The document provides an agenda and schedule for the "Connection & Collaboration: Innovations in Patient-Centered Care" conference presented by the American Holistic Medical Association from September 18-21, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference will feature workshops, presentations, panels, and activities focused on integrative health, medicine, and collaboration between different medical disciplines. It lists times and locations for sessions, meals, yoga, meditation, and other events during the conference.

1. Connection & Collaboration
Innovations in Patient-Centered Care
presented by the American Holistic Medical Association
Sept. 18-21, 2014 - Minneapolis
The Commons Hotel
In partnership with:
The Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
Northwestern Health Sciences University
St. Catherine University
University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality & Healing
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3. Welcome!
We Minnesotans are honored to host you and this remarkable community of
holistic pioneers. We come together under the theme of Connection and
Collaboration. Physicians, nurses, acupuncturists, psychologists, nutritionists,
chefs and environmental educators are just a few of the professions among us
these next few days.
Connection and Collaboration. It fits. The AHMA is transitioning to become the
membership arm of a newly forming organization, the Academy of Integrative
Health & Medicine. The Academy is most fortunate in that we bring you with
us – a diverse membership as exemplified by this interdisciplinary group of
collaborative providers.
I learned firsthand how AHMA connects and collaborates. Two years ago AHMA
swung its doors open and invited me, an acupuncturist, to work in a leadership
position with a group of MDs, DOs, PSYDs and others who are on the forefront
of transformation and change in health care. I really wasn’t sure what to expect,
but I can tell you I have never felt more at home than with this group of heart-
felt, brilliant and committed people who truly want to foster transformation.
That’s walking the talk. That collaborative essence of connection is at the heart
of every presentation or workshop you will experience here. You’ll find that
spirit during our shared meals and evening activities. Our members bring it, our
exhibitors bring it and we all benefit from it.
Thank you for joining us. Take the next few days to meet providers from other
states, other paradigms and other disciplines. Connect, collaborate and
empower your peers in these times of great change.
Who knows whom you’ll meet and what we can create together?
Warmly,
Jennifer
Jennifer Blair, Board Secretary and Conference Chair
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AHMA Board
Molly Roberts, M.D., M.S., ABIHM,
President
Barbara Bakus, DO, ABIHM,
President-Elect
Jennifer Blair, LAc, MaOM,
Board Secretary
Randolph Reese MBA, CPA, Treasurer
David Riley, M.D., At Large
Rachel Abrams, MD, ABIHM,
Governance Committee Chair
Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH, ABIHM
Sanford Levy, MD, FACP, ABIHM
Staff
Steve Cadwell, Executive Director
Kelsey Misbrener, Conference Manager
& Education Committee Liaison
Claudia Schieve, Marketing &
Communications Coordinator &
Conference Planning Committee Liaison
Sarah Turell, Administrative Assistant
Mary Ann Wonson, Event Coordinator

4. Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Pre-Conference Workshops)
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Yoga - Rec Center
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Meridian Foyer
6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meditation - Inventor 3
6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration - Top of Escalators
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Friends of Bill W. - Focus Board Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Workshops Begin:
The Resilient Healer - Think 3
Case Reports - Think 4
Health Coaching - Think 5
The Healer Within - Meridian Ballroom
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Workshops Continued
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors
Pinnacle Ballroom, Meridian Foyer
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshops
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshops Continued
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Healing Our Lives
Matt Sanford , Kevin Kling
Coffman Theater
Thursday, Sept. 18 (Pre-Conference Workshops Cont.’d)
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Yoga - Rec Center
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Meridian Foyer
6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meditation - Inventor 3
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration - Top of Escalators
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Friends of Bill W. - Focus Board Room
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Workshops Continued
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshops Continued
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Pre-Con Attendees: Lunch & Visit Exhibits
Conference Attendees: Lunch on Own
Thursday, Sept. 18 (General Sessions Begin at 1:30 p.m.)
