Alternative Medicine Conferences

Townsend Letter, the Examiner of Alternative Medicine publishes a print magazine about alternative medicine. It is written by researchers, health practitioners and patients. As a forum for the entire alternative medicine community, we present scientific information — pro and con — on a wide variety of alternative medicine topics.

For your convenience, we maintain the following list of alternative medicine conferences. If you would like to have your conference considered for inclusion in this calendar, please e-mail us. If you notice any broken links, please e-mail our Webmistress. Thank you!

2012

JANUARY 11: BIOENERGETIX presents TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE & HOMEOPATHY with Iris Chen, MD, PhD in a free eight-part online seminar series. CONTACT: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/

JANUARY 19-22, 2012: 9th ANNUAL NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS: An Evidence-Based Update @ Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, California. Renowned faculty will present a concise, clinically relevant overview of the latest information on natural supplements and nutritional medicine with an emphasis on disease states. Presented by Scripps Conference Services & CME. CONTACT: Scripps Conference Services & CME, 858-652-5400; http://www.scripps.org/conferenceservices; med.edu@scrippshealth.org

JANUARY 21-22: KLINGHARDT ACADEMY presents AUTONOMIC RESPONSE TESTING I with Marc Schwartz in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. CONTACT: 909-899-1650; info@klinghardtacademy.com

JANUARY 27-29: BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY – EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING with Neal Rouzier, MD @ Hilton Garden Inn in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also, JUNE 1-3 and AUGUST 17-19. CONTACT: http://www.worldlinkmedical.com

JANUARY 31:INTRODUCING DR. EMANUEL REVICI THROUGH BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. A five part on-line seminar series with Lynne August MD, weekly January 31 - February 29, 2012. CONTACT: 800-328-2818; www.healthequations.com/revici

FEBRUARY 17-18: TERRA MEDICA presents PLEO SANUM CONFERENCE @ Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Arizona. Speakers include Thomas Rau, MD; Mike Margolis, MD; Michael Gerber, MD; Dr. med. Gudrun Mekle. CONTACT: 1-888-415-0535; http://www.terra-medica.com or 1-800-665-8308; http://www.biomedicine.com

FEBRUARY 17-18: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OZONOTHERAPY ANNUAL CONFERENCE @ Omni Park West Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Features world-renowned ozone clinicians: Hienz Konrad, MD and Jaime Rebeil, MD. Also, Robert Rowen, MD; Garry Gordon, MD; John Hughs, DO; Mikhail Artamonov, MD; Margo Roman, DVM, Robert Harris, DDS, Phil Mollica, DDS, Jason West, NMD, Kirby Hotchner, DO, Frank Shallenberger, MD and others. CONTACT: Jolene at 775-450-3766; aaotshallenberger@yahoo.com; http://www.aaot.us

FEBRUARY 17-19: KLINGHARDT ACADEMY presents LYME, AUTISM, MOLD, AND CCSVI in New York City, New York. CONTACT: 908-899-1650; info@klinghardtacademy.com

FEBRUARY 24-26: INSTITUTE FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE presents THE HORMONE ADVANCED PRACTICE MODULE® in New Orleans, Louisiana. CONTACT: 800-228-0622; http://functionalmedicine.org/

FEBRUARY 24-26: SEMINAR & WORKSHOP ON ACUPUNCTURE & ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE & BI-DIGITAL O-RING TEST AND CHI GONG @ The Holiday Inn-Manhattan, 440 West 57th Street, New York City, between 9th & 10th Avenues. Organized by the International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics (Permanently Chartered by the University of the State of New York State Education Department) The course also includes a demonstration of a 5-minute non-invasive screening of malignancies, and a safe and effective method of increasing telomere and sirtoin 1 longevity gene for treatment of intractable medical problems. CONTACT: Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, Tel: 212-781-6262.

MARCH 1-3: THE ANNIE APPLESEED PROJECT presents its 5TH EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE CANCER THERAPY CONFERENCE @ the Embassy Suites in West Palm Beach, Florida. CONTACT: http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/5th/evcocath.html

MARCH 1-4: PEDIATRICS AND HOMEOPATHY with Sunil Anand in San Francisco, California. CONTACT: 408-835-7420; rina@pacifichomeopathy.com; http://pacifichomeopathy.com/seminars

MARCH 3-4: WANP/BASTYR SPRING CONFERENCE - Current Topics in Naturopathic Pediatrics @ Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington (near Seattle). CONTACT: 425-602-3152; tpursel@bastyr.edu

MARCH 16–17: DENTAL ORIGINS OF SYSTEM DISEASE in Missoula, Montana. Presented by the Montana Association of Naturopathic Physicians.  Speakers are Hal A. Huggins, DDS, MS; Chris Hussar, DDS, DO, Lyn Patrick, ND, Christopher Shade, PhD.  CONTACT: Gail at 406-442-4141; http://www.mtnd.org.

MARCH 17: 147TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA – Case Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In conjunction with Southern Homeopathic Medical Association. CONTACT: 703-273-5250; http://www.harmanyequine.com

MARCH 24-25: CALIFORNIA NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS ASSOCIATION SPRING CONFERENCE – Women's and Men's Health in Berkeley, California. CONTACT: 626-576-2632; admin@calnd.org

MARCH 26-28: BIT presents its 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ANTIBODIES – Winning the Race for Antibody R & D in Beijing, China. CONTACT: http://www.bitlifesciences.com/ica2012.

