On June 18 and 19, 2010, the second conference ‘care for the Future’ will take place in amsterdam. Following the highly success- ful premiere conference in October 2009, Supplement has decided to organize an annual conference on the topic of Integrative Medicine. this second conference will focus on complementary therapies in cancer care. the first day consists of simultaneous workshops and round table meetings. the second day includes a planery session with world renowned speakers, organized in collaboration with the Society for Integrative Oncology.
By: Mischa P.M. Nagel and drs. Ivo J.F. Spekman
Integrative Oncology: a new era in cancer care
Alternative is synonym for ‘instead of’
therapies are effective, less costly and
wants to create possibilities for inte-gration of various complementary
Personalized program
During the first day participants can choose from different interac-
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Friday June 18th personalized programWorkshops and Round Table Conferences 1 a1 Round Table B1 Workshop c1 Workshop
Acupuncture and the advantages Integrative Oncology for nurses
> Otto Langels > Janet Lloyd-Jones a2 Round Table B2 Workshop c2 Workshop > Anna Paul > Peter Johnstone > Martine Busch a3 Round Table B3 Workshop c3 Workshop > Inès von Rosenstiel > Peter Johnstone Workshops A1. Round Table Conference A2. + A3. Round Table Conference european Federation of Naturopathy Is there a place for integrative oncology in the european health- care system of tomorrow? > Peter Johnstone Round Table Conferences Participation at a round table conference by invitation only. Limited audience to listen. B1. Workshop acupuncture and the advantages of the Low Level laser
• Understand the framework of differ-
> Janet Lloyd-Jones
ent models of integrative pediatrics.
• Understand the implication for prac-
C1. Workshop Integrative oncology for nurses > Otto Langels B3. Workshop B2. Workshop integrative paediatrics Mind-Body medicine in Oncology > Inès von Rosenstiel > Anna Paul
capacities to self regulate their health
• Gain knowledge of care integrative
• Gain knowledge of inpatient inte-
• Gain knowledge of best practices
C a r e Fo r T h e Fu t u r e 2 010Saturday June 19th plenary session
Conference moderator: Inès von Rosenstiel
09.30 - 10.00 Welcome, Introduction and Overview > Mischa Nagel, director of Supplement Amsterdam C2. Workshop > Barrie Cassileth, PhD, Implementation of visualisation tech-
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
niques in a clinical setting > Martine Busch
10.00 - 10.45 Nutrition and Physical activity: Modifiable Life Style Factors in Integrative cancer care > Donald Abrams, MD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
simple interventions which can be implemented in a clinical environ-
10.45 - 11.30 Herbal Medicine and Dietary Supplements in cancer care > Fabio Firenzuoli, MD,
Clinical Center of Natural Medicine, S.Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
12.00 - 12.45 acupuncture: Overview and research Base > Stephen Sagar, MD,
Juravinski Cancer Center, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Healthcare institutions. Questions that will be asked are: what makes imple-
12.45 - 13.30 acupuncture: Mechanisms > Jacqueline Filshie, MD, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK C3. Workshop Integrated stepped care in psychoso-
14.15 - 15.00 Integrative Oncology in the UK cial support for cancer patients: from > Michelle Kohn, MD, London, UK oncology nurse interventions to hos- pitality centers and specialized psy-
15.00 - 15.45 Mind-Body therapies and cancer care chological care. > Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, University of Texas, USA > M. D. Anderson, Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Patients with cancer do not only have to deal with their physical illness, but
social problems. What can be done about this and what level of care gives
16.30 - 17.15 How to Help your Patients Help themselves > David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD,
Universities of Pittsburgh, USA and Lyon, France
A senior experienced psychologist will present case studies, evaluations
17.15 - 17.30 conclusion > Barrie Cassileth, PhD,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
providers can communicate in optima forma with their patients.
17.30 - 18.00 closing ceremony
This program has been put together in collaboration with the Society for Integrative Oncology. Donald I. Abrams, MD
in patient and family support, medical education, homecare and
Donald I. Abrams, M.D. is chief of the Hematology-Oncology
hospice, and research in integrative medicine while a faculty
Division at San Francisco General Hospital, an integrative
member in Medicine and Associate Director of the Comprehensive
oncologist at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California
In 1999 she was recruited to Memorial Sloan-Kettering to create
an integrative medicine department, which has become an inter-
He graduated from Brown University in 1972 and from the
national prototype. She is founding president of the international
Stanford University School of Medicine in 1977. After completing
Society for Integrative Oncology and Founding Editor-in-Chief
an Internal Medicine residency at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital
of its Journal, and associate editor or advisory board member of
in San Francisco, he became a fellow in Hematology-Oncology at
eleven medical journals internationally.
the UCSF Cancer Research Institute in 1980.
