Traditional Indian Medicine Conference at Arizona Health Sciences Center, April 18
April 14, 2009
Health-care workers, students, the public and media are invited to attend a free conference on traditional American Indian medicine from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at DuVal Auditorium at the Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Conference highlights include a morning panel discussion on traditional Indian medicine concepts and a panel discussion titled, “Conversations about Traditional Indian Medicine vs. Western Medicine vs. Integrative Medicine,” starting at 1 p.m.
Conference speakers include:
- Peter Catinella, MD, MPH, associate head for clinical affairs in The University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine.
- Johnson Dennison, coordinator of the Office of Native Medicine at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Chinle, Ariz.
- Carlos R. Gonzales MD, FAAFP, associate professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine at the UA and adviser to the UA/Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Indians into Medicine (INMED) Program.
- Pedro M. Flores, Jr., of the New Pascua Yaqui Reservation southwest of Tucson. Flores has been a Sweat Lodge leader since 1988, when he completed his final Sun Dance on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.
- Jeff Henderson, MD, MPH, a Lakota and enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Dr. Henderson is founder of the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the wellness of American Indians through research, service, education and philanthropy.
- Lane Johnson, MD, MPH, UA associate professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine and of Public Health. Dr. Johnson is author of a Pocket Guide to Herbal Remedies, published in 2002, and a study of herbal remedies used by Hispanic women in the treatment of diabetes, published in 2007.
- Tieraona Low Dog, MD, of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the UA. Dr. Low Dog is interested in national health policy and regulatory issues. She was appointed by then-President Clinton to serve on the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
- Native healers Johnnie Keeto, Sr., of the Navajo Nation, and Octavius Seowtewa, from Zuni.
- Wayne Peate, MD, MPH, Tucson physician and author of Native Healing: Listening with Your Heart, among many other publications. He is president of the Pima County JTED (Joint Technological Education District), serving 18,000 students.
The conference is sponsored by the Stoklos Native American Health Education Fund and The University of Arizona/InterTribal Council of Arizona Indians Into Medicine (INMED) Program.
For further information, contact Denise Angel at (520) 318-7280 or mangel@u.arizona.edu