AHMA Northeast Ohio Chapter Newsletter 
In This Issue
NE Ohio Board
Schedule of Events
Event Recap - "Compassionate Depossession"
Members Making News
To Inform and Transform
Paleo vs. Vegan
Paleo vs. Vegan
New & Renewing Members

Members of the

NE Ohio Chapter Board

 

Francoise Adan, MD

Jane Lehr Eckert, PhD

Tamara Macdonald, ND, LAc

Bradley Martin, MD

Jerome Masek, CH

Douglas Moore, PhD

Rosanne Radziewicz, RN, MSN

Lynn Szanyi


Schedule of Events
 
Oct. 12 - UH Connor Integrative Medicine Network's First Annual Symposium  "Heal the Healer - Restoring Joy and Passion to Your Practice" 9am - 4pm at Hawthorne Valley Golf Club, Solon

 Oct 27 - "Enneagram: A Path of Personal Transformation"  Starting with the Journey of Self Discovery presented by Belinda Gore, PhD from 9am - 4pm.
Journey to Loving Your Soul
presented by Doug Moore, PhD on Jan. 12 - 13, 2013

  

Oct. 29 - AHMA Annual Meeting
 
This annual gathering will allow you to connect with your fellow AHMA members from across the country. Register today for this free event and be present to elect new board members, plan AHMA's objectives for the next year and take a breather from the ABIHM review course.

 

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Nov. 2 - "Rediscovering the Spirit of Healthcare" 1-day Retreat
led by Daniel Friedland, MD 
Rediscover the spark that led you into this healing profession in the first place!

Register Here
 
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For other events, refer to the  

Calendar Events are included from AHMA members only as space allows. To submit a calendar item on the NEO AHMA newsletter, please request a submission by emailing  rradziewicz@metrohealth.org 

Our Newsletter is electronically distributed seasonally (quarterly).   Deadlines for items to the Newsletter Chair are as follows:

 

Winter edition: Jan. 2, 2013

Spring edition: April 1, 2013

 

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.


Fall, 2012

"A Burning Desire to Fix the System"

 

Catching Up with Matthew Heineman, Director of "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" 

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman gathering interview material

 

 

 Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is an unflinching look at how conflicting incentives & misaligned economic drivers impact the health and lives of diverse Americans--community doctors, combat veterans, hospital-based physicians, military top-brass, clinical researchers, employers, and ordinary citizens trying to find their way through the healthcare maze. (click here for more).

 

Check out Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare at the Cedar Lee Theater for a limited time! Cleveland is one of 12 cities in which the documentary has been released! The film's run in Cleveland has been extended through Thursday Oct. 18th.

 

Members Making News

Congratulations to AHMA NEO Board member Francoise Adan, MD, and former staff member Terri DiPaola on the advanced sell-out of CIMN's first ever CME/CEU/CE symposium Heal the Healer - Restoring Joy and Passion to Your Practice.


The AHMA staff looks forward to exhibiting at this event of learning and rejuvenation for all healthcare professionals and caregivers.

Volunteers Needed

AHMA's Cleveland office is looking for
volunteers
Responsibilities include assisting with general administrative duties and membership. Applicant must have good organizational skills and play well with others. Flexible hours available. If interested, contact AHMA Administrative Assistant, Sarah Turell at sarah@holisticmedicine.org

Call for Board Members

If you are interested in helping inform the community on holistic healthcare, facilitate the connection between holistic care providers and transform through educational programs and retreats, then please consider becoming a member of the Board of AHMA Northeast Ohio!!!! Board meetings are monthly and are held at the Center for Conscious Living. Contact our current President, Doug Moore at
 
doug@dougjmoore.com

Ideas for AHMA Programming

The Board of AHMA Northeast Ohio is planning a series of holistic programs over the next 1-2 years that cover a variety of interesting topics. We hope to get lots of member involvement as speakers and in planning the programs, so please contact us!

 

Look for programs on

  • "Water - Nature's Elixer"
  • "Stress? Tired? Burned Out? Using Holistic Health to Treat and Prevent"
  • "Going Green - The Holistic Impact on Health"  
  • "Raising a Holistically-Minded Child"
  • "Earthing: Partnering with Nature for Holistic Health"
  • "Rock-A-Bye Baby Holistic Interventions for Sleep"

We'd love to hear from you. What would you like to know about? Would you like to speak or do you know someone to recommend? Let us know.... Contact the Program Chairperson, Jane Eckert at jlehreckert@aol.com 

AHMA's New Website and Forum

 

Check out the revised AHMA website at www.holisticmedicine.org!  

 

Now members can post questions about clinical issues, share their recent publications/presentations and announce activities of interest. To get to Open Forums, log in. On your profile page, look in left hand column for Discussion Forums. Click on that and you'll see the section for NE Ohio.

 


Welcome to New and

Renewing AHMA Members

 

From July through September 2012, we thank the following for continuing to nurture our mission and vision for the future of healthcare by renewing their membership:  

 

Francoise Adan, MD, University Hospitals of Cleveland

 

Shahin Afnan, D.I.Hom, North East Ohio Center for Homeopathy 

 

Lori Elton Christian, DC, Chagrin Chiropractic, Inc.  

 

Jane Lehr Eckert, PhD, Studio E 

 

Jane Pernotto Ehrman, MEd, CHES, Images of Wellness, LLC 

 

Tamara Macdonald, ND, LAC,  Northcoast Natural Health

 
Susan Mikolic, RN
, Stepping Stones


Donna Nowak, CH, CRT

 

Sue Stewart-Palmisano, LPCC, LICDC, Life's Illusions Counseling Center

 

Tobias Reid, JD, PhD

 

Buddy Ann Ross, ND, MS, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, Holistic Wellness Buddy, LLC 

 

Mary Lou Stricklin, MSN, RN, EMBA, ANP, FAAN

 

William Welches, DO, PhD Cleveland Clinic