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SHORT PROGRAM
OVERVIEW
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,
2003
Opening Lecture:
7:30 PM -
Gehlek Rimpoche and Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD -
Tonglen Meditation: Transforming Pain and Suffering into Compassion for
Healing
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2003
(Early Morning Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
PLENARY SESSION # 1:
From Tradition to Evidence: An Overview of Tibetan Medicine in the West
9:00
to 10:30 am
PLENARY SESSION # 2:
Monks in the Lab - Recent Breakthroughs in Mind-Body Medicine and
Neuroscience Research
10:45am – 12:15 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 1:
1:30 to 3:30 pm
# 101 - Tibetan Medicine and Mental Health
(Part 1 – continued in #
201)
# 102 - Diagnosis: Two Worlds/Two Approaches
(Part 1 – continued in #
202)
# 103 - Research Highlights of Recent Clinical Findings: Arterial
Disease, Arthritis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome & More
(Part 1 – continues in # 203)
# 104 – The Impact of Western Medicine on Tibetan Medicine: How Can
Collaboration Work?
# 105 - An Introduction to the Underlying Principles of Tibetan Medicine
# 106 – Movie Session
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 2: 4:00 to 6:00 pm
# 201 - Tibetan Medicine and Mental Health (Part 2 - Continued from # 101)
# 202 - Diagnosis: Two Worlds/Two Approaches
(Part 2 - Continued from # 102)
# 203 - Research Highlights of Recent Laboratory Results:
Anti-inflammatory, Cholesterol Modulating Effects, and More
# 204 – Bon Medicine
# 205 - Issues of Translation and Epistemology in Tibetan Medicine
# 206 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
# 206 – Movie Session
EVENING LECTURE:
8:00 to 10:00 pmTenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
- Healing with Form,
Energy and Light
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2003
(Early Morning
Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
9:00 to 9:45 am Keynote Lecture:Wade
Davis, PhD, National Geographic Society - Sustainability: A
Challenge for Traditional Medicine
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 3:
10:00am to12:00pm
#
301 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the
Himalayan
Continued in # 401, # 501, and # 601)Part
1: Introduction and Issues
# 302 - The Biology and Healing Power of Compassion
(Part One – continued
in #402)
# 303 - Collaboration or Integration: Different Models and Approaches
# 304 - Web Resources and Documentation of Tibetan Medicine – an Overview
# 305 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
# 306 – Movie Session
BREAK-OUT
SESSION # 4:
1:00 to 3:00 pm
#
401 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the
Himalayan Region(Continued
from # 301)
# 402 - The Biology and Healing Power of Compassion
(Part Two – continued
from #302)
# 403 – Issues of Research Methodology and Tibetan Medicine
(Continued in #503)
Part 1: Current
Standards and Research Models: Theoretical Background
# 404 – Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche – Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
# 405 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
# 406 - Movie session
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 5:
3:30 to 5:30 pm
#
501 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the
Himalayan Region
Part 3: Intellectual
Property Rights and Conservation of Traditional Health Knowledge
# 502 – Tara Rokpa
Therapy--An Integrated Psychotherapeutic Method Based In Sowa Rigpa
# 503 – Issues of Research Methodology and Tibetan Medicine
(Continued from # 403)
Part 2:
Current Research Projects: Practical Applications
# 504 - Tibetan Medicine and Cancer
# 506 – Movie Session
EVENING
LECTURE: 7:30
pm to 10:00 pm Tulku Thondup: Realizing the Potential to Heal:
Buddhist Meditations to Heal Mind and Body
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2003
(Early Morning Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
9:00 to 9:45 am Keynote Lecture
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD, Columbia University - Compassion and
Selflessness: Vital for Modern Healthcare
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
10:00 to 11:45 am
#
601 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the
Himalayan Region
(Continued from # 301, # 401 and # 501)
# 602 - Tibetan Approaches to Depression
#603 – Teaching and Practicing Tibetan Medicine in the West
#
604 - In Pursuit of Partnership: Philosophy and Practical Applications for