MARCH 28-APRIL 1: INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CONFERENCE – "The Gut"; in Lexington, Kentucky. Program Chair, John Parks Trowbridge, DO. CONTACT: 866-464-5226; http://www.icimed.com

APRIL 14-15: SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE ON BOTANICAL MEDICINE in Tempe, Arizona. Pre-conference intensive with Robert Rountree, MD: Natural Medicine for Immune Disorders and Chronic Inflammatory Disease. Conference topics include Chinese Herbs for Athletes; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Botanicals for Functional Heart Palpitations; Medicinal Plants of the Havasupai; Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome; Therapeutic Uses of Low-Dose Botanicals and much more. CEs for health professionals. CONTACT: 541-482-3016; http://www.botanicalmedicine.org

APRIL 20-22: 7TH JOINT AMERICAN HOMEOPATHIC CONFERENCE – Raising the Bar: The Art & Science of Homeopathic Medicine @ Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia (near Washington Dulles Airport). Speakers: Rajan Sankaran, André Saine, Miranda Castro, Amy Rothenberg, Russell Malcolm, Iris Bell, Karen Allen and more. CONTACT: 877-624-0613; http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org

APRIL 20-22: ADVANCES IN CANCER STRATEGIES: Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life @ Stamford Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Stamford, Connecticut (near New York City). Focus on cancer treatment, prevention, and cancer aftercare. Keynote speaker: Bernie Siegel, MD. AMA CMEs, naturopathic CMEs, NCCAOM CMEs available. Sponsored by Healthy Medicine Academy. CONTACT: Eve, 303-499-4700; eve@healthymedicineacademy.com; http://www.healthymedicineacademy.com

MAY 2-6: AMERICAN COLLEGE FOR ADVANCEMENT IN MEDICINE (ACAM) SPRING 2012 EDUCATION SUMMIT @ Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California. CONTACT: http://www.acamsandiego,com

MAY 4-11: INTERNATIONAL TRAINING IN ANTHROPOSOPHIC MEDICINE AND NURSING @ Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California (near Sacramento). Topics include pediatric constitutional treatment; pain management; clinical introduction; foundations of anthroposophic nursing-certification course. CONTACT: A. Landman, MD or E. Sustick, RN, paamdrscourse@anthroposophy.org; http://www.paam.net

MAY 13-15: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE @ the Jerusalem International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Held simultaneously in English, French, and German. CONTACT: Ravit Levy, 972-3-576-7750; rlevy@paragon-conventions.com; http://www.mediconvention.com/

MAY 17-20: 56TH ANNUAL NW NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS CONVENTION – "Physician Heal Thyself"; @ SemiAhMoo Resort in Blaine, Washington. Lecturers include Caldwell Esselstyn MD; Walter Crinnion ND: Jeffrey Bland PhD; Denis Wilson MD; Peter D'Adamo ND; Doris Rapp MD; Bruce Lipton PhD; Amit Goswami PhD; Martin Pall PhD; Gina Nick ND; and more. Designed for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge of naturopathic/alternative medicines from a range of different sources/fields. CONTACT: http://www.nwnpc.com

MAY 31-JUNE 3: INSTITUTE FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Scottsdale, Arizona. Emerging research and effective clinical applications for cardiometabolic syndrome viewed through the functional medicine lens. CONTACT: 800-228-0622; http://functionalmedicine.org/

JUNE 2-4: MEDICINES FROM THE EARTH HERB SYMPOSIUM in Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville). Intensives: Enchanted Slumber: The Role of Herbal Medicine in Sleep and Dreams with Tieraona Low Dog, MD on June 1; Managing and Reversing Environmental Illness with Walter Crinnion, ND; and A Hands-on Course in Herbal First Aid with 7Song. Other topics: subclinical hypothyroid-diagnosis and botanical treatment; cardio-active glycosides and clinical management of arrhythmia; the role of environmental toxicants in obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes; using full spectrum herbal medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in the herbalism of the future and much more! CEs for health professionals. CONTACT: 541-482-3016; http://www.botanicalmedicine.org

JUNE 13-16: AMERICAN HOLISTIC ASSOCIATION'S 32nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE @ Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Snowbird, Utah. Theme: Holistic Nurses: Catalysts for Conscious Change. Featured keynote speakers: Suzanne Gordon, author of From Silence to Voice and Michael Bleich, PhD, RN, Dean for the School of Nursing at Oregon Health & Science University. CNE contact hours. CONTACT: http://ahna.org/conference

JUNE 22-24: KLINGHARDT ACADEMY presents AUTONOMIC RESPONSE III in New York City, New York. CONTACT: 908-899-1650; info@klinghardtacademy.com

SEPTEMBER 15-20: KLINGHARDT ACADEMY RETREAT in Harmony Hills, Washington. CONTACT: 908-899-1650; info@klinghardtacademy.com

OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1: 13TH ANNUAL SCIENCE AND CLINICAL APPLICATION OF INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC MEDICINE @ Hilton San Diego Resort in San Diego, California. Jointly sponsored by Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. Pre-Conference seminar: Bring Integrative Medicine to Your Practice. Optional ABIHM Board Certification Exam on NOVEMBER 2, 2012. CONTACT: Scripps Conference Services & CME, 858-652-5400; http://www.scripps.org/conferenceservices; med.edu@scrippshealth.org

NOVEMBER 2-DECEMBER 2: KLINGHARDT ACADEMY presents APN: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK & FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS in Seattle, Washington. CONTACT: 908-899-1650; info@klinghardtacademy.com