Advanced Track ~ International Speaker Forum

The Advanced Track ~ International Speaker Forum spans all three days of the conference. Included are presentations “from the laboratory”, discussing the most current research on homeopathy and the science that underlies its effectiveness. On the clinical side, each of our world-renowned speakers will offer video cases documenting successful clinical application of homeopathy. We also host previews of two world-class films at this year’s conference, as well as a repeat of 2011’s popular panel, Homeopathic Dialogue, featuring presenters from our International Speaker Forum.

Dr. Luc Montagnier

Saturday 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

French virologist, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the HIV virus. Dr. Montagnier’s more recent research on DNA and electromagnetic waves may  give a  new insight to the understanding of  homeopathy.

Transduction of DNA Sequences from Pathogenic Microorganisms Through High Dilutions of Water

We are extremely honored to have Dr. Luc Montagnier present at this year’s JAHC Conference, where he will discuss his newest findings and their implications for the future of medicine. The experiments of Dr. Montagnier’s team are investigating the properties of DNAs from pathogenic microorganisms, especially their electromagnetic resonance in high water dilutions. This opens the possibility of a new medical paradigm of diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases.

Dr. Luc Montagnier was born in the town of Chabris, near Tours. He became interested in science in his early childhood through his father, an accountant, who carried out experiments on Sundays in a makeshift laboratory in the basement of the family home. Prior to his 1983 discovery (with F. Barre-Sinoussi) of HIV, he had made a significant number of discoveries and contributions to medical research, advancing, among other areas, cancer research and viral disease treatment. Since 1993, Dr. Montagnier has been president of the Foundation he co-founded with F. Mayor, then Director General of UNESCO, the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention.

Dr. Andre Saine DC, ND, FCAH

Friday 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Canada’s highly regarded teacher and homeopathic scholar, Dr. Saine bases his work on that of the Great Masters of the past.

Homeopathy in Times of Epidemics: Some Fundamental Realizations

In researching the results obtained by homeopathy in the time of epidemics, Dr. Saine has not been able to find one single report showing the superiority of conventional medicine over genuine homeopathy in lowering morbidity and mortality in epidemic diseases, including those traditionally carrying a high mortality rate. This amazing fact holds true in every era, including results obtained with today's advances in medicine and nursing care. Dr. Saine will present the main findings of his extensive research of the homeopathic literature and answer questions absolutely fundamental to the survival and growth of our profession, such as, “If homeopathy is so great, why isn’t it mainstream medical care?” and, “What were the causes and factors of its dramatic decline?”

Dr. Saine is a 1982 graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He is board-certified in homeopathy by the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians. In addition to his private practice in Montreal, Canada, he has been the Dean and main instructor for the postgraduate program of the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy since 1986. He is known as a homeopathic scholar based on his in-depth studies of the work of the great masters of the past and his practice of pure Hahnemannian homeopathy.  Website: www.homeopathy.ca

Listen to recorded interviews with Dr. Saine HERE.

Dr. Amy Rothenberg ND, DHANP

Friday 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

A frequent contributer to Homeopathy Today, Amy is Co-Director (with Dr. Paul Herscu) of the New England School of Homeopathy. A popular speaker, teacher and author, she also maintains a busy practice.

Grounded

With the diagnosis of ADHD increasing, we are often asked to treat attention-related issues in both the pediatric and adult patient. In this lecture, we will explore the differences and unique aspects of our most commonly prescribed remedies for this population using patient examples to illustrate.

Dr. Rothenberg, a licensed ND since 1986, is co-founder & teacher at the New England School of Homeopathy. Alongside seeing patients, she frequently writes for Homeopathy Today and other periodicals. She authored The A Cappella Singer Who Lost Her Voice & Other Stories of Natural Medicine and a chapter in Complementary and Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine, edited by Dr. Oz. Dr. Rothenberg is known for her lively lectures, having presented to lay and professional students at the high school, college and post-graduate levels worldwide. She is a featured speaker for industry and groups interested in understanding & implementing natural medicine.  Website: www.AmyRothenberg.com

Listen to recorded interviews with Dr. Rothenberg HERE.

Watch Dr. Rothenberg’s video presentation introducing the Cycles & Segments Approach
to Homeopathic Practice HERE.

Dr. Rajan Sankaran MD(Hom)

Sunday 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Internationally renowned practitioner and teacher, originator of the ‘Sensation’ school of homeopathic practice.

The Simplicity of Homeopathy

In this - his first presentation to the JAHC - Dr. Sankaran will use video cases to illustrate the unified study of symptoms and systems. He states, "From more than three decades of practice, I found that Homeopathy becomes simple when one integrates conventional knowledge of materia medica and repertories with the recent advances of kingdoms, miasms and levels. It is when we use facts and concepts together that we get the best results. It is like using the right and left brain at the same time, as we normally do in life."

