Research Symposium on the Banerji Protocols
May 24, 2012
List of Participants
Dr. Prasanta Banerji
Founder, Chief Trustee and Chief Attending Physician
PBH Research Foundation
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
info@pbhrfindia.org
Dr. Banerji is a third generation homeopathic physician from one of the most
distinguished families in India. He received his I.Sc from Vidyasagar College,
Calcutta and completed a fellowship in 1956 at the Institute of Homeopathy in
Mihijam. Subsequently in 1958 he established his homeopathic practice in 1958
in Calcutta, and has personally treated over 100 patients a day since then. His
treatment approach known as the Banerji Protocols successfully passed through
the rigorous NCI/OCCAM Best Case Series review in 1998 and since then he
has worked with various collaborators in the USA.
Dr. Pratip Banerji
Associate Trustee and Associate Attending Physician
PBH Research Foundation
pratipbanerji@gmail.com
Dr. Pratip Banerji did his BHMS (CU) from the D. N. Dey Homeopathic Degree
College and Hospital, Calcutta, his Post Graduate work from the London College
of Classical Homeopathy, and was awarded PG.LCCH with Diploma in Teachers
Training. Subsequently he joined the PBH Research Foundation as Assistant
Trustee and Physician.
Arup Bhattacharya, PhD
Affiliate Member
Associate Research Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
Roswell Park Graduate Division
State University of New York at Buffalo
Arup.Bhattacharya@roswellpark.org
Dr. Bhattacharya completed his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biophysics and
did his postdoctoral training in Translational Pharmacology and Physiology in the
Department of Cancer Biology at the State University of New York Buffalo. His
postdoctoral training was supported partly by a postdoctoral grant from American
Institute for Cancer Research.
Joyce Frye, DO, MBA, MSCE
Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
jfrye@compmed.umm.edu
Dr. Frye joined the University of Maryland Medical School from the University of
Pennsylvania, where she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in epidemiology
sponsored by the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine to encourage research in complementary therapies. She cofounded the Jefferson Center for Integrative Medicine. Trained in a variety of
complementary modalities, Dr. Frye has been certified by the American Board of
Holistic Medicine. She is especially interested in osteopathy and in homeopathy,
having served as the president of both the National Center for Homeopathy and
the American Institute of Homeopathy.
Patricia Jordan, DVM
patriciamonahanjordan@hotmail.com
Dr. Jordan has been in veterinary practice for 24 years and has founded six
veterinary clinics since receiving her doctorate from North Carolina College of
Veterinary Medicine. She has studied extensively and received advanced
credentials in both conventional and holistic modalities.
Elena Ladas, RD, PhD(c)
Director, Integrative Therapies Program for Children with Cancer
Division of Pediatric Oncology
Columbia University
Ejd14@columbia.edu
Elena holds several national and international appointments including Chair of
the Nutrition Committee of Children's Oncology Group; member of the Committee
on Developing Countries, International Society for Paediatric Oncology; and an
advisory member to the National Cancer Institute's PDQ editorial boards on
Complementary/Alternative Medicine and Supportive Care. She has published
numerous articles and has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of
nutrition and integrative medicine. Elena is a registered dietician and is a doctoral
candidate in nutrition at Columbia University.
Isis Mikhail, MD,MPH,DrPH
Director, Extramural Research Program (ERP)
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Cancer Institute
mikhaili@mail.nih.gov
In addition to her work with OCCAM, Dr. Mikhail was an epidemiologist and
program director at the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch of the
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at NCI, where she
oversaw a portfolio of cancer epidemiology grants and was involved in several
research activities. Dr. Mikhail served as chair of the Health Disparities Interest
Group at DCCPS and was a member of the NCI Special Studies Institutional
Review Board. She received an NCI Merit Award in 2008.
Oluwadamilola Olaku, M.D., M.P.H., MRCOG
Scientific Program Analyst,
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Cancer Institute
olakuo@mail.nih.gov
Dr. Olaku has served as a scientific program analyst for OCCAM since 2004. In
this role, his duties include reviewing cases submitted to the NCI Best Case
Series Program, providing technical assistance to grant applicants, analyzing the
NCI CAM portfolio, managing grants, and coordinating the OCCAM Monthly
Lecture Series.
