A Bi-Monthly Newsletter Interview With Hormone Faculty Member Ty Vincent, MD
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Pre-Conference Edition - Number 17 - Sep/Oct 2012 BPCT and APCT Designations Expiring
If you hold a BPCT or APCT designation learn more about becoming certified in Chelaion Therapy.
This year ACAM turns 40! Celebrate with us at our Birthday Bash at our Fall Conference and Tradeshow in Las Vegas.
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Welcome to ACAM’s Pre-Conference edition of The Voice. This issue is all about our upcoming Fall Conference and Tradeshow in Las Vegas. Within the next few pages you’ll find an interview with ACAM Hormone Faculty member Ty Vincent, MD, details on ACAM’s 40th Birthday Bash, and much more. ACAM is hard at work preparing for the event which is to be hosted November 14th - 18th at Planet Hollywood Resort and we invite all integrative minds to join us in celebrating our 40th Birthday in addition to days of learning and networking opportunities. ACAM will be hosting 6 pre-conference workshops on Wednesday and Thursday in addition to our General Session: New Developments in Gut Health and its Relationship to Systemic Illness Friday Sunday.
Happy Birthday ACAM!
Live Podcast From Conference We’ll be broadcasting live from Las Vegas all about gastrointestinal and gut health. Stop by and be a part of it!
Classifieds Browse our Classifieds section to see the various opportunities available for integrative medicine practitioners. Many different opportunities are available.
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In all, participants are eligible to earn up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and learn from the brightest minds in the industry including Aristo Vojdani, PhD, Jeanne Drisko, MD, Jeffrey Morrison, MD, and Ty Vincent, MD. As a special thank you ACAM is extending a $100 early bird discount per a-la-carte course to anyone who registers prior to Monday, October 15th. Members and non-physicians joining us for more than one session are welcome to attend at our passport package rates starting from ACAM Fall Conference & Tradeshow $649. Non-members may inquire about promotions, as well. ACAM is open and Nov. 14 - 18, 2012 | Las Vegas | Planet Hollywood www.acamvegas.com ready to help at 1-800-532-3688.
In good health, Megan Marburger ACAM Events Manager 1
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Interview With Hormone Speaker Ty Vincent, MD
mind and learn everything truly good that conventional medicine had to offer me, so that I could then add to that later on and I could learn more in addition to it. I certainly do not discard what I learned in conventional medical training in my current practice. ACAM: Where did you get additional training in integrative medicine from?
Dr. Vincent: During the last year of my family medicine residency in Anchorage I had the opportunity to train in acupuncture through the Helms Medical Institute. Learning acupuncture opened up my mind and my world to the concepts of Chinese Medicine and how the diagnostics are completely different and yet it works extremely well. It ACAM: You’ve lived in Alaska your whole life, was my first exposure to an integrative or and now you practice there, have you seen a alternative medicine technique. growing trend toward complementary, alternative and integrative medicine? The same organization offered a training course in Chinese herbal medicine. When I Dr. Vincent: I’ve been practicing medicine finished the acupuncture course I took the here in Wasilla, Alaska since 2005 and in that Chinese herbal medicine curriculum and I amount of time I have seen an increase. learned how to use patent herbal formulas to We’ve had a naturopath move into town and help people with various things and then we have two acupuncturists that currently combined that with acupuncture. work out of my clinic. There are also practitioners that do energy medicine, colon I also decided to learn about nutrition which hydrotherapy, body wraps and other things had always made sense to me as being one of that could be considered on the health and the most important things. In my search online wellness continuum. We also probably have for nutrition books I found the Institute for more chiropractors than we do primary care Functional Medicine’s (IFM) nutritional physicians in the area. So, I’d say although this textbook for clinicians. I read it and got really region tends to be pretty politically excited because it talked about things in the conservative it is surprisingly embracing of way that I thought they should be discussed in integrative medicine. terms of how the body actually works and what it takes to make the body work right. ACAM: Your bio says that even before you Then I found that they had a textbook of went to medical school you had an interest in functional medicine and I got that book and complementary and alternative medicine, did read almost the entire thing in about a month. that prompt you to go to medical school? I started going to IFM conferences and Dr. Vincent: No, but it also did not discourage through that network I discovered the me. Whereas, if I knew then what I know now I American Academy of Environmental unfortunately probably would have been Medicine, ACAM and the Autism Research discouraged to go to MD medical school. I was Foundation. So, I started attending lots of kind of naive before going in, not knowing different conferences with these different that original thought was discouraged and that groups. Then I found a hormone training alternative medicine was completely shunned conference which interested me because I and not embraced. Since I had the interest learned through some other exposure that before I got into medical school I was able to hormones seem to be important. I did a more maintain that perspective and keep an open formal hormone therapy training through the
International Hormone Society in the beginning of 2007 and then started doing a lot of hormone therapy, which is now the subject of the course that I helped set up at ACAM. I’ve gathered education and material from all kinds of different organizations and lots of conferences, reading journals, researching things online and there really isn’t a comprehensive place to learn everything at this point, which people ask me all the time. Medical students and residents ask me, ‘Where can you go to learn integrative medicine,’ and there isn’t one single place. My hope would be that ACAM could become that single place, where we could offer workshops and ongoing longitudinal educational experiences and the things that give you everything you really need to know to be a very functional integrative medical practitioner. I think that ACAM does the best job out there so far. ACAM: Is your practice mainly hormones patients? Dr. Vincent: No, I’m a family practitioner by board training. I used to deliver babies, perform colonoscopies and a very broad spectrum of family medicine. Now that my practice is sort of specialized, I see people who have chronic medical complaints that other doctors haven’t been able to figure out and a lot of times hormones are involved. I also deal a lot with autoimmune disease and immune system problems, gastrointestinal problems, and other sort of functional disorders. I see all kinds of chronic illness, but in the majority of chronic illness problems people come in with including fatigue syndromes and other things I see hormones as playing a role. ACAM: Do you see the interest in HRT growing by both patients and practitioners? Dr. Vincent: I do. Hormones are in the mainstream media, in mainstream reading and people are talking about the subject, especially women. Now women in our society feel much more empowered, they feel like they have a voice and that they can come in and get their needs met better than they used to. A lot of the patients I see come in wanting 3
