Christian Health Professionals Conference Helping Yourself to Health 14 -16 March 2014 Clinical Education Centre Sydney Adventist Hospital 185 Fox Valley Road Wahroonga

Welcome It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2014 Health Professionals Conference. Over the years we have conducted a number of these events around Australia and across the Pacific. The last one was in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea where we had over 400 very enthusiastic doctors, nurses and allied health professionals present. It was a great time and I believe we are also in for a great time at this Conference. This is an opportunity to network with like-minded people who are also committed to health. Thank you for choosing to attend and to support each other in our health care endeavours. We have chosen the theme Helping Yourself to Health. You are working in health care, but are you helping yourself, your families and those you influence towards health? It is important that health carers also look after their own health. Much of our health care system is actually a disease care system. At this Conference we have a chance to focus for a while on our own health needs. Our physical and nutritional health is important, but I believe it is inseparably and wholistically wrapped up with our emotional, mental and spiritual health. This is a Christian health professionals conference so we will be looking at all of these aspects of health from a Christian perspective. I would like to think that this is a conference where you are inspired and motivated to move forward in your personal and professional lives, determined that you will ‘help yourself to health’. We are very grateful to our speakers who have taken time out from their busy programs to be with us. I particularly want to acknowledge our overseas speakers who have not given their time to present, but also to travel from the United States. That is real commitment. I would like to thank Sydney Adventist Hospital for working with us to stage this event. I want to express my appreciation to all who have contributed to the event planning and organising; with a special thanks to my assistant, Liz Dunstan. If you have any questions or concerns during the conference contact either Liz or myself as we want you to really enjoy this weekend.

Pastor Kevin Price





Director of Adventist Health for the South Pacific Region

Helping Yourself to Health Keynote Speaker



Dr Gerald Winslow Gerald Winslow is Vice President for Mission and Culture for Loma Linda



University Medical Center, and serves as the Chief Culture Officer for LLU’s



system of six hospitals. He is also Professor of Ethics at Loma Linda University



specialising in biomedical ethics and founding Director of LLU’s Institute



for Health Policy and Leadership.



Dr Winslow will be speaking on Minding Our Language: From the Ministry



of Healing to the Health Care Industry.

Dr Gary Fraser

Gary Fraser received his medical degree in 1969 and after residency

he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.



He completed his PhD in 1970 and in 1977 he spent two years at the



Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, University of Minnesota, receiving an



MPH degree in 1979. He became board certified in California in internal



medicine in 1981 and in cardiovascular medicine in 1983. Dr Fraser



has a faculty appointment at Loma Linda University as a professor of



medicine at the School of Medicine and as a professor of epidemiology at



the School of Public Health. In 2012 he became Associate Dean for Research



at the School of Public Health.



Ms Martine Polycarpe Martine Polycarpe has been involved in detailed global public health for over

15 years in leadership, managerial and operational capacities. She has devel-



oped strategic planning and management systems to align business activities



with corporate vision and country priority strategies. She holds a Master’s



Degree of Public Health, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and



serves as adjunct faculty at Loma Linda University’s School of Public Health



and serves as a Board member for IMA World Health.

Helping Yourself to Health Dr Darren Morton Dr Darren Morton is a Senior Lecturer at Avondale College of Higher





Education, in Australia, where he has been based since 1994. Darren has



a PhD degree in Human Physiology and he is passionate about Lifestyle



Medicine. He has numerous publications and has delivered hundreds of



presentations on lifestyle related topics, both nationally and internationally.



Darren enjoys family time, hang gliding, triathlon, and is passionate about



empowering others to live more.

Dr Ross Grant Dr Grant is a Biochemical Pharmacologist in the School of Medical Sciences

University of New South Wales, Clinical Associate Professor at the University



of Sydney Medical School and Head of the Australasian Research Institute



at Sydney Adventist Hospital. His research focuses on characterizing the



influence of ‘habits of daily living’ such as emotional stress, diet and exercise



on the initiation of disease causing biochemical changes, such as oxidative



stress and inflammation and changes in NAD+ linked metabolism.

Dr Steven Thompson



Steven Thompson currently supervises Avondale College PhD degree candi



dates in the field of biblical studies. His academic interest focuses on the



cultural and social setting of the Bible, including its health and healing



aspects. The research for his presentation on health care attitudes and



practices of early Christians at this conference was presented in 2011 at the



New Perspectives in Christianity conference, where it won a prize.

Helping Yourself to Health



Dr Andrew Pennington Andrew is a GP interested in lifestyle medicine, preventive care,





obstetrics and most aspects of general practice. He believes that the best



care comes from acknowledging that we function best in health when



we are healthy in mind, body and spirit and believes that spirituality is a



component of health. He is keen wherever possible to use lifestyle-based



therapies to improve people’s health and introduce people to Jesus as the



source of wholistic healing. Andrew currently practices in Sydney at





Sanctuary Sanitarium Clinic.



Dr Trevor Hurlow Trevor is South African trained with MBChB, MFamMed and has worked





under a missionary licence in a family practice for ten years under Adventist



Professional Health Services, including six years with Dr Peter Landless. After



17 years in family practice he moved with his family to New Zealand to a



a rural family practice at Hawera where he obtained Dip Obs and Gyn and



FRNZCGP. His passion is for lifestyle medicine. He discovered CHIP in 2006



and with the support of Paul Rankin was able to be part of the growth and



development of the program in New Zealand. Trevor has lived and worked in



Australia since May 2013 (FRACGP).

