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Presentation Title: Blending Chinese and Western Medicine for Better Preventive Health
Dr. Hui willl update the audience on advances in the evidence base for integrative medicine and discuss ways to improve communication with patients about traditional (Chinese) medicine.
Time: Sunday Morning
Purpose:
To improve on clinical competence and performance in the evaluation and integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine practices in the care of the Chinese patients
Objectives:
- Locate where information could be found on the interactions between herbal mediciations and Western medication
- Examine the potential interactions between the use of traditional Chinse medicine and Western medicine in patient care
- Identify ways to obtain a Chinese medicine history from patients and their families
- Educate patients and their families about the potential of interactions between herbal medications and Western medications
Current Positions:
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Chair, UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine; Wallis Annenberg Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine and East-West Medicine
Bio
Ka-Kit Hui, M.D., F.A.C.P. is the Wallis Annenberg Professor in Integrative East-West Medicine and Founder and Director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine at the Department of Medicine of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is also the Chair of the Collaborative Centers of Integrative Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Hui, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, is an internationally acclaimed scholar and board-certified in Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, with an expertise in Geriatrics. He is a recognized authority on Chinese Medicine and integrative medicine and is bi-lingual in Chinese and English.
Dr. Hui founded the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine in 1993, and it was one of the first integrative medicine centers in the United States. He developed a model system of comprehensive care that is a patient-centered, problem-solving approach emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and is safe, effective, affordable and accessible to all.
Most patients seeking care at the Clinic are referred by more than 500 physicians at UCLA. Dr. Hui is assisted by a team of board-certified physicians and acupuncturists who have extensive knowledge of both western and Chinese medicine and work in unison at all stages of patient care.
Dr. Hui has worked with the National Institute of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Health Net, the pharmaceutical industry, medico-legal firms, and the media. He lectures and teaches nationally and internationally as Keynote Speaker, Visiting Professor, Program, and Session Chair for educational, governmental, and nonprofit organizations, including Hong Kong University, University of Sydney, RMIT, Beijing University of Chinese medicine, Stanford University, Kaiser-Permanente, Veterans Administration Health System, American Pain Society, Arthritis Foundation; and World Congress of Integrative Medicine among others. He has published over 100 professional articles, papers, abstracts and book chapters, in English and Chinese. Dr. Hui serves on the editorial boards of the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, Journal of Chinese Medicine, Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine, China Anesthesia and Analgesia, eCAM Journal, Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Cancer Survivorship, and Integrative Medicine Research.
Dr. Hui has been awarded numerous grants in areas including integrative medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, asthma, aging, autonomic system regulation, pharmacology and medical education. Grantors include the Susan B. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research; National Institutes of Health, Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation; and the Annenberg Foundation, among others.
Dr. Hui has designed innovative medical education programs in integrative East-West medicine and, in 16 years, has trained over one thousand first-year medical students, fourth-year medical students, residents, fellows and physicians. Seven of the fellows are now staff physicians at the Center.
Dr. Hui has been featured in print, radio, television, cable news, and on CCTV, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and the Discovery Channel. He has been featured on international TV in Hong Kong, China, Korea, Latin America, Finland, Australia, Italy and South and Central America. He also holds honorary and visiting professorship in universities in China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Australia.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Hui earned his B.S. and M.D. degrees at UCLA. He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at UCLA’s Hospitals and Clinics.