreats. Holistic practitioners believe in walking the talk-AHMA can help deepen that commitment. The AHMA board of NE Ohio is working to make the region a model that other communities will emulate in not only integrating health care, but also integrating the practitioners who provide the services. The board is looking forward to hearing about your ideas, interests, and availability to participate. Thank you so much for helping to make AHMA the organization you can call your Holistic Home!! |
| Important reminder - complete our survey! | |
You have an opportunity to help Northeast Ohio be a national leader in integrated and holistic healthcare!
This is a call to create a new era for AHMA and you are invited to guide and support this call to excellence as the NE Ohio Chapter moves forward in the collective goal to:
Connect Inform Transform
If you haven't already, join us in this initiative by answering the questions in the linked survey. Your energy, ideas and wisdom are not only welcome, but necessary for AHMA to be a vibrant organization responsive to your needs.
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| Introducing new Board member, Francoise Adan, MD | |
 Francoise was born in Italy and grew up in Belgium. She earned a medical degree from the University of Libre de Brussels and following her immigration to the United States, became Board Certified in Psychiatry at the Cleveland Clinic.
In more than 25 years of practicing medicine, Francoise has always practiced mind/body medicine, encouraging patients to understand the connection between the mind, the body and the spirit. Francoise specializes in stress management, work/life balance and the mind/body/spirit connection.
She is currently Medical Director of the Connor Integrative Medicine Network at University Hospitals and is an assistant professor at Case Western University Medical School. She considers herself to be an "eternal student" and has earned a teaching certification through Deepak Chopra, acquired a Women's Leadership Certificate, and a Coaching Certificate from the Weatherhead School. Francoise is also a diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.
Francoise has witnessed and been impacted by the resilience of more than 3,500 patients and clients during her career and considers herself an "optimal health champion" encouraging her patients, students and colleagues to love themselves and to allow themselves to be "open to joy."
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| Introducing the Institute of Noetic Sciences | |
 AHMA NEO is joining with the Cleveland Chapter of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) to present Reclaiming the Human Capacity for Ecstasy on March 29, 2012. As an introduction, we'd like to provide a short description of IONS.
The Institute of Noetic Sciences, founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, is a nonprofit research, education, and membership organization whose mission is supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, educational outreach, and engaging a global learning community in the realization of our human potential. Read more
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| Announcing first joint program of NEO Chapters of AHMA and IONS - March 29 | |
"Reclaiming the Human Capacity for Ecstasy" led by Belinda Gore, Ph.D
The human need for ecstasy is as imperative as the need for food. For thousands of years, humans incorporated this capacity for expanded states of awareness into their religious rituals but those practices were nearly lost. Anthropologist Felicitas Goodman's research revived a tradition - at least 36,000 years old - that uses the natural capacity of the human nervous system to alter its functioning in order to enter the state of ecstatic spiritual consciousness. Read more Register here
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| The importance of self-care in preventing disease by Liz Cavin, ND |
 While I contemplate 2012 and the numerous possibilities it brings to our lives, I think about self-care health care and the key role it plays in preventing disease. In his book Optimal Wellness Dr. Ralph Golan MD succinctly explains the importance of self care. He states, "....optimal wellness is integrally linked to the call to self-care. It's critically important to learn what you can about all the health factors you are able to influence: your diet, exercise, stress level, relationships, self esteem, feelings, goals and so on.....It is the call to understand your weaknesses and strengths... Your Health is in your hands." Read more
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| More doctors going the alternative medicine route | |
Even in their own lives, physicians look beyond Western medicine
Reprinted from Chicago Tribune - Dec. 14, 2011
 After a stressful day of seeing sick and sometimes dying patients, Dr. Aaron Michelfelder doesn't reach for a beer to decompress. Instead, this family medicine doctor at Loyola University Medical Center opts for acupuncture or self-hypnosis. While doctors are schooled in traditional Western medicine, a growing number like Michelfelder are turning to complementary and alternative medicine to stay healthy, then integrating the techniques into their medical practices. Michelfelder is board-certified in family medicine, acupuncture and medical hypnosis.
Alternative therapy also includes herb therapy, deep breathing, massage and yoga. Full story
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