Veteran Resiliency Medicine Summit

​​​The Center recently co-hosted with the Mind Body Medicine Center at Naval Medical Center San Diego a Military and Veteran Resiliency Medicine Summit. This training event, which included presentations from UCSD and VA San Diego Healthcare System faculty, highlighted best practices and cutting-edge research to develop new skills in mind body medicine with a goal of improving integration of these disciplines into the care provided to service members, veterans and their families. The objectives of the Summit were to: 1) Understand the role mind body medicine plays in developing emotional and physical resiliency and wellbeing in military personnel, veterans, and their families, 2) Attendees to become familiar with and experience participating in various established mind-body medicine modalities, and 3) Discuss current best practices and cutting edge research in mind body medicine and its integration within military and veteran medicine. Attendees were active duty military and civilian healthcare leaders, researchers, practitioners and other professionals who had an interest in providing optimal healthcare to our service members, veterans and families. View Brochure

Dr. Paul Mills introduces keynote speaker Dr. Deepak Chopra, who spoke on the future of wellbeing	Co-organizers of the Summit, Drs. Paul Mills and Laura Redwine and Commander Jeffrey Millegan, MD

Drs. Paul Mills, Commander Jeffrey Millegan, MD, and Colonel Richard P. Petri following Colonel Pertri’s presentation

Watch the Lectures

Video Lectures - Day 1

• Relaxation Response
  
• Herbert Benson (Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital)​
• Intgrative Health & Healing: A New Paradigm for Militaries
  
• COL Petri - William Beaumont Army Medical Center ​
• MIndfulness-Based Interventions for Mental Health and Chronic Pain: Evidence & Clinical Applications
  
• Stephanie Taylor, PhD (VA Greater LA)
• ​Sean Grant, DPhil
• ​Lara Hilton MPH
• Margaret Maglione MPP (RAND Corp) ​
• Mindfulness-based Interoceptive Practices for Enhanced Resilience
  
• Colleen Mizuki (Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program) and GySgt(ret) Dixon
• Tai Chi
  
• Laura Redwine, PhD (UCSD)
• Genetics and Relaxation Response
  
• John Denninger, MD PhD – (Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital)
• Spiritually Enhanced Mindful Strategies for Symptom Management: The Mantram Repetition Program
  
• Jill Bormann, PhD RN (University of San Diego)
• Mobile Health Resource to Promote Military and Veteran Resilience
  
• Julie Kinn, PhD (National Center for Telehealth and Technology)

Video Lectures - Day 2

• Self Awareness is the Key to the Future of Well Being
  
• ​Deepak Chopra, MD – Chopra Foundation/UCSD
• Exercising Leadership: Turning in Sharply
  
• Kevin Berry, MD – Samueli Institute
• Exploring Mindfulness Meditation in the 3D Virtual World and In-Person
  
• Valerie Rice, PhD – Chief, Army Research Laboraty AMEDD Field Element
• Mind Body Medicine at Naval Medical Center San Diego
  
• CDR Millegan, NMCSD
• The Potential of Compassion-Based Interventions for PTSD Among Military Personnel
  
• David Kearney, MD (VA Puget Sound; Professor of Medicine U of Washington School of Medicine)
• Spirituality and Resiliency: The Example of the Chaplaincy Services
  
• Marek Kopacz, MD PhD (VISN CoE for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY)
• Gratitude and Health
  
• Paul Mills, PhD (UCSD)