She was a founding member of the Advisory Council to the
During his fellowship, Dr. Abrams spent eight months working
National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, now
in the retrovirology laboratory of Harold Varmus, M.D. during
the Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She was
the time that the first cases of AIDS were being diagnosed. He
on the national Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society
subsequently returned to the clinical arena where he was one of
and is now on the ACS Eastern Board. She served on many NIH,
the original clinician/investigators to recognize many of the early
ASCO and other national panels and committees.
Her publications include 160 articles in the medical literature 40
He conducted numerous clinical trials investigating conven-
medical textbook chapters and 20 books for physicians, patients
tional as well as complementary therapies in patients with
and families. She is Principal Investigator of several NIH research
HIV including therapeutic touch, Traditional Chinese Medicine
protocols, heads an NIH “Botanical Research Center,” and was
interventions, medicinal mushrooms and distant healing.
director of the first National Cancer Institute training program
His interest in botanical therapies led him to pursue a two-
in Integrative Oncology for physicians. Primary books include
year Fellowship in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the
“The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Guide to
University of Arizona which he completed in December 2004.
Alternative and Complementary Therapies” and Cassileth et al
His particular passion in the field involves nutrition and cancer.
“Herb-Drug Interactions in Oncology” second edition, 2010 and
Since completing his Fellowship, Dr. Abrams has been provid-
“Integrative Oncology: Complementary therapies in cancer care.”
ing Integrative Medicine consultation to people living with and
She is proud to serve with Mischa Nagel as co-organizer of this
beyond cancer at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
where he served as Director of Clinical Programs from August 2006 to December 2008. He has returned to clinical investigation
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD
in integrative oncology with interests in medicinal mushrooms,
Dr. Lorenzo Cohen is a faculty member at the M. D. Anderson
Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions and nutrition.
Cancer Center and is a professor in the Department of Behavioral
He co-edited an Oxford University Press textbook in Integrative
Science, Director of the Integrative Medicine Program, and
Onco logy with Andrew Weil, M.D. Dr. Abrams is currently the
Chief of the Section of Integrative Medicine in the Department
President of the Society of Integrative Oncology.
of General Oncology. Dr. Cohen is a founding member of the Society for Integrative
Martine Busch
Oncology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Society for
Martine Busch is director of the Van Praag Institute which
Integrative Oncology. He is currently conducting a number of
focuses on education and implementation of complementary
NIH-funded and non-funded randomized controlled clinical trials.
healthcare forms. The Van Praag Institute also supports and
They examine the biobehavioral effects of psychosocial interven-
cooperates in clinical research. Martine Busch is frequently
tions aimed at reducing the negative aspects of cancer treatment
invited nationally and internationally to speak about these top-
and improving quality of life. The studies include stress manage-
ics and is currently developing with Elsevier a CD with visualiza-
ment, emotional writing, meditation, yoga and tai chi/qigong.
tion exercises for specific healthcare problems.
He is interested in examining different types of complementary programs that can be easily incorporated into conventional treat-
Barrie R. Cassileth, MS, PhD
ment to decrease the psychophysiological sequelae associated
Dr. Cassileth is Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair and Chief of the
with treatment. His research simultaneously assesses psycho-
Integrative Medicine department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
logical, behavioral and physiological factors in an attempt to
Cancer Center. As a researcher, educator and planner, Dr. Cassileth
better understand the cancer process. He is principal investigator
has worked in integrative medicine and psychosocial aspects of
of a center grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct
cancer care for over 30 years. She developed prototypic programs
collaborative research projects with Fudan University Cancer
C a r e Fo r T h e Fu t u r e 2 010
Hospital in Shanghai, China, that is exploring the use of tradi-
Peter A.S. Johnstone
William A. Mitchell Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Jacqueline Filshie
Peter Johnstone received his undergraduate degree in chemistry
Jacqueline Filshie is a consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain
from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, and served in
Management at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Honorary
the Navy until retirement in 2003. He earned a Master’s degree
Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cancer Research. She is a
in Communication from Oklahoma University in 1985, and his
past Chairman of the British Medical Acupuncture Society and
medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of
a past President of ICMART. Dr Filshie has co-edited three text-
Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, in 1989. His
books – ‘Medical Acupuncture: A Western Scientific Approach’,
Residency in Radiation Oncology was with the National Cancer
‘Anaesthesia and Malignant Disease’ and more recently with
Institute in 1993, and he completed additional training in Medical
Adrian White and Mike Cummings, ‘An Introduction to Western
Acupuncture at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2007,
Medical Acupuncture’. She has written and lectured widely on
he was recruited to IU School of Medicine as Chair and William A.
