Practitioner Course

Oncology Masterclass One

This course has been designed to give you comprehensive, up-to-date oncological care strategies from the best in the industry.
Format

Online Course
10 lessons

Availability

12 Months OR Subscriber Pass

Duration

90 min/lesson
15 Hours total

Presenters

Dr Dugald Seely
Dr Lise Alschuler
Dr Michael Traub
Dr Tina Kaczor

About this course

This course has been designed to give you comprehensive, up-to-date oncological care strategies from the best in the industry. Our presenters show you how to develop effective care plans for the 3 phases of cancer care. You get easy access to the most respected thought leaders in natural cancer care with a program specifically designed to increase clinicians skills to obtain the best results for the cancer patient.

The fact is, cancer diagnosis is increasing. We have more people being diagnosed with cancer, more people being treated for cancer, and more people exiting conventional medical care who are at risk for recurrence.
The problem when helping a patient with this distressing issue is often a lack of confidence or feeling overwhelmed with how to best care for cancer. At each of these phases, you have a considerable amount of support you can provide. You don’t want to miss the many opportunities to help them, and to partner with their specialists to provide high-level, carefully considered, natural cancer care.
Note: Receive two bonus webinars on Integrative Comanagement Strategies and Primary Prevention with Dr Lise Alschuler with the purchase of this event.

The Natural Oncology Masterclass is really about taking your care plans to the next level by helping you understand personalised natural cancer care. The effective strategies you will learn will give you the confidence and direction to 1. prevent primary cancers 2. to optimise medical care and 3. to prevent recurrence.
  • A very large proportion of cancer is preventable.
  • Patients receiving chemotherapy can benefit tremendously from natural care.
  • Patients that have had a cancer may get it back. How will you help them?

LEARN ABOUT THE 3 PHASES OF CANCER CARE

Phase 1. Cancer Prevention

In Phase 1 – Cancer Prevention Care there are many recognised prevention strategies for the various cancer risk profiles. You need to know what they are to prevent those cancers.

Phase 2. Care During Conventional Treatment
In Phase 2 Care – During Conventional Treatment there are many natural strategies proven to be effective. You don’t want to do nothing as there are lots of opportunities. And you certainly don’t want to make it worse. Create the best strategy for each type of cancer and for each treatment protocol. You can greatly improve their chance to achieve success.

Phase 3. After Care and Preventing Reoccurrence
Phase 3 Care – After Treatment is important for preventing tumor recurrence. The number of people living post cancer is growing rapidly, but their risk of recurrence is high. Proven natural strategies are hugely valuable to these people.
Don’t miss out on the most comprehensive, clinically-focussed program available to deliberately increase your skill base.

Without this knowledge, your patients are missing out on quality cancer care. Your patients are counting on you. Where else can they turn to for high-quality, safe and reliable natural cancer support?
What you receive:
  • Clear protocol explanations from some of the world's top practitioners
  • Clinical pearls for improved practice results
  • Access to your audio and video recordings via the App Store
  • A downloadable PDF of the presenter’s slides
  • Links to all referenced research papers and useful clinical handouts
  • Access to the community hub where you can get answers to your questions
  • A 30-day money back guarantee

From this course you will

  • Stress does have a demonstrated role in cancer. Find out how and when.
  • New drug development is happening super fast, you need to keep up because they have very different mechanisms than most used previously.
  • There are numerous theories of cancer, not only gene mutations. Understanding carcinogenesis in its broadest sense impacts treatment strategies. We go into very interesting mechanisms of cancer that raise many opportunities for sophisticated cancer care.
  • Cancer arises in the context of a disturbed cellular microenvironment. Almost all environmental and lifestyle factors influence the microenvironment in some way. Understanding these factors changes the way you think about, prevent and treat cancer.
  • Our most potent ability may be to prevent cancer recurrence (secondary prevention). There are thousands of people who need our risk reduction strategies
  • Exercise is imperative, but what type and how often is a critical understanding.
  • Antioxidants in cancer care is poorly understood and controversial. Being familiar with the findings from this body of research will give you the confidence to make safe and effective recommendations.
  • Knowing what side effects can be expected with certain cancer treatments is important so that we can recognize and provide supportive treatments.
  • Cancer survivors are left alone after treatment and need our care. These people are growing enormously in numbers and we have lots to offer.
  • There are many layers and elements to effective integrative cancer care, and this care extends over the lifespan of the patient.
  • Having confidence in cancer care shows. A confident practitioner has trusting, compliant, happy patients and this encourages referrals.
  • A cancer care program is marketable.
  • We can create concepts that the patient will understand and this empowers them.
  • Clinicians that specialise in cancer do very well.
  • This high-level program raises clinical competency to significantly improve patient care.

What's in this course

Your Presenters

Dr Dugald Seely

Dr Dugald Seely ND, FABNO leads the clinical practice and cancer research program for the OICC. In addition to his clinical role as a naturopathic doctor he also serves as the director of research & clinical epidemiology at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, affiliate investigator for the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and board member for the Society for Integrative Oncology.