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. General Sessions Registration
Top of Escalators
General Conference Meridian Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. General Sessions Welcome
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. In the Heart of the Beast Theater
2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Outside All the Boxes: Relationship-Based
Approaches to Building an Integrative
Model of Care, Jennifer Blair &
Cynthia Miller*
3:20 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Sleep, Mood and Food, Carolyn Denton*
4:10 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Short Break
Meridian Foyer
4:25 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Whole-Person Caring: A Model for
Healing and Wellness, Lucia Thornton*
5:15 p.m. - 6:05 p.m. Thursday Speakers Panel Discussion
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Exhibitor Welcome Reception
Meridian Foyer
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sufi Dhikr, Mark Hoch
Meridian Ballroom
Friday, Sept. 19
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Yoga - Rec Center
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Meridian Foyer
6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meditation - Inventor 3
6:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Presidents Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration - Top of Escalators
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Friends of Bill W. - Focus Board Room
General Conference Meridian Ballroom
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Announcements
8:10 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Community Connection and the Ecology
of Health, Jamie Harvie*
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Whole Systems Healing: Leading the Way
into a New Model of Health and
Wellbeing, Mary Jo Kreitzer*
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Dense and Delicious, Simple and from
Scratch, David Riley and Olivia Wu*
11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. Long Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors
Pinnacle Ballroom, Meridian Foyer
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Being Medicine for Our Selves, Each
Other and Earth, Nina Simons*
2:45 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Predictive Biomarkers: Comprehensive
Health and Nutrition, Russell Jaffe
3:35 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
4:20 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. Hippocrates Cafe
5:10 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday Speakers Panel Discussion
6:00 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. Poster Announcement/Prize
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Poster Cocktail Hour/Cash Bar
Meridian Foyer
8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Crone School
Meridian Ballroom
8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Sage School
Pathways
Connection & Collaboration Schedule

5. Saturday, Sept. 20
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Yoga - Rec Center
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Meridian Foyer
6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meditation - Inventor 3
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration - Top of Escalators
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Friends of Bill W. - Focus Board Room
General Conference Meridian Ballroom
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. Announcements
8:05 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. The Heart of Healing: A Holistic Approach
to Health and Wellness, Bill Manahan*
9:05 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Endosymbiosis: Reconnecting with Your
Microbiome for Optimal Health,
Greg Plotnikoff
9:55 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Connection and Collaboration: The Way
of Life and Medicine, Scott Shannon
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors
Pinnacle Ballroom, Meridian Foyer
12:45 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Translating the Important Holistic
Contributions of the Last 40 Years into
Patient Care, Bob Anderson
1:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Fascia, the Silent Network that Connects
All Practitioners and Their Patients,
Hal Blatman
2:25 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Break and Visit with Exhibitors
Meridian Foyer
3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Teaching Future Doctors About Holistic
Medicine, John Neely*
4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. The Art of Healing, Bernie Siegel
4:50 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. Saturday Speakers Panel Discussion
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Founders Dinner
Pinnacle Ballroom
8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. AHMA Celebration Dance
Pinnacle Ballroom
Sunday, Sept. 21
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Yoga - Rec Center
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast - Meridian Foyer
