About the Speakers
Biofield Research
Dr. Shamini Jain, PhD, is a scientist, psychologist, author and teacher. She is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), a collaborative accelerator of scientists, healers, artists, and educators to help lead humanity to heal themselves. She received her BA degree in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology with a research focus in psychoneuroimmunology. She has received numerous awards for her published research studies in integrative health approaches, including biofield healing and meditation. Her award-winning book with Sounds True Publications, “Healing Ourselves: Biofield Science and the Future of Health", is available at booksellers worldwide.
Dr. Jain integrates her background in clinical psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, healing arts, vocal performance and East Indian spiritual practice to share with others how they can best heal themselves and live joyful, meaningful lives. Shamini speaks and teaches in diverse venues including TEDx, universities, conferences, hospitals and retreat centers.
Learn more and connect with healing resources at www.shaminijain.com and www.chi.is.
RELEVANT LINKS:
TEDx Berkeley: We’re Wired To Heal Each Other: The Science of Interconnection (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHKI2KvWAO8)
Book with Sounds True Publications: Healing Ourselves: Biofield Science and the Future of Health (www.healingourselvesbook.com)
Free Meditation from Shamini Jain: https://www.shaminijain.com/free-gift
Dr. Jain’s nonprofit, Consciousness and Healing Initiative (sign up for free webinars with leading teachers!) www.chi.is
Join Dr. Jain for her presentation on Healing Ourselves: Biofield Science and the Future of Health.
Dr. James L. Oschman, PhD, is a world-respected pioneer in the field of energy medicine. He is President of Nature's Own Research Association and is exploring the scientific basis for complementary and alternative medicines. He has degrees in Biophysics and Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. He has worked in major research labs around the world and has published articles in some of the world's leading academic journals. He lectures widely on the energetic phenomena occurring in therapeutic situations. He has developed many insights that can help therapists from every tradition understand and advance their work and explain it to others. He is the award-winning author of Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis and Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance.
Dr. Oschman is also a consultant in the design of cutting-edge medical devices, relying on his experience in biophysics and complementary medicine and serves on the scientific advisory boards for several organizations. He has been presenting the concepts emerging from his research to medical professionals at various hospitals, medical centers and schools around the world. His recent research concerns the physiological and health benefits of walking barefoot on the earth.
Dr. Oschman is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine, and is the recipient of their Founders Award. He has also received a Distinguished Service Award from the Rolf Institute, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Second International Fascia Research Congress held in Amsterdam in 2009. You can learn more about his work on his website: www.energyresearch.us.
Join Dr. Oschman for his presentation on Update on the Living Matrix - What You Touch When You Touch Patients.
Functional Movement
Dr. Alexander Hajduczok, MD, is a second-year Cardiology Fellow at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He is pursuing an academic career in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant with a particular interest in remote monitoring, hemodynamics, cardiogenic shock, and clinical trials. He has been the lead PI on several clinical trials using remote monitoring devices for various populations, including medical students, residents and heart failure patients, and has been involved in multicenter clinical trials as a co-investigator, including the ACTTI-IV COVID trials and PROACTIVE-HF (remote PA pressure monitoring). He likes to spend his free time doing and coaching CrossFit and cheering for the Buffalo Bills.
Join Dr. Hajduczok for his presentation on Heart Rate Variability and Biometrics in Movement and Medicine.
Russell Dunning, MSPT, is an accomplished sports physical therapist, strength coach, and researcher, Russ comes from a background as a martial arts and strength athlete. After his academic years, which include a Master’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Physical Therapy, he pursued becoming a StrongFirst Kettlebell Instructor to complement his Sports Medicine Physical Therapy focus. As an academic, he is published and active in research. As a PT, he is deeply involved in his patient’s successes, and as a coach, he leads groups of both young and professional athletes to better their total body performance, strength, and conditioning. Russ is the Sports Medicine Coach for the UFC Hall of Fame, Urijah Faber, and Team Alpha Male.
Join Russell Dunning for his presentation on Applying Fascial Lines to Movement and Medicine.
