I'm putting my personal picks in a larger font this year, but please feel free to make the case for ones that I might have unfairly slighted.
I am particularly happy to see this year a shift away from "early detection" of, particularly, men's and women's cancers and towards one of more (dare I use the word?) holistic, body-wide prevention. Geo Espinosa is always something of a wild card (talk snippet here), and I do not know much of Tara Scott (snippet here), but have great expectations. Guess we'll soon find out.
Exciting too to see Emeran Mayer ("The Mind-Gut Connection" (2016), "The Gut-Immune Connection" (2021)) in the line-up (snippet of group DGBI talk), as well as integrative psychiatry aka Psychiatry Redefined guru and mentor James Greenblatt-- on DEPRESCRIBING psych meds!! (snippet here)
(see all of his titles, on nutritional (& gut/toxin-related) approaches to depression, to ADHD, to schizophrenia, to anorexia, on nutritional lithium (& amino acids & inositol), including 2 free downloadable ebooks, on anxiety & cognitive decline, at this link)
Aly Cohen's "Environmental Toxins & Mental Health" also looks promising (snippet here). As well as Amy Killen's (what looks to be an impassioned) discussion of HRT (snippet here).
And I am always a sucker for an address by Mark Houston (ask me for a recording of (or notes from) his 2014 Integrative Healthcare Symposium talk that revolutionized my thinking of how we (mostly mis-) diagnose & treat hypertension in this country. This year he's focused on Coronary Artery Calcification. (V.A.B., are you out there?) snippet here
Oh, oh, oh: and a group discussion of using genetic information (aka genomic testing) in clinical practice (snippet here), even if one of the speakers has a commercial interest in promoting this. I have recently come to think that EVERYONE needs to have this information-- if not at birth than certainly by middle school! (Oh, how I could have understood both myself & my "constructive reality" if I had had access to info on my methylation, hormone & detox SNPs when I was 16-- instead of 60!) Even if it's not entirely yet ready (but alas, will probably never be) for prime time.
And we mustn't forget folks still dealing with the sequelae of Covid. Robin Rose does so this year (snippet here)
The ubiquitous marquee folks are here too-- Jeff Bland, David Perlmutter, Sara Gottfried-- as well as a handful of the IFM faculty: Joel Evans, Kara Fitzgerald, David Haase, Deanna Minich.
Finally, I am intrigued by titles with the words or phrases NAD+nitric oxide (snippet), vagus nerve (snippet), the oral microbiome (snippet), even vision (snippet), asthma (snippet) and fascia (Hal Blatman (link to his Cincinnati clinic site) still reigns here though!) in them-- as well as not one (link to Edwin Lee snippet) but two (link to Haase snippet) talks, apparently, on the use of plasma exchange therapy (David Haase appears to have patented his?) for potential therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative illnesses. My loyalty, gratitude, and quite frankly, awe in this area, it must be said, still belong to Terry Wahls and Dale Bredesen. (I also love that they both kind of independently arrived at nearly the identical approach: get out the toxins/toxicants (both exogenous & endogenous), support missing nutrients (sometimes also hormones), heal & nurture the gut.
Strange and possibly a little disconcerting to see CFOs or CMOs of for-profit companies delivering addresses as part of the main program (as opposed to the sponsored satellite symposia (here they're coyly called "Lunch & Learn"), where one would expect to find them): Frank Lipman ("Hearty??"), Adam Perlman (even if I am quickly becoming a huge Pendulum devoté), and Yael Joffe (3x4 Genetics) jump out here. And we might also include, although it breaks my heart to do so, David Haase (for his patented H.O.P.E. [sic] plasma exchange therapy: link). I suppose the IHS has always been first and foremost a trade show?
Conspicuously absent is Mark Hyman. And one would have expected the sometimes disorientingly ever-present Steven Gundry. But I don't know that I've ever seen him at an IHS. Must be a story there?
As always, I will have mp3 recordings of these sessions, generally around mid-March. So please feel free to ask for any & all that interest you.
THU FEB 20
Plenary: The Healing Power of Contemplative Medicine
Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, Tieraona Low Dog, Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei
Microglial Reprogramming – A New Paradigm in Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders
David Perlmutter
Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Trip: Potential Role in Psychiatry?
Jeffrey Rado
Flying Blind: Can You Afford Not to Use Genomics With Your Patients?
