Guest guest Posted October 29, 2000 Report Share Posted October 29, 2000 > > > 10/28/2000 6:39 PM > > RE: Fwd: CA Committee on Alternative Medicine > > > > Please read. I'm afriad this represents a serious threat to medical freedom. > These quackbuster types are wat over the top. Wallace Sampson has said that > all acupuncture schools should be closed since there ios " no evidence > wahtsoever " that it works. His assessment of the NIH selct committee -- > " stacked deck " . He also said in alecture I attended that " people's emotions > are no business of ours " --this from a Stanford Oncologist. I don't know > Lubell but any pal of Sampson's is highly suspect. Please contact > Vasconcellos's office and do what you can to mnake sure this committee has a > balanced approach. Marty > > << Dear Friends, > > The Medical Board of California has set up a new > Standing Committee on Alternative Medicine. They > will have their first meeting this coming week. > > WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2000 > TIME: 3:00PM to 4:00PM > WHERE: Marriott Suites Hotel > Room Ovation B > 701 " A " Street > San Diego, CA 92101. > > Before you get excited, scroll down below to the biographies > of these Committee members. Read them. Think > about them. Ask yourself WHAT QUALIFICATIONS any > of these ladies and gentlemen have to even discuss > alternative medicine, let alone make rulings about it. > > Read the rest of the Opinion By Tim Bolen printed below. > > Then please GO to the meeting if you can. Ask to > speak. We have been told there will be no public > comment allowed. This is not acceptable. You have > the right to be heard in a public meeting. Ask to speak > anyway. > > About what? > > Ask these Committee members what qualifications > they have as experts on alternative & complementary > medicine. Ask each one individually. > > I could paste their bios on here for you to see, but > Tim Bolen has done a superb job of doing that, and > his opinion piece in below is full. Whether you agree > with him completely or not about the intent of SB2100, > I again ask you to think about how these particular > Committee members, even if they have good intentions, > can possibly make decisions for you -- the people -- > about what alternative and complementary medicine > you should have access to..... or, if you are doctors, > what sort of treatment you will be allowed to provide > for your patients. > > Unfortunately, I will not be able to be there myself, > because that same time I will be in Chicago > representing dietary intervention for ADHD at the > ChADD Conference. This is a first for the Feingold > Association, since ChADD (as you may know) is > heavily supported by Novartis, the makers of Ritalin, > and we have never been welcome there before. > > So please -- those of you who go, please email me > and tell me what happened, and I will be able to let > you all know. > > One more thing -- as I told you before, Karen Scott > and Dr. Deane Hillsman both spoke at the White > House Commission Town Hall Meeting in September. > Karen Scott has been invited to present to the entire > Commission in Washington, as well. Both wonderful > speeches are now linked to our website from our front > page. > > Best wishes, > > Shula Edelkind > http://www.TreatmentChoice.com > Progress in Medicine Foundation > ||======= READ BELOW======== > V > Opinion by Tim Bolen > > SB 2100, the much proclaimed " alternative health bill " in > California, is worse than dead... > > The bill, carried by Democratic Senator John Vasconcellos, and > signed into law, is to " officially study " alternative medicine in > a professional setting. It is now in the hands of the > " Alternative Medicine Committee " of the Medical Board of > California. But, the whole intent of the bill has been > subverted by the committee appointment manipulations of Ira > Lubell MD, the current president of the board. > > Lubell, a hang-over from the old board, has solid connections to > the " quackbusters. " Lubell, and well-known California > self-appointed " quackbuster " Wallace Sampson, are business > associates. Lubell has on several occasions, demonstrated his > hostility towards " alternative medicine. " The anti-consumer > " quackbuster conspiracy " was exposed in the authoritative book > " Racketeering in Medicine, " written by James Carter MD, DrPh, > published by Hampton Roads Publishing. > > Lubell has created a committee made up of the worst possible > decision makers - representatives of the ABSOLUTE ENEMIES of > " alternative medicine. " There is NO ONE on the committee with > any " alternative medicine " credentials or qualifications. - and > none of the appointees work in a setting where they use, or come > in contact with, " alternative medicine. " . > > Alternative Medicine represents over 70% of the California health > care dollar. The " quackbusters " are desperate to turn back the > tide in California - for California can lead the nation in > trends.. > > Because of Lubell's actions, I believe the medical-industrial > complex has taken over the " study, " and I PREDICT, will now use > it to attempt to criminalize " alternative health " in California. > Medical innovation is dead until we resolve this issue. > > Why do I think so? Because right below is the description, from > the Medical Board website, of Lubell's appointed committee > members who will decide the fate of alternative medicine for all > of California. > > READ THIS, AND WEEP... > > Gary Gitnick, M.D. > Dr. Gary Gitnick was appointed the Division of Licensing by > Governor Gray Davis in 2000. A 1963 graduate of the University of > Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Gitnick is a professor > of medicine and Chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at > the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. > After completion of an internship at John Hopkins University, he > completed Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology subspecialty > training at the Mayo Clinic, and three years as a Research > Associate at the National Institutes of Health. He is a Fellow of > the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the > American College of Physician Executives. > > Dr. Gitnick joined the faculty at UCLA in 1969. He has served as > Chief of Staff of the UCLA Medical Center and as medical director > of the UCLA Health Care Programs. > > ---------------------- > Mitchell Karlan, M.D. > Dr. Karlan was appointed to the Division of Licensing by Governor > Gray Davis in 2000. He is chairman of the board of directors for > the Southern California Physicians Insurance Company/American > Healthcare Incorporate