hormonal things, specifically women, and they have already read books and done research. So, it’s definitely something that’s increasing in public awareness. I think the approach integrative medicine should take is to appeal to the consumer. It is a consumer industry, but it’s still up to the physician or practitioner to know what is safe in terms of hormone therapy, know how to answer questions correctly and know how to steer therapy decisions. It’s important to try to accomplish the goals and the needs that the patient comes in with, which are often different than what I think the patient ought to do. So, we have to figure out where we can agree.
protocol for hormone replacement. You have no idea what’s going to happen to any given individual when you give them a hormone no matter what their laboratory data shows or what their symptoms were. Every time you give someone hormone therapy you have to pay really close attention and follow them clinically based on their response. There’s no We really want people to come who have ‘cookbook’ way to do it. So, the way I teach preexisting knowledge on hormone therapy this material is from a conceptual basis and and we want people with no knowledge of that it’s complete chaos which is disconcerting hormone therapy. I think there is something in for some people but that’s really too bad it for everyone who attends. We also really because that’s just the way it is. People really want feedback to tell us how to better teach want to have clear cut answers and a protocol the course as time goes by because this is a and an algorithm and that has to go out the really important aspect of medicine that is window when you start doing hormone ACAM: Since Summer Camp last year, how involved with the majority of my patient care replacement therapy. I have a lot to say about has the Hormones program changed? experiences. It’s one of the most powerful what can happen when you start doing tools we have in integrative medicine so I At Summer Camp in Fort Lauderale it was a hormone therapy, but it’s certainly not the think it’s an important thing to continue to fine one man show where I was tasked with trying gospel and everybody has to go forth and gain tune for our attendees. to put together a comprehensive hormone experience and do their own learning on their curriculum workshop in one day. I did brief ACAM: If someone took the Hormones own beyond that. overview lectures on every major hormonal course in San Diego, what is something new About Dr. Vincent: topic in a 7 hour lecture period. they can expect in Las Vegas? Dr. Ty Vincent attended medical school at the Then for the San Diego conference, which Dr. Vincent: This time I’m doing the thyroid University of Washington and finished near was this past May, there was a team of us that lecture, we don’t have an outside person the top of his class. He achieved “Honors” put the workshop together. We chose giving it. In San Diego there was some very designation in 22 out of 27 preclinical courses speakers from outside of ACAM and we had obvious disagreement between myself and during the first 2 years, and won a special two days of workshop to put together, so we the speaker we had for the thyroid talk. I’m award for excellence in the study of anatomy could really address things in greater depth also giving the lectures on women’s hormone during the first year WWAMI site in Alaska. and detail and with a variety of speakers. At replacement and Matthew Cavaiola is giving He completed residency at Alaska Family the conclusion, we had panel discussions with the men’s hormone lecture instead of me. Medicine where he was selected as chief the multiple speakers and it was certainly a Basically we have some different speakers resident. He has served as clinical faculty for very different format that I think was much giving different talks this time. We are also the University of Washington and is boardbetter for everybody. It’s nice to get different taking a more basic approach. We’re going to certified by the American Board of Family opinions, views and fields of medicine where step back and take a little more of a basic, Medicine. Dr Vincent serves on the board of everybody has their own take on things. concise and clear approach to understanding the American College for Advancement in hormone replacement. Hopefully it will be The course we’re planning for November in Medicine and the American Academy of more clear and it will be more user friendly Las Vegas is going to be a similar format. Environmental Medicine. and it will leave plenty of time for question There will be a number of speakers and we’re and answer and we’re going to try and have Dr. Vincent has advanced training in biogoing to try and cover material in a more basic things be a little more case based as we do identical hormone therapy, acupuncture, format. In San Diego we weren’t really sure each presentation also. There are a few Chinese herbal medicine, allergy treatment, what the audience was looking for persay and changes we’ve made and they’re all based on environmental medicine, chelation therapy we weren’t sure what level they were coming attendee feedback from San Diego. and Reiki. He runs a private integrative in at, so we put together a workshop that we medicine clinic in Alaska, and tries to thought covered material that was important. ACAM: What is one thing you want attendees effectively balance work with enjoying his Some of the feedback from attendees to take away from your lectures? wife and six children. In addition, Dr. Vincent suggested that we should probably make it a Dr. Vincent: That the issue is extremely is very involved in integrative medicine little more basic for people that are coming in complex and it requires them to think on their nationally, including active participation with with no previous hormone training feet. 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whatsoever. We decided that was a good idea, so down the road we’re going to try to do a basic workshop one time and then the second offering of the year will be a more advanced workshop on the same types of topics. So, this November will be our first time doing what we consider the more basic workshop.
