Seminar entitled “The Use of Evidence-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine”, Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 6:00-9:30 PM, presented by MGH CSSA (The MGH Chinese Scientist and Staff Association) as part of its ongoing series of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of human diseases and health conditions.
This HMS CME-credited education seminar will be held in The Simches Building in Conference room 3110 at 185 Charles River Plaza, and feature four seminar sessions followed by an interactive Question/Answer session. Speakers include: David Yue-Wei LEE, PhD of McLean Hospital; Albert YEUNG, MD of MGH; Lucy CHEN, MD of MGHand Ge LIN PhD of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Q&A Moderator: Darshan MEHTA, MD, MPH of MGH.
All are welcome to attend. Registration is required for CME credit. Seats are limited. Please RSVP attendance to cssa@partners.org before November 30, 2012. Early registration is recommended. Admission is free. A light dinner will be available.
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Program Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Registration, Networking & Dinner
Seminar session I: 6:30 – 7:00 PM
“The Scientific Basis of TCM: Multi-Components and Multi-Targeted Approach for Treatment of Human Diseases”
David Yue-Wei LEE, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and
Director of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital
Seminar session II: 7:00 – 7:30 PM
“Effectiveness of Tai Chi for Treatment of Depression”
Albert YEUNG, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and
Director of Primary Care Research at Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Seminar session III: 7:45 – 8:15 PM
“Acupuncture in Pain Management”
Lucy CHEN, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia of Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
Seminar session IV: 8:15 – 8:45 PM
“Safe Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Herb-Induced Liver Toxicity”
Ge LIN, PhD
Professor in Cancer and Inflammation Theme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Director of PG-TCM Joint-Lab of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica and CUHK
Session V: 8:45 – 9:00 PM
Q&A Section and Closing Remarks
Darshan MEHTA, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine of Harvard Medical School and
Medical Director of Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital
9:00 – 9:30 PM
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