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Integrative Health and Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

Rome, September 20-23, 2023

Noncommunicable diseases are on the rise globally and locally. Diseases such as: Obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea, dyslipidemia, hypertension are all risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Environmental toxins such as heavy metals and air pollution have been linked to heart disease, kidney disease and stroke.

Integrative Cardiology treats the whole person: body, mind and spirit and utilizes the wisdom of all healing traditions. Developing programs that focus on reversing cardiovascular disease utilizing integrative medicine strategies is a focus of this workshop.

Workshop Length: 105 minutes

Featuring: Dr. Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABOIM

Dr Guarneri will review treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease from an Integrative Health and Medicine Perspective. The workshop will focus on lifestyle including the pearls of health such as nutrition, sleep, physical activity, and mind-body therapies. Participants will learn key physical exam finding, functional medicine testing and protocols to treat common risk factors such as dyslipidemia, hypertension diabetes from a holistic perspective.

Expected workshop results:

Understand how to implement Integrative Medicine strategies in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

• Learn to diagnose and treat common non communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, sleep disordered breathing.

• Utilizing Integrative Health and Medicine approaches

• Blessings for continued strength and support

Workshop Schedule:

Program: 16.30 – 18.15 CEST, 22 September 2023

16.30 – 16.35 Opening & workshop moderation: Dr Mimi Guarneri, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine & Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations
16.35-16.45 Introduction: Dr Kim Sungchol, Head of the Traditional,
Complementary and Integrative Medicine Unit at the WHO
16.45-17.15 Round table 1: What does the research community need from
WHO and what is the research needed for policy making?
Moderation: Prof Jianping Liu, Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese
Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China
Panelists:

• Prof Susan Wieland, Director of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field, USA

• Prof Dennis Chang, NICIM Health Research Institute, Australia

• Prof Myeong Soo Lee, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, South Korea

17.15-18.10 Round table 2: Reflections on models of integrations to meet
broader health goals
Moderation: Prof Heather Boon, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada

Panelists:

• Dr Natalia Sofia Aldana Martinez, VirtualHealth Libraryon Traditional Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Columbia

• Dr Thomas Breitkreuz, Competence Network Integrative Medicine Baden- Württemberg, Germany

• Prof Nadine Ijaz, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada

18.10-18.15 Conclusions: Dr Mimi Guarneri & Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer

Speakers:

• Dr Mimi Guarneri, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
• Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer, International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations
• Dr Kim Sungchol, Head of the Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Unit at the WHO
• Prof Jianping Liu, Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China
• Prof Susan Wieland, Director of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field, USA
• Prof Dennis Chang, NICIM Health Research Institute, Australia
• Prof Myeong Soo Lee, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, South Korea
• Prof Heather Boon, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada
• Dr Natalia Sofia Aldana Martinez, VirtualHealth Libraryon Traditional
• Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Columbia Dr Thomas Breitkreuz, Competence Network Integrative Medicine Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Prof Nadine Ijaz, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Rauni Prittinen King MIH, RN, President and Executive Director Miraglo Foundation

Mimi Guarneri MD, FACC, ABOIM, President AIHM, Treasure Miraglo Foundation