Integration
Part 1: Theoretical
Background (Continued in # 703)
#
605 – The Healing Power of Mantras
# 606 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
# 607 – Movie Session
BREAK-OUT SESSION #
7:
12:45 to 2:30 pm
# 701 – Synopsis of Research Sessions (#103, 203, 403, 503): From
Tradition to Evidence
#
702 – Women’s Health Issues
# 703 - In Pursuit of Partnership: Philosophy and Practical Applications
for Integration
Part 2: Practical
Applications
(Continued from # 603)
# 704 - Chronobiology Workshop: Modulation of Body-rhythms via Meditation Techniques
#
705 – Tulku Thondup – Boundless Healing
# 706 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
# 707 – Movie Session
GEHLEK RIMPOCHE – MEDICINE BUDDHA TEACHING
3:30
to 6:30 PM
Dinner Break
Medicine Buddha Teaching Continued and Closing Ceremony:
8:00 to 10:30 PM
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FULL
PROGRAM
(Please Note: the Sessions are final,
however speakers and titles might still change. The Program will be
periodically up-dated)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,
2003
Opening Lecture:
7:30 PM -
Gehlek Rimpoche and Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD -
Tonglen Meditation: Transforming Pain and Suffering into Compassion
for Healing
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,
2003
(Early Morning Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
PLENARY SESSION # 1:
From Tradition to Evidence: An Overview of Tibetan Medicine in the
West9:00 to 10:15 am
75 min
Moderator:
Woodson Merrell, MD, Executive Director, Beth Israel Continuum Center
for Health and Healing
- Dr. Pema Dorjee,
Men Tsee Khang, India, Personal Physician of HH the Dalai Lama –
Opening Statements and Message from HH the Dalai Lama
- Leslie Blackhall,
MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine - Tibetan Medicine,
Defining a Medical Tradition
- Herbert Schwabl,
PhD, Padma, Inc., Switzerland - From Tradition to Evidence, the
Evolution of Tibetan Medicine in the West
Break: 10:15
– 10:30 am
PLENARY SESSION # 2:
Monks in the Lab - Recent Breakthroughs in Mind-Body Medicine and
Neuroscience Research10:30
am – 12:15 pm
Moderator: Nancy
J. Pearson, PhD, National Center for Complementary & Alternative
Medicine - National Institutes of Health
- Herbert Benson, MD,
Harvard University -
Physiology and Biology of g-Tum-mo Yoga, Recent Research
-
Michael J.
Baime, MD, University of
Pennsylvania
School of Medicine - Brain
Imaging During Tibetan Buddhist Sadhana Practice - Will the
Real Vajrayogini Please Stand Up?
-
Margaret
Kemeny, PhD, University of
California-San
Francisco - Balancing the Emotions: A Psychologist Speaks in Dialogue
with Buddhism
-
Alan
Wallace, PhD, Santa Barbara
Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness - A
Buddhist Ideal of Mental Health: Balancing Attention, Emotions and
Cognition
-
Max Moser,
PhD, Joanneum Research Institute for Noninvasive Diagnosis and
University of Graz, Austria University of Graz, Austria - The Dancing
Heart in Meditation.
Lunch Break:
12:15 to 1:30 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 1:
1:30 to 3:30 pm
120 min
# 101 - Tibetan Medicine and Mental Health (Part 1 – continued in # 201)
During the long,
intertwined history of Tibetan medicine and Buddhism, Tibetan doctors
and lamas often collaborated in healing individuals of mental
imbalances. In addition, both traditions are concerned with developing
exceptional degrees of mental health. In this section, speakers will
focus on specific aspects of Tibetan medicine and mental health,
especially in relation to the current theme of positive psychology in
the West.
Participants: Alan Wallace, PhD, Santa Barbara
Institute for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness (Moderator); Margaret Kemeny,
PhD, UC-San Francisco; Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche; Lobsang Rapgay, PhD,
UCLA; Gehlek Rimpoche.
# 102 - Diagnosis: Two Worlds/Two Approaches (Part 1 – continued in #
202)
Real patients (Western and Tibetan) to be diagnosed by Western MDs and
Tibetan doctors on various topics and diseases: Women’s Health,
Digestive Problems, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis, diabetes, mental
health. Participants will have an opportunity to observe how the same
patients are diagnosed and treated by physicians from two different
medical systems. Patients will be able to compare the differences in
approach, and the possibilities of complementarity in the treatment.