6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meditation - Inventor 3
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration - Top of Escalators
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Friends of Bill W. - Focus Board Room
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. AHMA Member Meeting/Breakfast
Pinnacle Ballroom
General Conference Meridian Ballroom
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. Announcements
8:05 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Integrative Healthcare in the U.S.: Past,
Present and Future, Len Wisneski
8:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. The Systems View of Health, Fritjof Capra
9:55 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Coffee Break
Meridian Foyer
10:25 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Crossing the Bridge from Healthcare
Systems to Healthy Communities,
Penny George*
11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. The Science Of Connection: Global
Perspectives on Health Care,
Mimi Guarneri
12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Sunday Speakers Panel Discussion
*Approved for CECH Credits
**Schedule Subject to Change
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To ask questions of any speaker or panelist, tweet
@HolisticAHMA using #AHMAconnect or email
connect@holisticmedicine.org
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About CME/ Continuing Education
Information about Continuing Education and Conflict of Interest Disclosure is available in your syllabus
Evaluation
All CME/ Continuing Education credits require you to fill out an evaluation. You are not eligible to receive a certificate without having
completed this essential step
Visit holisticmedicine.org to complete your evaluation of each General Conference Presentation. Presentation-evaluations are grouped by Day
and by Morning or Afternoon, e.g., Saturday Afternoon presentations. Be sure to evaluate every presentation you attend and wish to claim
credit. If you prefer a paper evaluation, please request one from the staff
Syllabus
Flash drive: Visit the host table to upload the syllabus from one of our flash drives to your laptop at no charge. Purchase a flash drive for $40
Print: Limited copies of a printed syllabus are available for purchase for $95
Download: holisticmedicine.org/2014syllabus
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7. Mind/Body Care in Minneapolis
Restaurants
The Beacon Public House
The Commons Hotel
615 Washington Ave SE
Birchwood Cafe
3311 E 25th Street
Brasa
600 E. Hennepin Avenue
Butcher and the Boar
1121 Hennepin Avenue
Chef Shack Ranch
3025 E Franklin Avenue
Common Roots
2558 Lyndale Avenue S
The Craftsman
4300 E. Lake Street
Ecopolitan
2409 Lyndale Avenue S
French Meadow Cafe/Blue Stem
2610 Lyndale Avenue S
Gardens of Salonica
19 5th Street NE
Gorkha Palace
23 4th Street NE
Loring Pasta Bar
327 14th Avenue SE
Lucia’s
1432 W. 31st street
Lurcat
1624 Harmon Place
Punch Pizza
210 E Hennepin Avenue
Saffron
123 N 3rd Street
Seward Coop
2823 E Franklin Avenue
Shuang Cheng
1320 4th Avenue S
Signature Cafe
130 Warwick Street SE
Spoonriver
750 S. 2nd Street
Verdant Tea
2111 E Franklin Avenue
112 Eatery
112 N. 3rd Street
Arts & Nature
The Chain of Lakes
2117 W. River Road
Guthrie Theater
818 South 2nd Street
Mill City Farmer’s Market
704 S. 2nd Street
Mill City Museum
704 S. 2nd Street
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue S
Minnehaha Falls
2117 W. River Road
“Nature,” a walking play
3675 Arboretum Dr.
Chaska, MN
Nice Ride Bike Tours
2701 36th Avenue S
Theodore Wirth Park
2117 W. River Road
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
The Weisman Museum
333 E. River Road
Rec Center
Ask the Commons front desk for a free rec pass. While
you’re there, grab a snack at the healthy cafe and juice bar
Meditation
Stop by Inventor 3 for a solitary moment the duration
of the conference
Sound Chairs
Lose yourself in sound and rest in Think 5
Energy Healing
On Friday, stop by Think 3 during breaks and lunch to
rejuvenate with an energy healing session by a volunteer
from St. Catherine University
Yoga
Complimentary yoga for conference attendees from
6 a.m. - 7 a.m. every morning at the University of
Minnesota’s Recreation Center

8. Volunteers
Conference Chair, Food Committee Chair, Social Media Committee Chair, Jennifer Blair
Host & Activities Committee Co-Chair, President-Elect, Barbara Bakus
Conference Planning Committee Chair, Erin O’Meara
Conference Education Committee Chair, Nita Gage
Local Partners/Students Committee Chair, Tammy Gifft
Host & Activities Committee Co-Chair, Janice Mancuso
President, Molly Roberts
2014 Conference
Planning Committee
Laurie Angell (Host Committee)
Tracey Arbour (Host Committee)
Lori Baldwin
Candace Barrett Birk (Activities Committee)
Debra Bell (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Diana Berg (Education Committee)
Gary Christenson (Activities Committee)
Kathy Farah (Education Committee)
Soumya Ganapathy (Education Committee)
Mark Hoch (Education Committee Adviser)
Brad Jacobs (Education Committee Adviser)
Casey Kelley (Host Committee, Local Partners/Students Committee,
