Dr. Matthew McCoy, Editor of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research was asked to serve on a Committee convened by the Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention of the Institute of Medicine. The Committee is looking at the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public.
The IOM committee will explore scientific, policy and practice questions that arise from the significant and increasing use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies by the American public. The specific charges of the committee include describing the use of CAM therapies by the American public, the populations that use them, and what is known about how they are provided. The committee will be looking to identify major scientific, policy and practice issues related to CAM research, and the translation of validated therapies into conventional practice. Also on the agenda is the development of conceptual models or frameworks to guide public and private sector decision-making as research and practice communities confront the challenges of conducting research on CAM, translating research findings into practice and addressing the distinct policy and practice barriers inherent in that translation.
The Committee is seeking guidance from CAM providers, researchers, educators and policy makers on issues involving methodological difficulties in conducting CAM research, the shortage of skilled CAM researchers and the shortage of integrated research environments to study CAM.
The Committee members include:
Stuart Bondurant, MD (Chair) Professor of Medicine and Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Assistant to the President of Georgetown University for Medical Affairs
Brian Berman, MD Professor of Family Medicine, Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Margaret Buhrmaster Director, Office of Regulatory Reform, New York State Department of Health
Gerard Burrow, MD Dean Emeritus, Yale University School of Medicine
Larry Churchill, PhD Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, Vanderbilt University
Florence Comite, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Founder, Medical Director, DestinationsHealth
Jeanne Drisko, MD Assistant Professor, Program in Integrative Medicine: Functional Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Kansas Medical Center
David Eisenberg, MD Director, Osher Institute Director, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies The Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alfred P. Fishman, MD William Maul Measey Professor Emeritus of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Program Development, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Susan Folkman, PhD Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Osher Foundation Distinguished Professor of Integrative Medicine Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Albert Mulley, MD Associate Professor of Medicine,Associate Professor of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School Chief, General Medicine Division Director, Medical Practices Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Nerenz, PhD Professor, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University Director, Institute for Health Care Studies
Mark Nichter, PhD, MPH Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona
Bernard Rosof, MD, FACP Senior Vice President for Corporate Relations and Health Affairs, Huntington Hospital
Harold Sox, MD Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine Liaison to Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Ellen Gritz, PhD Professor and Chair, Frank T. McGraw Memorial Chair in the Study of Cancer Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The chiropractic profession is represented through official Liaisons to the Committee and includes:
Dr. James F. Winterstein The American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians President – National University of Health Sciences
Dr. Matthew McCoy The World Chiropractic Alliance Editor – The Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research
Martha S. O’Connor Executive Director The Council on Chiropractic Education
The committee has scheduled the following open meetings. Meetings will likely be open to the public from 9-5pm.