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Special Edition October Newsletter
for AHMA Members & Friends
In This Issue
Chapter Events
Start Your Own AHMA Chapter
Save the Date: Oct 26-30, AIHM: Science and Connection Conference
How the CIHA Program Came to Be - Nick Jacobs, FACHE
Shop & Support AHMA
Oct. 25, Daniel Friedland Workshop
Registration for Hope on the Hill
Academy Charter Membership
Annual Member Meeting / Member Vote Recap
2014 AHMA Conference Recap
Get Involved with the new Academy!
President's Letter
Executive Director's Letter
President's Farewell
AHMA Classifieds
New and Renewing Members

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Chapter Events


Oct. 30, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Gathering of Green Ideas 

Heinens in Brecksville, OH    

Free to attend! 

  

More information
Register

  

For information about chapter activities in NE Ohio, contact Board President Jane Eckert, [email protected]     

    


AHMA's 2014 National Conference, Connection & Collaboration, at the Commons Hotel in Minneapolis 

 

More information

 

 

For information regarding AHMA activities in Minnesota, please contact Chapter President Bill Manahan, MD MinnesotaChapter 

@holisticmedicine.org  

 

 


Michigan 

For information about chapter activities in Michigan, contact Board President Harsha Jayatilake,  

[email protected] or Margaret Dwyer, [email protected] 

Want to start your own
AHMA chapter?
Connect with others in your area

Brainstorm activities
(example: meet once a month for coffee and discussion or periodic educational programs and host seminars)

Contact Sarah Turell [email protected]

Join the Conversation!

A Facebook group has been created for current AHMA members to discuss the evolution of the AHMA and the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM). The group is private, so you must request to join. Only current, dues-paying AHMA members will be granted access to the group.
Save the Date: Oct 26-30 
AIHM Science and Connection Conference 

How the CIHA Program Came to Be - by course lead instructor Nick Jacobs, FACHE 
                                

After over twenty years in healthcare administration and literally dozens of presentations at major conferences on the power of integrative medicine, the obvious questions continued to surface.

How can integrative medicine ever get any traction without both adequate reimbursement and a legitimate, achievable credential for the decision makers, the executives responsible for both resource allocation and resource generation?

My term as an officer on the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine evolved into a similar position on the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine, but the problems and the challenges remained the same.

Read more
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A portion of proceeds from every purchase is donated to AHMA to support programming and expand the voice and reach of holistic medicine. 

    

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Save the Date: Oct. 25, Pre-Conference Seminar  
with Daniel Friedland, MD
Healing the Healer:
Cultivating Resiliency in Health Care


Current research highlights an epidemic of stress and burnout in
health care providers. In this workshop, Dr. Daniel Friedland will share with you a 4-step Framework that integrates brain science, cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology and mindfulness practice to empower you with skills and practices to effectively navigate stress and experience greater meaning and joy in caring for your patients,your loved ones and yourself. 
Registration now open for Hope on the Hill


Voice for HOPE: Healers of Planet Earth on the HILL in Washington, D.C. - The Foundation for Living Medicine

Oct. 20 - 22
Join Healers of Planet Earth: Jim Turner and Dr. Gladys McGarey for HOPE on the Hill Citizen Healer Training
  • Advancing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Health Policy
  • Promoting a personal experience of revolutionary American concept: Representative Democracy
  • Expanding legislative advocacy by Empowering Citizen Healers

Register at HOPE on the Hill: VoiceforHOPE.org

The Hill will never be the same!

FAQs

Register
Tenure-track or tenured senate faculty position: Samueli center

The School of Medicine, through the Department of Medicine, is inviting applications for a full-time Director of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine. They are seeking a board certified physician with an interest in integrative medicine who has an active and funded research program, administrative and fundraising experience.

Candidates will need to qualify for appointment at the Associate or full professor level at the University of California. This is a tenured senate faculty position, 50% in the Line series and 50% in the Professor-in-Residence series. Responsibilities will include direction of all aspects of the center, including its research, educational, clinical and fundraising programs.

Details about the position are available through the online application: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02487

Should you have any further questions regarding this position, please contact Laurie Macaulay, [email protected] or Gerald Solomon, [email protected]

AHMA Newsletter Archives 

Interested in reading past newsletters? Did you know AHMA archives past newsletters on www.holisticmedicine.org?

Visit the archives!

