Our Board of Advisers

LINDA BARNES, PH.D.

Dr. Barnes is Director of the Spirituality and Child Health Initiative at Boston University School of Medicine. She is also Director of the Healing Landscape Project: Complementary Healing in African Diaspora Communities in Boston, a multi-year project based at Boston University, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School. The project is investigating traditional healing approaches in African immigrant, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian, and related communities within Boston.

ETHAN BASCH, MD

Dr. Basch is Chief Editor of Natural Standard Research Collaboration, an information service to healthcare institutions and medical professionals based in Cambridge, MA, which examines and assesses the clinical evidence on the efficacy of complementary and alternative therapies. Natural Standard provides multiple services including content, expert advice, chat areas, referral services, practitioner licensing information, herb-drug interaction searching, and CME online courses.

SUZANNE FOUNTAIN

Suzanne Fountain is Director of the Jimmy Fund, the primary fundraising arm of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She oversees all event-based fundraising for the Institute, which generates over $30 million per year. She also supervises all strategic planning, and is responsible for a budget of over $2 million annually.  She served on the Integrated Therapies Task Force at Dana-Farber.  Ms. Fountain attended the University of Maine and holds a master’s degree in management from Lesley College.

TED KAPTCHUK, OMD

Dr. Kaptchuk is Associate Director for the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.  He has a Doctorate in Oriental Medicine from the Macao Institute of Chinese Medicine and is fluent in Chinese. He is the author of The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine.  Dr. Kaptchuk is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

KATHI KEMPER, MD, MPH

Dr. Kemper is former Director of the Center for Pediatric Integrative Medical Education and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She was Founder of the Foundation for Pediatric Holistic Health Research, and is past President of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. She is author of The Holistic Pediatrician as well as many research and educational articles on herbal medicine and holistic pediatrics.

WEIDONG LU, LIC.AC. (NCCAOM)

Weidong Lu is Chair of the Herbal Medicine Department at the New England School of Acupuncture, in Watertown, MA. A 1983 graduate of the Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Weidong Lu taught and conducted research in China before coming to the United States in 1991. He also practices acupuncture at the Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.

BOB MASTER, MD

Dr. Master is Chief Medical Officer of Neighborhood Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based not-for-profit health maintenance organization providing care to a diverse population of Members, including individuals and families who are enrolled in MassHealth (Medicaid.). Previously, he was Assistant Director of for Clinical Programs at Boston University School of Public Health, and President of Community Medical Alliance, a clinically-based care system that provided a comprehensive set of benefits to people who are quadriplegic. In 1985, Dr. Master held the position of Medical Director for the Massachusetts MassHealth (Medicaid) Program.

SHAYE MOORE, LMT

Shaye Moore is a graduate of the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA and is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork.  At Hearts for Hands, her private practice in Ipswich, MA, she specializes in massage and movement therapies for infants, children, and youth, as well as infant massage instruction.  Shaye also serves as massage therapist for the Heart and Wellness Center at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, MA.

JUNE RIEDLINGER, PHARM.D.

Dr. Riedlinger is the IMA Board of Advisers’ Liaison to the Board of Directors. She is Director of the Center for Integrative Therapies in Pharamaceutical Care at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston, MA, where she is also Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Riedlinger is an acknowledged authority on drug-herbal interactions, and has published research on homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and other alternative therapies.

ROBB SCHOLTEN, MSLIS

Robb Sholten is Information Officer at the Division for Research and Education of Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School.  Prior to this, he was Information Resources Manager at the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.  He is an authority on the research, development and practice of integrative medicine in and outside New England.

JOHN WEEKS

John Weeks is considered to be one of the nation's most knowledgeable authorities on the practical business of complementary and alternative medicine integration. For five years, he was publisher of The Integrator, the journal of record on the business of integrative healthcare. Weeks has co-founded the Collaboration for Healthcare Renewal, a national initiative to promote cooperation and common purpose amongst diverse industry stakeholders in the field of integrative medicine.

ANDREW WEIL, MD

Dr. Weil is a nationally-recognized leader in the integration of conventional and alternative medicine. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he is the founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson. Dr. Weil is the author of eight books, including Spontaneous Healing (1995), 8 Weeks to Optimum Health (1997), and his most recent best-seller, Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Food, Diet, and Nutrition (2000).