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AIMS to hold Ayurveda & Allopathy conference 'Amrita Samyogam 2017' at Kochi on Aug 6-7
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Our Bureau, Bengaluru
July 29 , 2017
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The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi will organize a
two-day event, 'Amrita Samyogam 2017', on integrative Ayurveda and
Allopathy medicine at Kochi from August 6, 2017.
According to the
organizers, this is India’s biggest conference on integrative Ayurveda
and modern medicine, with 60 experts and 1,000 delegates from around the
world expected to participate. It will be inaugurated by the Union
Minister of State for Ayush, Shripad Yasso Naik.
The conference
will bring together allopathic doctors, Ayurveda practitioners and
modern scientists on a common platform. It will identify strategies for
integrating Ayurveda with Allopathy in the management of cancer,
auto-immune diseases like arthritis, diabetes, neuro-degenerative
diseases, and mental health. The event will demonstrate how integrative
medicine can be made a reality through examples of clinical integration,
basic science studies, and application of new technologies.
The
conference will focus on evidence-based practice guidelines for
cross-referrals and combination therapy, understanding the biological
mechanisms underlying integrative care, and integration of modern
technological tools in ayurvedic diagnostics, treatment procedures and
drug delivery.
According to Prof. Shantikumar Nair, Director,
Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Amrita University,
integrating India’s ancient tradition of Ayurveda with evidence-based
modern medicine has the potential to revolutionize world healthcare.
Integrative medicine is becoming a popular specialty among physicians in
western countries because of the myriad ways in which it can benefit
patients. It focuses on healing the person in entirety rather than
merely treating the symptoms by investigating the root cause of illness.
Amrita
Samyogam 2017 is expected to trigger important collaborations across
the world in the field of integrative medicine, especially academic
collaborations and funding opportunities. An International Journal of
Integrative Health will be launched at the event and a Society for
Integrative Health will be established to promote the development of
Integrative Medicine in India.
It is much more patient-centric
and can positively impact chronic and lifestyle diseases for which
modern medicine has no answer. Western medicine and Indian ancient
healing sciences can be a win-win combination to effectively tackle the
enormous healthcare challenges facing humanity, said Dr. Nair.
Eminent
medical experts attending the Conference include: Dr. Jeffrey White,
Director of National Cancer Institute, USA; Dr. Daniel Furst,
Rheumatologist at University of California; Dr. Nereo Bresolin,
Neurologist, University of Milan; Dr. Christian Kessler, Internal
Medicine Specialist, Charite Medical University, Germany; Dr. Valdis
Pirags, Diabetologist, University of Latvia; Dr. Maryam Matar, Genetics
Specialist, UAE; Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, Director, National Institute for
Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, Dr. B.N. Gangadhar, Director,
NIMHANS, Bengaluru; Dr. Rama Jayasundar, Professor, All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Dr. Ketaki Bapat, Scientific Advisor to
the Government of India, and many others.
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