Activities Committee)
Anne Marie Kjelland (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Kristen Knox (Education Committee, Poster Committee,
Local Partners/Students Committee)
John Kozak (Activities Committee, Social Media Committee)
Kathryn Kramer (Host Committee, Local Partners/Students Committee)
Joel Kreisberg (Social Media Committee)
Karen Lawson (Education Committee Adviser)
Sonja Lien (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Frank Long
Mary Madill (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Kate Maher (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Ashley Martin (Education Committee)
Mariah McAlister (Host Committee)
Maura McCauley
Julie McCormick (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Leah Novak (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Nancy O’Connor (Activities Committee)
Megan Odell (Activities Committee)
Guy Odishaw (Host Committee, Local Partners/Students Committee)
Katherine Pohlman (Activities Committee)
Terri Pena (Activities Committee)
Portia Richardson (Activities Committee, Social Media Committee)
David Riley (Education Committee)
Lynnette Santos-Malik (Education Committee)
Cami Smalley (Local Partners/Students Committee)
Marlene Stenlund (Exhibitor Committee)
Susan Stockton (Local Partners/Students
Committee)
Nancy Sudak (Education Committee)
Kati Winter (Exhibitor Committee,
Host Committee, Food Committee)
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9. Sponsors
Freedom Practice Coaching
Nutri-Dyn
Good Greens
The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing
Promotional Partners
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
American Holistic Health Association
American Holistic Nurses Association
Canadian Holistic Nurses Association
The Foundation for Living Medicine
Global Advances in Health and Medicine
The Holistic Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Nutrition Professionals
Pathways Health Crisis Resource Center
Universal Health Solutions
What Doctors Don’t Tell You/ The Intelligent Optimist
Friends
AHMA NEO Chapter
AHMA Michigan Chapter
AHMA Minnesota Chapter
Kristen Gates
Desirae Hammond
Jennifer Hughes
Russell Jaffe
Anne Marie Kjelland
Cass McLaughlin
Megan Odell
Seth Romanoff
Laurie Anderson Sathe
Elisabeth Thao
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10. Connect with our Exhibitors
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health. science. education.
Nutri-Dyn
BESOBESOBiological Research Inc.

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15. Daniel Friedland, MD, ABIHM
SuperSmartHealth, Founder & CEO
AIHM Chair
JOIN US TO CELEBRATE, CONNECT, COLLABORATE, AND LEARN
www.abihm.org/aihm
CELEBRATE the inauguration of the Academy
of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM).
Memberships will be available.
EARN the 40+ credits available for multiple
clinical disciplines.
LEARN with EXPERT FACULTY in topics such as
nutritional medicine, epigenetics, ayurveda,
botanical medicine, hormone balancing,
acupunture, and more.
ATTEND one of two high-impact pre-conference
seminars, October 25: Integrative Mental Health
or Healing the Healer: Resiliency in Health Care.
CERTIFY in Integrative Health Administration with
a special two-day program, led by Nick Jacobs,
FACHE, for executives, managers, and supervisors
on October 30-31.
Science and Connection: A New Era of Integrative Health & Medicine
October 26–30, 2014 at San Diego’s Paradise Point Spa and Resort
I didn’t know how to reclaim
my energy and focus to achieve
optimal health until...
Like so many of my healthcare peers, I felt the
burden of stress and was on the verge of burnout.
When I connected with the AIHM community, my
world opened to the highest level of functioning
and balance of the physical, environmental, mental,
emotional, social and spiritual aspects of human
experience, resulting in a dynamic state of being
fully alive.
This revelation has transformed my life. It provides
me with a reservoir of resiliency and informs what
I now cultivate, practice and teach.
Join Daniel Friedland, MD, ABIHM for his Pre-Conference Seminar, Healing the Healer:
Resiliency in Health Care, October 25, 2014. Current research highlights an epidemic of
stress and burnout in healthcare providers. In this workshop, Dr. Friedland will share with you a
4-step Framework that integrates brain science, cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology
and mindfulness practice to empower you with skills and practices to effectively navigate stress
and experience greater meaning and joy in caring for your patients, your loved ones and yourself.

16. 2013
2014
AIHM is announced
at ABIHM conference2013
AHMA begins to prepare membership for
merge with ABIHM to form Academy
2008 ABHM changes
name to ABIHM2008
AHMA opens membership
to other disciplines
1978 AHMA is established as a member
organization for MDs and DOs
1993 AHMA holds first course on the
science of integrative holistic medicine
2000 ABHM offers first exam
1996 ABHM is created
by some AHMA members
Academy is Launched
Connecting & Collaborating
Since 1978