IMHS Seminars
Spring 2023
Unless otherwise noted:
Thursdays, 12-12:50 p.m.
Discussion with Guest Speaker, 1-1:45 p.m.
Basic Science Building Room 239
For Zoom link: Email Program Coordinator Aradhana Massey (Aradhana.Massey@georgetown.edu)
January 26
The Transformation from Disease Care to Health Care in the U.S.: Education, Advocacy, Policy
Leonard Wisneski, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor, George Washington University
Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University
Faculty, Medicine and Nursing Departments, University of Colorado
Chairman Emeritus, The Integrative Health Policy Consortium
Boulder, CO
February 2
Sports Physical Therapy
Timothy Vidale, PT, DPT, MBA, CSOMT
Chief Executive Officer
Sports Physical Therapist
Momentous Sports Medicine
1228 Blagden Alley NW
Washington, DC 20001
February 9
An Introduction to Anthroposophic Medicine
Christian Scheffer, MD
Director, Integrated Curriculum for Anthroposophic Medicine
Clinical Education Ward for Integrative Medicine
University of Witten / Herdecke
Faculty for Health
Germany
February 16
Virtual Reality in Advanced Illness Care: Leveraging Novel Technologies for Symptom Management
Hunter Groninger, MD
Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Director, Section of Palliative Care
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Scientific Director, Palliative Care MHRI
Washington, DC
February 23
Integrative Medicine Approaches for Women’s Health: Optimizing Hormones Perimenopause
through Menopause
Nayo Wills, MD, LAc
Medical Director
Nava Health and Vitality Center
Rockville, MD
March 2
Beyond Well-Being: Lessons from Sartre, Aristotle, and the Blue Zones
Benjamin Doolittle MD, MDiv, FAAP, FACP
Professor, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency Program
Medical Director, Yale Medicine-Pediatrics Practice
New Haven, CT
March 16
Teaching Kitchens as Nutrition Learning Laboratories of the Future
David Eisenberg, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Director, Culinary Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Founding Co-Director, CIA-Harvard Chan Teaching Kitchen Collaborative
Boston, MA
March 23
(Experiential) Myofascial Trigger Points Therapy
Jay Shah, MD
Director, Medical Rehabilitation Training Program
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
April 13
Acupuncture and the Inflammatory Response
Lixing Lao, PhD, LAc
Professor and President
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine
April 27
Tai Chi Beyond Relaxation and Wellbeing
Peter Wayne, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Research, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA