Grand Round Program
We launched the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Grand Rounds, a program designed to educate physicians and other health professionals at UCLA about the Center's integrative East-West approach to solving difficult health problems effectively. Our grand rounds usually will include a case-based discussion of improving the quality of life and functional status of patients with multiple medical conditions, including interstitial cystitis, chronic pelvic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, recurrent respiratory and candidal infections, kidney stones, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, severe allergies to medications, asthma, chronic insomnia, and anxiety.
The program usually runs on a quarterly basis.
2006
First
On Febuary 3, 2006, Dr. Ka-Kit Hui and Dr. Lawrence Taw presented at the UCLA Department of Rheumatology. The presentation included the prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States, the latest evidence on acupuncture for common rheumatologic conditions such as low back pain, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia, and a look at autoimmune disease with a focus on a case study of systemic lupus erythematosus illustrating the patient-centered approach utilized at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine. The presentation was well received and prompted an enthusiastic discussion among those in attendance. Those involved expressed interest in future collaboration for improving patient care and advancing the field through academic and clinical research.
2005
Third
On September 6, 2005, Dr. Ka Kit Hui and Dr. Malcolm Taw had the privilege of presenting at the UCLA Dermatology Grand Rounds to discuss the use of an integrative East-West medical approach to the treatment of skin disorders. Case presentations during the Grand Rounds included patients with bullous pemphigoid, periarteritis nodosa, refractory urticaria, intractable pruritus and eczema.
Second
The second Grand Rounds was held on July 14, 2005, and included two parts. The first part of the meeting was devoted to discussion of a clinical case, a geriatric patient who found success with integrative medicine after conventional Western treatments alone could not help. The second part of the meeting was devoted to guest speaker, Dr. Aviad Haramati, Director of Medical Education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He presented “Lessons Learned from the Educational Initiative in CAM at the Georgetown University School of Medicine”, an inspirational talk that showed concrete ways to integrate CAM courses into a main medical school curriculum.
First
The first Grand Rounds was held on March 7, 2005, and focused on discussing the complex case of a patient with overlapping medical conditions (such as interstitial cystitis, pelvic pain, IBS, fibromyalgia, insomnia, allergies, asthma, and anxiety) and how the patient was treated effectively using integrative medicine.