Whole Person Cancer Care: Living Well with WM with Dr. Wayne Jonas

Whole Person Cancer Care: Living Well with WM with Dr. Wayne Jonas

Thursday, February 20th 2025 1-2:30pm ET

Register here: https://iwmf-wm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeqsqD0rHtCZAntAqFjBM9msieWXQKWg

Whole person cancer care involves learning what matters most to patients and engaging them in health and wellness behaviors that influence their quality of life and longevity as the cancer is treated. Such care explicitly addresses mind-body-behavior-social and spiritual aspects of a person’s life. This helps oncology teams manage the fear and confusion that come along with the disease, helps patients become empowered in their own care, helps oncology teams find greater joy in their work by connecting more deeply with patients, and reintegrates healing into medicine.

In this webinar, we will define whole person cancer care and illustrate how this type of care can be advanced oncology. We summarize the science behind whole person care and the evidence that supports its application. With case studies and data, we will describe how it’s being done from small clinics to large institutions. Finally, we will introduce some tools and resources available that WM oncologists, WM cancer care teams, and people with WM can incorporate into their own healing journey.

Bio: Wayne Jonas, MD, is a widely published investigator, practicing family physician, and professor of medicine at Georgetown University and at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is also a retired lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Dr. Jonas was the director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 1999 and led the World Health Organization’s Collaborative Center for Traditional Medicine. Prior to that, he served as the director of medical research fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He now advises national and international organizations on ways to implement evidence-based healing practices in their medical systems. He serves as the President of Healing Works Foundation. His newest book is Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Care, co-authored with Alyssa McManamon, MD, released April 23, 2024 by Rodin Books.