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Faculty and Staff

Administration

Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D.
Director
Integrative Medicine Program
Chief
Section of Integrative Medicine

Richard Tsong Lee, M.D.
Medical Director
Integrative Medicine Program

Michael Fisch, M.D.
Chair
Department of General Oncology

Peiying Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Integrative Medicine Program

Education and Training

Lisa Gower
Manager
Integrative Medicine Education Programs

Jerah Thomas, M.P.H.
Health Education Specialist

Felicia Stephens
Program Coordinator

LaShaunte Range
Senior Administrative Assistant

Clinical Services

Laura Fletcher, M.A., LPC
Director
Place … of wellness

Sharon Parker
Senior Administrative Assistant

Reeshemah Cloud
Administrative Assistant

Dierdre Campbell
Senior Secretary

Andrea Warren
Program Manager, Main

Meide Liu, L.Ac.
Acupuncturist

M. Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Alex De Alvarado
Program Manager, Mays Clinic

Michael Richardson, MT-BC
Music Therapist

Ingrid Sevy, M.A.
Music Therapist

Deanna Cuello
Program Manager, Outreach Program

Curtiss Beinhorn, LMT, NCTMB
Massage Therapist

Sat Siri Sumler, LMT, NCTMB
Massage Therapist

Judy Walker LMT, LMTI
Massage Therapist

Research

Amy Spelman, Ph.D.
Research ManagerMinerva Griffin
Research Assistant II

Kay Garcia, Dr.P.H., M.S.N., LAc
Advanced Practice Nurse

Diane H. Kentor
Senior Research Assistant

Qi X. Wei, M.S.
Statistical Analyst

Kayla Johnson
Research Coordinator

Tejal Patel
Research Assistant II

Minerva Griffin
Research Assistant II

Ideen Zeinali
Research Assistant

Sarah Ratcliff
Research Assistant

Members of Collaborating Departments, Centers and Institutions

Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Chief
Section of Cytokine Research

Banu Arun, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology

Joseph Chiang, M.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology

Larry Driver, M.D.
Professor
Department of Cancer Pain Management

Ying Guo, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine

Razelle Kurzrock, M.D.
Professor
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Chief, Section of Cytokines

Zhongxing Liao, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology

J. Lynn Palmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine

Luis Vence, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology

Patricia Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral Science

Louis Pisters, M.D.
Professor
Department of Urology

Janet Price, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cancer Biology

Laszlo Radvanyi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology

Kenneth Sapire, M.D.
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Judith Smith, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Michael Wang, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma

Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology

American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Houston, TX

Fudan University Cancer Hospital
Shanghai, PR China

Using Natural Defense in Cancer Prevention and Care

David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., renowned psychiatrist and researcher in neurocognitive function, cofounder of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), spoke at an Integrative Medicine Program Lecture Series special program on July 12, 2009. Dr. Servan-Schreiber is the author of the acclaimed book, "Anticancer: A New Way of Life", a New York Times bestseller translated into more than 33 languages.

What health behaviors can help to stimulate our natural mechanisms against developing cancer? What has been happening since World War II in societies of developed nations that has promoted a dramatic rise in the occurrence of cancer? 

Using Natural Defense in Cancer Prevention and Care (58:24)

Read more about Dr. Servan-Schreiber's visit to M. D. Anderson in Focused on Health.


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