ADVANCING INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE POLICY

NEW SOLUTIONS

Symposium on Transcendental Meditation® as a Clinical Health Intervention

October 20, 2021 • Washington, D.C.

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Welcome

Message from the International Medical
Director of Heal The Healers Now

1

Healthcare Workers

Burnout, Depression, and Resilience

2

VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

PTSD and Suicidality

3

BLACK, INDIGENOUS
AND PEOPLES OF COLOR

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

4

ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health

welcome

Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D.

Neuroscientist and Brain Researcher;
International Medical Director
Heal the Healers Now

Kurt Newman, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer
of Children's National Hospital

moderators

Jennifer Ashton, M.D.

Chief Health and Medical Editor
and Chief Medical Correspondent
at ABC News and Good Morning America

Fred Sanfilippo, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology and Health Policy at Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health; Director, Emory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program

Panelists

Holly S. Andersen, M.D.

Attending Cardiologist and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Weill Cornell Medical Center;
Director of Education and Outreach for
The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute

Desiree R. Azizoddin, Psy.D.

Research Faculty, Clinical Instructor at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute,
Harvard Medical School

Mayer Bellehsen, Ph.D.

Director of Psychological Services for the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and their Families;
Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress, Resilience and Recovery (CTSRR) at Northwell Health

Richard A. Friedman, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College; Director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York

Madelyn S. Gould, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Irving Philips Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Columbia University

Sangeeta P. Joshi, M.D., MBBS

Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine,
Duke University School of Medicine

Alexander Kolevzon, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Clinical Director of the Seaver Autism Center; Director of the Child Behavioral Health and Science Center for the Mount Sinai Health System

Ana C. Krieger, M.D., M.P.H.

Chief of Sleep Neurology and Medical Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Departments of Medicine, Neurology, and Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College

Patty J. Lee, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology,
Chief of the Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Duke University School of Medicine

Mark S. Nestor, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research;
Voluntary Professor, Department of Surgery,
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Mandy O'Hara, M.D.,
M.P.H., TCTSY-F, FAAP

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Child Advocacy Center, Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Columbia University Medical Center

Yolanda Lewis-Ragland, M.D.

Pediatrician, Children’s National Health System at THEARC; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Child Health,
The George Washington University

John L. Rigg, M.D.

Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Program,
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center,
Fort Gordon, GA

Norman Rosenthal, M.D.

Psychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
at the Georgetown University Medical School

Peter Steel, M.B.B.S.

Vice Chair of Clinical Services,
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine,
Weill Cornell Medicine

Hassan A. Tetteh, M.D.,
M.B.A., FACS, FACHE

US Navy Captain; Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Warfighter Health Mission Chief, DoD
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

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