2025 IM4US Annual Conference

August 13, 2025 to August 16, 2025

At the annual conference, IM4US will highlight presentations on lifting models of financially-accessible, trauma-informed, culturally safe and culturally-responsive health care, as well as models that are redefining professional expertise through dignified collaboration between diverse healthcare practitioners, patients and communities.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians and social workers.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

1. Utilize inclusive, anti-racist, and culturally relevant strategies to provide dignified collaboration between diverse healthcare practitioners, patients, and communities.

2. Select appropriate integrative health and medicine treatment strategies for use in common problems seen in underserved patient populations.

3. Compare the various best practice models for providing effective integrative health and medicine care for patients in underserved communities.

4. Evaluate the indications, benefits, and risks of integrative health and medicine approaches for underserved populations and select appropriate resources based on patient needs and preferences.

5. Identify new health practitioners and healers across disciplines and professions to foster interprofessional collaboration and therapeutic cooperation.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 26.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 26.00 AOA Category 2-A
  • 26.00 ASWB Credit
  • 26.00 HSC Participation
Course opens: 
08/13/2025
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Event starts: 
08/13/2025 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
08/16/2025 - 6:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

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August 13th
Pre-Conference
Jeffrey Geller, MD
09:00am - 06:00pm
Andrew Ecker, Monica Patton
09:00am - 06:00pm
Jeffrey Geller, MD
09:00am - 06:00pm
August 14th
Session 1
Andrew Ecker
09:30am - 11:00am
Sofia Adawy Akintunde, MD, FAAFP
09:30am - 11:00am
MacPherson Worobec, MSTCM, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, CFC
09:30am - 11:00am
Maureen Mason, DPT, MS
09:30am - 11:00am
Tobi Fishel, PhD
09:30am - 11:00am
Keynote
Dawn Marie Gibson
11:15am - 12:15pm
Session 2
Jeffrey Geller, MD
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Ariel Portera, DO
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Robb Russell, DC
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Arlene Betancourt, MD, DipABOIM
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Session 3
Denise Ruvalcaba, BA, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD, Maria Juarez-Reyes, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Geller, MD
02:45pm - 03:45pm
Chef Jessica VanRoo, CCMP, NBC-HWC
02:45pm - 03:45pm
Session 4
Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD
05:30pm - 06:00pm
Session 5
Catherine Justice, PT, DPT, C-IAYT, FAIHM, Susan Haddow, MD
05:30pm - 06:30pm
Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH
05:30pm - 06:30pm
Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT
05:30pm - 06:30pm
August 15th
Session 1
Vincent Minichiello, MD, ABOIM
09:00am - 10:00am
Session 2
Amanda Montgomery, RD, LDN, MPH, Sreela Namboodiri, MD, ABOIM
10:00am - 11:00am
Amy Rothenberg, ND
10:00am - 11:00am
Sarjita Shukla, MD, Paola Genovese, MD, Joanna Kramer, DO, MPH, Amy Shoptaugh, MD
10:00am - 11:00am
Session 3
Catherine Justice, PT, DPT, C-IAYT, FAIHM, Mitch Radin, PsyD, LP
11:15am - 12:15pm
Session 4
Prasad Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), DACM, MPH
11:15am - 11:45am
Yasi Ayat, DACM, LAc.
11:15am - 11:45am
Claire Cassidy, PhD, LAc, NCCAOM, Lisa Conboy, MA, MS, ScD
11:15am - 11:45am
Session 5
Jayagopal Parla
11:45am - 12:15pm
Session 6
Tobi Fishe, PhD
01:30pm - 02:30pm
Session 7
Sanaz K Demehry, PA-C, Herbalist
02:30pm - 03:30pm
Session 8
Kavita Prasad, MD
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Elena Rosenbaum, MD
04:00pm - 04:30pm
Keynote
Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei, GC-C
04:30pm - 05:30pm
August 16th
Keynote
Steven Chen, MD
09:00am - 10:00am
Session 1
Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, Chodo Robert Campbell, GC-C
10:45am - 11:45am
Tobi Fishel, PhD
10:45am - 11:45am
Richard Sims, MSME, MSMT, CTP
10:45am - 11:45am
Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP, Lloyd Costello, MD
10:45am - 11:45am
Session 2
Amy Truong, DTCM, MPH, LAc, Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN
01:30pm - 03:00pm
Rodrigo Bravo, MPH, MD Candidate, Jason Yuan, ND, LAc, Pranic Healing Research Institute Fellow
01:30pm - 03:00pm
Alexandra Johnson, MD
01:30pm - 03:00pm
Session 3
Siri Chand Khalsa, MD, MS
02:00pm - 03:00pm
Session 4
Everest Goldstein, M.Ed, MSN, PMHNP-BC, IFMCP
03:30pm - 04:30pm
Session 5
Misako Tsuchiya, Alexander Teacher
04:45pm - 05:45pm
Katherine Donowitz, MD, Sarjita Shukla, MD
04:45pm - 05:45pm
Ravi Hirekatur, MD, MS, Karina L Viloria-Rodriguez, MD, Vincent J Minichiello, MD, ABOIM
04:45pm - 05:45pm
Session 6
Sreela Namboodiri, MD, ABOIM, Amanda Montgomery, RD, LDN, MPH, Ryan Tam
04:30pm - 06:00pm