Tibetan Doctors: Dr. Choeying Phunstog, Meridian Medical Group;
Dr.Tenzing Dakpa, Men Tsee Khang
USA; Dr. Lobsang Dhondup,
UC-Santa Barbara; Dr. Pasang Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa, New Yuthog
Institute of Tibetan Medicine, Italy; Dr. Menpa Yangdron Kalzang
Western Physicians: John Pan, MD, George Washington University Medical Center;
Michael J. Baime, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine;
Nancy Black, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
# 103 - Research Highlights of Recent Clinical Findings: Arterial
Disease,
Rheumatic Diseases,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome & More
(Part 1 – continues in #
203)
Current
research findings support not only the way Tibetan Medicine is used
since centuries but also show that it can be similarly effective in
diseases of civilisation e.g. atherosclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome,
etc.. In this session, researchers and persons involved in these
research projects present the recent highlights of these clinical study
findings
Moderator: Herbert Schwabl, PhD,
Padma, Inc, Switzerland
- Herbert
Schwabl, PhD, Padma, Inc, Switzerland - Overview and Current Status
of Clinical Research
-
Rajabrata
Sarkar, MD, PhD, University of California - San Francisco School of
Medicine - Efficacy of Padma Basic for Arterial Disease - Placebo
Controlled Double Blind Study
-
Paula
de Wys, NSTG, Netherlands - Pilot Study on the Effect of Tibetan
Medicine on Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
-
Marianne
Suter, PhD, Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland -
- Impact of Padma
Basic in Atherosclerosis: Mechanistic Approach from In Vitro and In Vivo
Results and a Randomized Controlled Study
-
Sarah
Sallon, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel - Padma
Lax and Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Clinical Update
# 104 – The Impact of Western Medicine on Tibetan Medicine: How Can
Collaboration Work?
Anthropologists, researchers and Tibetan doctors will present both
historical and current examples to discuss the delicate relationship
that is being established by these two traditions as they meet and try
to establish working collaborative programs.
Moderator:
Mona Schrempf, PhD,
Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin
-
Dr.
Kunchok Gyaltsen,
Kumbum Tibetan Hospital
– Does Western Medicine Support Tibetan Medicine or Create Conflict?
Perception from the Standpoint of Tibetan Medical Doctors in
Tibet.
-
Alex McKay
Ph.D, Wellcome Trust Centre, London - Competition or
Co-operation?: The Interaction of Tibetan and “Western” Medicine,
a Case Study.
-
Colin
Millard, PhD Tara Institute of Tibetan Medicine - The Integration of
Tibetan Medicine in the
UK: the Clinics
of the Tara Institute of Tibetan Medicine
-
A. I.
Bartanov, MD, Eastern Medicine Center, Buryatia – The Intraregional
Specialized Center of Eastern Medicine as an Example of Combination of
Different Medical Systems
Discussant: Mark Stibich, PhD, Johns Hopkins University.
# 105 - An Introduction to the Underlying Principles of Tibetan Medicine
Based on a graduate course at the University of Minnesota by bioethicist
Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, RN, in collaboration with a Tibetan doctor, this
workshop will allow participants who have little or no knowledge of
Tibetan medicine and Tibetan Buddhism to become familiar with the basic
principles and how to integrate these principles into personal life and
Western healing environments.
# 106 - Movie Session
“Himalayan Doctors: Tibetan Medicine at the Grassroots”
50 min., English, 2003
A film
by Andy Maleta, Austrian-born documentary filmmaker. Andy Maleta will be
present.
Two
traditionally trained Ladakhi doctors (Amchi) work among villagers and
nomads, and prepare their own herbal medicine. Ancient knowledge is
passed on to the modern world. Can it survive? With comments and one of
the last interviews of the late Dr. Tenzin Choedrak.
Break: 3:30 –
4:00 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 2:
4:00 to 6:00 pm
120 min
# 201 - Tibetan Medicine and Mental Health (Part 2 - Continued from # 101)
See description of session and participants # 101
# 202 - Diagnosis: Two Worlds/Two Approaches
(Part 2 - Continued from # 102)
See description of session and participants # 102
# 203 - Research Highlights of Recent Laboratory Results:
Anti-inflammatory, Cholesterol Modulating Effects, Bronchial Asthma,
and More. (Part 2 – continued from # 103)
Moderator:
Herbert Schwabl, PhD, Padma, Inc., Switzerland
-
Florian
Ueberall, PhD,
Univ Innsbruck,
Austria
- Gene-Chip Analysis of Tibetan Formulas
-
Marianne
Suter, PhD, Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland -
On Aerobic Life and
Free Radical Formation: the Impact of Padma Basic
-
S. M.
Nikolaev ,MD, Institute of General & Experimental Biology, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Buryatia – Choleretic Effect of Natural Xantones
- Vladimir Tarnuyev,
MD, The Republican Clinical Hospital for War Veterans, Buryatia -
Research on the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma combining Tibetan,
TCM and Allopathic Therapies.