Dr. Rajan Sankaran is internationally renowned for his groundbreaking concepts in homeopathic thinking. He is best known for the elucidation of new concepts in homeopathy, including 'disease as a delusion', his use of mind symptoms and dreams, the classification of remedy states into kingdoms and his additions to the existing miasms. He has authored a number of important books, and along with his colleagues has founded The Homoeopathic Research and Charities, an institution involved in various teaching courses. He has been awarded a Fellowship of the Society of Homeopaths (UK). Dr. Sankaran lives and practices in Mumbai, India.  Website: www.RajanSankaran.com

Listen to a recorded interview with Dr. Sankaran HERE.

Dr. Iris Bell MD, PhD

Friday 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Professor, researcher, and licensed in homeopathy, Dr. Bell has been researching areas related to holistic, complementary and alternative medicine for over 30 years.

Understanding the Process of Healing in Homeopathy from a Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Model

Dr. Bell’s presentation will introduce Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (NDS) as a framework for homeopathic research. She will outline the state-of-the-science on the NDS features of healing and discuss the implications of theory-driven research for both clinical care and research in homeopathy. Dr. Bell will demonstrate how study designs that attempt to reduce remedy effects to a pre-defined change in a local organ, or isolate simplistic mechanisms will miss systemic, indirect, and global effects that homeopathic remedies routinely cause. She will present findings from psychophysiological studies on human subjects that illustrate how homeopathic remedy effects differ from those of conventional drugs. Understanding this work will assist both homeopaths and homeopathic researchers to recognize the challenges inherent in the consistent reproducibility of remedy effects, and ultimately improve clinical care.

Dr. Bell has been a researcher in holistic and alternative medicine for over 30 years. She has served on the faculties at Harvard, UCSF, and the University of Arizona. She is Board certified in Psychiatry, a fellow of the American College of Nutrition, nationally certified in biofeedback and licensed in homeopathy and integrative medicine in Arizona. Dr. Bell has published professional papers and book chapters on her clinical research, a monograph on environmental illness, and books for patients with anxiety disorders and chronic illness. Her passion is to help those with chronic illness begin the journey to better health.  Website: www.IrisBell.com

Dr. Russell Malcolm MB, ChB, BA, FFHom., Cert.Voc.Pr.

Saturday 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Former Director of Education at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, Dr. Malcolm is an international expert in the medical integration of alternative therapies.

Incorporating Experience Into Our Data Pool

Empiricism in clinical medicine presents a difficult challenge for modern practice. How can we judge which data sets in our accumulated knowledge can be reliably applied? What rules should govern the expansion of the materia medica? The materia medica of the nosodes presents a particular challenge, owing in part to the convergence of biological information and clinical observation, which is particularly important in this category of remedies, and which underpins the homeopathic indications for most of them.  Using a body of cumulative data for The Bowel Nosodes of Bach & Paterson, Dr. Malcolm will discuss the strengths and shortcomings of different analysis methodologies and discuss which aspects of repertory development are likely to be most appropriate to this data.

Dr. Malcolm is Medical Director of the Claremont Homeopathic Clinic, Glasgow, Scotland. He has been practicing homeopathy for 20 years, and served as Director of Education at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital for six of those. He continues to contribute to homeopathic education in the UK and internationally. Alongside his medical and homeopathic studies, Dr. Malcolm has studied arts and humanities, developing his long-standing interest in the performing arts. Over the last decade he has drawn on these disciplines, allowing them to influence his daily work in ways that have direct practical relevance to his patients, students and colleagues.  Website: www.artscience.me.uk

Watch Dr. Malcolm’s video presentation on Polarity Analysis HERE.

Jeremy Sherr FSHom

Friday 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

From his groundbreaking work on proving methodology to his current clinical project in Africa, Jeremy has been a leader in homeopathic thinking and education for well over 2 decades.

Stalking a Wild Virus: The Search for the AIDS Genus Epidemicus in Africa

Jeremy will present an update on his Tanzania-based project, Homeopathy for Health in Africa. In addition to reporting on the rural clinics, community gardens, childcare cooperatives and other self-help projects established by the HHA team, Jeremy will share cases showing the dramatic ways in which homeopathy is changing the lives of those suffering from AIDs.

Jeremy Sherr is Director of the Dynamis School for Advanced Homoeopathic Studies and an international teacher. After beginning homeopathic studies in 1980, Jeremy re-developed the science and art of provings. His book, The Dynamics and Methodology of Homeopathic Provings, became the accepted guideline for such provings. He has completed 34 Hahnemann provings, now well established in present-day homeopathic literature. He is also author of Repertory of Mental Qualities, Dynamic Case Taker and Dynamic Materia Medica – Syphilis.  Jeremy has lived in Africa for the past two years, where he created and directs a project treating AIDS with classical homoeopathy.  Website: www.HomeopathyForHealthInAfrica.org

Liz Lalor Dip.Hom., CTT

Saturday 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Australia-based author, international teacher and practitioner specializing in homeopathic psychiatry and the treatment of infertility.

