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Year 2006

December

  1. Title: Can the Fire of Inflammation Be Extinguished?
    Date: December 13, 2006 2:30-4:00
    Speaker: Lawrence Taw, MD
    Location: 50 plus talk series, OASIS meeting room in Westside Pavilion

November

  1. Title: Chinese Medicine Comes of Age for Healthcare in the new Millennium
    Date: Nov. 23, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: 2006 World Congress on Chinese Medicine, Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong

  2. Title: Integrative East-West Medicine: A Potential Solution to the Health Care Crisis
    Date: November 10, 2006 8:00-8:30 PM
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: CAMEXPO: the 9th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

  3. The Center's second annual conference was held on the afternoon of November 5th, at the Almansor court auditorium in the Los Angeles Chinese community. For more information, please click HERE.


October

  1. On October 29, 2006, the Center was a co-honoree of a vocal recital, “A Tapestry of Chinese Vocal Music,” featuring Shirley Ho, soprano. Mrs. Ho and her husband, Professor Chi-Ming Ho, holder of the Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Chair in the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Director of the Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration, and, formerly, the UCLA Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, graciously hosted this event. This year’s benefits the Center and the Asian-American Physicians Association of the South Bay. Professor and Mrs. Ho covered all expenses. The tickets are free, with guests encouraged to make gifts to the organization they support. The concert was hold on Saturday, October 29, 2006, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the James Anderson Theatre at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in Torrance, California. Click HERE for concert flyer.


  2. The Annual Conference of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine was hold on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at the Jules Stein Auditorium, UCLA, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The keynote speaker was Professor Keji Chen, Academician of the China Academy of Sciences, President of the China Association of Integrative Medicine, President of the China Association of Geriatrics, and the First Wallis Annenberg Visiting Professor in Integrative East-West Medicine. Professor Chen is one of the most distinguished pioneers of integrative East-West Medicine in China. His areas of expertise include integrative cardiology and geriatrics. His clinical and research work have received worldwide recognition. Dr. Chen was awarded the First Prize in National Scientific Achievement Award in China in 2003. His presentation is entitled “Advances in Integrative East-West Medicine: A Fifty-Year Perspective.” For more information, please click HERE .


  3. Title: An Integratrive East-West Medicine Approach to Patients in Pain
    Date: Oct. 20, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: Pain and Terminal Illness: The Ethics of Medical Care from Multi-Religious Perspectives. Saint Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA


  4. Title: Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Pain Management
    Date: Oct. 18, 2006
    Speaker: Marc Brodsky, MD
    Location: Glendale Adventist Medical Cetner CME Program Glendale, California


  5. Title: Clinical Problem-Solving - An Introduction to the UCLA East-West Approach
    Date: Oct. 7, 2006
    Speaker: Malcolm Taw, MD & Edward Hui, MD
    Location: Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference, Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center, New Jersey

September

  1. Title: Integrative Medicine Education: Challenge and Solution. A Perspective from the US
    Date: September 15, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: International Higher Educaiton Forum on Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing

  2. Title: Integrative East West Approach to Caring for Patients
    Date: September 13, 2006
    Speaker: Marc Brodsky, MD
    Location: USC Primary Care Physician Assistant Program, Alhambra, Califronia

July

  1. Title: New Concepts in Pain Management with Acupuncture and Massage
    Date: July 11, 2006
    Speaker: Marc Brodsky, MD
    Location: Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center CME Lecture Series, Pomona, California

  2. Title: Chronic Pain: How to Understand the Melding of East and West in Helping our Patients.
    Date: July 8, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: Spring 2006 UCLA Neurosurgery Symposium. Beverly Regent Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA

June

  1. Title: Complementary Pain Management Measures
    Date: June 7, 2006
    Speaker: Marc Brodsky, MD
    Location: Torrance Memorial Medical Center CME Lecture Series Torrance, Califronia

  2. In June 2006 a delegation from the Center visited the province of Xinjiang, China. The visit included lectures by Dr. Hui, Dr. Taw, and Dr. Tu on various health related topics. Meetings were conducted with the Xinjiang Ministry of Health and the Xinjiang Medical University.

May

  1. Title: Hypertension - Overview, Diagnosis and Integrative East-West Therapeutic Options
    Date: May 31, 2006
    Speaker: Malcolm Taw, MD
    Location: Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China


  2. Title: Pain Management: East Meets West
    Date: May 10, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Post-conference Seminar on Pain Management: East Meets West. Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA


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    Date: May 3-7, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP; Sue Yie, MD
    Location: The American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting. The Hyatt Regence Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

April

  1. Title: Osteoarthritis and Acupuncture
    Date: April 28, 2006
    Speaker: Malcolm Taw, MD
    Location: Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) National Conference Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA


  2. Title: East-West Approach to Pain
    Date: April 22, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: Current Clinical Issue in Primary Care, Pri-Med West Conference, Anaheim Convention Center, CA


  3. Title: Patient Care Coordination from the Acupuncturist Perspective: Insights from a Theoretical Sample
    Date: April 22, 2006
    Speaker: Michael Johnston, PhD
    Location: 77th annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, California


  4. Title: Integrative Medicine: What is it and what can it do for you?
    Date: April 10, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA

March

  1. On March 13, 2006, Drs. Ka-Kit Hui and Marc Brodsky and the UCLA School of Medicine, with support from the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM), host a faculty development workshop on mind-body medicine.


  2. Title: What We can Benefit from East-West Medicine
    Date: March 9, 2006
    Speakers: Sue Yie, MD
    Location: Westlake Village Wellness Center, Sami Valley, CA

    Dr. Sue Yie lectured to patients with cancers about how one can help oneself with East-West medicine model. She also discussed about self-care, self message, points, foods and supplements, etc.

Febuary

  1. The center's clinical program, wellness program and performing arts medicine program were highlighted in Feb. 2006 edition of Clinical Update.


  2. Title: Rheumatology: An Integrative East-West Medicine Perspective
    Date: February 3, 2006
    Speakers: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP and Lawrence Taw, MD
    Location: UCLA Department of Rheumatology, Elliot Library

    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.

January

  1. Title: East-West Perspective on Nutrition
    Date: January 25, 2006
    Speaker: Marc Brodsky, MD; Xiuling Ma, PhD, LAc
    Location: Community Room at Santa Monica Place, 4th & Broadway in Santa Monica.

    An East-West approach to nutrition was presented to a group of over 60 people from the community who attended this UCLA Healthcare Lecture Series. The audience learned how to improve their health by blending contemporary dietary recommendations and time-tested concepts of Chinese Medicine. Please click here for more information on the Center’s Integrative Nutrition Consultation service.


  2. Title: Integrative East-West Approach to IBS and other Functional Syndromes
    Date: January 21, 2006
    Speaker: Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
    Location: Diagnosis and management of Functional GI Disorders: Form Child to Adult, Northwest Campus Auditorium, UCLA Campus


  3. On January 20, 2006, Dr. Marc Brodsky was invited by Musicares to volunteer on-site East-West consultative and treatment services to musicians and other professionals in the music industry who attended the 104th International Music Products Association Trade Show, known as NAMM, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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