2nd Reminder - IOWG Grand Rounds ‘Contemplative Medicine in Practice- Reclaiming the Heart of Medicine" 05-05-24 4PM EST- Dr. Tieraona Low Dog , Chodo Campbell Sensei, Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei - REGISTER NOW. SEND TO COLLEAGUES

An issue that is often difficult for healthcare pracitioners to talk about is burnout.

In 2022, United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued a new Surgeon General’s Advisory highlighting the urgent need to address health worker burnout, noting that it had reached “crisis levels” even before the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addressing physician burnout, the Integrative Oncology Working Group is so honored to host Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei, Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei on reclaiming the heart in medicine.

JOIN US! This Sunday 5-5-2024 at 4PM EST

IOWG is honored to host world renowned experts in Contemplative Medicine from the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care - Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, Chodo Campbell Sensei, and Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei.

Define contemplative medicine and how it is essential in sustaining the practice of compassionate medicine and alleviating the suffering of both patient and provider.

Explore the defining principles of contemplative medicine as supports for work-life integration, finding meaning and purpose in our practice, and cultivating well-being.

Review examples of contemplative medicine in practice.

Introduce accessible contemplative tools and resources, readily implemented in a clinician’s personal and professional life.

FREE WEBINAR FOR ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

RECORDINGS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO IOWG MEMBERS

DISCLAIMER: THE THOUGHTS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS & DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS

OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, IOWG, OR THE PARTICIPANTS WORKPLACE.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE.

The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZC)

The mission of the NYZC is to transform the culture of care through the continuum of life with compassion and wisdom through education, Zen practice, and care.

The NYZC offers a Contemplative Medicine Fellowship Program: an evidence-based training for physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants.

CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NYZC CONTEMPLATIVE MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP

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CLICK FOR PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH ON CONTEMPLATIVE MEDICINE: “WELL-BEING 2.0” & IMPACT ON PHYSICIAN BURNOUT

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Tieraona Low Dog, MD, ABOIM

Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is a physician, educator, thought leader, researcher, herbalist, and naturalist. She is a guiding teacher for the New York Zen Center’s Fellowship in Contemplative Medicine, was a founding member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine, and directed three postdoctoral fellowships, including her current position as Director of the Fellowship in Integrative and Functional Medicine at the UC-Irvine Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

Dr. Low Dog's leadership was instrumental in her long-standing role (25 years) as Chair for various Dietary Supplement and Botanical Expert panels at the United States Pharmacopeia. She was recently recognized as one of the 30 most influential people in the natural products industry. She received a White House appointment under President Bill Clinton, was named Time Magazine’s Innovator in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, is the recipient of four-lifetime achievement awards, authored four books with National Geographic, 50+ peer-reviewed articles, 25 chapters for medical textbooks, and has been an invited speaker to more than 600 conferences globally.

CLICK TO LINK: Tieraona Low Dog, MD

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Chodo Campbell Sensei, GC-C

@chodorobertcampbell

@newyorkzencenter

Zen teacher, non-profit co-founder, and grief counselor Chodo Robert Campbell is a recognized leader for those suffering with the complexities of death & dying, aging, and sobriety. With his husband, Koshin Paley Ellison, he co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, an educational non-profit dedicated to integrating contemplative approaches to care and contemporary medicine. Through Chodo’s leadership and vision, NYZC has developed transformational, collaborative training experiences: the Foundations in Contemplative Care and the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship. Today, New York Zen Center’s teachings and practices are internationally recognized — and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals.

Chodo is a dynamic, grounded, and visionary leader and teacher: he has traveled extensively throughout the U.S instructing in various institutions including as Core Faculty for the Center for Integrative Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship - University of Arizona Medical School Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship - La Jolla, CA.

He has also spent many hours dedicated to bearing witness to the suffering of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Chodo's public programs have introduced thousands to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the living and dying. Sixty-thousand people listen to his podcasts each year. His passion lies in bereavement counseling and advocating for change in the way our healthcare institutions work with end of life support and care.

Chodo is widely recognized as a trailblazer and authority on contemplative care. Chodo and Koshin were featured in Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, a documentary about how we face our mortality and are also the focus of a forthcoming documentary about Buddhism in American for Dutch television. His work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, Tricycle, Parabola and other media outlets. He is a recognized Soto Zen Teacher with the American Zen Teachers Association, White Plum Asanga, and Soto Zen Buddhist Association.

CLICK TO LINK: Chodo Campbell Sensei, GC-C

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Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN

@koshinpaleyellison

@newyorkzencenter

Author, Zen teacher, and Jungian psychotherapist Koshin Paley Ellison is recognized as one of today’s most thoughtful and trusted leaders in the contemplative medicine movement. With his husband, Chodo Campbell he co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, an educational non-profit dedicated to integrating contemplative approaches to care with contemporary medicine. Through Koshin’s leadership and vision, NYZC has developed transformational, collaborative training experiences: the Foundations in Contemplative Care and the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship. Today, New York Zen Center’s teachings and practices are internationally recognized — and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals.

As a renowned thought leader in contemplative care. Koshin’s work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning and other media outlets. Koshin and Chodo were featured in Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, a documentary about facing our mortality and are also the focus of a forthcoming documentary about Buddhism in America for Dutch television. Koshin is the author of Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion (Balance/Hachette, 2022); Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019), and the co-editor of Awake at Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016).

Koshin began his formal Zen training in 1987, and he is a recognized Soto Zen Teacher by the American Zen Teachers Association, White Plum Asanga, and Soto Zen Buddhist Association. He serves on the Board of Directors at the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He has completed six years of training at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association as well as clinical contemplative training at both Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Medical Center.

Koshin has served as the co-director of Contemplative Care Services of the Department of Integrative Medicine and as the chaplaincy supervisor for the Pain and Palliative Care Department at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, where he also served on the Medical Ethics Committee for eighteen years. Additionally, Koshin travels to provide further teaching as a member of the Core Faculty for the University of Arizona Medical School Center for Integrative Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship, the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship in La Jolla, CA, and as Visiting Professor for the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston Medical School in Houston, TX.

CLICK TO LINK: Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN

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Our deep gratitude to Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, Chodo Campbell Sensei, and Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei for their time, expertise, and knowledge.

Special thanks to Madhavi Parikh, PA-C for the idea, connection, and coordination, and to David Iozzi, Director of Studies, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care for further coordination.

DISCLAIMER: The thoughts expressed by participants are their own and not reflect the views of IOWG, the Department of Veteran Affairs, or the United States Government. The views expressed are for information only and do not constitute medical advice.

FREE WEBINAR FOR ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

RECORDING WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO IOWG MEMBERS

DISCLAIMER: THE THOUGHTS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS & DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, IOWG, OR THE PARTICIPANTS WORKPLACE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE.

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