# 204 – Bon Medicine
The
speakers will present the original Bon medical tradition of Tibet and
discuss its relationships with other Tibetan Buddhist medical
traditions. The panel will also discuss current research and the status
of this particular medical tradition in Asia and in the West.
Moderator:
Alejandro Chaoul, PhD Candidate, Rice University
- Khenpo Tenpa
Yungdrung Rinpoche, Nepal - The Bon Medical Tradition or A
Historical Account of the Bon Medical Tradition
-
Dr.
Thubten Phuntsog, Central University of Nationalities, Beijing -
Relationships between the Bon Medical Tradition and the other Tibetan
Buddhist Traditions
-
Dr. Pasang
Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa, New Yuthog Institute of Tibetan Medicine,
Italy - Bon Medicine: the Lost Culture of
Tibet, Lacking
Evidence to Repair the History
- Mona Schrempf,
PhD, Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin - What is Bon about? Present-Day Bon Medical Practice.
-
Colin Millard,
PhD, Tara Institute of Tibetan Medicine – Men
and To: Two Aspect of Bön Healing
# 205 - Issues of Translation and Epistemology in Tibetan Medicine
Begun during the First International Congress in 1998, this round-table
will continue a discussion on issues related to the history and
development of Tibetan medical texts, on dating problems, on issues of
language, translation methodology, terms, medical concepts and
terminology.
# 206 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
Small hands-on workshops (30 to 40 people) with Tibetan doctors
currently residing in the United States will provide opportunities to
get an introduction into several key components of Tibetan medicine.
A -
Essentials of Tibetan Medicine
B -
Diet and nutrition:
C -
Diagnosis: Pulse-taking and Urinanalysis
# 207 - Movie Session
“The Knowledge of
Healing”
90 min, English, 1997
A film by Franz Reichle, Swiss documentary filmmaker.
An investigation into the world of Tibetan Medicine. The Swiss-made
documentary visits with H.H. the Dalai Lama and his physician, the late
Dr. Tenzin Choedrak, in his home-in-exile in the foothills of northern
India, and then with Tibetan doctor Chimit-Dorzhi Dugarov in Buryatia
(eastern Siberia). Then it moves to the high-tech laboratories of
Switzerland, Austria and Israel where scientists are busy analyzing the
healing properties of herbs, roots and minerals, the basis of Tibetan
medicines.
Dinner Break:
6:00 – 8:00 pm
SPECIAL EVENING LECTURE:
8:00 to 10:00 pm
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
- Healing with
Form, Energy and Light
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2003
(Early Morning Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
9:00 to 9:45 am Keynote Lecture:
45 min
Wade Davis, PhD, National Geographic Society - Sustainability: A
Challenge for Traditional Medicine
BREAK-OUT SESSION #
3:
10:00am to 12:00 pm
120 min
# 301 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in
the Himalayan
(Continued in # 401, # 501, and # 601)
As
Tibetan medicine and other Asian systems of health become better known
and understood in the West, and new research becomes increasingly
promising, we need to address the devastating impact that the
escalating need for medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) is having on
environmental and biological resources of the Himalayan region and South
Asia. Growing and widespread demand, over-harvesting, ecosystem
degradation and deforestation, mono-cropping, and particularly the
expansion of unregulated/illegal trade and commercial use of medicinal
plants, are just some of the problems that are seriously beginning to
threaten the survival and availability of many MAP species in the
region. Leaders from a variety of fields and backgrounds (ethnobotanists,
conservationists, industry members, government and other stakeholders)
will be invited to address issues critical to this topic. A variety of
case studies and examples of good working models from throughout the
region will be presented, as well as issues of indigenous knowledge and
intellectual property rights. Special focus will be placed on the role
that the Natural Products Industry can play to protect Tibetan medicinal
plants and resources.
Part 1: Introduction and Issues
Chairman and Moderator:
Mark Blumenthal,
American Botanical Council - Introduction
- Patricia S. De
Angelis, PhD - Medicinal Plant Working Group, US Fish & Wildlife
Service – Sustainability Issues and Challenges
- Dr. Pema Dorjee,
Men Tsee Khang,
India
– The Men Tsee Khang’s Programs for Conservation of Medicinal
Pants
- Dr. Kunchok
Gyaltsen, Kumbum Tibetan Hospital – Current Issues of Tibetan
Medicinal Plants in Tibetan Regions Including Harvesting, Cultivation
and Protection.
