East-West Medicine

Agenda

Preliminary Agenda

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Check-In

9:00 AM – 9:25 AM | Welcome & Opening Program

  • Morning Qigong
  • Opening Remarks
    • Katie Hu, MD, Co-Director of East-West Pediatrics Program
    • Roland Tellis, Esq., East-West Pediatrics Program and Conference Sponsor
  • Stories of Hope & Resilience – Nancy Glaser, MD & Heather Trilling, MSN, CPNP

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Presentation I
Be your own G.O.A.T.: One Intentional Choice at a Time
Valorie Kondos Field aka “Coach Val”
Head Coach Emerita, UCLA Women’s Gymnastics; Leadership Speaker & Author

10:05 AM – 10:35 AM | Keynote Presentation II
Play & Mindfulness for All Ages
Christopher Willard, PsyD
Harvard Medical School Faculty, Author, Psychologist, and Consultant

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Colburn Student Performance & Break

11:05 AM – 11:35 AM | Keynote Presentation III
The Way of Play: The Profound Role of Play to Strengthen Children's Well-Being and Resilience
Georgie Wisen-Vincent, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S, ECMHS
Director of the Play Strong Institute at The Center for Connection

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM | Concurrent Session I (Select One) 

  • Music Therapy & Art Therapy – Jessica Bianchi, EdD, ATR-BC, LMFT & Natalie Duque, MA, MEd, MT-BC, Arts & Healing Initiative
  • Creative Writing for Healing: Letters of Kindness, Connection & Joy – Jon Glaser, The Aerin Project
  • When Parenting and Caregiving Is Hard: Practical Tools for Resilience, Balance and Connection – Samantha Levy, PhD, Creative Healing for Youth in Pain

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch

1:35 PM – 2:05 PM | Keynote Presentation IV
The Power of Play: The Hero's Journey Through Childhood
Stephen Cowan, MD, FAAP
Developmental Pediatrician, Author, Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member, the Holistic Pediatric Association

2:10 PM – 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session II (Select One) 

  • Pediatric Tuina & Acupressure Massage for Better Sleep – Sandi Chiu, PhD, LAc, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
  • Ayurveda & Nutrition for Mental Health – Meena S. Makhijani, DO, UCLA Health
  • Dance & Movement as Medicine – Shiv Nadkarni, MD, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

3:05 PM – 3:35 PM | Panel Discussion
Mental Health Curriculum in Schools
Moderator: Shiv Nadkarni, MD, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks