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THE WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
July 13, 2000
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Today, I am pleased to announce the appointment of the Chair and the first 10 members of the White House Commission on Alternative
Medicine. This commission, created by an executive order on March 8,
2000, is charged with developing a set of legislative and administrative
recommendations to maximize the benefits of complementary and alternative
medicine for the general public.
Each year, tens of millions of Americans receive alternative therapies.
The great potential and possible perils associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine have been well
documented. There is no doubt that these therapies should be held to the same
standard of scientific rigor as more traditional health care interventions.
If we are going to hold complementary and alternative therapies to an appropriate standard of accountability, we need to invest
in research so health care professionals and consumers can make informed
judgements about the appropriate use of these services. In that vein, we
have worked with Senator Harkin and a bipartisan coalition of members of
Congress to establish the NIH Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine to invest resources in scientific analysis to make such
information available.
But we need to do more. We need to be able to use information about alternative therapies to set the national agenda for the
education and training of health care practitioners in this field and
provide recommendations for advisable coverage policies for alternative therapies.
I particularly want to applaud the leadership of Senator Tom
Harkin, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senator Arlen Spector, Senator
Harry Reid, and Congressman Peter DeFazio in advocating for and finding
funding for this
Commission. There is no question in my mind that we would not be making this announcement without their tireless efforts. I also
want to thank Secretary Shalala for her commitment to explore all
avenues of scientific discovery to help ensure that Americans have access to the
most accountable and responsive health care system possible.
As we enter into the 21st century, we need to get better information to ensure American families have access to the best and most
cost-effective health care. I know I join the Congress, the policy
makers, and the American public in saying how much we look forward to the
results of the commissions work.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release
July 13, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES THIRTEEN MEMBERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
COMMISSION ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE POLICY
President Clinton today announced the appointment of the following members of the White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy: Chair: James S. Gordon, M.D.; George M.
Bernier, Jr.,
M.D.; George Thomas DeVries, III; William R. Fair M.D.; Joseph J. Fins, M.D.; Wayne B. Jonas, M.D.; Charlotte Rose Kerr,
R.S.M.; Dean Ornish, M.D.; Conchita M. Paz, M.D.; Buford L. Rolin; and Julia Scott.
President
Clinton today also announced his intent to appoint Thomas M. Chappell and Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow as members of the White House
Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.
Dr. James S. Gordon, of Washington, DC, who will serve as Chair of the Commission, is currently the Director of the Center for
Mind-Body Medicine. Previously, he chaired the Program Advisory Council at the
Office of
Alternative Medicine of the National Institute of Health.
In addition to maintaining a private practice in Psychiatry and Medicine,
Dr. Gordon has been a Clinical Professor at the Georgetown University
School of Medicine
in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine since 1980. He is a member of the National Institute of Health?s Cancer
Advisory Panel and was the Director of a Special Study of Alternative Services
for the President?s
Commission on Mental Health. He has written extensively on the subjects of psychiatry and alternative and holistic care, and serves
on the Editorial Boards of Alternative and Complementary Therapies and
Alternative Therapies
in Health and Medicine. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. George M. Bernier, Jr., of Galveston, TX, is a hematologist/oncologist and is currently the Vice
President for Education at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Previously, he
was Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Medicine, and a
Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas. Dr. Bernier has held
academic appointments at the University of Pittsburgh, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire, and at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has published numerous articles and
abstracts, and several books. He received a B.A. degree from Boston
College and a M.D. degree from Harvard University.
Mr. George Thomas DeVries, III, of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, is Chairman, President, CEO and co-founder of American Specialty Health
and its subsidiaries, American Specialty Health Plans, American
Specialty Health
Networks, and American Specialty Health & Wellness. In his position, he manages complementary and alternative health care
benefits, networks and services for over 60 health plans covering over 25 million
Americans. American Specialty Health Plans is a licensed specialty health plan covering over 3.7 million Californians for chiropractic
and acupuncture. American Specialty Health Networks is a national health services organization serving over 21 million Americans and
offering a provider network of over 19,000 chiropractors, acupuncturists,
massage therapists,
dieticians, naturopaths, and fitness clubs. American Specialty Health & Wellness is an alternative healthcare
consumer products company offering e-commerce and mail order. Mr. DeVries has published a
number of articles
and has lectured on alternative health care in managed care and third-party reimbursement. He received a B.A. from the University of
California at San Diego.
Dr. William R. Fair, M.D., of Long Boat Key, FL, was, until recently, the Florence and Theodore Baumritter/Enid Ancell Chair of
Urology, and was Chief of the Urology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in
New York City. Currently, he is Emeritus Professor of Urology at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
and Member Emeritus at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Dr. Fair serves on
the Cancer Advisory Panel for the National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Urology
and the Associate Editor of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine,
and on the editorial boards of other highly respected journals. He
has published extensively in the areas of urology and oncology. He
chairs the Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the American
Urologic Association, and is Chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board of Health
LLC. Dr. Fair received his B.S. from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College.
Dr. Joseph J. Fins, of New York, NY, is an internist and Director of Medical Ethics at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center of
New York - Presbyterian Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine and
Medicine in Psychiatry at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, Associate Professor in the Program in Clinical
Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Weill Cornell Graduate School
of Medical Sciences, and Associate for Medicine at The Hastings
Center. He lectures extensively and has written widely in the field of Medical
Ethics. Dr. Fins received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College.
