DFH Clinical Rounds: Holistic Management of ADHD - Why one size does not fit all

[Guest guest]

Wednesday, July 11, on Clinical Rounds:

Topic: Holistic Management of ADHD ~ Why one size does not fit all

Featuring: Cowan, MD

Key discussions points will include:

Why Dr. Cowan says ADHD is not a disease but a symptom

Why ADHD may be considered a modern epidemic

Complementary and healthy alternatives to pharmaceutical remedies

Factors that can impair a child’s ability to pay attention

Five different ways in which children with ADHD learn and how this knowledge

will help parents

About the Speaker

Cowan, MD

Cowan, MD, FAAP completed his pediatric training at St. Luke's

Roosevelt Hospital Center in NY in 1987 and went on to complete a 2 year

fellowship in Child Development at the Developmental Disabilities Center at

Roosevelt

Hospital. He is long-standing member of the American Board of Pediatrics, a

fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves on the AAP committee

of Developmental Disabilities. He is a clinical instructor at NY Medical

College and

has lectured internationally on the holistic management of chronic problems in

children.

He is certified

in Medical Acupuncture and is a member of the American Academy of

Medical Acupuncture. He

is also a member of the Autism Research Institute's Defeat Autism Now

practitioners. Dr. Cowan is a cofounder and advisory board member of the

Holistic Pediatric Association and serves on the advisory

boards of the Integrative Health Symposium and the TCM World Foundation

Building Bridges Conference.

In 1991 Dr. Cowan founded Riverside Pediatrics, in Croton, NY with Larry

Baskind MD where he incorporates alternative therapies in the treatment of

common childhood disorders. He is also the founder of

The Westchester Center for Holistic Families in Mt. Kisco, NY, where he

offers holistic developmental

consultations and treatments that include nutritional and biomedical

interventions, acupuncture, biofeedback, and meditation. He specializes in the

diagnosis and treatment of chronic pediatric problems

such as Attention Deficit Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorders,

Tourette's syndrome, asthma and

allergies, and digestive disorders.

Coming Up On Clinical Rounds:

July 18, 2012

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Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Topic: Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder (PTSD)

, MD

is a 1985 graduate of the St. Louis University School of

Medicine and

the Ohio State University Hospitals for training in Internal Medicine and

Cardiovascular Diseases. He has trained in advanced cardiac catheterization

techniques

and coronary angioplasty in the Case-Western Reserve University system

in Cleveland, Ohio. practices preventive cardiology in

Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, where he bases his practice, writing career, blogging and other

activities.

July 25, 2012

Alkalay, DD

Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Alkalay, DD

Dr. Alkalay is an energy healer, a yoga therapist, and a spiritual

intuitive, and has

been in private practice since 1986. He is the Executive Director of Genesis

Tree of

Life Wellness, a center providing holistic, alternative, and complementary

therapies

by an affiliation of practitioners.

Dr. Alkalay is also an internationally recognized teacher and author. He is

on the

teaching staff as visiting faculty of a number of organizations and

universities,

and has worked specifically with cancer patients since 2001.

August 1, 2012

Sahar Swidan, PharmD

Nutritional Supplements for Headaches and Pain Management

Sahar Swidan, PharmD

Sahar Swidan obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of

Michigan and then completed a 3 year research fellowship in

Bio-Pharmaceutics

at the University of Michigan. She previously was the Director of Pharmacy

at

Chelsea Community Hospital and the clinical pharmacist for the inpatient

head

and chronic pain service.

Currently she is President and CEO of Pharmacy Solutions in Ann Arbor, MI

which is a unique, personal and educational specialty pharmacy and Clinical

Associate Professor of

Pharmacy at the University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy. Dr. Swidan is

an internationally known

speaker in the area of pain management and she has authored several books,

articles and patient

education material in the area of pain management.

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