Program Director
Hakima Amri, PhD

Program Coordinator
Amy Richards

CAM Faculty

Hakima Amri, PhD
(PhD, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France) Dr Amri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center, and is Director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Track (CAM) MS Program.  Dr Amri is also course director of Survey of CAM. Her basic science research focuses on steroid biochemistry, reproductive endocrinology, toxicology, and pathophysiology with special emphasis on endometriosis and prostate cancer, as well as the identification of mechanisms of action of herbal products and their clinical applications. email: amrih@georgetown.edu

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD
(MD, Georgetown University) Dr Fugh-Berman is an Associate Professor of Physiology at GUSOM. She teaches the Herbs and Dietary Supplements; Conventional and Alternative Medicine: A History of Conflicts and Commonalities; and Critical Readings in CAM courses. Dr. Fugh-Berman is part of a team led by Dr. Susan Mulroney that is assessing the renal and gastrointestinal effects of dandelion, and is part of an ethnobotanical research team led by Dr. Michael Balick of the New York Botanical Garden and Dr. Fredi Kronenberg of Columbia University. Dr. Fugh-Berman's research interests include herb-drug interactions, CAM and women's health, the assessment of benefits and risks in CAM and conventional medicine, and influences on physician prescribing. e-mail: ajf29@georgetown.edu.

Sherman L. Cohn, JD, LLM
Mr Cohn is a Professor at Georgetown University School of Law. He holds a J.D. and an LL.M degree. At the Law Center, he teaches a Seminar in the Legal Issues of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. He has been active in the CAM field for thirty years, serving as Chair of the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; a Member of the Board and Legal Counsel to the Tai Sophia Institute; Chair of the Board of Tai Hsuan College; President and a Director of the National Acupuncture Foundation; and a Director of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance. Before joining the Georgetown faculty in 1965, he served as an attorney in the United States Department of Justice. His fields besides CAM law include Civil Procedure, Professional Ethics, and Jewish Law. email: cohn@law.georgetown.edu

Martine Culty, PhD

Ladan Eshkevari, RN, CRNA
(CRNA, Columbia University) Ms Eshkevari is an Assistant Professor at GU School of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a certified nurse anesthetist and certified acupunturist at GU Hospital. In addition to her clinical responsibilites and teaching at the SNHS, she teaches in the Survey of CAM and Fundamentals of Physiology courses in the CAM Program. email: eshkevl@georgetown.edu

James Gordon, MD

Nancy Harazduk, MSW, MEd

Aviad Haramati, PhD
(PhD, University of Cincinnati) Dr. Haramati is a Professor in the Departments of Physiology & Biophysics at GUSOM with research interests in renal and electrolyte physiology.  Dr. Haramati has taught medical and graduate students for over 25 years.  He served a three-year term on the Physiology Test Development Committee (USMLE Step 1) for the National Board of Medical Examiners, and is currently Chair of the Examination Section for the Certification Board of Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) of the American College of Nutrition.  His CAM-related interests focus on the use of Mind-Body Medicine Skills for stress management and on the integration of CAM in health professions education.  He was principal investigator of a 5 year NIH grant that funded a broad educational initiative aimed at incorporating complementary, alternative (CAM) and integrative medicine into the 4-year medical curriculum at GUSOM.  Dr. Haramati is Vice-Chair of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine and a member of the executive committee of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium. email: haramati@georgetown.edu

Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, PhD

Gary Kaplan, DO

Jagmeet Kanwal, PhD

Michael Lumpkin, PhD

Susan Mulroney, PhD
(PhD, Georgetown University). Dr Mulroney is a Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Director of the Physiology Special Master's Program, and Director of the medical Human Physiology Course. She also teaches the gastrointestinal physiology in the Fundamentals of Physiology course in the CAM MS Program. Her main research focus is on the regulation of Angiotensin II AT1 receptors by growth hormone and sex steroids in the development of kidney disease. Dr Mulroney is well-published in the area of dietary effects of minerals and electrolytes on growth and renal function, and her lab is currently collaborating with Drs Fugh-Berman and Myers on the effects of herbs on renal and gastrointestinal function. email: mulrones@georgetown.edu

Adam Myers, PhD
(PhD, Georgetown University). Dr Myers is a Professor of Physiology at GUSOM, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics. He also teaches cardiovascular physiology in the Fundamentals of Physiology course. Dr Myers' research interests are in the area of platelet and vascular biology, and he has published several research papers on the effects of gingko extracts, dietary fiber, alcohol and other substances on cardiovascular parameters. His laboratory currently accepts students for research experiences in CAM-related projects in collaboration with Dr Susan Mulroney and Dr Adriane-Fugh Berman. email: myersa@georgetown.edu

Harry Preuss, MD

Thomas Sherman, PhD
(PhD, Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern) Dr Sherman is an Associate Professor of Physiology at GUSOM and teaches the Fundamentals of Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Physiology, Human Nutrition & Health and Critical Readings in CAM courses. His background is in molecular neuroendocrinology, with a particular focus on signal transduction and the transcriptional regulation of neuropeptide genes. His CAM interests, center around concepts of food as medicine and nutrition, especially as they relate to health, obesity, the biochemical pathways of metabolism, and diabetes. email: shermant@georgetown.edu

Len Wisneski, MD, FACP
Dr Wisneski is  Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University Medical Center and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University where he is a founding member of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curriculum Planning Committee. He was Vice Chairman of the NIH Consensus Panel on Acupuncture and is Chairman of the NIH Advisory Board on Frontier Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He holds fellowship positions in The American College of Physicians, The American College of Nutrition, and The American Institute of Stress. He served on the board of the American Holistic Medical Association and was President of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. He published over 30 scientific articles and a textbook, “The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine”. He has been in the clinical practice of endocrinology and integrative medicine for over 25 years. email: drwisneski@earthlink.net

Zofia Zukowska, MD, PhD