Jefferson Course a Big Success

Our day-and-a-half course on Integrative Cancer Treatments at Thomas Jefferson Medical University in Philadelphia was a great success. We had about 80 participants: half were medical doctors; the rest health care practitioners and researchers. All had come to learn about the emerging academic medical discipline of integrative cancer care. To my knowledge, this was the first course on CAM cancer treatments ever hosted by a major American medical institution or approved for continuing medical education (CME) credits by the American Medical Association.

I was proud to share the podium with distinguished participants from Jefferson University, its Center for Integrative Medicine, and the affiliated Kimmel Cancer Center. I owe a great debt of gratitude to the staff of Jefferson University and the attendees, who braved many travel difficulties to attend this event. I hope we will have a chance to teach this course again and possibly to extend it to other medical schools and universities. If you are interested in hosting such a course at your institution please contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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--Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.