“The Almost Effect” Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum to Be Held at Harvard Medical School

“The Almost Effect” and Integrative Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum-HMS

Date and Time:       1:30 pm to 5:30pm Saturday, Oct 18^th, 2014

Location:                  Shapiro 10 Conference Room, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA

Group picture from Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum in July 2013 (photo by David Li).



CECs (Continue Education Credit): 4 credits

Fee: $40

Sponsored:  American Chinese Medical Exchange Society

Massachusetts Society of Chinese Medicine

Moderators: Gary Lu, MD, PhD; John Zhang, PhD, L.Ac

1:30-2:10: “The Almost Effect: Nutritional intervention for subclinical and chronic medical conditions” by Helen Fu, CNC, CH, CNHP, certified nutritionist, Chinese Herbalist, and producer/host of two TV shows

2:10-2:50 “Acupuncture for Pain Treatment:  How do we evaluate the clinical outcome? “by Lucy Chen, MD, Attending pain specialist at MGH, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School.

2:50-3:20 “Use of Tai Chi for treatment of depression” by Albert .Yueng, MD, Attending Psychiatrist at MGH, Associate professor of Harvard Medical School.

3:20-4:00 “Mind-Body Exercise for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease” Gloria Yeh, MD, Attending Physician of BIDMC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine

4:00-5:30 Panel discussion

Panelists: Drs. Lucy Chen, Albert Yueng, Gloria Yeh, Jian Kong, Helen Hu, Weidong Lu, Bing Yang, Zhiping Li, John Zhang