UCLA conference explores new trends and career opportunities in integrative medicine

WHAT:   Integrative medicine, which incorporates traditional healing techniques from the East with Western medicine, is helping to transform health care, and millions of Americans are now uisng alternative and complementary therapies to meet their health needs.    This daylong UCLA conference will highlight future trends and introduce participants to the many career paths available in integrative medicine and related fields. The event will feature lectures, panel discussions and demonstrations by experienced practitioners and researchers. Topics will include clinical careers in integrative medicine, creative arts therapies, research and health care policy.   Undergraduates from the UCLA student group NCAM (Nutrition, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine) organized the conference with support from the UCLA Center for East–West Medicine.     For more program information, parking and directions please visit the conference website.     WHO:   Featured speakers include:   John Weeks (keynote) Writer and executive director of the Integrator Blog   Ka-Kit Hui, M.D., (keynote) Founder and director of the UCLA Center for East–West Medicine   Ryan Abbott, M.D. Southwestern Law School   Robert Carroll, M.D. Past vice president of the National Association for Poetry Therapy   Erica Curtis Licensed marriage and family therapist with clinical art therapy training   P...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news