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• Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health
• Aromatherapy
• Center for Family and Community Medicine at CUMC: Musculoskeletal Pain Clinic and Integrative Health Consult Clinic

  
  

  Center for Family and Community Medicine: Musculoskeletal Pain Clinic and Integrative Health Consult Clinic

  Musculoskeletal Pain Clinic
  Referral-based clinic for Ambulatory Care Network patients for acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain, including fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain. Possible modalities of treatment include: standard medications; herbs/botanicals/supplements; steroid joint injections; trigger point injections; dry needling myofascial techniques; acupuncture; mind-body therapies; nutrition and exercise/home physical therapy counseling; and comprehensive integrative care plans.
  
  Integrative Health Consult Clinic
  Referral-based clinic for Ambulatory Care Network patients interested in exploring integrative health therapies alongside standard allopathic medical care for their illness (pregnant and pediatric patients included), and for patients who are already using integrative therapies. Possible modalities of treatment include: counseling on dietary supplements, herbs, and botanicals; optimization of drug therapies (both standard and integrative) to ensure safety; mind-body therapies including meditation, mindfulness, guided imagery, breath work, progressive muscle relaxation; counseling on behavioral modifications including nutrition and physical activity; referral for movement medicine such as yoga, tai-chi, qi gong; acupuncture; and aromatherapy.
  
  Contact information:
  Center for Family and Community Medicine
  610 West 158th Street
  New York, New York 10032
  (T) 212.544.1860
  (F) 212.544.1870
  
  Insurances accepted
  all that are accepted by the Ambulatory Care Network - so, Medicaid, Medicare, and managed care plans (listed here: http://www.nyp.org/patients-and-visitors/paying-for-care/ambulatory-network-participating-plans).
  
  
• Integrative Therapies Program at CUMC

  
  

  Integrative Therapies Program

  Established in 1998, the Integrative Therapies Program (ITP) was the first program of its kind for children with cancer.  Our goal is to help pediatric and adult patients with cancer manage their symptoms and keep the entire family as healthy as possible.  Our program operates "without walls" serving patients in multiple areas of the hospital.
  
  Our mission consists of three components.
  
  Education: ITP teaches patients and clinicians about integrative therapies, including educating patients and their families about strategies for at-home care. Additionally, we educate integrative and conventional clinicians about the safety and efficacy of integrative therapies in oncology, as well as in the development of practice guidelines for program development and optimal delivery of care.
  
  Research: ITP maintains a robust and diverse research portfolio. Since 1998, ITP has designed and conducted innovative research in the field of nutrition and integrative therapies. Our clinical studies have pioneered the safe integration of nutritional therapy and other Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modalities into conventional medical care within the United States and abroad.
  
  Clinical Services: ITP provides a wide range of modalities to help mitigate or prevent the side effects of cancer and its treatment. These services are provided at no charge and offered from diagnosis through treatment, and into survivorship. Treatments are provided for pediatric patients in inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, radiation oncology, and survivorship clinic. Adult oncology patients can receive treatment in the neuro-oncology, gynecologic, gastrointestinal, and colon divisions, as well as in the infusion center.
  
  Our services include:
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Supplement / Herbal Counseling
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Acupuncture / Acupressure
  • Massage (various types)
  • Yoga/Exercise Therapy
  • Guided Imagery/Meditation
  • Qi Gong
  • Reiki
  • Reflexology
  • Aromatherapy
  
  Global Collaborations: Our global health team collaborates with various health care services around the world to establish better care for children with cancer. With the recent introduction of International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN), we have established a global nutritional surveillance system in low and middle income countries including Brazil, Guatemala, India, Nicaragua, and South Africa. IIPAN’s mission is to substantially increase the global success rate of pediatric cancer treatment by improving the education and delivery of clinical nutritional care to children with cancer. IIPAN collaborates with local clinicians and pediatric centers to conduct research, as well as workshops and trainings for nutritional capacity building and global outreach.
  
