Intersection of Music and Medicine

When

June 29, 2018

About

The Berklee Music and Health Institute hosted a conversation with medical professionals, practitioners, and musicians to explore the intersection of music and medicine with a focus on chronic pain, trauma, and addiction.

Agenda

Opening Remarks with Roger H. Brown, President, Berklee

Intersection of Arts in Public Policy with Marty Martinez, Chief of Health and Human Services, City of Boston

Setting the Stage with David Silbersweig, MD; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry; Codirector, Institute for the Neurosciences; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Dean for Academic Programs at Partners HealthCare

Keynote: Intersection of Music and Medicine with Annie Heiderscheit, PhD, MT-BC, LMFT; Director of Music Therapy, Augsburg College; Chair of Communications, International Association of Music and Medicine; Chair of Publications, World Federation of Music Therapy

Pain: The Intersection of Sensation and Emotion with Daniel B. Carr, MD, MA; Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine Anesthesiology; Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology; Program Director and Founder, Pain, Research, Education, and Policy, Tufts University School of Medicine

Music in the Burn Unit? with Robert Sheridan, MD, FAAP, FACS; Burn Service Medical Director, Boston Shriners Hospital for Children, Division of Burns; Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Surgery; Harvard Medical School Musician as Physician: Interwoven Artistry for Complex Cancer Pain Management

Musician as Physician: Interwoven Artistry for Complex Cancer Pain Management with Douglas E. Brandoff, MD; Director, Opioid Safety and Compliance; Physician Leader, Schwartz Center Rounds; Attending, Palliative Care Clinic; Senior Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Drug Story Theater: Where the Treatment of One Becomes the Prevention of Many with Joseph Shrand, MD; Chief of Adolescent Psychiatry; High Point Treatment Centers Lecturer, Harvard Medical School 

Treatment and Creativity: Why They Go So Well Together with Woody Giessmann, LADC-I, CADC, CIP, AIS; Founder and President, Right Turn: A Creative Place for Recovery; Former Drummer, Del Fuegos

Music Therapy for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome with Jasmine Edwards, MA, MT-BC; Music Therapist, Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospitals and Susan Bakouros, MT-BC; Music Therapist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neonatology, PeaceHealth Hospital Washington State

Supporting Resilience through Trauma-Informed Care with Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil; Psychiatrist, Division of Medical Psychiatry; Brigham and Women's Hospital Cochair, Trauma-Informed Care Working Group; Brigham and Women's Hospital Instructor, Harvard Medical School 

Community Healing Concerts: Uncovering Beauty at the Depth of Trauma and Pain with Rebecca Strauss, MEd; Music Director, Riverview Chamber Players

Embodied Creative Arts Therapy Interventions with Trauma with Brian Harris, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT; Music Psychotherapist, Private Practice; Faculty, New York University

The Perspective of a Musician and Arts Activist with Mark Ludwig, Executive Director, Terezín Music Foundation; Violist, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Intersecting Music and Medicine with Joy Allen, Chair, Music Therapy Department, Berklee College of Music

Roundtable Discussions: An opportunity for participants to reflect on the presentations shared, exchange ideas, and explore key issues, trends, and practices related to the intersection of community and music. 

Closure and Inspiration with Lisa M. Wong, MD; Assistant Codirector, Arts and Humanities Initiative, Harvard Medical School