- Amchi Gyatso Bista, Himalayan Amchi Association, Nepal -
Conservation, Education, and the
Future of ‘amchi’
Practice in Mustang, Nepal
# 302 - The Biology and Healing Power of Compassion
(Part One – continued in
#402)
It is widely known that
Tibetan Buddhism has a highly structured process of cultivating
compassion. The primary goal of many of the meditation techniques of
Tibetan Buddhist practice is the enhancement of equanimity and
compassion. The capability of meditation practice to cultivate the
experience of compassion is just now receiving the attention of western
investigators. Equally, the social, psychological, developmental,
clinical and health related potential of compassion is also now being
acknowledged by a wide range of researchers. The panel will seek to
define compassion, its characteristics, functions and application both
in daily life and in possible clinical settings. Members will also
share a wide range of preliminary research in the psychophysiology and
application of compassion both among practitioners as well as clinical
populations. They will also explore what might be the next step in the
research and also how some of the information from this preliminary
research might guide further research. (All titles are tentative)
Moderator:
Stephen C. Post, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
-
Robert A.
F. Thurman, PhD,
Columbia
University - Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism
-
Lobsang
Rapgay, PhD, UCLA - TBA
-
Jerome
Stone, MA, RN,
California
Pacific Medical - Compassionate Intention: The Heart of Prayer and
Healing
-
Margaret
Kemeny, PhD, University of California-San Francisco – Physiological
Measures of Compassion
-
Miriam E.
Cameron, PhD, RN, University of Minnesota - Ethics and Compassion in
Tibetan Medicine
-
Michael J.
Baime, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine – The Uses
of Meditation as a Mechanism for Generating Compassion and Healing in
Clinical Settings.
-
Alan
Wallace, PhD, Santa Barbara Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of
Consciousness – Empathy, Compassion & Human Flourishing
# 303 - Collaboration or Integration: Different Models and Approaches
A
presentation and discussion of current case studies and initiatives
working to establish collaborative ventures and/or integration of
Tibetan health knowledge and medicine into primary health care, public
health and health education programs.
Moderator:
Fredi Kronenberg, PhD, Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative
Medicine, Columbia
University
College
of Physicians & Surgeons.
-
Ira Zunin,
MD, MPH, Hawaii State
Consortium for Integrative Health - Care Tools for Integration: A
Cross-Cultural Exchange
-
Amy
Banter, MD, Indiana University; Cynthia Husted, PhD, University of
California-Santa Barbara - Incorporating Tibetan Medicine Knowledge
into Family Practice Residency in Indiana
-
Maura Santangelo,
MD, MPH, Seva Foundation - Traditional Tibetan Doctors in Eye Care:
an Interdisciplinary Model of Cross-Learning between Western Doctors,
Traditional Tibetan Doctors and Tibetan Scholars.
-
Sienna
Craig, PhD Cand.,
Cornell University
– The Himalayan Amchi Association: Professionalization and Change
among Practitioners of Tibetan Medicine In
Nepal
-
Jennifer
A. Seda, MD, Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic and Bhutanese Ministry of
Health Collaborative Health Research Program
# 304 - Web Resources and Documentation of Tibetan Medicine – an Overview
- Jackie Wootton,
M.Ed., Alternative Medicine Foundation: TibetMed - Global
Information Resource on Tibetan Medicine.
- Frances Garett,
PhD, University of Toronto – Digital Resources for Research on
Tibetan Medicine: the Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library
# 305 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
Small hands-on workshops (30 to 40 people) with Tibetan doctors
currently residing in the United States will provide opportunities to
get an introduction into several key components of Tibetan medicine.
A -
Essentials of Tibetan Medicine
B -
Pharmacology
C –
Menopause
# 306 - Movie session
“Himalayan
Doctors: Tibetan Medicine at the Grassroots”
50 min., English, 2003
A film
by Andy Maleta, Austrian-born documentary filmmaker. Andy Maleta will be
present.
Two
traditionally trained Ladakhi doctors (Amchi) work among villagers and
nomads, and prepare their own herbal medicine. Ancient knowledge is
passed on to the modern world. Can it survive? With comments and one of
the last interviews of the late Dr. Tenzin Choedrak.
