PLACE: Arizona Cancer Center, Room 2920, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, Ariz. (Please Note: This news conference originally was scheduled to take place in the Cancer Center's Kiewit Auditorium.)
TUCSON, Ariz., -- The role integrative medicine will have in the future practice of medicine will be the focus of an April 9 scholarly debate between Arnold Relman, M.D., and Andrew Weil, M.D., two renowned physicians who have gained international attention for their opposing views on this issue. Titled Is Integrative Medicine the Medicine of the Future? the debate is scheduled Friday, April 9, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m., DuVal Auditorium, The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. Because the evening debate will not include questions from the public or media, a 1-hour news conference has been scheduled at * 4 p.m. to allow reporters to interview the participants and explore their views on integrative medicine, as well as photograph/video the participants. (Please see additional details on second page of this release.) Arnold Relman, M.D., an outspoken critic of integrative medicine (New Republic cover story, Dec. 14, 1998), is editor-in-chief emeritus of the New England Journal of Medicine and professor emeritus of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Relman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a former president of the American Federation for Clinical Research, the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.
Andrew Weil, M.D., an international authority on integrative medicine and director of the UA Program in Integrative Medicine, is author of many scientific and popular articles and seven books. Named by Time magazine as one of the nation's most influential people of 1997, Dr. Weil is a recognized expert on alternative medicine, medicinal plants, and reforming medical education. He is a member of the American Academy of Achievement and earned degrees in botany and medicine at Harvard University. (Dan Rutz - Senior medical correspondent at CNN, Rutz will moderate the debate.) EDITORS/REPORTERS PLEASE NOTE:
LIVE VIDEO FEEDS FOR BROADCAST MEDIA: Because of severe space limitations, and to help maintain decorum, cameras will not be permitted in the evening debate. However, the debate will be videotaped (two Beta cameras and a Sony 327) and broadcast media will be able to take live feeds (24 video and audio signals will be available) from an adjacent studio. Videotapes and audiotapes also will be available following the debate.
* For more information, please call Rick Collins, AHSC Biomedical Communications, (520) 626-7343. MEDIA/PUBLIC SEATING: The debate will "kick-off" a conference, "Healing Arts: Medicine, Ethics, Humanities" (http://www.library.arizona.edu/conference/health/). Because of limited seating, the debate is for conference participants and invited guests only and tickets are necessary for entrance. (A limited number of seats are available for news media representatives.) However, the debate will be broadcast live in several conference rooms at the College of Medicine; that seating also is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call Nancy Guthrie, AHSC Office of Public Affairs, (520) 626-7301. LIVE CABLE BROADCAST OF DEBATE (in Tucson only): Tucsonans also can watch the debate live on Tucson's Cox Cable, Channel 53, and People's Choice TV, Channel 46.
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