June 1–2 NIH Pain Consortium Symposium Will Highlight Whole Person Health Approach for Pain Management

This was a great week of emails from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).

On June 1 and 2, the NCCIH will offer a free webinar on Integrative Pain Management.

From the website:

Highlights of the Symposium Agenda

Our keynote speakers for the symposium will be

  • Tracy Gaudet, M.D., who will speak on “Transforming Healthcare to Whole Health: What Can It Mean for Pain Management?”
  • Ruth Wolever, Ph.D., of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Vanderbilt, who will speak on “The Value of Deconstructing Experience To Discover the Whole Person”

Expert panel sessions will focus on

  • The complexity of pain and the interplay of comorbidities
  • Integration of whole person tools and approaches
  • Implementation of whole person approaches to pain management

The program will also include prerecorded presentations by early career investigators, a patient perspective, and the presentation of the annual Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence.

View the full agenda of the symposium.

Register now (Zoom space is limited).

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