All of the speaker financial disclosures have been reviewed. None of the speakers have any relevant financial disclosures to disclose.

Committee Member(s)

Arlene Betancourt, MD, Diplomate ABIM and ABOIM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Judith Bornstein-Chau, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Angela Lee

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jenifer Matthews

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Tania Neubauer

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Elena Rosenbaum, Elena Rosenbaum, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Renee Schneider, MBA, M.AmSAT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Amy Truong, DTCM, MPH, L.Ac

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

S. Prasad Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), DACM, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Eileen Wang, OTD, MA, OTR/L, CSRS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)

Maureen Healy

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Angela Lee

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Sofia Adawy Akintunde, MD, FAAFP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Yasaman (Yasi) Ayat, DACM, L.Ac.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Arlene Betancourt, MD, Diplomate ABIM and ABOIM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rodrigo Bravo, MPH, MD(c)

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Robert Campbell, GC-C

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Claire Cassidy, PhD, LAc, NCCAOM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Steven Chen

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Lisa Conboy

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Lloyd Costello, Medical Doctor

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sanaz Demehry, Physician Assistant, Herbalist, Integrative Medicine Practitioner

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Katherine Donowitz, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Andrew Wayne Ecker, DCF, CPSS, CRC,

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, CHPN, FAAN, FPCN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

tobi fishel, Ph.D.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jeffrey Geller, Jeffrey S. Geller MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Paola Genovese, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Dawn Gibson

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Everest Goldstein, M.Ed, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, IFMCP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Susan Haddow

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ravi Hirekatur, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Alexandra Johnson, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Maria Juarez-Reyes, MD, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Catherine Justice, PT, DPT, C-IAYT, CST, E-RYT, FAIHM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Siri Chand Khalsa, MD, MS, Board certificed Internal medicine, Integrative Medicine, Hospice Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Anupama Kizhakkeveettil, BAMS, MAOM, C-IAYT, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Joanna Kramer, DO, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Maureen Mason, tDPT Arcadia University 2018 PYT Living Well Institute 2016 WCS APTA Board Certification 2014 MS PT Boston University 1980

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Vincent Minichiello, MD, ABoIM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Amanda Montgomery, RD, LDN, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Steffany Moonaz, Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sreela Namboodiri, MD ABOIM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Koshin Paley Ellison

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jayagopal Parla, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda), MAOM, C-IAYT, FAIHM

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Monica Patton

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ariel Portera, DO

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kavita Prasad, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Mitchell Radin, PsyD, LP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Elena Rosenbaum, Elena Rosenbaum, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

amy rothenberg, License naturopathic physician. MA license #1

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Robb Russell, D.C. - Doctor of Chiropractic

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Denise Ruvalcaba, B.A Sociology, UC Berkeley

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Renee Schneider, MBA, M.AmSAT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Amy Shoptaugh, Medical Doctor, Medical Director

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sarjita Shukla, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Richard Sims, MSME, MSMT, CTP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ryan Tam, BA

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Amy Truong, DTCM, MPH, L.Ac

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Misako Tsuchiya, Certified Alexander Technique Instructor

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH, MPH, CCH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

jessica vanroo, CCMP, NBC-HWC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Karina Viloria Rodriguez

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

S. Prasad Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), DACM, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Margaret Whitley, PhD, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

MacPherson Worobec, MSTCM, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, CFC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jason Yuan, Naturopathic Physician, Licensed Acupuncturist

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and IM4US. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive up to 26 general continuing education credits.

American Osteopathic Association

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians. 

Designation Statements

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 26 contact hour(s) of AOA Category 2A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity. 

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Social Workers

Social workers completing this course receive up to 26 general continuing education credits. 

Certificate of Attendance

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for up to 26 hours of participation.

Available Credit

  • 26.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 26.00 AOA Category 2-A
  • 26.00 ASWB Credit
  • 26.00 HSC Participation

Price

Cost:
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