Deepak Chopra, M.D., will give the keynote address at the 2018 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. The annual conference runs February 22 to 24, 2018, in New York City, and organizers announced his talk on December 14, 2017.
Even before this event, Chopra was known as a pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. He has since published more than 85 books, and 25 of them became New York Times bestsellers. In 1999 TIME magazine named him one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.
His session is set for Friday, February 23, at 10:30 a.m. at the New York Hilton Midtown. Once it starts, it will run for an hour and a half. During that time he plans to share new ideas from his latest book, The Healing Self. The talk will look at a shift in medical science toward more personal responsibility for health and well-being. It will also cover evidence-based links between higher consciousness and physical healing.
Chopra is not the only well-known name on the program. Functional medicine pioneers Mark Hyman, M.D., and Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., are also scheduled to speak. So is Gerard W. Clum, D.C., a professor at Life University, along with Nancy Gahles, D.C., an integrative health policy advocate and author of The Power of Self-Care. David Perlmutter, M.D., who wrote Grain Brain, and integrative neurologist Jay Lombard, D.O., author of The Mind of God, are on the list too. Besides them, more than 70 other speakers will present.
Sessions will cover optimal nutrition, natural pain management, epigenetics, the gut-brain connection and lifestyle medicine. The audience is mixed, since it brings together physicians, integrative practitioners, researchers and thought leaders. Attendees can also earn continuing medical education credits. Many return every year for clinical takeaways, new research and networking.
Beyond the talks, the program includes two pre-conference workshops, which can be bundled with a full pass at a discount. There will also be yoga classes early each morning, an exhibit hall with new products and a Meet the Speakers reception with a book signing. New lunch-and-learn sessions, non-CME symposia and a Relax and Recharge Lounge fill out the schedule.
Registration is open. A full conference pass covers the Chopra keynote and all sessions and events from Thursday through Saturday, while workshops are ticketed separately. Accredited members of the press can apply for a press pass in advance.
