Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine gathers some of the most respected scholars, teachers, practitioners, authors, and institutions to exchange research, knowledge, and experience in all areas of TCM: prevention, treatment, research, philosophy, theory, and integration with Western modalities.
This year's speakers include:
David L. Felten, MD, PhD
Medical Research Director, Beaumont Research Institute, William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, MI
Dr. Felten is a neuroscientist and seminal figure in the fields of psychoneuroimmunology and integrative medicine. He was the founding executive director of the Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Felten was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the "genius award") and two 10-year MERIT awards from two separate NIH Institutes (Aging and Mental Health). He is coeditor of the definitive scholarly text, Psychoneuroimmunology, and was a cofounder and editor of the journal, Brain, Behavior and Immunity.