Precision Medicine
Dr. Michael Kurisu, DO is an Osteopathic Family physician with extensive
training in an array of hands-on techniques for the diagnosis and
treatment of many different chronic disease states. The internal
capacity to heal is the cornerstone of Dr. Kurisu’s approach to
medicine. He has received training in both the alternative health field
as well as conventional allopathic medicine allowing him to integrate
all aspects of health as it pertains to each patient. Dr. Kurisu is a
board certified in Family Medicine and board certified in Holistic and
Integrative Medicine. He trained at UCSD and is founding faculty of
the Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSD, as well as the
Osteopathic Center San Diego. He applies evidence-based
integrative therapies for management of complicated, chronic disease
states and works closely with many different patients and health care
practitioners in the community. He is also data-centric and very
interested in the future direction of medicine and has created the
Measured Wellness Clinic empowering patients to take greater
control of their health. He has also partnered with patients creating
the 501c3 Precision Healthcare Ecosystem. Dr. Kurisu holds faculty
positions and teaches at several different national and international
medical schools. He thoroughly enjoys teaching, surfing, and
spending time with his wife, two sons, and his dog.
Founder and Director – Measured Wellness
Founding Faculty - UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine
Director of Clinical Training – Osteopathic Center San Diego
Founder – Project Apollo
President – Precision Healthcare Ecosystem 501c3
Join Dr. Kurisu for his presentation on Wholistic Health: Caring for All of You.
Dr. Sunjya Schweig, MD, is an expert in complex chronic illnesses which require rigorous investigation and management. He has been studying, teaching, and practicing integrative and functional medicine for over 25 years. As Founder and President of the California Center for Functional Medicine (CCFM), and the Functional Medicine Research and Technology Center (FMRTC), Dr. Schweig believes that an individualized, data-driven, precision medicine approach is fundamental for managing patients with chronic illness.
Join Dr. Schweig for his presentation on The Future of Functional Medicine: Developing a New Ecosystem for Optimal Chronic Illness Care.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Dr. Annette Hulse, DO, is an osteopath in private practice in Los Altos CA, where she treats patients with chronic pain, TMJ and craniofacial disorders, sports injuries, and traumatic brain injuries using osteopathic manipulative medicine and osteopathy in the cranial field. Dr. Hulse is a graduate of MIT, Stanford University, and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed a medical internship at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland CA. She is the Immediate Past President of the Osteopathic Cranial Academy, and serves on the teaching faculty for the OCA, as well as precepting OMM rotations for medical students and residents.
Join Dr. Hulse for her presentation on The Evidence for Cranial.
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R. Mitchell Hiserote, DO, is a California native living and practicing in the California North Bay Area. As an alumnus of Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine (Pomona CA) he concurrently completed Western University’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. His post graduate training was completed at Arrowhead Regional Medical center in Colton, CA.
Dr. Hiserote currently holds board certification in Neuromusculoskeletal & Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine from the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromuscular Medicine (AOBNM), Certification of Proficiency from the Osteopathic Cranial Academy (OCA) and is a Costin scholar from the Midwestern University – Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. His academic positions have included Adjunct, Assistant, and Associate Professor, with responsibilities that included Vice Chair and subsequently Chair of Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCOM)’s Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Department. Dr. Hiserote’s enthusiasm for teaching and articulation of osteopathic medicine has earned him privileged lecture opportunities in venues that have included UC California at Berkeley, UC California at Davis, Paris France, and Nagoya Japan.
His Osteopathy in the Cranial field academic endeavors began while an osteopathic medical student in 1996 under Dr V. Frymann DO, and has continued to the present day as a course director, lecturer and/or table faculty for the Osteopathic Center for Children OCA, WUHS, and Southerland Cranial Teaching Foundations (SCTF).
Dr. Hiserote’s current service to the profession includes board member of the nonprofits Osteopathic Center for Children (OCC), and Osteopathic Cranial Academy (OCA).