As founder of the OICC, Dugald is pioneering a contemporary cancer treatment model based on scientifically grounded, evidence-informed complementary medicine. With the establishment of the first integrative cancer care and research centre in Eastern Canada, Dugald and his team are providing whole-person integrative care to people living with cancer and addressing research gaps in whole-systems of cancer care.

Dugald completed his M.Sc. in cancer research at the University of Toronto and is a Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology (FABNO). As a clinician scientist, Dugald has been awarded competitive grant and trainee funding from CIHR, CBCRA, the SickKids Foundation, the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation, the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, and the Gateway for Cancer Research Foundation. Dugald is the principal investigator for a number of clinical trials and syntheses projects with the goal of building on the growing body the evidence that supports integrative oncology.

Dugald strongly believes in the ability of evidence-based medicine to effect positive change in the health-care system. As an educator, researcher, clinician, and frequent speaker at conferences around the world, Dugald is seeking to shift the debate towards a more whole-person cancer care model that is espoused by integrative oncology. www.oicc.ca

Dr Lise Alschuler

Dr Lise Alschuler ND, FABNO is a naturopathic doctor with board certification in naturopathic oncology. She graduated from Brown University with an undergraduate degree in medical anthropology and received a doctoral degree in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University in 1994.

Dr Alschuler is board certified in naturopathic oncology and has been a practicing naturopathic physician since 1994. She is past President of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and a founding board member of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians. She currently serves as a Director on both the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology and the Naturopathic Post-Graduation Association.

Dr Alschuler works as an independent consultant in the area of practitioner and consumer health education. She also oversees the Quality Program for one of the largest nutritional supplement distributors in the US. Previously, she was the Department Head of Naturopathic Medicine at Midwestern Regional Medical Center – Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Prior to that, she was the Clinic Medical Director and Botanical Medicine Chair at Bastyr University Natural Health Clinic, as well as a faculty member at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Dr Alschuler is the co-author of The Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment and Healing, now in its 3rd edition (Random House, 2010), and Five To Thrive: Your Cutting-Edge Cancer Prevention Plan (AIM Publishers, 2011). She co-created FiveToThrivePlan.com, a website dedicated to providing information about integrative cancer prevention and treatment, and she co-hosts a radio show, Five To Thrive Live! on www.w4CS.com about living healthier lives in the face of cancer. She also makes regular media appearances and has received professional recognition and awards for her work in integrative medicine. www.drlise.net

Dr Michael Traub

Dr Michael Traub ND, DHANP, CCH, FABNO was the first naturopathic physician in contemporary times to be appointed to a hospital staff: North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH). He served as chairman of the Integrated Healing Committee from the opening of the hospital in 1996 until 2001, and succeeded in gaining approval for the natural medicine formulary in the hospital, including botanical, nutritional and homeopathic medicines. In 1998 he developed the Hawaii Residency Training Program and continues to serve as the Residency Program Director. He has conducted numerous research projects including a pilot study on integrative treatment for breast cancer.

From 2001-2003, Dr Traub served as President of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP). In 2006, he was honored by the AANP as “Physician of the Year.”

Throughout his career, Dr Traub has held numerous leadership positions within the naturopathic profession, from chairman of the Hawaii Board of Naturopathic Medicine to president of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians. He also served as president of the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners. Dr Traub continues to serve on boards and committees of various professional healthcare organizations.

He has been invited to make presentations at numerous medical conferences, including the 1999 International Conference on HIV/AIDS in Paris. He is the author of “Essentials of Dermatological Diagnosis and Integrative Therapeutics”. He is a member of the Board of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium and was co-author of the “Final Report of the National Policy Dialogue to Advance Integrated Health Care: Finding Common Ground, 2001-2002” and “The Affordable Care Act and Beyond: A Stakeholder’s Conference on Integrated Health Care Reform, 2010.”

Since 1986, Dr Traub has been director of an integrative health care center (Ho‘o Lokahi) in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at National College of Natural Medicine and the University of Minnesota. michaeltraubnd.com

Dr Tina Kaczor

Dr Tina Kaczor ND, FABNO is a naturopathic physician with board certification in naturopathic oncology. After graduating from National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in 2000, she completed a 2-year clinical residency in integrative oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is well versed in conventional cancer care and this allows her to safely integrate natural therapies that complement the conventional treatments. Dr Kaczor’s ability to integrate conventional and natural therapies stems from her strong background and continuing education in the field of oncology and molecular biology.

She graduated magna cum laude from SUNY-Buffalo with dual undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and English. While at SUNY, her hands on molecular biology work resulted in a publication in the journal Plant Physiology. Currently, her professional focus is understanding the molecular environment of cancerous growth with the aim of altering the environment in such a way that the cancer is unable to thrive.

Dr Kaczor was formerly adjunct faculty at National College of Natural Medicine, overseeing students on a dedicated oncology clinic shift at the NCNM Health Clinic in Portland, Oregon.

She is senior medical editor of the peer-reviewed Natural Medicine Journal, the official publication of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.