Sarah Amidon, Yael Joffe, Amanda Archibald
Sexual Wellness from the Biopsychosocial Perspective
Everest Goldstein, Ashley Madsen
Asthma: Upstream Etiologies and Downstream Therapies
Chris Magryta
The Missing Piece to Healing Metabolic Health (And How to Put It Into Practice)
JJ Virgin
An Evidence Based Program to Build Resilience and Well-Being Using Integrative Approaches
Anjali Bhagra
Melatonin as a Molecule of Consciousness: Tapping Into Spirituality Through Darkness
Deanna Minich
NAD+ Exposed: Fact, Fiction, and the Gray Areas in Between
Elizabeth Yurth
Longevity of Vision: Preserving 20/20 for Life Using the Power of Nutrition and Lifestyle
Rudrani Banik
Empowering Productivity, Human Connection, and Patient Outcomes with AI
Laurie Hofmann, Tom Blue, Sunita Mohanty, Mark Menolascino, Alexis Gonzales
What’s New in Medical Cannabis and CBD: Updates on Efficacy and Safety
Alan Ehrlich
Reversing Mild to Moderate Dementia
Edwin Lee
The Decade of FASCIA: Approaching Treatment of All Chronic Disease with a Fascial Lens
Angeli Akey
An Integrative Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems
Linda Dahl
The Impact of Lyme Disease in PANS and PANDAS: A Naturopathic Approach to Immune Dysfunction and Recovery
Myriah Hinchey
Yeasty Beasty! Mold & Mycotoxins & Dermatology
Julie Greenberg
Transforming Patient Care: How Health Coaching Boosts Adherence and Healthspan
Laura Timbrook
FRI FEB 21
Plenary: Root Cause and Its Connection to Immuno-Metabolic Function
Jeffrey Bland
Keynote: Leading Insights on the Future of Medicine
David Perlmutter, Kara Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Bland, Sara Szal Gottfried
Healing Trauma and the Psychedelic Rewiring of Disease
Maya Shetreat
Move the Body, Still the Mind: Mind-Body Movement as Whole Person Health in Chronic Disease
Gloria Yeh
Invisible Threats: An Evidence-Based, Integrative Approach to Helping Our Kids Thrive in Our Toxic World
Elisa Song
Myths, Misconceptions and Missteps in the Land of HRT
Amy Killen
Environmental Toxins and Mental Health: What Practitioners Can Share to Improve Outcomes
Aly Cohen
Epigenetics – Biological Age Clocks and Beyond
Kara Fitzgerald
The Oral Microbiome: A New Determinant of Women’s and Systemic Health?
Joel Evans, Emily Stein
Rewriting Metabolic Destiny: GLP-1R Agonists as the Natural Key to Cellular Efficiency and Epigenetic Renewal
William A Seeds
Revolutionizing Neurodegenerative Care: The Power of Habitat Optimizing Plasma Exchange
David Haase
The Vagus Nerve-Nitric Oxide Connection: Building Inflammatory and Regulatory Resilience
Navaz Habib
Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions (IBS/SIBO), Panel Discussion
David Brady, ND, William D. Chey, Todd LePine, Emeran Mayer
Breast Cancer: Shifting from Early Detection to Prevention with the Use of Hormone Testing and Monitoring
Tara Scott
A Review of the Most Compelling CIinical Trials and Basic Sciences Studies in Homeopathic Medicine and Nanopharmacology
Dana Ullman
SAT FEB 22
Plenary: Medicine for All People: Ancient Wisdom for Revolutionary Healing
Geeta Maker-Clark
Transformative Care: Lessons from Integrative Medicine
Victoria Maizes
Perspectives on Thyroid and Longevity
Angela Mazza
Nutritional Strength Training for Muscle Health and Sarcopenia Prevention
Kathie Swift
A Painful Connection: The Role of Senescence in Aging & Pain Management
Asare Christian
Naturopathic Supportive Care in Oncology
Heidi Weinhold
Revolutionary Concepts in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease
Mark Houston
Are Diet and Exercise Still Important in an Age of Weight-Loss Medicines?
Neil Skolnik
GLP-1 in Clinical Practice: What Really Happens
Darshan Shah
Evolution of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: How to Avoid a Biopsy
Geo Espinosa
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Chronic Infections: Insights from SPECT Imaging
Eboni Cornish
The Gut-Brain Axis: Understanding Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction
Adam Perlman (Chief Medical Officer of Pendulum Therapeutics)
Does Increased Stress Responsiveness Increase Your Health Risk?
Emeran Mayer
Long COVID- Treatment and Interventions for the Long Haul
Robin Rose
Precision Healing: Informatics-Enabled Integrative Medicine for Personalized Care
Seamus Sullivan, Rafid Fadul
Functional Medicine Strategies for Psychiatric Medication Deprescribing
James Greenblatt
Plenary: Cellular Medicine and Longevity: Targeting Fundamental Mechanisms of Aging by Fixing Cellular Pathways
Elizabeth Yurth, William A Seeds, Frank Lipman
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