October 2014

Newsletter Highlights

You are a charter member of the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine 

 

Annual AHMA Member Meeting & Member Vote Recap 

 

2014 AHMA National Conference Recap 

 

Purchase AHMA Conference Recordings 

 

How to get involved with the new Academy

  


This conference was a collective love letter to the AHMA - President's letter

President's Farewell - Molly's final letter 
charterYou are a charter member of the Academy!
If you are a current member of the American Holistic Medical Association, then congratulations, you are a charter member of the new Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine!

You will receive communications soon, prompting you to use your AHMA or ABIHM website credentials to activate your charter membership with the Academy.
membermeetingAnnual Member Meeting / Member Vote Recap
The Membership voted Sept. 21 at the Annual AHMA Member Meeting during the National Conference. We are moving forward on our journey with the Academy!

The  voting Members' affirmative vote authorizes the board to sign a formal agreement with the Academy . 

Watch for news and announcements here.
conferencerecap#AHMAconnect: 2014 Conference Recap
 
Last month, 300+ integrative and holistic practitioners and supporters gathered in Minneapolis for the 2014 National AHMA Conference, Connection & Collaboration: Innovations in Patient-Centered Care.

Speakers shared their knowledge,
attendees made connections with like-minded practitioners and everyone joined together to celebrate AHMA's past and future.   

At the Annual AHMA Member Meeting, the Membership unanimously voted to move forward and merge with ABIHM to form the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine. Current members of AHMA are now charter members of the Academy!


I LOVED the conference! In fact I feel it was one of the best that I have ever attended. From  beginning  to end the holistic approach was weaved throughout, I came away feeling so inspired and hopeful! As someone mentioned, I feel I have found my tribe and am thrilled to have found like-minded individuals that want to see and work towards advancing healthcare in the holistic direction. - Peggy Stewart, NP 

 

recordingsKeep connecting and collaborating
  • Purchase Conference Recordings - If you need assistance or have questions about purchasing conference recordings, call Beyond Words Publishing (503) 531-8700

Special thanks to the Conference Planners, volunteers, speakers, The Commons Hotel & staff, the exhibitors, our streaming company: Beyond Words Publishing and you who attended both physically and virtually. Without you, this conference would not have been possible.  

getinvolvedGet Involved with the new Academy!

The Academy supports a vibrant community of practitioners and  health seekers. There is a lot of love felt at every level.  

 

We are collaborative, spirited, and motivated by our shared mission.  

We hope you will join us! 

 

Here's how you can connect:

  • Chapters
  • Students
  • Leadership
  • Volunteer
  • Write for us
  • Donate
  • Take action on issues
  • Become a sponsor
  • and more!

More details about getting involved coming soon with the launch of the Academy's new website. 

 

View the Academy's Mission and Values 

 

Do you have questions about getting involved?  

Contact [email protected] 

molly1President's Letter
This conference was a collective love letter to the AHMA
by Molly Roberts, MD

The theme of this year's AHMA conference was
Molly RobertsConnection and  Collaboration, and it more than lived up to its potential. Let me put that another way - you more than lived up to your potential! This conference was a collective love letter to the AHMA, a thank-you to all that this organization has been and a celebration of all that it is about to become. What an amazing group of people!

 

Executive Director's Letter

steveTransitions, service and WIFM

by Steve Cadwell  
 
Why do people do stuff? Sometime before I attended college, marketing experts studied all the variables in how we make choices, identified the essence of an answer and reduced it to a helpful acronym: WIFM. Pronounced whiff-ehm.


"What's in it for me?"

From a marketing perspective, employing WIFM leads to a reasonable conclusion: people do things to get stuff. Here, if we ask people why they join a membership association, we might expect a uniform answer, to get stuff, like benefits and things they can use to advance their practice and improve their business, take advantage of discounts, get a complimentary journal subscription and access to continuing education.
                                  
molly2President's Farewell
by Molly Roberts, MD Molly Roberts
 
I write with deep gratitude for the privilege of being your AHMA President for these last three years. As an AHMA member since 1995 and on the Board of Directors since 2007, I have watched it go through both great challenges and great successes. You were here, too, and we traversed this path together. You and I both realized that the AHMA has a message and a philosophy that deserved to be nurtured and touted. And now, our nurturance is about to bear fruit in a beautiful way.

Read more 
AHMA Classifieds
Medicine Beyond Medication:  
The Heart of the Matter   
 
Oct. 24-25, 2014 
The traditional, holistic and integrative medical communities will come together to consider collaborative models of care for heart health at this groundbreaking conference. Nationally-known speakers like Daniel Amen, MD, a physician and double-board certified psychiatrist, and William Davis, MD, a preventative cardiologist and the author of Wheat Belly, are slated to present. Gervaisio Lamas, MD, Brian Luke Seaward, Larry Dossey, MD, and Pamela Smith, MD, will also share their expertise.

AHMA Members in good standing can receive $50 off registration by using the code: AHMA2014

Register now 



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New Zealand is one of the most desirable countries in the world to live and to have the opportunity to carry on the excellent work Dr. Masson has done over the last 8 years - a once in a lifetime opportunity. For more information email [email protected] or go to  www.pedspracticenz4sale.weebly.com 
 


Meditation Illuminated:  

Simple Ways to Manage Your Busy Mind

by Joy Rains   

  

Available on Amazon

   

Perfect for beginning meditators, this comprehensive book offers simple concepts, straightforward language, illustrative stories and instructions for 21 varied meditations.  

 

"FOR THE FIRST TIME in my hectic, harried life I actually UNDERSTAND how meditation is supposed to work and WHY I should give it a TRY! This book is fabulously basic yet beautifully profound." - Elisabeth Leamy, Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show

  


    

Seeking Medical Director for an innovative Integrative Healthcare Center in the Boulder, Colorado area for the promotion of optimal health and wellbeing with an emphasis on bio-energetic medicine. Experience in clinical practice, administration, and research methodology is desirable. Candidates should possess an M.D., D.O. or N.D. and reside, or plan to reside in Boulder, CO or the Greater Denver Area.

  

Qualified candidates will please submit cover letter and CV to [email protected]  

  

This private, not for profit, venture is an equal opportunity employer.  
 

   

IFM is hiring a new   

Director of Medical Education 

  

The Director of Medical Education is responsible for the development, management, supervision and coordination of all education and curricular activities for The Institute for Functional Medicine. The Director must hold a Doctorate in Medicine (MD or DO).

  

Primary responsibilities include oversight of curriculum and program planning, continuing medical education accreditation and administration, management of professional and administrative staff, and training of health professions faculty.

 

Learn more 

Thanks to New and Renewing Members
We Appreciate Your Support

AHMA welcomes these new members who joined in September


Olivia Wu

Kelley Lee

Nancy (Nonny) Smith

Leila Rubina Masson, MD, MPH, FRACP, FACNEM, IBCLC

Heather Forrester, MD

Hayley Dubin

Dawn Marie Peterson

Felicia Cheng Huan, Yu MD

Jan B. Swanson, PsyD, LP, ABPP

Kathleen Hopkins, DO

George H. Steele, Jr. MD

Diane Berie, MD

Ralph Bauer, ThM

Susan Hannibal, BA

Melinda "Mindy" Hansen, RN, CNS

Amy Byers

 

 

AHMA thanks our renewing members in September

 

15+

Barbara Lundeen, PhD, FRSH (36)

Jane Murray, MD, ABFM, ABIHM (17)

Raja Jaber, MD, ABFP, ABIHM (15)

 

 

10-14

David Raymond Kopacz, MD

Studart Freedenfeld, MD

 

 

5-9

Josephine Drew, MD, ABIHM

Romeo Castillo, MD

Susan Kinkead-Acree, MD

Laurie Radovsky, MD

Kathy Starynchak

Gayle Myers, MD, MS

Shagufta Feroz, MBBS, MCPS, PhD

 

 

1-4

Kathleen Fara, MD, ABIHM

Ronald Caselberry, MD

Sasha Fach, DO, PhD

Margaret McRaith, MA, PT

Robert Bruley, MD, DC, AB

Armande Gil, PhD

Seema Anand, (A.M.)

Tara Doyle Bizily, MD

Charles Mayo II, MD

Diana Berg

Laura Santini, MD

Winston Morrow, DC, PhD, FAAIM

 

About the AHMA


Founded in 1978, the AHMA remains true to its original mission, serving as the leading advocate for the use of holistic and integrative medicine by all licensed healthcare providers.  The AHMA is the only "non-modality based" medical organization and provides nurturing, sustenance and support of its members through member services and ongoing conferences and retreats.

The American Holistic Medical Association is a

nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization  

   

Your donation helps AHMA send medical students to conferences,  

develop and deliver holistic retreats, expand AHMA chapters, and more.  

Last words

Holistic  

Medicine

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. At each AHMA retreat, we realize 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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