2900 NE 132nd Ave • Portland, O

R 97230w

ww

.uws.edu

Friday, June 22, 2012 (7 hours)9:30 am Registration10:00 am Michael Gaeta, DAc, MS, CDN – Understanding Whole Food Nutrition: The Wholistic vs. Pharmaceutical NutritionNoon Break - Visit Exhibits - Light Lunch Provided12:30 pm Michael Gaeta, DAc, MS, CDN – (continued) 2:30 pm Break3:00 pm Gary Schultz, DC, DACBR - Ethics and Boundaries (meets Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners requirement)5:00 pm Donald Altman, MA, LPC – Mindfulness Training, Mindful Eating6:00 pm Concludes - Reunion Reception immediately following program and Anatomical Sciences Building tour

Saturday, June 23, 2012 (9 hours)7:30 am Registration8:00 am Wally Schmitt, DC, DIBAK, DABCN - Nutrition for Sleep and Dreaming Issues10:00 am Break10:10 am Wally Schmitt, DC, DIBAK, DABCN - (continued)12:10 pm Lunch

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: You may attend either Track A or Track B Track A: 1:00 pm Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO - The Functional Medicine Approach: Introduction and Overview Track B: 1:00pm Wally Schmitt, DC, DIBAK, DABCN - The Adverse Effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Nutritional Alternatives 3:00 pm BreakGENERAL SESSION3:15 pm Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO - Applying a Functional Medicine Approach to Disorders of Chronic Inflammation: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, and Metabolic Syndrome6:00 pm Concludes

Sunday, June 24, 2012 (4 hours)7:30 am Registration

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: You may attend either Track A or Track B Track A: 8:30 am Daniel DeLapp, DC, ND - Nutrition and Dermatology 10:30 am Break 10:40 am Daniel DeLapp, DC, ND - (continued) Track B: 8:30 am Rick Branson, DC - The Role of Chiropractic in Patient Centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations: Spine-Based Problems in Low Back Pain 10:30 am Break 10:40 am Rick Branson, DC - (continued)12:40 pm Symposium Concludes

Friday, June 22, 2012 (6 hours)10:30 am Registration11:00 am Valerie DeLaune, LMT - You can’t treat pain effectively without understanding trigger points 1:00 pm Break - Visit Exhibits 1:30 pm Valerie DeLaune, LMT - (continued) 3:00 pm Break - Visit Exhibits3:30 pm Valerie DeLaune, LMT - (continued) 6:00 pm Concludes - Reunion Reception immediately following program and Anatomical Sciences Building tour

Saturday, June 23, 2012 (8 hours)8:00 am Registration8:30 am Sandy Fritz, LMT - Sports Massage with Focus on the Knee 12:10 pm Lunch1:00 pm Sandy Fritz, LMT - (continued)5:30 pm Concludes

Sunday, June 24, 2012 (6 hours)7:30 am Registration8:30 am Joshua Morton, LMT - Fascial Stretching for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome12:40 pm Concludes

Saturday, June 23, 2012 (8 hours)8:30 am Registration9:00 am Lisa Brooking, LMT - Chiropractic Assistant Initial Training 12:10 pm Lunch1:00 pm Lisa Brooking, LMT - (training continued) 6:00 pm Concludes

Sunday, June 24, 2012 (4 hours)8:30 am Registration9:00 am William Pleau, DC - Chiropractic Assistant Initial Training1:00 pm Symposium Concludes

Nutrition & Functional Healthcare Symposium

13th A

nn

ual

Nor

thw

est

Sym

pos

ium

June

22nd

-24th

, 201

2

13th A

nnual Northw

est Sym

posiu

mJune 22

nd-24th, 2012

Massage Symposium

Chiropractic Assistant Initial Training

Chiropractic Assistant Initial Training Segment:

Lisa Brooking, LMT, is a Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Oregon. Lisa started her massage career as a Certified Chiropractic Assistant before completing her studies at the Oregon School of Massage. She specializes in relaxation and deep tissue massage techniques, and is also particularly suited to offer comfort and relief to clients who are suffering from minor auto accident-related injuries

and overuse of muscles. Prior to becoming an LMT, Lisa was a chemical engineer working in the stressful world of high tech. electronics. Massage therapy was what kept her sane during those 14 years of engineering! She feels this experience has made her even more qualified to help her clients reduce the stress they may be struggling with in their own lives.

