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hutchibk
06-18-2012, 03:35 PM
For those who are interested... mine is Dr. Dan Labriola at Northwest Natural health, on this list. He does phone consults with me.
http://www.integrativeonc.org/Integrative-Oncology-Practices/

Integrative Oncology Practices
This list includes some of the well-established, evidence-based and academically oriented practices. The following list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all integrative oncology practives. Please feel free to send suggestions of others that we should review for possible inclusion by using our link submission form located here. See our Terms and Conditions for use of these resources.

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The Integrative Medicine Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
The Integrative Medicine Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute offers many healing and wellness services, and integrates safe and effective integrative therapies with conventional treatments to improve quality of life for our patients during and after cancer treatment. The Program also conducts research on integrative therapies and incorporates the latest advances into patient care to reduce the side effects and symptoms associated with cancer treatments.

Services: Services provided as part of comprehensive cancer care, include wellness consultations, nutrition consultations, acupuncture, inpatient and outpatient...
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The Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center
The mission of the Integrative Medicine Program is to empower patients to become active participants in their own health and cancer care through integrative medicine education and research-driven clinical care. We aim to optimize health, quality of life, and clinical outcomes of patients and families through exceptional research, clinical care, and education in integrative medicine across the cancer continuum of prevention, active treatment, and survivorship. The clinical team works collaboratively with the referring oncology team to build a comprehensive and integrative care plan that is personalized, evidence-based, and safe with...
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Integrative Medicine Clinical Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
General: Established in 1999, the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center offers services and therapies that complement mainstream medical care, to anyone receiving cancer care, as well as non-cancer patients or those who are not ill but wish to increase self-awareness, enhance well-being, manage symptoms, and help prevent health-related problems.

Services: Consultations on the use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies are provided by Gary Deng, MD, PhD and Dr. Kathleen Wesa, MD. They advise patients on how to take advantage of integrative medicine while avoiding harms; how to develop...
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The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment
General: Founded over 30 years ago, the Block Center is one of the world’s leading integrative cancer treatment facilities. Keith Block, MD, and Penny Block, PhD, developed this clinic and its programs, which are detailed in Dr. Keith Block’s 2009 book, Life Over Cancer. An outpatient clinic treating the entire range of cancers, the Center’s innovative approach systematically combines the best of conventional cancer treatments with research-based complementary interventions such as therapeutic diet, selective supplementation, stress-care strategies, and prescriptive exercise programs.

Services: Advanced laboratory and molecular...
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Mayo Clinic’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program
General: The Complementary and Integrative Medicine service was created by the Department of Medicine to meet the needs of physicians and patients for credible, evidence-based information regardingServices: Services being provided are acupuncture, massage and physician consultation regarding mind-body interventions, in particular meditation, and herbal/supplement use.

Main issues of interests - A meditation and resiliency training program developed by Dr. Amit Sood is an area of particular expertise. This program has been tested in patients and staff members with positive results for helping to relieve stress and anxiety.

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Integrative Oncology at the University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
General: Donald I. Abrams, Chief of Hematology-Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital , provides Integrative Oncology consultations at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (situated across the street from the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center). Dr. Abrams co-edited the Oxford University Press volume Integrative Oncology with Andrew Weil, MD.

Services: The services include comprehensive patient-centered care with integrative physicians, massage therapists, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and a biofeedback / guided imagery nurse. Group programs include mindfulness-based stress...
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Integrative Oncology at Northwest Natural Health®, a Specialty Care Clinic, Seattle WA
General: Dan Labriola ND along with partners Patrick Bufi ND and Kathleen Pratt ND develop and implement integrative care programs and services. Many are on campus at conventional medical institutions including Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Seattle Children’s, Highline medical Center in Burien WA, Valley Medical Center in Renton WA, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Puyallup WA and other locations. The clinic is one of the pioneers of integrative oncology providing inpatient natural medicine services starting at 1985 with patients suffering from leukemia that required bone marrow transplantation.

Services Provided: Clinical services...
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Integrative Oncology at 21st Century Oncology Las Vegas Nevada
General: This integrative oncology practice is part of 21st Century Oncology offices and directed by Brian Douglas Lawenda, M.D. Dr Lawenda is a Harvard-trained radiation oncologist and Stanford/UCLA-trained medical acupuncturist. Dr. Lawenda integrates the most advanced radiation oncology technologies and evidence-based complementary therapies to provide an individualized, compassionate and personal approach to the care of cancer patients. As the only integrative radiation oncologist in Nevada, Dr. Lawenda brings this important specialty to the region. Dr. Lawenda specializes in the use of the most advanced radiation oncology...
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Integrative Oncology Consultants US and Israel
General: Integrative Oncology Consultants is a clinical practice that provides international educational sessions to patients and their family members. The practice is directed by Moshe Frenkel MD clinical associate professor in University of Texas and founder of the integrative oncology clinic in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. The clinic is located in Israel and provides high quality educational services to patients touched by cancer, their families, friends and others affected by this illness, on the best way to integrate complementary and integrative medicine to their care.

Services: Three types of services are...
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Integrative Oncology at Juravinski Cancer Centre and Hospital, Department Of Oncology, McMaster University Canada
General: The Juravinski Cancer Centre and Hospital treats over 7,000 new cancer patients each year. It is one of the largest cancer centers in Canada. The center integrates integrative oncology concepts and patient centered care. The key person in integrative oncology in this center is Dr Stephen Sagar. Dr Sagar is a radiation oncologist and is the past president of The Society of Integrative Oncology. Dr. Sagar and Dr. Wong educate Western oncologists in the principles of Chinese Medical Practice. They have been members of the teaching faculties of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the American Society...
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Integrative Medicine in Fundaleu Argentina
General: Integrative Medicine service in Fundaleu cancer center in Buenos Ayres Argentina is directed by Pablo Mountford, MD, Hematolgy- Oncology physician by training. This center has extensive experience in treatment of hematolologic malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation. The services in the center are fully integrated with other support services provided in the cancer center. The family and care givers are integrated as part of the therapeutic focus.

Services: The center provides acupuncture, mind body medicine, music therapy, medical massage and physical activity modalities such as Chi Kung, and low impact...
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The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for cancer patients by incorporating integrative therapies into traditional cancer care.

Committed to working with clinicians and investigators in planning and participating in research studies to advance scientific knowledge and clinical practice in the field of integrative oncology. Provides clinical services, education and research.

General: Co Directors: Carolyn Hayes, RN and David S. Rosenthal, M.D. Program Director is Anne Doerty-Gilman.

Services: Integrative oncology consultations, nutrition consultations, acupuncture, Qigong, massage therapy, meditation, music therapy...
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Meditation Research, Scholarship, and Practice at Emory University, Georgia
General: Emory University is a leader in meditation research and scholarship, and in integrating meditation and other contemplative practices into clinical and community settings. Along with colleagues in the Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies, Susan Bauer-Wu, SIO board member, is actively involved in these efforts. Dr. Bauer-Wu is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Emory University, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, and Member, Winship Cancer Institute, who has extensive experience as a teacher and researcher of mind-body interventions, especially mindfulness meditation in oncology and palliative care settings...
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ElaineM
06-19-2012, 10:12 AM
Thank you. This is very useful.