Herbal Medicine: Indispensable Knowledge

Saturday, April 23, 2005
8:30 AM until 3:00 PM
SU 2592 (Room 2592 in UT Student Union)
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College of Pharmacy, University of Toledo


Organizers: Joseph Schradie, Ph.D., Pharm.D., professor emeritus, and Steven M. Peseckis, Ph.D.
Joseph Schradie CV       Schradie Activities       Peseckis Homepage

For information and registration:
Contact Peseckis at Steven.Peseckis@utoledo.edu (preferred) or Linda at 419-530-2902


Symposium is Open and Free to the Public
This is for everyone!!!
Nearby Parking at the University - Free


Pre-registration is requested for receipt of complementary materials (program guide, beverages, food)

Lunch is not included but available in the UT Student Union in which the symposium is hosted
(Dining Hall)       (Foodcourt)               Phoenicia restaurant (special lunch for symposium will be served)


Pharmacists can receive 0.1 c.e.u./presentation for up to 0.6 c.e.u./symposium of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit

The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy is accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The program has been approved for up to six (6) contact hours of CPE credit (0.6 c.e.u.). The Universal Program Number is 051-000-05-019-L01. To receive continuing education credit, a participant must return proof of attendance and the program evaluation instrument. Further, registrants must be seated no later than 10 minutes after the start of each program and must attend the entire presentation.       More information on CPE


Symposium Sponsors
Thank You !
Wayne and Dorothy Hoss Rite Aid
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Herbal Medicine Symposium Agenda
(Updated April 21, 2005)
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Note: Prior versions of this symposium agenda included two speakers from China.
Due to delays in their visa processing, these speakers will not be able to participate in this symposium.
When they are able, an opportunity to hear these speakers from China will be made known.

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Registration/Welcoming
 
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Keynote
Mark Blumenthal
(picture/bio)       (print-friendly biosketch)
Founder and Executive Director, American Botanical Council (ABC description)
Editor/Publisher of HerbalGram
Author of "The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs"
  “Review of Issues Concerning Quality, Safety & Efficacy of
Herbal Dietary Supplements in the U.S. Market”
 
9:20 AM – 10:10 AM Coco Newton, MPH, RD, CCN
Holistic Nutritionist
  “Nutrition and Herbs in Functional Medicine”
 
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM Break
 
10:20 AM – 11:10 AM Kathy Jordan, MS, RD
General Manager, Dietary Supplements & Functional Foods Programs
NSF International (Ann Arbor, MI)     NSF International Homepage
Jordan Biography     Analysis Example: NSF International echinecea protocol
  “Dietary Supplement Certification”
 
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM Douglas D. Parr, Pharm.D., BCOP
Oncology Clinical Pharmacist, Promedica Health Systems
Doug Parr CV
  “Interactions between Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Prescription Medications”
 
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Keynote
Norman R. Farnsworth, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Senior Research Scholar at the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Director, UIC/NIH Center or Botanical Dietary Supplements Research for Women's Health
Director, WHO Traditional Medicine Center at UIC College of Pharmacy
Co-editor, journal Phytomedicine
  Brief CV     Biography     (endowed chair/NAPRALERT)     (research)
  “Development of a Black Cohosh Dietary Supplement: From Plant Material to Phase II Clinical Studies”
  Talk Abstract
 
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Capstone
Mounir B. Elkhatib, M.D.
Founder and Director, The Great Lakes Center for Integrative Medicine
Located in Sylvania, OH,
Affiliated with Promedica Health Systems
  Elkhatib CV       Elkhatib in the field
Center for Integrative Medicine       2004 Toledo Blade Article
  “Integrative Medicine: East Meets West”
 
3:00 PM Adjournment
 

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