acupuncture, complementary medicine and anaesthesia. She
Mitchell Professor of Radiation Oncology.
has a special interest in acupuncture for pain and symptom
His research interests include cancer survivorship; specifi-
control in cancer patients. Dr Filshie is committed to integrat-
cally, he has piloted the use of Complementary and Alternative
ing acupuncture into mainstream medicine and increasing the
Therapies for symptom relief. Dr. Johnstone is known interna-
evidence base for medical acupuncture.
tionally for publications on using acupuncture to help patients recover salivary function after head and neck radiation therapy,
Fabio Firenzuoli, MD
and on the use of manipulative therapy for lymphedema. He
Fabio Firenzuoli, MD, graduated in Medicine cum laude
and his team have studied the role of health disparities in treat-
(University of Florence, 1984) and is founder and President of
ment decisions and outcomes for underprivileged patients with
ANMFIT (Italian National Association of Medical Phytotherapists,
breast, lung, and head and neck cancer, as well as the unique
1995). He is chairman of Clinical Center of Natural Medicine,
needs of young adult survivors of pediatric cancer.
S.Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy, director of referring center
Dr. Johnstone is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology,
of Phytotherapy of Tuscany Region and of the School of
and in 2007 served as President of the Society for Integrative
Oncology. He is currently Secretary of the American Radium
He is adjunct Professor Clinical Phyto therapy, School of Medicine,
Society (www.americanradiumsociety.org). In early 2006 he was
University of Florence, (Vice-coordinator and teacher of Master
named a Fellow of the American College of Radiology. He is the
degree on Clinical Phytotherapy, II^ level), and teacher of many
Radiation Oncology Chair (Genitourinary Category) of the ABR
other courses of the University of Pisa, Bologna, Italian National
Written Examination, and Vice Chair of the ACR Committee on
Appropriateness Criteria. He was named Editor-in-Chief of the
Firenzuoli is author of many professional books and scientific
journal Current Problems in Cancer in mid-2000, and serves on
publications about herbal medicine and phyto-pharmacovig-
the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Radiation
Oncology, Biology, Physics, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, the
Editor of Supplement Evidence-Based Complementary and
Journal of the American College of Radiology, and the Journal of
Alternative Medicine (eCAM Journal) “ETM-European Traditional
the Society for Integrative Oncology.
Medicine” 2007 Sep; 4 (Suppl. 1): 1-70, and Editor of Suppl. Minerva Medica “HERBAL MEDICINES AND CANCER”, 2001
Dr. Michelle Kohn, MBBS BSc MRCP
He is consultant of National and International Research Projects
Dr. Kohn is a specialist advisor in integrative and supportive
of Italian National Insitute of Health (ISS, Rome) as National sys-
cancer care. She qualified in medicine at University College and
tem of Phytovigilance and Italian-Chinese Laboratory, ISS/Rome
Middlesex School of Medicine, London (1990), with a distinction
in pharmacology and therapeutics. Having completed further
medical training to become a member of the Royal College
with Laser Therapy courses run by Omega Lasers, Acu-Medic, Thor
of Physicians, she pursued her interest in integrative oncol-
International and the National Health Service.
ogy, developing program for Macmillan Cancer Support and
Since 2007 she is working closely with Omega Laser Systems
Breakthrough Breast Cancer, amongst others.
developing lecture programs in Low Level Laser Therapy and
She has been a member of the Complementary Therapies
Laser Acupuncture, in both the human and animal fields.
Clinical Studies Development Group of the National Cancer
Currently she is re-evaluating the success of treatment proto-
Research Institute (NCRI) since its inception.
cols developed at Lansdown Veterinary Hospital, and trialled at
Dr Kohn presents nationally and internationally on the state of
Sportability, using Laser Acupuncture to benefit both human
integrative oncology in the UK. She continues to work closely
with institutions and organisations in the USA, including the NCI and the Society for Integrative Oncology, of which she is a
Dr. rer. medic. Anna Paul
Dr. Anna Paul, Master in Social Work, is the Head of Mind-Body
More recently Dr. Kohn has applied her interest in providing
Medicine Department of Internal Medicine V: Complementary
comprehensive cancer care to the evolving field of cancer survi-
and Integrative Medicine, of the Knappschafts-Hospital (Essen-
vorship. The challenge of developing services to reflect patients’
Central Clinic, Essen, Germany) since 1999.
ongoing needs – be they physical, psychological, emotional and
After finishing her Master in Social Work with specialization
practical – is the focus of her current activity. In November 2009,
in Adult Education and qualification in Theology she worked
Dr Kohn was appointed to develop and lead a program for the
as assistant in the Catholic University Community in Munich,
Germany. Through different training and continuous educa-tion she became instructor in Health training with a focus on
Otto Langels
Psychosomatic Health Training based on Yoga and Ayurveda.