of Los Angeles. He also has been > practicing in Beverly Hills as an oncologic surgeon since 1961. > > Dr. Karlan is a delegate of the American Medical Association, a > member of the Board of Trustees of the American Society of > General Surgery and the vice-speaker of the House of Delegates of > the American Society of General Surgery. He is a fellow of the > American Society of Oncological Surgery, and was the American > Cancer Society''s Man of the Year in 1987. He earned a masters > degree from Ohio State University Medical Center, and a degree in > medicine from Harvard Medical School. > ---------------------- > > Lorie G. Rice > Ms. Rice was appointed to the Division of Medical Quality by > Governor Gray Davis in 2000. She is the associate dean of > external affairs and an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy > for the School of Pharmacy at the University of California, San > Francisco, positions she has held since 1990. She served from > 1983 to 1990 as the Executive Officer for the State Board of > Pharmacy. > > Previously, she was a member and President of the Board of > Behavorial Sciences, and was the President of the Executive > Officers'' Council of the California Department of Consumer > Affairs. She was appointed to the State Department of Alcohol and > Drug Programs as Chief Deputy Director from 1981 to 1983 and > served as legislative liaison from 1978 to 1981. > > She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a Masters > degree in Public Health from California State University, > Northridge. > ---------------------- > > Donna C. Gerber > Donna Gerber was appointed to the Division of Licensing by > Governor Gray Davis in 2000. She is a Contra Costa County > Supervisor, an office she has held since 1997. She served as > education coordinator for the California Nurses Association from > 1994 to 1996 and handled labor relations for the Association from > 1981 to 1986. From 1989 to 1993, she worked as director of > organizing for Healthcare Workers in Oakland. She also served as > labor relations coordinator for United Public Employees in San > Francisco from 1987 to 1989. Ms. Gerber earned a Bachelor of Arts > degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. > ---------------------- > > Ira Lubell, M.D., M.P.H. - Board president > Ira Lubell, M.D., M.P.H. is medical director of the Santa Clara > Valley Medical Center. He was appointed to the Division of > Medical Quality in 1993 by Governor Pete Wilson. He is currently > the President of the Medical Board of California. > > He is chair of the California Medical Association's Scientific > Advisory Panel on Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He also > was a member of the California Conference of Local Health > Officers Disease Control and chaired the Epidemiology Committee. > Dr. Lubell earned his medical degree from the State University of > New York in 1961. > ---------------------- > > HOW TO " FIX " THIS LITTLE PROBLEM... > > SITUATION - " The " Stacked Deck " Alternative Medicine committee > meets (officially) Thursday, November 2, 2000 between 3:00PM and > 4:00PM at the Marriott Suites Hotel, Room Ovation B, 701 " A " > Street, San Diego, CA 92101. Public Comment will be at the end > of the meeting. California Law REQUIRES THAT YOU BE HEARD. > > SOLUTION (1): Attend the meeting, bring your friends. DEMAND > that this " stacked deck " committee, FOR CAUSE, step down, and > that this committee HAVE NO FURTHER MEETINGS, until the issue of > " qualification and credential " is resolved... GET ON RECORD.... > The Medical Board has other members, far more qualified to be > objective - and the board, itself, is still six members short. > > SOLUTION (2): Attend the meeting of the full board on Saturday, > November 4, 2000, 8:00AM to 1:00PM, in the same hotel as above, > in the Rhapsody Room. Speak at public comments (which could > begin as early as 11:00AM), and (a) again DEMAND the removal, > FOR CAUSE, of the existing " Alternative Medicine " committee > members. (b) DEMAND that Ira Lubell step down as president, and > resign from the medical board, due to his " quackbuster " > affilliations, and his " misuse of the public trust " in his > obvious intention to subvert SB2100's intent. GET ON RECORD... > > SOLUTION (3): Board members, and employees of the medical Board, > can be removed FOR CAUSE from the Medical Board. Any violation > of any law, could bring them down - including violations of > Public Meeting laws, etc. If the committee, or the board > president, or any employee or other agent, for any reason > what-so-ever, denies your right to be heard, approach the State > Police (Highway Patrol) Officer at the back of the room, and > begin the process of filing a formal criminal complaint - You do > not have to know the law, or it's sections. The Officer may be > reluctant - if so, get his/her badge number, supervisor's name, > and immediately find a telephone, and call his/her Division > Commander. > > Approach the medical board team taping the meeting, and get their > identification. Denial of the public right to be heard - is > exactly what we'd like to catch them at... > > Please report any of these actions back to me, by e-mail, as soon > as possible. > > SOLUTION (4): Put your complaint in writing. (a) send a letter > (you can do this right now) via e-mail to > (webmaster) and Ron Joseph - Executive Director > (ron.joseph), and (b) go to www.medbd.ca.gov, and > download the complaint form about the board itself. Fill it out > and send it. Keep a copy for further use. © MOST IMPORTANT - > Send a VERY ANGRY complaint letter, ABOUT WHAT THE MEDICAL BOARD > IS DOING, to Senator Vasconcellos's " Health Issue " coordinator > Sue North (sue.north), or call her at (916) 445-9740. > Emphasize Lubell's arrogant spurning of the legislature's intent. > > Why are we doing the above " Solutions? " > > (1) To set up the paper trail to challenge any adverse > (to alternative medicine) decisions this " stacked deck " > committee may recommend, in court. > > (2) To set up " public outcry " against medical board abuse of > power. > > (3) To gather evidence that MDs abuse the authority " we > the people " give them to self-regulate - so that we can legislate > a " Citizen's Board " to regulate MDs. > > (4) To take back control of health issues from the special interests. > > Tim Bolen > JuriMed - Public Relations and Research Group > jurimed > >> > > Martin L. Rossman, M.D. > 10 Willow, Ste. 4 > Mill Valley, CA 94941 > 415/383-3197 > 415/383-0944 fax > > -- Chinese Herbal Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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