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Ohio/Northeast Ohio
Jan. 12 - Jan. 13
Enneagram: Loving Your Soul
Cleveland Center
for Conscious Living
in Independence, Ohio
$270 if registered by December 29, 2012; $295 if registered later
Open to anyone, and if you are a psychologist, social worker or counselor, 12 CEUs are provided.
More information
For information about chapter activities in NE Ohio, contact Board President Doug Moore,
PhD doug@dougjmoore.com
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Jan. 19
Minn. Chapter Conference
at Carondelet Center in St. Paul from 8:30 to noon. Registration begins at 7:30 and there is no pre-registration required. The price is $25. Students are $5.
more information
For information regarding AHMA activities in Minnesota, please contact Chapter President Bill Manahan, MD MinnesotaChapter
@holisticmedicine.org
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Want to start your own AHMA chapter?
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Connect with others
in your area
Brainstorm activities
Decide what to do
(example: meet once a month for coffee and discussion or periodic educational programs and host seminars)
Contact Sarah at sarah@holisticmedicine.org
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Medical Student Opportunity
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University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Elective Rotation
Upcoming Rotation: Jan. 28, 2012 - Feb. 22, 2013
The University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine is now accepting applications for the elective rotation. This dynamic, four-week rotation gives residents and fourth-year medical students from across the country in-depth exposure to integrative medicine. The coursework is both didactic and experiential, allowing students to expand their knowledge in areas such as botanicals, nutrition, traditional Chinese medicine, osteopathy, and energy medicine. Residents and fourth-year medical students looking for an exciting away rotation should apply today at www.azcim.org/imer!
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Holistic Treatment of
Pain DVDs
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Blog for the AHMA
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Calling all AHMA
member writers!
If you are interested in contributing articles, essays, or commentary on topics that are of interest to the holistic medicine community, we invite you to submit articles for the official AHMA Blog, Holistic News and Views!
Visit our Blog Guidelines page for more information and e
mail your blog submission to Marketing Coordinator
Claudia Schieve claudia@holisticmedicine.org
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AHMA Member Match / Mentor Program
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Are you an AHMA member with 5 years experience in holistic medicine?
Would you be willing to mentor a new AHMA member?
Are you a new member that would like to have a mentor?
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Member Benefit News
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| Executive Director's Letter |
 Taking Stock in AHMA
by Steve Cadwell
Every so often we pause and take stock of what's truly important. What's working? What needs improvement? Successful businesses do this regularly. So, too, does anyone interested in personal growth, making a difference and being of service to others - all traits common among holistic practitioners. Do you take a regular inventory of what's important in your life? Read more
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IMC's Integrative Medicine expert witness list
by Molly Roberts, MD
I am happy to report that your Integrative Medicine Consortium has officially begun the project of creating a list of Integrative Medicine expert witnesses. If you would like to be included on this list, read the letter below for guidelines on how to get started.
As you may know, the Integrative Medicine Consortium (IMC) is a collaboration of several national Integrative Medicine organizations that have come together to advance the larger collective interests of our Integrative Medicine profession. Your AHMA is one of those organizations belonging to the IMC, so by being a member of the AHMA, you are doing your part to benefit your profession in ways that go beyond each of us individually.
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Save the Date - March Retreat
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March 1 - 3: "The Resilient Healer" with Henry Emmons, MD Oak Ridge Hotel & Conference Center, Chaska, Minn.
A Personal and Professional Renewal  Experience for the Inner Life of Healers
Friday, March 1: 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 2: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 3: 8 a.m. - noon
Register
Henry Emmons, MD, author of the nationally acclaimed The Chemistry of Joy, The Chemistry of Calm and The Chemistry of Joy Workbook, has led healing retreats for over 20 years. His practice is dedicated to the holistic application of psychiatry and he has developed programs for patients and providers that activate their own innate resiliency. In his writing and his work with clients he emphasizes mindfulness practice, holistic nutrition and ayurvedic principles to promote a sense of wellbeing that is both accessible to the Western mind and imbued with age-old wisdom.
In this weekend retreat, Henry will share his approach to building a practice that is rejuvenating for the provider while creating a model for how we care for our patients.
Join us to explore your own path to resilience. Based on his written work, this retreat will include principles of functional and holistic nutrition to maintain a healthy mind, mindfulness-based spiritual practices and more. In this acclaimed program, Henry will use stories, personal reflections and discussion in small and large groups to look at what makes the inner lives of healers uniquely life-giving. The workshop will feature discussions on the core factors in resilience, their scientific basis and how they can help one achieve greater vitality, equanimity, openness and connection.
Topics will include:
Ø The pathways to a joyful life
Ø Reflective practices for enhancing intuition and self-knowledge
Ø Creating trustworthy environments
Ø Navigating personal and professional transitions
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Call for Exhibitors - St. Louis Conference
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AHMA + AAEM Gateway Medical Conference
Fatigue: The Modern Dilemma
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Shop & Support AHMA
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A big thank you to the 100+ AHMA members and friends who have helped support the American Holistic Medical Association by using AHMA's Amazon Link to shop online. Introduced just before Thanksgiving, the response has been great. You can help too!
