Speakers

Nilo Gardin, MD, is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Hematology with postgraduate training in Homeopathy and Anthroposophic Medicine. A member of CABSIN, he is a key educator for the ABMA and has 27 years of experience with mistletoe therapy, authoring over 30 publications.

Mirela Bilc, PhD, is a research group leader at the University Hospital Tübingen. Her work focuses on how the gut microbiome and natural products, including those from Traditional Chinese Medicine, influence chronic liver and intestinal diseases by deciphering their molecular mechanisms.

Ori Shwarzman is a psychiatrist and the founder of Gye Nyame Mobile Clinics in Ghana. He is also a lecturer at Ben Gurion University, Israel. His work focuses on providing accessible, culturally sensitive, community-based mental healthcare in underserved regions of West Africa.

Dr. Mohammed S. Abdallah leads Pediatric Services at Bombo Regional Referral Hospital in Tanzania. He pioneers integrative approaches in under-resourced settings, bridging evidence-based traditional health practices with modern medicine to improve child health outcomes and expand care access.

Rhiannon Lewis is a distinguished clinical aromatherapist, educator, and author dedicated to integrating evidence-based aromatherapy into global clinical settings. As director of Essential Oil Resource Consultants and founder of the International Clinical Aromatherapy Network, she connects professionals worldwide.

Shiu-Lin Tsai is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University, pioneering the use of integrative medicine in emergency settings. As Chair of the AAP Section on Integrative Medicine, she champions non-pharmacological therapies and addresses climate change's impact on child health.

Dr. Iva Lloyd is the CEO of the World Naturopathic Federation. A practicing naturopathic doctor since 2002, she is a global leader in TCIH, having participated in seven WHO working groups. She is also a recognized author, researcher, and advocate for evidence-based naturopathy.

Hiba Boujnah, DMD, MPH, is a Research Fellow at Charité's Integrative Oncology Group and a Project Manager for the European Society for Integrative Medicine (ESIM). Her work focuses on evidence-based TCIH policy analysis and she has co-authored key publications in journals like BMJ Global Health.

João Paulo Souza is a Brazilian physician and scientist dedicated to global public health. As Director of BIREME/PAHO/WHO, he champions access to health information and co-leads the WHO Traditional Medicine Digital Library. A former Full Professor at USP, he has over 250 publications and an H-index >100.

Mehdi Pasalar is an Assistant Professor and Vice-Chancellor for Research at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. His work focuses on integrating Persian medicine into modern science through rigorous clinical trials, extensive publications, and shaping national health strategies in the field.