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Basic Proficiency in Chelation Therapy (BPCT) and Advanced Proficiency in Chelation Therapy (APCT) Expiring in 2013
The American College for Advancement in Medicine is the recognized leader in heavy metal detoxification / chelation therapy education. ACAM works diligently to ensure our curriculum is robust, relevant and of the highest caliber. Our chelation therapy training course covers a broad spectrum of detoxification topics from biochemistry to billing. Our faculty ensure scientific rigor, complete understanding and safe, practical application of therapy to maximize health outcomes. In the past we’ve offered exams for Basic Proficiency in Chelation Therapy (BPCT) and Advanced Proficiency in Chelation Therapy (APCT). As of January 1, 2009, ACAM has discontinued administration of the BPCT and APCT exams and now offers a Certified Chelation Therapy (CCT) exam. BPCT and APCT designations will be recognized until January 1, 2013. It is recommended that health care practitioners who have achieved BPCT and APCT designation sit and achieve CCT designation prior to January 2013. ACAM's certification exam, developed in conjunction with Applied Measurement Professionals, is the only certification exam for chelation therapy. ACAM's CCT Exam was developed in conjunction with Applied Measurement Professionals using state-of-the art psychometrics, robust question development and the academic rigor necessary for a certification program. The CCT Designation Exam allows physicians to use CCT as a credential and showcases his/ her commitment to applying the highest standard of care when administering Chelation Therapy. 6
CCT Designation elevates the practitioner to a Access to ACAM’s Birthday Bash is higher standard of reputation and professional complimentary with conference registration. development. Our rigorous and sound We look forward to celebrating with you! program ensures that only those truly qualified to administer chelation therapy safely Live Podcast From ACAM Vegas and effectively are awarded designation. Patients will look for CCT designation when selecting a healthcare provider. We will be offering the course: A Clinician’s Guide to Chelation Therapy: Integrating Chelation Therapy Into Your Practice, as well as the CCT exam at our upcoming Fall 2012 Conference and Tradeshow. The exam is also offered at over 220 testing centers around the United States for those that are unable to take the exam at our conference.
ACAM’s Turning the Big 4-0!
Forty years ago this December a group of integrative medicine physicians came together with the idea to create an organization that would serve the integrative medicine community. Since then ACAM has become the Voice of Integrative Medicine, educating physicians and other health care professionals on the safe and effective application of integrative medicine. To commemorate the occasion we will be having a Birthday Bash at our Fall Conference and Tradeshow in Las Vegas. Please join us Friday, Nov. 16th to celebrate this milestone for ACAM. Enjoy gourmet food and libations among friends and colleagues while special guests present a look back at ACAM’s history. Prior to the Bash will be ACAM’s Membership Meeting where all members are invited to kick off the celebration.
Let your voice be heard on ACAM’s podcast! ACAM has been publishing integrative medicine podcasts on iTunes for over two years and we’re excited to announce that for the first time we are going to broadcast live from our conference. Sticking with the theme of the event’s General Session, the podcast will focus on gastrointestinal and gut health. We invite you to stop by the HUB in the Main Exhibit Hall Friday, Nov. 16th and Saturday, Nov. 17th during break time to discuss what you’ve been learning and answer questions from our Twitter followers and Facebook fans. At the conclusion of Friday and Saturday we will publish the podcasts on iTunes for the world to hear. The ACAM podcast is free of charge and may be accessed in iTunes by searching: American College for Advancement in Medicine. It may also be accessed through the ACAM app. Our app is available on iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and Blackberrys. In addition to listening to our podcast you may also view our upcoming events, access our ACAM member directory, and link to our YouTube channel and Twitter feed all on our app. If you haven’t already downloaded it, download it today!
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