William Pleau, DC, specializes in natural medicine treatment, offering a non-drug approach, chiropractic care, and massage therapy to get patients back on the road to optimal health and wellness. The friendly and caring staff at Foundation Natural Medicine Center strives to promote healthy lifestyles and the use of natural and conservative therapies for injury care and prevention, optimization of physiological

function and personal performance, health improvement and maintenance, and prevention of chronic disease. He uses gentle chiropractic manipulation and manual therapy, delivering pain relief to patients suffering with neck and back pain, headaches, sciatica, and auto and sports injuries. In addition to chiropractic care, patients are also offered massage therapy that will leave them feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

Symposium Segment:

Donald Altman, MA, LPC, is a practicing psychotherapist, former Buddhist monk, Emmy-Award-winning writer, and Vice President of The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME.ORG). He is known for the way he makes mindful living and spiritual values accessible through his writings and workshops. A prolific writer, Donald’s most recent book is “One-Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New

Possibilities in a Stressed Out World.” He has written several other highly acclaimed books, in which one was selected as “One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2010.” He has also authored the pioneering mindful eating books, Art of the Inner Meal and Meal By Meal. Donald has also written for television and documentaries, and has had numerous articles appear in print. Donald is currently an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling, where he teaches The Contemplative Dimension in Education and Counseling. He is also a faculty member of Portland State University’s Interpersonal Neurobiology Program.

Richard Branson, DC, earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1991 from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR. Since that time his wide-ranging experience includes private practice, serving as a staff clinician at the Institute for Athletic Medicine and as assistant professor of research at the Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, MN. Today he is director of chiropractic services at Fairview

Health Services, a position he’s held for the last 11 years and is chief chiropractic consultant for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Daniel DeLapp, DC, ND, is a Chiropractor physician, Naturopathic physician and a licensed Acupuncturist. He is currently working at the Columbia Integrated Care, a University of Western States clinic with over 25 years of clinical experience. He is also an adjunct professor at the National College of Natural Medicine and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine teaching Dermatology and Structural Diagnosis with over 20

years of teaching experience. Dr. DeLapp has the pleasure of sharing his clinical experience in an intern/mentor model of care that provides patients with optimal care. Dr. DeLapp has a strong core belief that if the body is properly nourished with food, water, air and exercise it will maintain its inherent ability to heal itself, restore health and ward off disease.

Michael Gaeta, DAc, MS, LAc, CDN, Dipl Ac & ABT (NCCAOM), is a visionary educator, clinician and writer in the field of natural healthcare. He holds licenses in acupuncture, dietetics-nutrition and massage therapy, and is a doctor of acupuncture in Rhode Island. Michael’s teaching is informed by 22 years of successful clinical practice. He is co-founder of Acupuncture for Veterans, providing free treatments in

New York City to US veterans. Michael is past president of the Acupuncture Society of New York, earning awards for State Association President of the Year and State

Association of the Year. He has appeared on the CBS Early Show and NBC News, and presents seminars nationally on nutrition, herbal therapy, business success and healthcare ethics. He has trained thousands of clinicians in his Success with Natural MedicineTM clinical seminars since January 2001, and his Love, Serve & Succeed® business seminars since 1996. His wellness radio show on Contact Talk Radio has attracted over 55,000 subscribers in less than three years. Michael is also a pianist and composer. His passion is to give, love and serve through teaching, hands-on therapies and writing.

Gary Schultz, DC, DACBR, serves as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at University of Western States. He spent 21 years of his professional career at Southern California University of Health Sciences where his scholarly and teaching interests focused primarily on musculoskeletal radiology and technology assessment within the imaging field. Dr. Schultz has provided entertaining and informative

lectures on all aspects of diagnostic radiology. In recent years his focus has turned to ethics and professionalism. He has served in a number of leadership capacities within the chiropractic radiology community and has lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of imaging topics. Dr. Schultz has also served on the Commission for Accreditation for the Council on Chiropractic Education.