An Epic Journey Out of Persecution from the Past

Liz Lalor’s lecture will help us gain an understanding of the relationship between emotional destruction and physical pathology. She will discuss the symbiotic relationship between the mental & emotional disturbance and the physical pathology that is inherent within destructive or life-threatening diseases. Starting from the premise that Homeopathic Medicine as Art and Science begins with a return to the science of repertorization, Liz will demonstrate how to use the Delusion rubrics, compiled from provings, to select the most appropriate remedy.

Liz Lalor has taught extensively in Australia and Europe, lecturing on the symbiotic relationship between the mental & emotional disturbance, and physical pathology within serious disease. Her first book, A Homeopathic Guide to Partnership and Compatibility, is an exploration of constitutional homeopathic compatibility. Her second, Homeopathic Psychiatry, in addition to elucidating case-taking techniques, is an extensive materia medica study on the application of the Delusion rubrics. Homeopathic Psychiatry is also a rubric-repertorising module for RADAR homeopathic software. Liz is the originator of the Liz Lalor Fertility Program, and has worked with 290 women (with 252 babies born.) 

Listen to recorded interviews with Liz Lalor HERE.

Watch Liz’s video presentation of a chronic case HERE.

Dr. Todd Rowe MD, MD(H), CCH, DHt, RSHom

Saturday 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

President of the American Medical College of Homeopathy, the first homeopathic medical college to be opened in the US since the 1920's.

National Homeopathic Proving Standards

Dr. Rowe will outline the work done by the North American Network of Homeopathic Educators in creating standards for homeopathic provings, using the ECCH standards from Europe as a basis. These proposed standards will be taken to the US homeopathic community with a goal of reaching national consensus on proving standards. This work will also be helpful for HPUS and ACHENA, as well as to the homeopathic community.

Dr. Rowe is a licensed homeopathic physician who has been practicing for over 20 years. Certified by the American Board of Homeotherapeutics and the CHC, Todd also serves as President of the American Medical College of Homeopathy.  He completed his psychiatric residency at the University of Vermont; his homeopathic training at the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy.  He teaches extensively and has written several books: Homeopathic Methodology, The Homeopathic Journey and Choosing a Career in Homeopathic Medicine.  He has conducted sixteen provings, mostly focusing on flora and fauna of the Arizona desert. His Desert Medicine: A Homeopathic Exploration, summarizes this research.   Website: www.amcofh.org

Listen to a recorded interview with Dr. Rowe HERE.

Dana Ullman MPH

Saturday 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Dana is the founder of Homeopathic Educational Services. He has authored a number of important books on homeopathy, and writes a regular column for the popular website, The Huffingtonpost.

Evidence Based Homeopathy: Important Scientific Studies Every Homeopath Should Know

The body of evidence for homeopathy and nanopharmacology is so much larger than most people realize. This talk will highlight the best studies from the most respected physicians and scientists who have published in peer-review journals.  Both basic science and clinical research will be discussed.  A review and critique of recent meta-analyses will be provided, and new, intriguing perspectives on how homeopathic medicine and its nanodoses and high potencies work will be introduced.  The implications of homeopathy are truly revolutionary in science and medicine, and this talk will explore with the audience the many meanings of this revolution.

Dana Ullman is one of America's leading advocates for homeopathy. He has authored 10 books, including The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy, Homeopathy A-Z, Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, Discovering Homeopathy, and (the best-selling) Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (with Stephen Cummings, MD). Dana also authored an ebook that is a continually growing resource to 200+ clinical studies published in peer-review medical journals testing homeopathic medicines. This ebook, Homeopathic Family Medicine: Evidence Based Nano-pharmacology, combines the descriptions of these studies with practical clinical information on how to use homeopathic medicines for common ailments.  Website: www.homeopathic.com

Listen to a recorded interview with Dana HERE.

Follow Dana’s HuffingtonPost blogs HERE.

Dr. Tarkeshwar Jain MD

Sunday 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Expert teacher of post- and undergraduate students of homeopathy in India and abroad.

Practical Illustration of the Art of Observation in Homeopathic Practice

Dr. Jain will share video cases which demonstrate the importance of covering the perfect totality in each case. He will discuss the correct way to select similimum, as well as make a differential diagnosis of the closer remedies. Complete follow-ups of the video cases will be included to round out the presentation.

Dr. Tarkeshwar Jain completed his Masters degree in Homeopathy from Dr. M. P. K. Homoeopathic Medical College, Jaipur, India. He was awarded a gold medal for ranking first in his class for all homeopathy courses. Prior to his homeopathic studies, he obtained an MBA in Marketing and sales Management. He currently serves as a Professor in the department of Materia Medica and Registrar of World's first exclusively Homoeopathy University located at Jaipur. Dr. Jain is the developer of Kenbo software, which integrates the theoretical approaches of both Kent and Boenninghausen.

Watch Dr. Jain’s video presentation of an acute case HERE.