Lunch Break:
12:00 – 1:00 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 4:
1:00 to 3:00 pm
120 min
# 401 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in
the Himalayan Region
(Continued from # 301 – for Description see #301)
Part 2: Case Studies
Moderator:
Mark Blumenthal, American Botanical Council
-
Sylvia
Salcedo – Tengboche Medicinal
Plant
Garden
Development Project/Sacred Land Initiatives
-
Dekila
Chungyalpa, World Wildlife Fund – Amchi Program in
Dolpo, Nepal
-
Carroll Dunham, Wild Earth,
Nepal –
Tibetan Medicine¹s growing Popularity: The Impact on Medicinal Plants and
Mountain Women of the
Himalayas
-
Heather Harlow , M.Sc, University of
Hawaii -
Ethnobotanical Approaches to the Cultural and Biological Conservation of
Tibetan Medicine in Exile
# 402 - The Biology and Healing Power of Compassion
(Part Two – continued from #302 - for description & speakers see # 302)
# 403 – Issues of Research Methodology and Tibetan Medicine
(Continued in #503)
Research methodology is a sensitive issue. While the
scientific focus of biomedicine will be presented, this session will
also directly address the problems of researching a multi-faceted
traditional system of medicine and explore new approaches to more
inclusive, culturally effective and sensitive strategies for research.
Part 1: Current Standards and Research Models: Theoretical Background
Moderator:
Eric Jacobson, PhD,
Harvard University
-
Eric
Jacobson, PhD,
Harvard University
- Overview and Problems
-
Jack
Killen, MD, Office of International Health Research,
NCCAM/NIH –
CAM Research: Perspectives from NCCAM/NIH".
-
Christine
Goertz, DC, PhD, Samueli Institute - Prospective Outcomes
Documentation Studies [PODS] of Traditional Practices.
-
David Lee,
PhD, McLean Hospital
- Issues of Quality Control in Tibetan Medicine
-
Rosa
Schnyer, PhD,
University of
Arizona
- Bridging the Gap in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Research: Flexibility of Treatment vs. Standardization
# 404 – Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche – Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a lama in the Bon tradition of Tibet will lead
a workshop on the dream and sleep yoga, also known as the yoga of clear
light. Rinpoche will discuss instructions for the practices of the yogas,
including foundational practices done during the day. IN the Tibetan
tradition, the ability to dream lucidly is not an end in itself, rather
it provides an additional context in which one can engage in advanced
and effective practices to achieve liberation.
[# 404 - Diet and
Nutrition According to Tibetan Medicine now # 405 - B ]
# 405 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
Small hands-on workshops (30 to 40 people) with Tibetan doctors
currently residing in the United States will provide opportunities to
get an introduction into several key components of Tibetan medicine.
A -
Essentials of Tibetan Medicine
B –
Diet and Nutrition – Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, Shang Shung Institute
C -
The Treatment of Asthma in Tibetan Medicine )
# 406 - Movie session:
Pema Chodron on Tonglen Meditation “Good Medicine”
video
Break: 3:00 –
3:30 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION # 5:
3:30 to 5:30 pm
120 min
120 min
# 501 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in
the Himalayan Region
(Continued from # 301 & #401 – for Description see #301)
Part 3: Intellectual Property Rights and Conservation of Traditional
Health Knowledge
Moderator:
Mark Blumenthal, American Botanical Council
-
Richard
Wilder, Esq,
Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC.-
Protecting Traditional Medicine and Intellectual Property Rights
-
Peter
DiMauro, PhD, PatentWatch -
-
Mary
Riley, PhD, University of Illinois-Chicago - A Potential Model for
Protecting Tibetan Traditional Medicine: The International Cooperative
Biodiversity Group (ICBG) and The Traditional Medicine Research Centre (TMRC)
in Lao PDR
# 502 – Tara Rokpa Therapy--An Integrated Psychotherapeutic Method Based
In Sowa Rigpa
The
Tara Rokpa Therapy method was devised by Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche,
Tibetan lama and physician, first, in the 70's, in response to requests
for help especially from individuals suffering mental problems. The Tara
Rokpa approach is grounded in relaxation, massage and free art work. It
moves on to include autobiographical work in 'Back To Beginnings' which
includes direct exploration in 'working with the five elements.' There
is a graduated sequence of visualization exercises which help people to
come to a less solid experience of the world, including their own
psycho-physical being, while dealing with emotional issues in their own
terms as they arise. It is a form of mind-training leading towards
self-responsibility, compassion and awareness of the primacy of the
present moment.
Edith Irwin, MA, Tara Institute of Tibetan Medicine, Edinburgh.