Wally Schmitt, DC, DIBAK, DABCN, is a chiropractic physician practicing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Duke University and the National College of Chiropractic. He was the first doctor to hold Diplomate status in both Applied Kinesiology and Neurology. He spent 30 years of his practice career developing the Quintessential Applications Clinical Protocol and is coauthor with

Dr. Kerry McCord, of the Quintessential Applications book.

Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO, graduated from University of Western States (Doctor of Chiropractic), Bastyr University (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine), and University of North Texas Health Science Center (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) and has written approximately 100 articles and 7 books, including Integrative Rheumatology (2007), Integrative Medicine and Functional Medicine for Chronic Hypertension

(2011), Integrative Orthopedics Third Edition (2012), Migraine Headaches, Hypothyroidism, and Fibromyalgia (2012), and Chiropractic and Naturopathic Mastery of Common Clinical Disorders (2009), all described at http://OptimalHealthResearch.com. He teaches Pharmacology at University of Western States where he is the Director of the Masters of Science in Nutrition and Functional Medicine program, and he practices in Oregon as a naturopathic physician. Dr. Vasquez is knowledgeable about many conditions, but his favorite conditions (and the focus of his clinical practice http://HealGrowThriveMedicine.com/) are disorders of inflammation and immunity -- chronic inflammatory disorders such as hypertension and diabetes, allergic diseases including eczema and asthma, and the full spectrum of autoimmune disorders, especially rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

Massage Segment:

Sandy Fritz, MS, BS, NCTMB, has been a massage therapist for 30 years who dedicates her time to writing massage texts for Mosby Publishing (Elsevier), educating, consulting, teaching, and providing massage to a mixed clientele. As an expert in the massage therapy profession, she volunteers service to multiple organizations that serve the massage therapy profession and provide continuing

education courses.

Valerie DeLaune has a degree in Forestry/Recreation/Interpretation from the University of Washington, and a Masters Degree in Acupuncture from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She has written five books on self-help pain relief techniques, which are sold around the world. She has written articles for three physical therapy magazines, Massage World magazine, and Yoga

Magazine on trigger point topics, and has written several articles for a newspaper on acupuncture topics. She is a featured author on the Pressure Positive website (http://pressurepositive.com/). Valerie teaches trigger point continuing education workshops in the U.S., and currently resides in Alaska. www.triggerpointrelief.com

Joshua Morton is a 1994 graduate of Seattle Massage School, now known as Ashmead. Since beginning his practice Joshua has worked in the area of soft tissue rehabilitation and injury prevention. In 2003 Joshua became familiar with Active Isolated Stretching (AIS). He began to employ this technique with excellent results and before long devoted all of his practice to advancing his knowledge of and ability to use AIS.

In 2003 Joshua went to Sarasota FL to work with Aaron Mattes, the creator and developer of AIS, for the first time. Since then Joshua has accumulated over 2400 hours working one on one with Aaron Mattes. Joshua’s devotion to and expertise with AIS places him among Aaron’s top therapists and teachers nationwide. Joshua’s skill as a teacher has created the opportunity for him to teach throughout the states and internationally.

University of Western States13th Annual Northwest Symposium Speakers

 

 

Every attempt is made to offer programs as announced. UWS reserves the right to adjust program, faculty, location, dates, times, and/or tuition to accommodate unanticipated occurrences, to limit seating, or to cancel due to insufficient enrollment. UWS is not responsible for any expenses incurred by registrants due to program adjustments or cancellation. Only those who are pre-registered can be notified in the event of changes/cancellation.

20 Hours of Continuing Education/Relicensure Credit applied to: CA, HI, and Oregon Board of Naturopathic Examiners.

CCE college sponsored programs, germane to chiropractic, are automatically accepted for continuing education in AZ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, MI, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OR, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WA, WY and BC-Canada. Please check with your state boards for more information.

University of Western States is recognized by the PACE program of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards; Excellence in Education since 1904. States approved by PACE: AK, AZ, ID, IN, IA, KS, MA, ME, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, UT, VT, Puerto Rico and Nova Scotia.

NCBTMB (National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork): University of Western States is an approved provider #451195-09. 20 hours of continuing education credit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE14th Annual SymposiumOctober 11th - 13th, 2013