Helping Yourself to Health



Dr Chester Kuma

Originally from the Solomon Islands, Dr Kuma joined Adventist health, SPD



in 2006. Prior to coming here, Dr Kuma was Head of Surgery for Solomon



Islands. After completing his undergraduate degree in medicine, Chester



spent three years as Medical Officer at Sopas Adventist Hospital in Papua New



Guinea and 13 years at Atoifi Adventist Hospital in the Solomon Islands, ten



years as Chief Executive officer of the institution. Opportunity for specialist



training in surgery came in 1999 and in 2003, became a qualified surgeon.



Dr Kuma has a real passion for health outreach in communities and over the



last few years has been actively involved with the Adopt A Clinic program



and the Health Promoting Churches Initiative which now forms a part of the

Adventist Health strategic plan.

Pastor Paul Rankin

Paul Rankin is the CHIP in Churches Program Director for the South Pacific



Division of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He has worked as a nurse,



missionary, pilot, local church pastor and Union Health Director. Paul and



his wife Sonia have three adult children. Paul is passionate about family,



hang gliding and seeing local Adventist churches interact in a positive way



with their communities. For the last 18 months Paul has been actively



involved in the redevelopment of the CHIP program and its launch in the

South Pacific.



Helping Yourself to Health FRIDAY EVENING March 14 7.00pm Registration 7.30pm

Welcome and announcements

Pastor Kevin Price

7.35pm

Introductory Presentation On conference Theme:

Dr Darren Morton

Helping Yourself to Health

You are In Health Care But Are You Helping Yourself to Health?

8.15pm

Break

8.20pm

Mind Your Language Dr Gerald Winslow



Health Care – a Ministry or an Industry?

9.10pm

Close



Helping Yourself to Health SATURDAY MORNING March 15 9:00am Day’s Introduction Pastor Kevin Price 9.30am Presentation: Dr Steve Thompson Health Care from Where?



10:15am

Feature:



10:30am

Break

11:15am

Presentation and Discussion:

Health: Is Faith a Factor? 12:15pm Break 12:30 -1:30

Lunch



Dr Gerald Winslow

Helping Yourself to Health SATURDAY AFTERNOON and EVENING March 15 1:30pm

Feature

1:40pm

Presentation and Discussion Part 1

Martine Polycarpe

What Happens Where Emotions, Reason and Spirituality Meet? 2:15pm Break 2:30pm

Presentation and Discussion Part 2

Martine Polycarpe

Can You ReShape Your Brain for a Happier You? 3:15pm Break 3:30pm

Presentation and Discussion

Dr Ross Grant

Neurobiology and Brain Health 4:15pm Break 4:30pm

Presentation and Discussion Part 1

Dr Gary Fraser

What Does Nutrition Research Tell Us to Do? 5:15pm Break 5:30pm

Presentation and Discussion Part 2

Dr Gary Fraser

What Does Nutrition Research Tell Us Not to Do? 6:30pm Dinner 7:30pm Devotional Dr Chester Kuma 7:50pm

Opportunities for Reaching Out SAH Operation Open Heart, Dr Chester Kuma, Mr Gad Koito (PNGUM),

Pastor Wayne Boehm, Dr Geoff Painter.

8:55pm Announcements and Close

Helping Yourself to Health SUNDAY MORNING March 16 9:30am Day’s Introduction Pastor Kevin Price 9.35am

A Research Update

Pastor Paul Rankin

10:20am Feature: DVD Live More Active 10:45am

Break

11:00am Presentation: Dr Andrew Pennington Lifestyle as Medicine Dr Trevor Hurlow Community and Medical Clinical Practice 12:00 Noon

General Discussion

12:15

Conference Conclusion



Chair: Pastor Kevin Price

Helping Yourself to Health Information Accommodation: Hotel Ibis Thornleigh 02 9481 7500 http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3238-ibis-sydney-thornleigh/index.shtml

Location Map of Clinical Education Centre on Sydney Adventist Hospital estate

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Fox Valley Community Centre

Biomedical Engineerng

Shannon Building

Child Care Centre

San Foundation Building

Engineering and Maintenance

Museum Main Entrance to Car Park Level 1

Clinical Services Building + Integrated Cancer Centre

San Alliance Office

Car parking

NEW Building under construction Swimming Pool Multi-deck Car Park (levels 1-5)

Jacaranda Lodge Parking

San Cancer Support Jacaranda Lodge

Australisian Research Institute Beattie Complex

Clinical Education Centre

Helping Yourself to Health Transport Information Catching the TRAIN from the Airport When you exit from the customs area go to the right and follow arrow directions to the lifts which will take you to the train platform. Buy a ticket at the ticket counter (About $15) Go to Platform 1 and take train to Central Station (in the city) Get off the train at Central Station and walk to the end of the platform where there is a lift which will take you down to Platform 16. If unsure, ask an attendant at the Station. Listen to the announcements and read the TV monitors for the train to Hornsby but you need to note that it is going to stop at Turramurra or Wahroonga where you need to get off. (Not all trains stop at Turramurra or Wahroonga). 1. When you arrive at Turramurra station take the stairs to the top at the end of the platform and turn left. This will take you out to the Taxi rank. Ask the taxi driver to take you to Sydney Adventist Hospial at 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga or to Hotel Ibis at 200-212 Pennant Hills Road, Thornleigh. 2. By Bus – Follow the same instructions as for the taxi rank and ask someone where you get the bus to Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga. Ask the bus driver to drop you off at the closest stop to the Sydney Adventist Hospital (SAH) which is the largest and well known building in the area.

3. Wahroonga Station – go up the stairs and turn right which will take you around to the main street of the shopping village. Halfway along the street you will see a taxi rank. It is a fairly short drive to the hospital from here.