Alums Help Guide Symposium to Success
Faculty Member Serves as Adviser to Students in the Integrative Medicine Club
A College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty member and program alum serves as a resource for students who each year plan and execute the Integrative Medicine Symposium.
Dr. Victor Nuño, DO Class of 2008, is a Professor with the Doctor of Osteopathy program, Interim Chair of the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Department, and faculty adviser for the Integrative Medicine Club. He serves as the club’s adviser.
“They do such a great job,” Nuño said. “The IMS is nearly entirely student-run. Every year, the students stand on the shoulders of the students who came before them and make the program their own. It’s incredible to observe both their enthusiasm and professionalism.”
Nuño presented Jan. 26 during the seventh annual symposium, led a workshop, and gave the day’s opening and closing remarks.
The symposium’s theme was “A Healing Environment.” Participants could earn up to 7.5 AMA PRA and AOA 1-A hours of Continuing Medical Education credit across a day that included five specific tracts: Mind, Body, Spirit, Environment, and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.
Grad Brings Impressive Credentials to Role as Presenter
Nuño said the goal each year to offer a strong roster of presenters – alumni among them – so participating physicians and students can get the most from the symposium.
“The Integrative Medicine Symposium brings together physicians from all across the state and nation,” he said. “It's an excellent way to keep up with emerging topics in medicine and stay connected with your alma mater.”
Dr. Carmen Hering, DO Class of 2003, fits the bill. She lectures nationally and internationally, trains medical students and physicians, and works with schools, teachers and therapists to support the healthy development of children.
She has been in private practice in Albany since 2006.
Hering is president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophic Medicine and co-director of PAAM Training, serves as faculty for anthroposophic medical training at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teaching Training, and is a member of the adjunct medical faculty at TUC’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.