Sister Charlotte Rose Kerr, R.S.M., of Baltimore, MD, is a Registered Nurse, a Practitioner of Traditional
Acupuncture and, since 1977 a Senior Faculty Member at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute.
Previously, she
was an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Sister Kerr has been a member of the Advisory
Council of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Alternative Medicine
Program. She has
spent several summers in Europe, studying such subjects as Theology and Healing. In her work, Sister Kerr
emphasizes the
integration of Western traditional medicine and complementary healing methods.
Sister Kerr
received her B.S.N. from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She received her Master?s Degree in Public Health from the
University of North Carolina and another Master?s Degree in acupuncture from
the College of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, U.K.
Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, of Alexandria, VA, is currently a member of the Department of Family Medicine of the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine.
Previously, Dr. Jonas
served as the Director of the Office of Alternative Medicine for the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to that, he served as the
Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for
Traditional Medicine. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications on
alternative and homeopathic treatment and care. Some of his current
research includes projects in environmental toxicology,
neurotoxicology, stroke, and biofield healing. Dr. Jonas received a B.A. from Davidson College
and a M.D. from Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
Dr. Dean Ornish, of Sausalito, CA, is the founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research
Institute. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of
California, San Francisco, and a founder of the Osher Center for
Integrative Medicine there. He was the first to prove that heart disease is
reversible by
changing diet and lifestyle. He has published many books and academic papers and has received numerous awards in recognition of
his work. Dr. Ornish received a B.A. from the University of Texas and completed his medical training at the Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts General hospital.
He was a clinical fellow in medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Dr.
Ornish was recognized by Life magazine as ?one of the 50 most influential members of his generation.?
Dr. Conchita M. Paz, of Las Cruces, NM, has maintained a private practice, in which she specializes in family medicine, for
ten years. Currently, she serves as a part-time faculty member at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and at the Southern New
Mexico Family Practice Residency Program. She was Chairperson of the
Family Practice Department and serves on a number of committees at
Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Paz received her B.S. and M.D. degrees from the
University of New Mexico.
Mr. Buford L. Rolin, of Atmore, AL, has been the Health Administrator for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians since 1984. He is a
member of the State of Alabama Public Health Advisory Board and a member
of the Board of Directors of the Creek Indian Heritage Memorial
Association. Mr. Rolin is currently the Chairman of the Creek Indian Arts Council.
He is the former Chairman of the National Indian Health Board, and he still
serves as a member of the Executive Committee and as a
Member-At-Large. He has received several awards from the National Indian Health
Board, and he has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Poarch
Band of Creek Indians. Mr. Rolin attended the Health Services Administrators Development Program at the School of Community and Allied Health of
the University of Alabama and Pensacola Junior College.
Ms. Julia Scott, of Washington, DC, is President of the National Black Women?s Health Project (NBWHP), a national membership
organization that focuses on wellness, self-help, and health advocacy.
Previously, she was
Director of the Public Policy and Education Office of NBWHP. Ms. Scott was Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator of the
Adolescent Pregnancy Child Watch at the Children?s Defense Fund. She
has directed and
administered to several foundations and community health agencies and has written numerous articles on African American Women?s
health. Ms. Scott was educated in nursing at the Waterbury Hospital School
of Nursing.
Mr. Thomas Chappell, of Kennebunk, ME, is the co-founder and CEO of Tom?s of Maine, which he co-founded with his wife Kate in
1970. It is a company that produces innovative, natural personal
products and natural wellness products in a caring and creative work
environment. Mr. Chappell is founder and CEO of the Saltwater Institute, a learning
institute of leaders seeking to integrate their values into their
personal and professional lives. He is active in many philanthropic
organizations, among them an Advisory Council member for the Center for Study
of Values in
Public Life at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School Dean?s Council, and a Board Member of the
Nature Conservancy of Maine. He has written two books, The Soul of a Business and Managing
Upside Down. Mr. Chappell received his B.A. from Trinity College and his
Master?s in Theology from the Harvard Divinity School.
Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow, of San Francisco, CA, is the founder of the East West Academy of Healing Arts in 1973 and, more
recently, The Qigong Institute, the American Quigong Association, and the World
Qigong Federation. She is the recipient of over twenty awards including ?The Humanitarian of the Year 1999? and the ?Visionary of the
Decade 2000? awards. She has been the only Qigong Grandmaster and
acupuncturist involved in the development of national health policies
within DHHS. She was also involved in the first Ad Hoc Advisory Panel of
the Office of
Alternative Medicine at NIH. She has made over two hundred and fifty media appearances and interviews in the area of complementary
and alternative medicine. Dr. Chow received her training in Traditional
Chinese Medicine
and Qigong in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, and the United States. She is a registered public health and psychiatric nurse and
has received a Master?s degree and a Ph.D.
The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine shall provide a report, through the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, to the President on legislative and administrative
recommendations for
assuring that public policy maximizes the benefits to Americans of complementary and alternative medicine.
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