Online
The 5th Annual Patrick and Marguerite Sung Symposium: Resiliency & Well-being will explore the topics of trauma, resilience, and well-being with lectures from healthcare thought leaders, a panel discussion, followed by a Q&A. The event will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2022.
The topics and speakers are:
Thriving Through Uncertainty: What Resilient People Have in Common
Presenter: Francoise Adan, MD, board chair and past president of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, chief whole health and well-being officer of University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, director of the University Hospitals' Connor Integrative Health Network, assistant professor, Case Western Reserve Medical School.
Cultivating Realistic Optimism Across the Health Enterprise
Presenter: Lorenzo Norris, MD, chief wellness officer, GW medical enterprise, medical director, GW Resiliency & Well-being Center, and associate dean for student affairs and administration, and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at SMHS.
Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope & Healing
Presenter: James Gordon, MD, founder and CEO of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), a nonprofit educational organization that has become a worldwide leader in making self-care, group support, and community-building central to all healthcare, the training of health professionals, and the education of children.
This free online event is sponsored by the GW Office of Integrative Medicine & Health and the GW Resiliency & Well-being Center.
Learn more about the Sung Symposium and watch past events!