
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Plenary
Can Medicine Tolerate Pluralism? A Challenge to Current Models
and Assumptions for Managing Cultural Diversity
and Complementary Medicine in Academic Medical Centers
Bonnie O’Connor Ph.D.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Concurrent Workshops
Workshop on Culture and Medicine: Focus on Child Health
Julius Goepp M.D.
Nancy Chin Ph.D.
Sharon Humiston M.D.
Clinicians’ Explorations of their Own and their
Patients’ Beliefs Regarding Death and its Impact on
Patient Communication
Margo Weiss Ph.D.
Ilana Nativ M.S.
“ The Trial of Sanapia, Comanche Medicine Woman:”
Teaching Cultural Awareness in Medical Education
Amy Ellwood MSW, LCSW
Robert Like M.D., MS
Patricia Lenahan M.A., LCSW
Integrating Primary and Mental Health HIV/AIDS Care
David Weigle M.Ed.
Donald Brode M.D.
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM Concurrent Seminars
Teaching the Biopsychosocial Model Via a Required Assessment and Group
Case Discussions
William G. Elder Ph.D.
Behavioral Science Learning Modules for the
World Health Organization
John Carr Ph.D.
James Campbell Ph.D.
Girl Power: The Politics of Body in Adolescent Development
Anne Dohrenwend Ph.D.
Use of Botanical Remedies by Mexican American Patients
Greg Troll M.D.
6:00 PM ABSAME Dinner
7:00 PM Keynote
Marguerite Evans M.S., R.D.
National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast Plenary
Thomas E. Perez
Dept of Health and Human Services, U.S. Office for Civil Rights
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary
Gladys T. McGeary M.D., M.D.(H)
Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent Seminars
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Why Should the Behavioral Sciences
be Bothered?
Beverley Rowley, Ph.D.
The Use of Resident Genograms as a Tool to Enhance Multicultural Understanding
Patricia Lenahan M.A.
Wadie Najm M.D.
A Model for Providing Culturally Responsive Health Care
Kathleen Culhane-Pera M.D., M.A.
Dorothy E. Vawter Ph.D.
Phua Xiong M.D.
Barbara Babbitt, RN
Does Complementary Medicine Pose a Challenge
to the Hegemony of the Bio-medical Paradigm?
Judith Fadlon Ph.D.
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Poster Session with Lunch
2:30 PM Adjourn for day
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Common Interest Breakfast
Integrating Three First Year Courses Around
Alternative Medicine
Liva Jacoby Ph.D.
Dan Mayer M.D.
Sherry Hartman MLS
Ask the Experts: The Community Member as Medical Educator
Claudia Baier MPH
Steven Rothschild M.D.
Susan Swider RN, Ph.D.
Bridging Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in the Community
Alicia Monroe M.D.
Taraneh (Tarry) Shirazian B.A.
Multidisciplinary and Multicultural: Developing A Combined Cross-Cultural
Curriculum for Psychology and
Deborah King Ph.D.
Nancy Chin Ph.D.
Rory Houghtalen M.D.
8:45 AM - 10:45 AM Concurrent Workshops
Developing Tools to Improve Readbility and Culturally
Adapt Health Information Language
José L. Calderón M.D.
Richard S. Baker M.D.
Kenneth Wolf, Ph.D.
Balint Group: A Process To Help Physicians Appreciate & Respect
the Uniqueness of Patients
Amy Ellwood MSW
Ann Sinclair MSW
Teaching about Qualitative Methods: Lessons Learned from a Study of
Cancer Prevention among Hispanics
Roberta E. Goldman Ph.D.
Using Cinema to Teach Cross-Cultural Competency to
Psychiatry Residents
Gary Myers Ph.D.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Seminars
The Role of Ethnicity and Gender in Resident Stress:
Development of Proactive Solutions for Resident
Barbara Joyce Ph.D.
Heather A. Kirkpatrick Ph.D.
Developing Integrative Practitioners: Visioning the Future
but Living in the Present Moment
Maureen Bunce M.D.
Culture, Class and Complementary Medicine:
Infusion or Diffusion
Alicia D. Monroe M.D.,
Lynn C. Epstein M.D.
M. Brownell Anderson
Nancy Chin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
What Does Culture Have to do with Mental Health?
Brian Castellani Ph.D.
Rebeca Chamorro Ph.D.
Lorin Gardiner M.D.
Antonio Bullon, M.D.
Joseph Varley, M.D.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM ABSAME Membership Meeting
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Plenary
Biomedical Determinism, Cultural Diversity, and Fiduciary Responsibility:
The Challenge of Confronting
Global Health Inequities
Edward Eckensfeld
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Concurrent Seminars
Spirituality and Healthcare: The Evolution and Evaluation
of a New Curriculum
Victor Sierpina M.D.
Eugene Boisaubin M.D.
Glennda Rassin LMSW-ACP
African Americans and Spirituality
Miriam Monges Ph.D.
Cultural Competence or Cultural Stereotypes
Michael Hosokawa Ed.D.
James Campbell Ph.D.
Approaches to the Patient in Ayurvedic Medicine
Sonam Targee
Nancy P. Chin Ph.D., MPH
6:30 PM - Midnight Gala Ball
7:00 PM Keynote Speaker
M. Brownell Anderson
Associate Vice President AAMC
Deputy Director, Division of Medical Education
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Common Interest Breakfast
“CAM” for an urban, medically underserved community?
Catherine Anichini M.D.
Linnea Larson LCSW, LMFT
Christopher Masi M.D.
Audrey Stillerman, M.D.
Survival Tips for the PhD Medical Educator in a
Clinical Setting
William Metheny Ph.D.
Teaching and Learning About Cross-Cultural Communication
Sonia Crandall Ph.D.
Curriculum Method For Delivering Alternative Medicine & Spirituality
Martha McClees M.S.
Stephen Erickson M.D.
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary
World Peace Begins at Home
Victor LaCerva MD
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Seminars
Cultural Dimensions of Peer Review and Self Reflection
Among Medical Students
Fred Hafferty Ph.D.
Brian Castellani Ph.D.
José L. Calderón M.D.
The Dangerous Office Visit: Addressing the Dilemma of Traditional
Black Patients Who See Modern Doctors
Kirk A. Johnson Ph.D.
Provider Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding
Cross-Cultural Issues
Alicia Monroe M.D.
Roberta E. Goldman Ph.D.
A Non-hierarchical Assessment of the Role of Physical, Psychological,
Social, and Spiritual Perceptions in the Care of the Patient: The PIES
Albert Eaton Ph.D.
Michael Walsh M.D.
Russell Sawa M.D., Ph.D.
Noon Adjourn