# 503 – Issues of Research Methodology and Tibetan Medicine
(Continued from # 403)
Part 2: Current Research Projects: Practical Applications
Moderator:
Eric Jacobson, PhD, Harvard University
- Vincanne Adams,
PhD, University of California at San Francisco - The Cross-Cultural
Challenge in Clinical Trials Research
-
Cynthia Husted,
PhD, Dr. Lobsang Dhondup, UCSB - Tibetan Medicine Interpretation of
Myelin Membranes and Changes in Multiple Sclerosis
-
Maura Santangelo,
MD, MPH, Seva Foundation - Collaboration with Traditional Tibetan
Doctors: Theoretical Concerns in Designing Outcome Studies in Eye Care
-
Sarah Sallon, BSc,
MBBS, MRCP, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel
- Mercury in Traditional Tibetan Medicine: Panacea or Problem?
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Dr. Tenzin
Namgyal, Men Tsee Khang (Dharamsala) - Research Project on Diabetes
(Type 2)
# 504 - Tibetan Medicine and Cancer
Moderator:
Mary Ann Richardson, PHD, National Foundation for Alternative Medicine
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Dr. Yeshi
Dhonden and Marsha Woolf - A Tibetan Approach to Cancer Treatment and
Research
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Lorenzo Cohen,
MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center & Alejandro Chaoul, PhD Cand. Rice U. –
A Randomized Trial of a Tibetan Yoga Program for Cancer Patients
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Dr.Pasang
Yonten Arya Tendi Serpa – Is There More Breast Cancer in
Tibet than in the Past? Breast Cancer in Tibetan Medicine, a Case Report
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Leslie
Blackhall, MD,
University of
Virginia
School of Medicine – On Death and Dying, Guidance from the Tibetan
Perspective
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Dr.
Lobsang Dhondup, UCSB, Tibetan Healing Center, San Diego, CA- Tibetan
Medicine Interpretation of Cancer, with Case Studies
# 505 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
Small hands-on workshops (30 to 40 people) with Tibetan doctors
currently residing in the United States will provide opportunities to
get an introduction into several key components of Tibetan medicine.
A -
Essentials of Tibetan Medicine
B -
Tibetan Stick (acupressure) Therapy
C -
Women’s Health
# 506 - Movie session
“The Knowledge of
Healing”
90 min, English, 1997
A film by Franz Reichle, Swiss documentary filmmaker.
An investigation into the world of Tibetan Medicine. The Swiss-made
documentary visits with H.H. the Dalai Lama and his physician, the late
Dr. Tenzin Choedrak, in his home-in-exile in the foothills of northern
India, and then with Tibetan doctor Chimit-Dorzhi Dugarov in Buryatia
(eastern Siberia). Then it moves to the high-tech laboratories of
Switzerland, Austria and Israel where scientists are busy analyzing the
healing properties of herbs, roots and minerals, the basis of Tibetan
medicines.
SPECIAL EVENING LECTURE:
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Tulku Thondup: Realizing the Potential to Heal: Buddhist Meditations
to Heal Mind and Body
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8,
2003
(Early Morning Meditation & Tibetan Yoga Session: 7:00 to 8:00 am)
9:00 to 9:45 am Keynote Lecture
45 min
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD, Columbia University - Compassion and
Selflessness: Vital for Modern Healthcare
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS #
6
10:00 to 11:45 am
105 min
# 601 –The Future and Sustainability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in
the Himalayan Region
(Continued from # 301, # 401 and # 501 – for Description see #301)
Part 4: The Botanical Materia Medica of Tibetan Herbal Formulas - from
Pharmacognosy to Quality Control
Mark Blumenthal, American Botanical Council
Herbert Schwabl,PhD, Padma, Inc.,
Switzerland
Loren Israelsen, LDI Group
Alessandro Boesi, PhD Cand., Shangdril, Centro Studi per
l'Himalaya e il Tibet - Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali- The
Identification of Medicinal Plants in their Natural Environment by
Tibetan Doctors
Francesca Cardi, PhD Cand, Shangdril, Centro Studi per l'Himalaya e
il Tibet - Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali - The Classification
of Tibetan Materia Medica and its Contemporary Evolution
# 602 - Tibetan Approaches to Depression
The
numbers of people suffering from depression has recently grown at an
alarming rate, according to a recently NIH-sponsored study published in
the Journal of the American Medical Association. Depression affects the
entire body, in particular the cardiovascular system, the endocrine
systems, even bone growth leading to osteroporosis, according to the
published study. With its deep understanding of the mind and emotions,
the Tibetan approaches presented in this session could potentially offer
help for this growing epidemic.
Moderator:
Lobsang Rapgay, PhD, UCLA
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Lobsang
Rapgay, PhD, UCLA - An introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Meditative
based Positive Mood Enhancement Technique with Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy for Depression and Chronic Pain
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Nancy
Black, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center – Anxiety’s Antidote
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Mary Ryan,
PhD, UMass Amherst - Treatment of Mental Health Disorders by Tibetan
Medicine in
Dharmasala,
India:
Implications for the West.
