Whole Person Health Conference - Thursday 29th June 2023
This much needed conference aimed to highlight evidence based, clinical experience and examples of the benefits of an integrative approach to healthcare that focuses on the whole person and combines conventional medicine with safe and effective evidence-informed, lifestyle, complementary and traditional methods of treatment.
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Dr Elizabeth Thompson looks forward to welcoming you to the long awaited In-Person Integrative & Personalised Medicine congress in London. Be prepared for an inspiring, busy three days that will celebrate a better more, sustainable, hopeful approach to medicine and health that recognises that the best patient outcomes are achieved by combining a range of modalities, be that conventional, integrative, functional, lifestyle, environmental, complementary or holistic medicine.
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Medicine, as we know it, is no longer affordable or sustainable. Nor is it able to curb the increase in obesity, mental health problems and most long-term disease. Dr Michael Dixon, Chair of the College of Medicine, will highlight how it is now time for Integrative Care to take centre stage - combining the best of our current medicine with an approach that enhances our natural abilities to self-heal and stay healthy using lifestyle and a wider range of therapies.
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Dr Rangan Chatterjee, is one of the UK’s most influential doctors. He co-created and teaches the widely acclaimed ‘Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine’ course with the Royal College of GPs and hosts Europe’s biggest health podcast ‘Feel Better, Live More’ and is the author of 3 Sunday Times best-sellers. He shares his vision for a more progressive approach to healthcare. A system that tackles the root causes of both mental and physical health problems, leaving the patient feeling both happier and healthier.
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In September 2021, the UK Government published a report on the findings of the Former Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, Dr Keith Ridge, on over-prescribing in England. The report found that 10 per cent of prescription items dispensed through primary care are either inappropriate for patients’ needs or that they ‘could be better served with alternative treatments’. The College of Medicine, Beyond Pills initiative, is at the forefront of this movement for change and is a campaign to: reduce unnecessary drug prescribing; expand social prescribing; benefit patients' health; support patient empowerment and save money.
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How are we going to keep our clinicians healthy and provide the care that they and their patients really want? Something has got to change.
Professor Dame Clare Gerada, President Royal College of General Practitioners and Dame Donna Kinnair, previous Director General Royal College of Nursing & Vice Chair College of Medicine; Dr Ally Jaffee, Junior Doctor, Co-Founder Nutritank & mental health advocate; Dr Susanna Petche, GP, Clinical Facilitator with an MSc in Psychological Trauma, with research into the issue of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in GPs and healthcare professionals.
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Drawing on their decades of leadership in innovative herbal medicine, Simon Mills and Kerry Bone will highlight how the modern concept of functional medicine is rooted in traditional herbal wisdom. They will highlight cases and strategies that could revolutionise the approaches and treatment strategies to address and tackle the complexity of chronic disease.
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Womans Health
Session Chair: Michael Dooley
NHS Consultant Gynaecologist and a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK
WestminsterThere has been significant advances in the treatment of menopause nad pre-menstrual issues in recent years. Dr Anne Henderson, Consultant Gynaecologist & British Menopause Society Accredited Menopause Specialist, will highlight the benefits of a fully integrated approach that looks at the use of HRT, body-identical hormones and the use of herbal medicine and nutrition.
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Microbiome & Gut Health
Session Chair: Dr Elizabeth Thompson
CEO and Holistic Doctor, National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM), UK
The WhittleDr Victoria Sampson has been at the forefront of change in dentistry, by undertaking research projects in multiple fields of dentistry and taking a special interest in the relationship between the mouth and the body. This session will highlight how the mouth is a mirror to the rest of the body; how oral microbiome dysbiosis is linked to various systemic conditions; what changes the environment of the mouth and how to keep pathogens at bay.
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With more than 20 years of clinical experience, Dr Sally Moorcroft will highlight her integrative approach that includes functional medicine and nutrition, medical homeopathy, herbal medicine, acupuncture and mind and body practices.
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Metabolic endotoxemia is a term use to describe a process of how the multiple microbiomes can have an impact on disease triggering, mediation and progression. It is a phenomenon that can occur alongside diabetes, obesity, chronic fatigues syndromes, mental health, autoimmune conditions and other chronic inflammatory disease processes. In this webinar, Debbie will discuss what metabolic endotoxemia is, how to look for it in stool and serum testing, and how to deal with it in clinical practice.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine , inflammatory and metabolic disorder and a major reason for female infertility around the world. In this session Dr Amy Shacaluga, Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist & Lifestyle Medicine Physician, will explore the latest evidence and practical approaches in applying personalised lifestyle and integrative medicine interventions in PCOS management.
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The delicate balance between the microbiota throughout the whole body - gut, oral cavity, nasal cavity, skin and vagina are all areas that Jo Gamble will address in her role as a functional medicine practitioner, to restore health and prevent disease.
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Dr. Aseem Malhotra is an NHS Trained Consultant Cardiologist, and visiting Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil. He is a world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease.
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Autoimmune Disease
Session Chair: Meleni Aldridge
Executive Coordinator, Alliance for Natural Health International
WestminsterFind out more about comprehensive systems-based assessment and management of autoimmune thyroid disease. This session will focus on Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and touch on the impact of the gut-immune axis in multi-system autoimmunity, including cases from Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, an award-winning Oxbridge-trained medical doctor, scientist and educator specialising in complex multi-system cases and integrative oncology.
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Pain Management
Session Chair: Dr Elizabeth Thompson
CEO and Holistic Doctor, National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM), UK
The WhittleThere is no easy fix when it comes to chronic pain. Opioids are often the first, addictive resort and surgery rarely achieves the pain free outcome promised. Dr Deepak Ravindran, Clinical Lead in pain medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, brings his 20 years of experience to offer you an effective set of techniques that will help patients to take back control and overcome their pain.
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Bringing 25 years of expertise in Pharmacy and Healthcare Development along with his experience of Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, Mindfulness & Life-coaching, Bobby Sira will share his unique insight into what he calls the “intangible landscape”, where he integrates the body’s ability to respond to pain medications, in rhythm with the minds perceptions and the spirits power to direct healing.
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Since starting her medical training more than 25 years ago, Dr Lucie Wilk, has been searching for a more sustainable care model that helps liberate people from a state of chronic illness and empowers them to make postive changes. As a Rheumatologist within the NHS & a Functional Medicine doctor, she will share her wealth of experience in autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and vasculitis.
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The growing burden of complex, multi-system, chronic conditions are leading existing health and care systems to breaking point. These disease-centric systems typically deliver too little, too late. Robert Verkerk Phd will highlight the key elements required for rapid transition towards proactive, sustainable health regeneration in communities that make full use of available human resources and work with, rather than against, nature.
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Inspired by a mentor’s extreme experiments with caloric restriction, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Valter Longo explores how fasting-mimicking diets help prevent disease, promote healthy aging, and prolongs our ability to stay young.