1. Interact with patients in healing, holistic ways

2. Be able to appropriately describe and comprehend common integrative therapies

3. Protect your office from legal concerns

4. Guide patients facing a healing crisis in stress reduction techniques

5. Become “chemical detectives,” identify harmful and useful ingredients in products

6. Join with the main congress to benefit from a wide array of speakers on Food and Nutrition, including Paul Saunders ND, Mark Hyman MD, Mark Housten MD, Tanya Edwards MD, and Doug Graphm DC

Paul Saunders ND

Food and Nutrition; An Introduction Oct 3, 8-9am

Mark Hyman MD

Food as Healer, Food as Slayer; The Past, Present and Future of Food and Humans Oct 3, 9-10:15am

Patti McCormick RN, PhD

NeuroLinguistic Programing; Phone Skills and Patient Advocacy Oct 3, 10:45am-12:15pm

Robert Angus ND

Integrative Medicine Treatment Overview Oct 3, 2-3:45pm

Stan Mann MSW

The Health of the Office; Marketing for Integrative Medicine Oct 3, 4:30-5:30pm

Mark Housten MD

High Blood Pressure Oct 4, 8-9am

Tanya Edwards MD

Diet and Inflammation Oct 4, 9:15-10:30am

Doug Grahm DC

Food and Athletic Performance Oct 4, 11:15-12:30pm

Coleen Maulfair

We invite you to visit the International College of Integrative Medicine website www.icimed.com ! While we are not a college of brick and mortar, we create a space where physicians and other health care providers can learn about the latest scientific evidence for integrative medicine from around the world. Our passion is to empower doctors to give the most effective care for their patients.

On www.icimed.com you can find a doctor through our “Find a Physician” page. You can learn where our next conference will be and what cutting edge knowledge will be shared on our “Conferences” page. This is a site where you can ask questions and learn about a body of knowledge we call integrative medicine that can transform your life and your medical practice.

Seeking Global Advances In Healthcare

The International College of Integrative Medicine is a community of dedicated healthcare professionals advancing emergent innovative therapies in integrative and preventive healthcare by conducting educational sessions, supporting research and publications and cooperating  with other professional and scientific organizations, while always promoting the  highest standards of practice.

The ICIM mission emphasizes a two-pronged approach: the reversal of chronic degenerative disease and the prevention of such ailments, by increasing the skills, knowledge and procedures available to clinicians amenable to embracing alternative procedures, including nutritional supplementation, chelation and other non-invasive preventive and health-promoting therapies.

In support of its mission, ICIM hosts two industry conferences a year, providing continuing education to health care professionals.

ICIM has also newly created the medical directory, with the goal of helping the public find doctors who offer options in medicine.

Many associations exist that are advancing medicine and bringing together practitioners of the healing arts. Some of our sister organizations are listed on our “Links” page.

However, we believe there are a few things that make ICIM special:

1. ICIM attains a balance of researched-based scientific theory and practical advice that can be put into use in the office Monday morning.
2. We come to the aid of our members who are prosecuted for doing integrative medicine with  emotional support, “Friend of the Court” statements, expert witnesses, financial aid, and our innovative ICIM Physicians’ Risk Analysis Program where members can receive immediate advice from experienced peers and legal counsel. We highly recommend that patients and physicians contact the American Association for Health Freedom, which is trying to change the political climate in the United States and ensure the freedom of health choices for us all. (put a direct link here)
3. ICIM leads the industry in advanced training for Heavy Metal Toxicology and Chelation Therapy. We work closely with our friends at the American Board of Metal Toxicology to increase the number of doctors who are board certified in this important field.

You can click to our website to download a form and join the ICIM family:

ICIM Membership Form

We welcome a wide variety of liscenced health care practitioners to apply for membership.

The Station Square Dock of the Gateway Clipper Fleet is also only a short walk from our hotel. This collection of America’s premier riverboats offers sightseeing, dining, and dancing cruises along Pittsburgh’s three rivers.

Friday night we will host an Exhibitor Dinner Cruise. Many of our featured companies have purchased tables for eight, and will be inviting physicians to join them on this exciting excursion over the rivers of Pittsburgh.

For our evening’s entertainment, we feature Pittsburgh artist Heather Kropf. Heather is a singer/songwriter/producer. Her singing ranges from jazz to folk, to radio friendly pop. Her tasteful arrangements highlight her vocal range, from crystal clear sweetness to burnished sensuality. She has independently produced 2 full-length albums: Sky (2000) and What Else is Love (2005) and will be familiar to regular WYEP listeners. To hear some more of her music or learn more about her, you can visit her lovely website.

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Doctors as Leaders

“Intention is the driver of all behavioral change,” says Dr. David Eisenberg of Harvard Medical School, who initiated the collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America a few years ago. He says healthy and delicious go naturally together — but sometimes people need a little education and help. Doctors can be leaders in this area, he says.

Many of the physicians attending the Culinary Institute/ Harvard conference say they want to spend more time focusing on diet, lifestyle and disease prevention in their practices. Patients, they say, are hungry for concrete advice.