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Eric
Jacobson, PhD,
Harvard University
- Depression and anxiety in Tibetan Medicine: srog rlung
#603 – Teaching and Practicing Tibetan Medicine in the West
The
session will focus on issues related to the study and practice of
Tibetan medicine in the West, with examples of various initiatives,
courses and approaches for teaching Tibetan medicine for Westerners.
Moderator:
Kimberly Johnson, MD
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Brion
Sweeney, MD,
Tara Institute of Tibetan Medicine -
Training Tibetan Doctors for Working in
a Western Context, the European Experience
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Miriam E.
Cameron, PhD, RN,
University
of Minnesota – Developing a Graduate Level Course in Tibetan Medicine
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Dr. Pasang
Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa - The New Yuthok Institute of Tibetan
Medicine in
Milano,
Italy
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Dr. Tenzin
Namgyal - The Courses for Western MDs at the Men
Tsee Khang, India
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Sonja
Maric, MA,
East-West Medical Institute, Germany - Tibetan Medicine
-
Ten
Years Experience in Education of Western Medical Doctors
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Malcolm
Smith – The Shang Shung Institute in
Conway,
Massachusetts
# 604 - In Pursuit of Partnership: Philosophy and Practical Applications
for Integration
Part 1: Theoretical Background
(Continued in # 703)
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Isaac
Eliaz, MD, LAC, Amitabha Medical Clinic and Healing Center
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Ira Zunin,
MD, MPH Hawaii State
Consortium for Integrative Health Care
As
Tibetan Medicine expands in the United States and achieves the potential
to become increasingly integrated into conventional health delivery, it
will gain both credibility and exposure. Integration brings with it a
new set of responsibilities. For integrative medicine in general
utilization is growing and evolving so quickly that the educational
institutions preparing providers for licensure are hard pressed to keep
up with the trend. As a result, provider education may not fully
prepare its graduates to meet the growing expectations of the public,
the medical community or the legal system.
The
two parts workshop will cover the following topics:
1.
What is
integrative medicine-in-depth discussion of the principles of
integrative medicine.
2.
Addressing
health and disease- what do we focus on, when and how.
3.
Practical
applications in the clinic setting- how do we do it here in the USA.
4.
Practical
applications in the clinic setting- how is it done in remote areas of
Tibet
5.
Clinical
examples
6.
Discuss
the extent to which Tibetan Medicine should expand in the West as a
separate independent medical model or one that treats in concert with
modern medicine.
7. Explore
opportunities and methods for Tibetan Medicine to integrate effectively
into the conventional medical paradigm
# 605 – The Healing Power of Mantras
Mantras have the unique power of bringing about instant mental peace and
well being for the practionner. Dechen Shak-Dagsay, a Tibetan living in
Switzerland, will discuss and lead a workshop based on her new album
“Dewa Che, Universal Healing Power of Tibetans Mantras”, a CD which is
touching the hearts of thousands of people all over the world.
# 606 - WORKSHOPS: Practical Introductions to Tibetan Medicine by Tibetan
Physicians
Small hands-on workshops (30 to 40 people) with Tibetan doctors
currently residing in the United States will provide opportunities to
get an introduction into several key components of Tibetan medicine.
A -
Essentials of Tibetan Medicine
B -
Pulse-Taking and Urinalysis
C -
Women’s Health
# 607 - Movie session: Pema Chodron on Tonglen Meditation “Good Medicine”
video
Lunch Break
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
BREAK-OUT SESSION #
7:
12:45 to 2:30 pm
105 min
# 701 – Synopsis of Research Sessions (#103, 203, 403, 503): From
Tradition to Evidence
Herbert Schwabl, PhD, Padma, Inc., Switzerland; Eric
Jacobson, PhD, Harvard University; Vincanne Adams, PhD, UC-SF; Kimberly
Johnson, MD; David Lee, PhD, McLean Hospital; and others.
# 702 – Women’s Health Issues
This panel will explore different healing modalities and approaches used
for women’s health care based on Tibetan healing traditions..
Moderators:
Fredi Kronenberg, PhD,
Columbia University;
Kimberly Johnson, MD
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Dr Pasang
Yonten Arya. Menopausal Syndrome: Can Tibetan Pills be a
Substitute for Hormonal Therapy? The Experience of a Tibetan Doctor in
the West
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