About Laura MannAbout the Series
The Laura Mann Integrative Healthcare Lecture Series brings leaders in integrative health care together to share best practices and current research and innovations in the field. We often hold our lectures during the University of Vermont Medical Center's Grand Rounds so that our visiting professors meet with faculty, staff, students, hospital administration and leadership from the university and hospital.
Featured Speaker
Integrative Cancer Care - Sept. 17, 2018, 8-9 a.m., Davis Auditorium, UVM Medical Center, Level 2
Donald Abrams, M.D. is an integrative oncologist with the University of California, San Francisco and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) >> or video >>
Past Lectures
Culinary Medicine - Mar. 5, 2018 at 8 a.m., UVM Medical Center Davis Auditorium
Tim Harlan, M.D. is associate dean for clinical services and executive director of the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine. He is an associate professor of clinical medicine. View slideshow (PDF) >>
Burnout: Why it Matters to Patients and Health Care Organizations - Dec. 4, 2017 at 8 a.m., UVM Medical Center Davis Auditorium
Lotte Dyrby, M.D., MHPE, is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic's Physician Well-Being Program.
Opioids and Chronic Pain: Cultural Myopia and the Big Picture - Oct. 30, 2017
Tracy Jackson, M.D., is assistant professor of anesthesiology in Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Division of Pain Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) >> or video >>
Mind Body Medicine: Emerging Science and Economics - Feb. 24, 2017
Darshan Mehta, M.D., M.P.H. is medical director and staff physician for Massachusetts General Hospital's Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Integrative Approaches to Complex Chronic Pain - Oct. 24, 2016
Adam Perlman, M.D., M.P.H., FACP is Duke University Health System's associate vice president for health and wellness and executive director of Duke Integrative Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
The Clinician Effect: How Human Connection Impacts Outcomes - Sep. 26, 2016
David Rakel, M.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Integrative Healthcare: The Time is Now - Feb. 24, 2017
Lori Knutson, B.S.N., RN, HNB-BC, is administrative director of integrative health and medicine for Meridian Health System and a faculty member of the Duke University Integrative Healthcare Leadership Program. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Integrative Oncology: An Evolving Discipline - Nov. 13, 2015
With David Rosenthal, M.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Integrative and Patient-Centered Care: Health Care Improvement or True Transformation? - May 18, 2015
With Tracy Gaudet, M.D., director of the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain - Jan. 26, 2015
With Benjamin Kligler, M.D., M.P.H., of the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of Integrative Medicine. View slideshow (PDF) or video >>
Incorporating Integrative Medicine in the the Hospital and Outpatient Care - Nov. 10, 2014
With Courtney Baechler, M.D., MSCE, of the Allina Health Penny George Institute for Health and Healing. View slideshow (PDF).
Cultivating Well-Being in Our Lives and Communities: Burack Distinguished Lecture Series - Oct. 7, 2013
With Mary Jo Kreitzer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing. View slideshow (PDF).
An Innovative Approach to Reducing Stress and Burnout and Fostering Student Self-Care - Mar. 15, 2013
With Aviad Haramati, Ph.D, of the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Model for Building a Thriving Integrative Medicine Practice - May 23, 2012
With Marc Brodsky, M.D., medical director for the Stamford Hospital Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness.
Neuroimaging Potential Brain Mechanisms for Acupuncture: From Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to Fibromyalgia - Mar. 15, 2012
With Vitaly Napadow, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. View video >>
Tai Chi for Heart Health and Balance: Research Evidence and Clinical Implications - Oct. 13, 2011
With Peter Wayne, Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital and research director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
