Healing in Underserved Communities: Sustainable Approaches and Clinical Pearls
Presented by Jeff Geller, MD
Friday, November 3rd / 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Integrative health care has primarily been available to the financially fortunate, and not to the populations who experience the greatest need.  Integrative care is especially effective in working with the underserved, a group that lives mostly in poverty, but that effectiveness depends upon appropriate planning for the characteristics of this population.  Models of care now exist allowing dramatic cost reduction, improved outcomes, and improved patient satisfaction among even the most needy of populations. One model of care is Group Medical Visits. Group Medical Visits are growing rapidly as a mechanism to provide medical care. They particularly excel at treatment of chronic illness and conditions, while addressing mental wellbeing. Often group medical visits have more time for participants to freely exchange ideas and best practices than a traditional individual visit. Often group participants come from different backgrounds and with different perspectives.  This can present challenges to creating common goals and achieving working frameworks. Groups need good facilitation to help participants feel engaged and connected to one another. We will be sharing some facilitation basic skills to help a diverse group flourish.
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The Hormone Connection: How Hormones Impact Food Sensitivity™
Presented by Eric Dorninger, ND, LAc
Friday, November 3rd / 8:30am – 10:00am

This informative 1.5-hour seminar is designed to educate the healthcare professional in understanding how hormones can have a dramatic impact on our immunological tolerance to food proteins. The latest literature on the mechanisms and leading theories on how tolerance for food proteins can include a complex interplay involving the endocrine system and intestinal immune reactivity will be presented. A review of human physiology will be followed by laboratory findings, applications, differential diagnoses, and clinical applications (including dietary, lifestyle, and nutritional support) from an evidence-based approach/model, and when to refer for further consultation and/or evaluation. Important clinical jewels and insights will also be discussed.
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Water – Fountain of Aging & Disease?
Presented by Tina Beaudoin, ND
Friday, November 3rd / 3:00pm – 4:00pm

No one questions that water intake and adequate hydration are essential for healthy living. We all guide our patients on increasing water intake to reach optimal hydration and expound on how it helps cushion joints and discs, decrease blood viscosity, flush the kidneys and aid peristalsis, but are we addressing water quality? Water quality is the United States is a significant source of toxicant exposure for your patients. Drinking water has become the number one source of arsenic exposure for your patients and this is just one of the many common chemicals found in tap water.
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