IMHS Seminars
Unless otherwise noted:
Thursdays
12-12:50 p.m. Seminar
1-1:45 p.m. Luncheon with guest speaker and IMHS students
Basic Science Building, Room 239
For Zoom link, email imhsprogram@georgetown.edu
Spring 2025
January 23
Impact of Sleep on Health and Wellbeing
Cristina Reichner, MD
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine Department
Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
January 30
Six Ancient Survival Threats – Shoring Up Maslow’s Foundation and Understanding Our Subconscious Fears in the Modern World
Olivia Lesslar, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Medical Director
Research Lead
Trustee of the British College of Functional Medicine
February 6
T’ai Chi Ch’uan Cultivates Mind-Body Proprioception and Apperception
Paul Cote, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Virology
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
T’ai Chi Master
February 13
Cultivate Happiness: A Nurturing Mind-Body Behavioral Approach
Varun Sharma, MD
Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine
Director, Mind-Body Medicine GUMC Program
Department of Internal Medicine
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
February 20
Designing and Building Healthy Living Spaces
Chris Hubbard, AIA, M. Arch., MS CIM
Principal and Owner
WHA Architecture and Planning, PC
Arlington, VA
February 27
Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Breast Cancer Survivors
Lucy De La Cruz, MD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Surgery
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
March 6
Spring Break
March 13
TBD
March 20
(Workshop) Trigger Points and Myofascial Pain
Jay Shah, MD
Director, Medical Rehabilitation Training Program
NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
This workshop is for the IMHS program only.
March 27
Using Teaching Kitchens and Culinary Medicine to Improve Health
David Eisenberg, MD
Director of Culinary Nutrition
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
April 3
What is Myofascial Pain Syndrome?
John Srbely, DC, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
April 10
The Integrative Oncology Toolbox: Caring for the Whole Person During Cancer Treatment
Jonathan Steagall, MD
Founder and Medical Director
The Center for Advanced Medicine
Alpharetta, GA
April 17
Easter
April 24
Mindful movement for chronic pain: Does it make “sense”?
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