ACAM Faculty

ACAM draws top faculty for continuing medical education and clinical training.  Below is a listing of our core and adjunct faculty.

Palm Springs, California
November 1-5, 2006 
   
Chelation Therapy Workshop Faculty

      James Biddle, MD -      Heavy metals and disease
      W. Camp Douglass, MD - History of chelation therapy
      Boyd Haley, PhD -       Mercury biochemistry and its relationship to neurological diseases
      Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD - Lab test indicators of metal effects, toxic mechanisms, penacillamine's role
      Michael Janson, MD -   Nutrition and supplements: Their role in cardiovascular health and disease
      Konrad Kail, PA, ND -   Natural treatments for lowering cholestrol
      David Kennedy, DDS -  Mercury/Silver amalgam filings and neurotoxicity
      Grace Lindo -               Billing and chelation therapy
      Ralph A. Miranda, MD - IV infusion technique
      Jeffrey Morrison, MD -   How EDTA chelation therapy works
      Lyn Patrick, ND -          Lead toxicity
      David Quig, PhD -         Lab testing for heavy metals


Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Workshop Faculty

      
Jeff Bradstreet, MD -      HBOT and neurological conditions
      Jose Diaz, MD -            Cancer and higher pressure HBOT
      Frank Morales, MD -      HBOT in conjunction with other treatment modalities
      James Neubrander, MD - Autism and HBOT case studies
      Efrain Olszewer, MD -   Low pressure HBOT and chelation
      Joseph Rich, MD -        Introduction and history of HBOT
      Dan Rossignol, MD -    Mechanisms of HBOT
      Kenneth Stoller, MD -   Hyperbaric oxygen and carbon monoxide poisoning
      Michael Uszler, MD -   Spect imaging
      


Brett Jacques, ND Understanding growth hormone, testosterone and other hormone issues facing men in the 21st century
Denise Mark, MD The neuro-endocrine approach to metabolic syndrome: Optimal balance of adrenal, thyroid and gonadal hormones
Pam Smith, MD  A woman's hormonal symphony
Julie Taguchi, MD Wiley Protocol: Clinical observations
Jonathan Wright, MD Mostly testosterone, a little estrogen-progesterone and adolsterone for age-related hearing loss
Neal Rouzier, MD Are all hormones the same? No! The difference between natural and synthetic hormones

   


IV Therapy Workshop Faculty 

Les Brietman, MD Insulin potentiated therapy
Jeanne Drisko, MD Use of intravenous ascorbic acid during cancer care
Alan Gaby, MD Clinical applications of IV Myer's cocktail
Ronald Hoffman, MD Nutritional IV's 
Joseph Rich, MD Adding IV therapies to your clinical practice
Ralph A. Miranda, MD Fundamentals of IV therapy


    

General Session Faculty

      
Daniel Amen, MD -      Making a good brain great
      Joseph K. Belanoff, MD -   Psychotic depression: Biology and treatment
      Richard Deth, PhD -     Impaired methylation pathways
      Mark Gordon, MD -      Hormones and the brain
      Paul Harch, MD -         Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
      Valerie Hunt, Ed.D -     Mind-field patterns: Basic all health and illness
      Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD - Brain longevity 2006: Where the evidence stands. The past, present and future
      Parris Kidd, PhD -       GPC and brain health
      Sidney Kurn, MD -       Natural interventions in pathways towards neurodegenerative disease
      Denise Mark, MD -      The neuro-endocrine communication system
      Karen Barth Menzies, Esq. - SSRI's and youth suicide
      Daniele Piomelli, PhD - Cannabinoids
      Dave Siever, CET -       Audiovisual entrainment for anxiety and sleep
      Catherine Wilner, MD - Integrated functional medicine approaches to brain health
      Jonathan Wright, MD - Ribidium, lithium, major depression and the aging brain
      

Chicago, Illinois
May 9-13, 2007

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Workshop Faculty

      
Paul Harch, MD -         HBOT: Introduction and scientific foundations
      Frank Morales, MD -    Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and oxidative therapies for the treatment of cancer
      Elizabeth Mumper, MD - Hyperbaric therapies for children with autism
      Efrain Olszewer, MD -  Biochemical and physiological mechanisms involved in low hyperbaric therapy
      Dan Rossignol, MD -    Investigations of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for autism
      Michael Uszler, MD -   Spect imaging
      Jeffrey Weiss, MD -     Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of non-acute retina occlusion


Male Hormone Therapy Workshop Faculty
      
      
Eugene Shippen, MD -   Aging endocrinology for men


IV Therapy Workshop Faculty 

      Bert Berkson, MD -       Intravenous alpha lipoic acid and protocols for treatment
      Jeanne Drisko, MD -     Use of intravenous ascorbic acid during cancer care
      Alan Gaby, MD -          Clinical applications of IV Meyer's cocktail 
      Ronald Hoffman, MD -   Nutritional IV's 
      Allan Magaziner, DO -   Adding IV therapies to your clinical practice: Practical applications
      Ralph Miranda, MD -     Integrating IV therapies into clinical practice
      Jeffrey Morrison, MD -   Overview of toxic heavy metals and chelation
      W.A. Shrader, Jr., MD - Great office IV protocols you can't do without!


Metal Toxicology Workshop Faculty

      
James Biddle, MD -      Heavy metals and vascular disease
      W. Camp Douglass, MD - Historical perspectives on the evolution of chelation therapies
      Boyd Haley, PhD -       Mercury biochemistry and its relationship to neurological diseases
      Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD - D-penicillamine in toxic metal detoxification: Mechanisms and clinical use
      David Kennedy, DDS -   Are the dentists killing your patients?
      Ralph A. Miranda, MD - IV therapies
      Jeffrey Morrison, MD -   Overview of CaEDTA chelation therapy
                                         Clinical applications of DMPS and DMSA chelation therapy
      Lyn Patrick, ND -         The pathophysiology of heavy metal exposure
      David Quig, PhD -         Metal detoxification: Clinical pharmacology of CaEDTA, DMPS and DMSA
      W.A. Shrader, MD -      Nutrients in chelation therapy
      Carol Soffen -               Billing and chelation therapy
      

Oxidative Medicine Workshop Faculty

      Jose Diaz, MD -         Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
      Garry Gordon,  MD, DO - The dual nature of Vitamin C
      Thomas Hesselink, MD - Peroxide therapies
                                           Biological electron transfer sequences: The biochemistry of oxidation and reduction
      Frank Morales, MD -   Advanced oxiative therapeutic modalities: Putting it together
      Robert Rowen, MD -      Introduction to ozone and ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy


General Session Faculty

      

      Donald Abrams, MD -   Integrative oncology
      Burt Berkson, MD -      Integrative approaches to the management of acute and chronic liver disease and pancreatic cancer