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 Wake Forest Integrative Medicine Expert Interviewed by the National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
The National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine features Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH, Caryl Guth Chair for Holistic & Integrative Medicine from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in their latest issue of the newsletter. Details
Roy Upton Visited Wake Forest School of Medicine
Roy Upton has been working professionally as an herbalist since 1981. He is trained in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine, and is also a specialist in the medicinal plants of the United States Virgin Islands. Roy is a founding member and current Vice-President of the American Herbalists Guild, a national peer review organization for professional herbalists specializing in the use of medicinal plants. He also serves on the board of directors of the Botanical Medicine Academy. Roy is the general manager of Planetary Formulas, a California-based herb company, and is a member of the Standards Committee of the American Herbal Products Association. The AHP publishes evidence-based monographs on herbal remedies. He has written and co-written several books, including contributions on Echinacea and St. John's wort to Keat's Publishing's Good Health Series, the Botanical Safety Handbook by CRC Press and Essays on American Herbalism by Crossing Press.
You can access his PowerPoint Presentations to the right of this page.
WFUSM 2006 Report on Integrative Medicine.
WFUSM is among the leading programs nationally in academic integrative medicine. Interest in the field at WFUSM remains high during 2006:
.> 160 WFUSM faculty from 34 departments pursuing academic work in this field.
> $17.5 million in research funding received in 2006.* Funding sources include the NIH, foundations, industry and philanthropy. Research on herbs and dietary supplements (>$6 million) leads WFUSM CAM research.
Eighty-two (82) peer-reviewed manuscripts were published.
42 presentations were given locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Clinical services at WFUBMC: Massage therapy (through PT/RT), music, art and more
The entire report is available.
2006 WFUSM Report on Integrative Medicine.
Wake Forest School of Medicine and North Carolina Baptist Hospital Conduct Study on Integrative Therapies and Services in a North Carolina Academic Medical Center
Use of complementary medicine is common, consumer driven and usually outpatient focused.
We wished to determine interest among the medical staff at a North Carolina academic medical center in integrating diverse therapies and services into comprehensive care.
The article referenced is
titled, “What do clinicians want? Interest in integrative health services at a North Carolina
academic medical center”. It is published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2007, 7:5 (09 Feb 2007).
The article may be accessed in full. Details
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Roy Upton's Presentations:
The Science and Politics of Regulation and Quality Control
Use of Botanicals and Mushrooms in Cancer Therapies
ADD/ADHD: Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective |