Members Meeting Agenda

Dr. Chiaramonte is an integrative palliative medicine physician with extensive teaching experience in both integrative medicine and palliative medicine topics. She has created an inpatient and outpatient integrative palliative medicine program in a community hospital, and spent a decade as the Associate Director and Director of Education for the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine. She currently teaches courses for the University of Maryland palliative care master's degree program, and the University of Maryland integrative health and wellness graduate program. She has authored several text book chapters on topics such as integrative pain management and support for families of ICU patients.

Dr. Melinda Ring serves as Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her medical training at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. At Northwestern, Dr. Ring directs medical trainee education and clinical and faculty fellowships in integrative medicine, founded the Cooking Up Health culinary medicine course, and researches nutrition and integrative strategies. She contributes to textbooks, research articles in the field of Women's Health and Integrative Medicine, has published several books on integrative medicine including The Natural Menopause Solution, and is a frequent contributor to news outlets. Dr. Ring also serves as vice-chair for the American Board of Integrative Medicine, on the Steering Committee of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Global Advances in Health and Medicine. In 2021 she received the Bravewell Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest honors in the field of integrative health.

Françoise Adan, MD, is the Chief Whole Health and Well-being Officer for University Hospitals Health System (UH) and the Director of UH Connor Whole Health in Cleveland, Ohio. Through her skilled leadership, Dr. Adan created and directs a system-wide initiative integrating state-of-the-art medical care with innovative, evidence-based therapies and services, bringing whole health and well-being to all patients and employees. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Adan spearheaded UH4YOU, a new system-wide program designed to provide practical resources and compassionate support for UH's 30,000+ caregivers during this challenging time and beyond. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Adan encourages an understanding of the critical connection between mind, body, and spirit. In her early years of medical practice, she recognized the limitations of traditional medicine and embraced the benefits of an integrative approach. Trained in psychiatry and board certified in holistic and integrative medicine, Dr. Adan specializes in stress management, work/life balance, and the mind/body/spirit connection. She presents frequently on the importance of utilizing integrative medicine to maintain optimal health.

Dr. Kogan received his medical degree from Drexel University, College of Medicine. He completed Social Internal Medicine Resident program at Montefiore, Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Geriatric Fellowship at George Washington University. Currently he serves as medical director of the GW Center for Integrative Medicine and associate professor of medicine in division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care. Dr. Kogan is founder and former executive director of AIM Health Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that provides integrative medicine services to low-income and terminally ill patients regardless of their ability to pay.

Dr. Leslie Mendoza Temple serves as Medical Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Glenview, IL and as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. From 2014 to 2016, she helped guide evolving state policies on delivering medical cannabis care as Chair of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board for the Illinois Department of Public Health. She has also co-edited peer-reviewed special issues on medical cannabis in professional education and clinical research for the Journal of Complementary Therapies in Medicine. Dr. Temple cares for a large cohort of medical cannabis-certified patients in combination with a large team of integrative practitioners.

Dr. Victoria Maizes is Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health at The University of Arizona. Internationally recognized as a leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes is committed to helping individuals live healthier lives and pioneering change efforts that solve US health care system challenges. Together with the team at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Center she has created and implemented national educational programs that have reached thousands of health professionals and members of the public. Dr. Maizes graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University, received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco, completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Maizes lectures worldwide to academic and community audiences on integrative medical education, women's health, integrative pain management, healthy aging, nutrition, environmental issues, and cancer. She is the co-editor of the Oxford University textbook Integrative Women's Health (2010 and 2015) and the author of Be Fruitful: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child (Scribner 2013). Beginning in 2020, Dr. Maizes has served as co-host of the popular podcast Body of Wonder with Dr Andrew Weil.

Dr. Leigh Frame brings nutrition and immunity together through clinical, translational research. Her T-shaped expertise in health, wellness, science, and medicine was developed through her wide-ranging experience in biomedical research (from wet bench to clinical research) and overseeing research and education programs. Dr. Frame is building a GW Integrative Medicine research program while directing the graduate education programs and the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. She is also co-founder and Associate Director of the GW Resiliency & Well-being Center. Her interests include the role of the microbiome and nutrition in health, the consequences of malnutrition in obesity, vitamin D as an immune-modulatory hormone, research ethics, and social media. While working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Frame earned her PhD in Human Nutrition from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and received a Master of Health Science in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the same school. Dr. Frame earned Distinction in Biochemistry from Mary Baldwin College (now University).

Dr. Kogan received his medical degree from Drexel University, College of Medicine. He completed Social Internal Medicine Resident program at Montefiore, Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Geriatric Fellowship at George Washington University. Currently he serves as medical director of the GW Center for Integrative Medicine and associate professor of medicine in division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care. Dr. Kogan is founder and former executive director of AIM Health Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that provides integrative medicine services to low-income and terminally ill patients regardless of their ability to pay.

Michelle Green partners with clinicians and reporters to share breaking news, medical advances and compelling patient stories. As a health care communications and content strategist, she develops targeted messages to grow the brand, address complex challenges and reflect Northwestern Medicine's commitment to patients. For more than 20 years, she has collaborated with physicians and executives to develop integrated business strategies for media campaigns, crisis communications, internal communications, social media and community outreach. A former print journalist, she received a BA in communications and journalism from Truman State University and an MA in communications from Northern Illinois University.