Lorenz K.Y. Ng, M.D., R.Ac.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
George Washington University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Pain Management Program
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland

James Panagis, M.D.
Director, Orthopaedics Program
Musculoskeletal Branch
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David J. Ramsay, D.M., D.Phil.
Panel and Conference Chairperson
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Charles R. Sherman, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Office of Medical Applications of Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Virginia Taggart, M.P.H.
Health Scientist Administrator
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Xiao-Ming Tian, M.D., R.Ac.
Clinical Consultant on Acupuncture for the National Institutes of Health
Director
Academy of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland

Claudette Varricchio, D.S.N.
Program Director
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

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Office of Medical Applications of Research, NIH
John H. Ferguson, M.D. Director

Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH
Wayne B. Jonas, M.D., Director

Conference Cosponsors

National Cancer Institute
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., Director

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Claude Lenfant, M.D., Director

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., Director

National Institute of Dental Research
Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S., Director

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Director

Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH
Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Director

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