Otto Langels is a trained male nurse at the Department for
She has also a basic education in Mindfulness-based Stress
Internal and Integrative Medicine of Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Reduction (MBSR). Beside that she was trained in Harvard
(Germany) specialized in Complementary and Integrative
Medical School (Boston, USA) for the qualification as Mind-Body
patient care on methods to activate the self-healing mecha-
nisms of the body, such as Hydrotherapy according to Kneipp®,
Her main focus of work in the Essen-Central Clinic is the
as well as cupping- and the traditional Chinese Gua Sha-
Development and Integration of methods in Mind-Body
Massage. Besides that he is a trained medical lay practitioner
Medicine in clinical patient care and the scientific research and
(Heilpraktiker) and yoga teacher certified according to the
teaching of Mind-Body Medicine as preventive methods and
IYENGAR® technique. He has a long standing experience in
caring for patients, suffering from internal and chronic pain diseases. Since January 2010 he is program director of the inte-
Inès von Rosenstiel, MD
grative patient care for cancer patients.
Paediatrician Inès von Rosenstiel practices Integrative Medicine at the Slotervaartziekenhuis in Amsterdam. She was one of the
Janet Lloyd-Jones, Lic Ac, MBAcC, member of BMLA and
first doctors to do so in the Netherlands and nationally she is
still considered a pioneer in this field. She continuously shares
Janet Lloyd Jones is a Registered Acupuncturist and Low Level Laser
her knowledge on a national and international level by giving
Therapist. She qualified in 1989 from the College of Traditional
lectures on her insights and experiences.
Acupuncture, Leamington Spa and set up own human practice
Von Rosenstiel is president and co-founder of NIKIM, a collabo-
in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. In 2002 she completed TCM
ration of Dutch specialists for spreading information and knowl-
post-grad studies at The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine,
edge about Integrative Medicine in the Netherlands. NIKIM also
Reading. She is a member of the British Medical Laser Association
assists medical doctors who are looking for help on this subject
and WALT and completed the BMLA ‘Core of Knowledge’ together
by bringing them into contact with each other. C a r e Fo r T h e Fu t u r e 2 010Dr Stephen M. Sagar, BSc (Hons) MB BS MRCP FRCR FRCPC Dr. Sagar is a full professor in the Departments of Oncology Accreditation
and Medicine at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and a
Supplement has requested accreditation for this conference
radiation oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton
at all applicable Dutch organizations for healthcare profes-
Health Sciences, and the Brain-Body Institute.
sionals. Please check our website for the latest information on
Sagar graduated from Kings College and St. Georges Hospital,
London, UK with a first class honors BSc in pharmacology and a distinction in pathology. He has published about 70 manu-scripts, 8 book chapters and one book. He is on the interna-
Medicine of Lyon I in France. He co-founded and then directed
tional editorial boards of the evidence-based journals, ‘Focus on
the Centre for Integrative Medicine of the University of
Alternative and Complementary Medicine’, ‘Integrative Cancer
Therapies’, ‘Current Oncology’, and the Journal of the Society
Following his volunteer activity as physician in Iraq in 1991, he
for Integrative Oncology. He is Past-President of the Society
was one of the original founders of the US branch of Médecins
for Integrative Oncology. His main research interests are natu-
Sans Frontières, the international organization that was award-
ral health products in oncology and the brain-body reciprocal
ed the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. In 2002 he was awarded
relationship using acupuncture and massage therapies for the
the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society Presidential Award for
Outstanding Career in Psychiatry. He is the author of “Healing Without Freud or Prozac” and
Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
“Anticancer, a New Way of Life” in which he discloses his own
David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D. is a writer, neuroscientist
diagnosis with a malignant brain tumor at the age of 31 and
and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
the self-help program that he put together to complement his
School of Medicine. He is also a lecturer in the Faculty of
enrollment accredited Standard Supplement/SIO
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Hospital in Shanghai, China, that is exploring the use of tradi-
Peter A.S. Johnstone 
medical training to become a member of the Royal College
with Laser Therapy courses run by Omega Lasers, Acu-Medic, Thor
of Physicians, she pursued her interest in integrative oncol-
International and the National Health Service.