His current clinical practice resides at Blue Sky Osteopathy Center for Health and Healing in Sebastopol, CA where he practices traditional osteopathy and guides medical students in the clinical application of osteopathic medicine. Besides being a proud father and husband, Dr. Hiserote is an avid sailor, cyclist, and martial artist.
Join Dr. Hiserote for his presentation on Intention, Osteopathy, and Our Work.
Energy for success: Guided Meditation, Breathing & Visualization
A world-renowned surgeon and pioneer in gastroenterology, Dr. Barry Morguelan (Dr. B.) scoured the planet for the world’s most practical and effective systems of healing, transformational well-being, and personal success.
Deep in the mountains of China, Dr. B discovered and learned the 5000-year-old energy discipline that was once used to protect the royal family.
This energy discipline evolved into all of the energy disciplines you see today like reiki, chi gong, tai chi, etc. This is why it’s called “Source Energy” it’s the energy that’s the source of all energy practices.
Dr. B learned this ancient energy practice and brought it to the west. In fact, the Dr. Strange movie was inspired by him and he is one of the 12 living masters of this energy practice alive today.
He’s the only one that took all these disciplines and made them applicable to a western world, and now he works with people of influence, professional athletes, CEOs, and presidents to ensure that they are at the most optimal state of their performance.
A few people that you may know that he works with: Tony Robbins, Dave Asprey, Ben Greenfield, and Jay Abraham. Since beginning Energy for Success, he’s had over 15,000+ documented cases of success of these energy practices. Everything from healing from sickness all the way down to multi-billion dollar exits.
The fruits of a harrowing 30-year apprenticeship under the tutelage of a powerful sage deep in the mountains of China, Energy For Success represents Dr. B’s one-of-a-kind reinterpretation of an ancient personal energy mastery tradition, reimagined and adapted for the modern world by it's only western Grand Master.
Energy For Success gives you an integrated system for holistic personal, spiritual, and professional growth.
This practice bridges the gaps between positive psychology, goal achievement, high-performance strategies, eastern practices, and the power of subtle energy fields to create real-world results in your life.
It is a system that empowers you to bypass the stress of the modern world so you can transform your life, achieve your biggest goals, and experience true fulfillment.
Energy For Success (https://energyforsuccess.com/)
Join Dr. Morguelan for an Energy for Success: Guided Meditation, Breathing & Visualization.
*Not for CME credit
Symposium Faculty Supervisor
Dr. Victor Nuno, DO: As the son of an airforce officer, Dr. Nuño lived in many different countries growing up (including the Spain, Mexico, and Panama) before his family settled in the Monterey Bay area. He is a 2008 graduate of Touro University California – College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCCOM) where he received honors as the “Outstanding Student in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.” After medical school, Dr. Nuño migrated east and completed his residency in Neuromusculoskeletal and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM) in Southampton, NY in 2012. After residency, he was recruited to return to the west coast and teach at his alma mater TUCCOM in the OMM department. Dr. Nuño has dual Board Certification in both NMM/OMM and Integrative Medicine. In addition, he has been selected to teach Clinical Homeopathy through the Center for the Education and Development of Homeopathy (CEDH). Dr. Nuño has many interests relating to health optimization including nutritional counseling and customized supplementation, clinical homeopathy, ecologic medicine, bioidentical hormone replacement, alternative lightwire functional (ALF) appliance, and oral heavy metal chelation. In addition to his clinical practice at Seek Optimal Health, P.C., Dr. Nuño enjoys teaching osteopathic principles and practice to first through fourth year osteopathic medical students and seeing patients at Federally Qualified Health Services through his full time appointment at TUCCOM since 2013.
Dr. Nuno is Faculty Supervisor for the Integrative Medicine Club. He will be presenting the opening and closing remarks at the Symposium.
Meet the students
Jori Enfield, MS, OMS2
Symposium Co-creator
Jennifer Addleman, CSCS, OMS2
Symposium Co-creator
Jia-Min Ooi, MS, OMS1
Event Coordinator & Marketing Lead
Gurmun Singh, MS, OMS1
Community Outreach Coordinator