  Contact Information: For more information, please contact the ITP Program Manager, Katherine Taromina at 212-305-9770 or via email: kt2194@cumc.columbia.edu.
  
  ccw.columbia.edu
  
  Integrative Strategies for Cancer Patients: A Practical Resource for Managing the Side Effects of Cancer Therapy by Dr. Kara Kelly and Dr. Elena Ladas
  
  Program Lead:
  Elena J. Ladas, PhD, RD
  Assistant Professor of Nutrition in Pediatrics and in the Institute of Human Nutrition
  Columbia University Medical Center
  Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Wellness
  Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant
  Phone: (212) 305-5848
  Email: ejd14@cumc.columbia.edu
  
  
• Meditation
• MSCHONY Creative Arts Therapy

  
  

  MSCHONY Creative Arts Therapy

  Children who are hospitalized may experience fear, anxiety, and a perceived loss of control. Creative arts therapies, such as art therapy and music therapy, allow your child to express himself or herself and can help make the hospital environment more manageable. A session with a Licensed and Board Certified art or music therapist offers your child the opportunity to make choices and gain control in an environment where he or she doesn't always have those options.
  
  At NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital creative arts therapists are an integral part of the interdisciplinary team. Art and music clinicians will work with your child and family to alleviate anxiety and depression, decrease stress, improve coping, manage pain, and assist patients and families process psychosocial and emotional difficulties related to mental illness, medical illness, trauma and loss.
  
  Referrals:
  Art and music therapy are both available to your child and your family by referral.
  To receive a referral for art or music therapy, please speak with your unit assistant, nurse, social worker, physician, or child life specialist. Priority is given to patients with life-threatening illnesses or critical health status, patients who lack expressive communication skills, or patients who lack social support during hospitalization.
  
  For more information please visit:
  
  Creative Arts Therapies & Internship Program
  Click here to go to Website or email: chonycreativeartstherapies@nyp.org
  
  Art Therapy
  Phone: 646-317-5184
  Click here to go to Website
  
  Music Therapy
  Phone: 212-305-7952
  Click here to go to Website
  
  
• National Cancer Institute, Cancer Information Summaries: Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies
• National Institute of Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
• NYP Integrative Health
• Pastoral Care and Education

  
  

  The Pastoral Care & Education Department

  consists of professionally trained chaplains, residents and interns who are competent to understand and interpret the religious, spiritual and existential experiences of patients and their families.
  We provide for religious, spiritual and existential needs in the following ways:
  Spiritual care, emotional support, help in decision-making;
  Faith-specific religious guidance, assisting with religious, cultural or ritual needs;
  Prayer support, sacramental support, worship services;
  Meditation and Reiki.
  
  All referrals for in-patient, out-patient, families or staff from CUMC, CHONY and Allen are accepted and there is no charge for the visit.  Referrals may be made by any hospital employee, and chaplains are available seven days a week.
  
  Please call 212-305-5817 and ask for Chaplain Linda Golding.
  Click here to go to Website
  
  
• Reiki
• Relaxation
• The Child Life program

  
  

  The Child Life program

  The Child Life program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital provides emotional and psychosocial care to help make the hospital experience as manageable as possible for children and their family members. The Child Life staff includes accredited professionals who apply their child development expertise to help children understand, cope with, and master medical experiences. Child life specialists use a variety of interventions (such as distraction, expressive activities, and guided imagery) to help pediatric patients manage pain. Some child life specialists have training in additional techniques, including Reiki and infant massage.
  
  Child life specialists work in the following areas at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. You can contact each child life specialist at the phone numbers listed. To contact the child life manager, please call 212-305-3826.
  
  4Tower – 212-305-5414
  5Tower – 646-317-4011
  6Tower – 212-342-8577
  8Central/11Central – 646-317-3171
  9Tower/9Central – 212-342-8651
  NICU – 212-305-6956
  Pediatric Emergency Department – 212-305-7449
  Endoscopy – 646-317-6385
  Radiology – 646-317-6191
  OR/Ambulatory surgery – 212-342-8517
  Herbert Irving Cancer Center – 212-305-8403
  Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center – 212-851-5458
  
  In all areas listed above, child life specialists are typically available during weekday daytime hours.
  The following areas have additional child life coverage, as indicated:
  Inpatient areas - weekend daytime hours
  Pediatric Emergency Department - evening hours on weekdays and weekends
  Click here to go to Website
  
  
• The Wellness Program

  
  

  The Wellness Program

  is designed to teach patients about integrative therapies in both English and Spanish. It is intended for cancer survivors, caregivers and those at high risk. It is l ed by Eileen Z. Fuentes, a breast cancer survivor and full -time clinical coordinator in the divisions of breast and gynecologic oncology. The program focuses on holistic nutrition, physical activity and incorporating small lifestyle changes to achieve optimum health. Experts in the field are invited to p resent and allow for additional learning activities. Our goal is to educate our participants to work with their physicians while advocating for themselves and to learn techniques to reduce side -effects of treatment, improve their quality of life, and ideally improve their health.