Committees

Presidents Committee
Headshot of Ricardo Ghelman, PhD, wearing glasses and smiling slightly. President of the 3rd WCTCIM and expert in TCIM.
PhD
CABSIN ❘ Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health
PhD
CABSIN ❘ Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health
PhD
ISCMR ❘ International Society for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Research
Prof. Dr.
ISCMR ❘ International Society for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Research
Prof. Dr. med. 
ESIM ❘ European Society for Integrative Medicine
Dr., DMD, MPH, MA in Diplomacy
ESIM ❘ European Society for Integrative Medicine
Program Committee

Americas Region

Professional headshot of Dr. Iva Lloyd, CEO of the World Naturopathic Federation, speaker at the 3rd WCTCIM congress.
Title: The 4 P's of Professional Formation. Currently WHO Traditional Medicine Strategies recognize products, practitioners and practices. What is missing is the recognition of professions as a central to the regulation, professional formation and oversight of traditional systems of medicine and traditional practices. To move traditional medicine forward it is imperative to that professions are seen as the essential gatekeepers.
Headshot of Caio Portella, ND, PhD, President of CABSIN and Vice-President of the World Naturopathic Federation.
Naturopathic Doctor - PhD in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the University of São Paulo Vice-President of the World Naturopathic Federation and President of CABSIN. Board director at the China–Brazil International Cooperation Base for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Iracema Benevides

BrazilTCIH Coalition, Ministry of Health of Brazil

Natalia Sofia Aldana Martinez

ColombiaTCIM Americas Network- VHL TCIM Americas

Susan Wieland

USACochrane Complementary Medicine Field

Adi Haramati

USAGeorgetown University

Samantha Simmons

USAAcademic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health

Tabatha Parker

USA – Advances in Mind Body Medicine (Editor in Chief)

African Region

Profile photo of Prof. Motlalepula Gilbert Matsabisa, expert in Pharmacology and 3rd WCTCIM Program Committee member.
Prof Matsabisa, PhD Pharmacology, directs the AMITD Platform at Univ. of the Free State and is BUCM Guest Professor. Chairs SAHPRA expert group on African Traditional Medicines; member of the cannabis advisory and WHO Afro COVID-19 Traditional Medicines panel. Patent-holder and researcher.

Ossy Kasilo

TansaniaAdjunct Professor, National Center for Naturopathic Medicine

Rose Leke

CamaronWorld Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; University of Yaounde

Eastern Mediterranean Region

Headshot of Arman Zargaran, PhD, Associate Professor of Traditional Pharmacy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Arman Zargaran (b. 1985, Tehran) holds PharmD and PhD in Traditional Pharmacy. Since 2016 he’s Associate Professor and Head of History of Medicine at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Director of International Affairs. IAHP member, top 2% cited (h-index 26), 10 books, 200+ articles.

Elad Schiff

Israel Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Technion Faculty of Medicine

Eran Ben Arye

Israel Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Mehdi Pasalar

IranShiraz University of Medical Sciences

European Region

Headshot of Dr. Ines von Rosenstiel, MD, Program Committee member for the 3rd WCTCIM, smiling slightly, indoors.
Dr. Ines von Rosenstiel is a pediatrician and specialist in integrative medicine with expertise in oncology, lifestyle medicine, and planetary health. She integrates evidence-based conventional and complementary approaches to optimize patient care and outcomes. As a recognized speaker, educator, and researcher, she actively contributes to the advancement of integrative medicine at national and international levels

Konstantin Korotkov

RussiaUniversidade ITMO

Western Pacific Region

Professional headshot of Jon Wardle, Professor of Public Health at Southern Cross University and speaker at the 3rd WCTCIM.
Since 2020, Professor of Public Health & Foundation Director of the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University. Former Visiting Professor at Oxford. Holds PhD (2012), LLM, MPH. Deputy Chair of NHMRC Natural Therapies WG. >$35M research funding.
Profile photo of Prof. Jianping Liu, speaker and Scientific Committee member for the 3rd WCTCIM congress in Rio.
A professor of clinical epidemiology and the Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He is an advisor for traditional medicine for the World Health Organization (WHO), and is a Chang Jiang Scholar Professor (awarded by the Ministry of Education, China)
Prof. Myeong Soo Lee, a distinguished researcher in complementary medicine, participating in the 3rd WCTCIM Program Committee.
Prof. Lee is a global expert in evidence-based complementary medicine. He has held research and academic positions in the UK, China, and the U.S., including Harvard Medical School. He chairs G-I-N Asia, leads Cochrane Complementary Medicine Korea, and serves on editorial boards of over 30 SCI journals. A prolific author with 600+ SCIE publications, he ranks among the top 2% of global scientists and is one of the most published researchers in CAM worldwide.

South-East Asia Region

Angkana-Apichartvorakit

ThailandCenter of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

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