Use AHMA's Amazon Link to get to the Amazon homepage and a portion of proceeds from any purchase you make will be benefit the AHMA's efforts to advance holistic medical principles, support this nonprofit organization's members, fund programming and expand the voice and reach of holistic medicine.
Click here to learn more and get the link
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| ABIHM History |
American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine History
by Robert Anderson, MD, ABIHM
 The emergence of the ABIHM was foreshadowed by the formation of the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978. Early that year, four people joined Dr. Evarts Loomis at his holistic retreat center in Hemet, Calif., including Dr. Norm Shealy, Drs. Gladys and Bill McGarey and Dr. Gerald Looney. Under Dr. Shealy's guidance, the founding meeting of the AHMA was convened in that May in Denver. With persistent work by Dr. Elmer Cranton, The Journal of Holistic Medicine was published twice a year through 1986. Over the next 15 years, the AHMA grew into a strong membership organization benefitting over 3,000 attending physicians who were learning about the integrative holistic practice of medicine.
By 1993, a group of us within the AHMA conceived the idea of a 3-day post-conference intensive focusing on the science of integrative holistic medicine. This took place as a post-conference session at the spring AHMA meeting in Kansas City. The course drew 50 attendees, signaling intense interest in highlighting the science of complementary medicine. Successful intensive courses followed in 1994 and 1995. Read more
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| New Member Benefit Can Save You Money |
Save on your merchant processing fees! 
Brandon Cohen, founder of Donate Your Processing, has joined forces with AHMA to bring you a new member benefit.
As an AHMA member, you are now eligible for lower merchant processing fees through Donate Your Processing (DYP), a socially responsible merchant processor. If your practice accepts credit cards for payment, you can lower your credit card processing rates enough to pay for the cost of your AHMA membership fees and more.*
DYP will analyze and lower your rates as well as donate 50% of its revenue to AHMA. 
Bonus: DYP will donate an additional $50 to any AHMA member who starts processing transactions between now and December 31.
For more information, visit www.donateyourprocessing.com or email info@donateyourprocessing.com
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Thanks to New and Renewing Members
We Appreciate Your Support | |
AHMA welcomes these new members who joined in November (after Nov. 14)
Judith Pentz, MD
Suresh Shottam
Lynne Lamanna
Kimberly Jennings
Suzanne Stovall, DO, CPA
Mihaela Shabdeen, MD
Jon D. Kaiser, MD
Grace U. Baruiz, MD
Allan Lieberman, MD
Phillipa Norman, MD, MPH
AHMA thanks our renewing members in November
(after Nov. 14)
15+ years
Susan Kolb, MD
10-14 years
John Green, III, MD (14)
Leonard Torok, MD (13)
Karl Liebe, MD (13)
Cleveland Randolph, MD (12)
Robert James Sciacca, MD, ABIHM, DABMA, FAAO-HNS, FAAOA (12)
James Bell, MD (12)
Charles Frinak, MD (11)
Angelique Hart, MD, ABIHM (11)
David W. Snook, MD (10)
Alicia Landman-Reiner, MD (10)
Teri Hammer, DO (10)
5-9 years
John Affleck, MD, FACS, ASPRS, ABIHM (9)
Dorothy Mallory, MD, IBCLC (8)
Hadjh Arns, MD (5)
Santisree Tanikella, MD (5)
Margaret Gennaro, MD, FAAP, NMD (5)
Lisa Everett, RPh, CCN, BSPharm (5)
1-4 years
Andrea Fossati, MD, FACC (4)
Yeung Kin Doris (4)
Yihong Hao, MD, ABFM (4)
Jodie Hermann, Bs, MBA, DO, ATC (3)
David Boston, MD, ABIHM, FACC (2)
Lisa Kern, MD (2)
Scott Berk, MD (2)
Elizabeth Streicker, MD (1)
Heather M. Hunter, MA (1)
Marney Roemmelt, MD (1)
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Last words
Holistic
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And You Need Each Other
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 You know why you joined AHMA. You know why you practice medicine as you do. More and more, people - your patients - are looking for the integrative, holistic approach to managing their health. We realized (again) at last year's retreat, The Healer Within, that you, as well as each member, need one another to remain whole, healthy, and able to help others. AHMA doesn't have chapters in every state, however, we want to help you connect with like-minded professionals whenever and wherever possible. So please, help us help you. If you want to start a chapter in your area, please contact Steve Cadwell; bookmark our calendar and check it often to find helpful events and opportunities to earn CMEs or other applicable education credits. To place events on our calendar that others might benefit from, send an email to Claudia. Thanks for helping us connect you with other members! | |
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