Barbara Sarter, PhD, FNP-BC, DiHom
Associate Professor, University of San Diego
bsarter@sandiego.edu
Dr. Sarter was formerly Associate Professor at the University of Southern
California Keck School of Medicine when she began working with the Banerjis,
and currently is Associate Professor of Advanced Practice Nursing at the
University of San Diego. She is a homeopath as well, and spent six months in
Calcutta studying and working with the Drs. Banerji. She has collaborated in
various projects related to the Banerji Protocols and is a researcher in nutritional
medicine.
Subrata Sen, PhD
Professor of Molecular Pathology
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
ssen@mdanderson.org
Dr. Sen is Associate Biologist, Department of Molecular Pathology at the
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He has an extensive
research background in cancer molecular biology, and has collaborated
extensively on research studies of the Banerji Protocols.
Avijit Sen
Research Associate, PBH Research Foundation
info@pbhrfindia.org
Avijit is a Research Associate at the PBH Research Foundation in Kolkata, West
Bengal, India.
Anil Srivastava
President, Open Health Systems Laboratory
anil@sriban.com
Anil is President of the Open Health Systems Laboratory (OHSL) and a Visiting
Scholar at California State University. Recently he also was Senior Advisor at
The World Bank and Chief Knowledge Officer at Capital Technology Information
Services, Inc.
Carvel Tiekert, DVM
Carvel82@cs.com
Dr. Tiekert is former and Founding Executive Director of American Holistic
Veterinary Medical Association and is a veterinarian in Bel Air, MD.
Lisa Torosyan MD, PhD
Lisa.torosyan@gmail.com
Dr. Torosyan is a biomedical scientist with a strong clinical background. She
completed an NIH postdoctoral fellowship, and has multidisciplinary expertise
including bioinformatics applications for data analysis and research evaluation.
Denise Leonard
OHSL Staff
denise.leonard@ohsl.us
Denise Leonard has recently retired from International Finance Corporation, the
private sector arm of the World Bank. In the 90's, she was IFC's Chief of Mission
for South Asia based in New Delhi. On return to Washington, she managed
teams structuring and bidding out large PPP projects in traditional and social
infrastructure. She is now developing an international gateway on women's
cancer at OHSL.
Renee Dworakowski
OHSL Staff
Renee.dworakowski@ohsl.us
Renee has worked for 30 years with health care and medical associations. She
developed education on the topics of procedural and diagnostic medical coding
in the United States, physician practice management, the regulatory aspects of
public and private U.S. medical reimbursement systems and HIPAA. She served
as association representative at conferences and workshops, which
disseminated education on the aforementioned topics.
Collaborators In Absentia:
Iris Bell, MD, PhD
Professor, University of Arizona Medical School
Fellowship in Integrative Medicine
Iris.bell@gmail.com
Dr. Bell is a psychiatrist, university professor, and has
been a researcher in
areas related to complementary and alternative medicine for 30 years. She has
served on the faculties at Harvard Medical School, University of California San
Francisco, and the University of Arizona. She is also nationally certified in
biofeedback, a fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and a licensed
physician in homeopathy/alternative medicine in Arizona.
Leanna Standish, ND
Medical Director
Bastyr University Integrated Oncology Research Clinic
ljs@bastyr.edu
Dr. Standish’s research over the last 15 years has been focused on HIV/AIDS,
cancer, hepatitis C and functional brain-imaging cancer. She has collaborated
with investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Children's
Hospital in the study of CAM use among cancer patients in Washington state and
also has directed research at Bastyr University to identify and describe the
treatments used for breast cancer by naturopathic physicians in North America.
She has been principal investigator or co-investigator on several integrated
oncology research projects including a randomized clinical trial of meditation or
massage in end-of-life cancer patients, a phase I study of a medicinal mushroom
as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer, and development of an integrated
oncology website for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance physicians and patients. She
is the medical director of the new Bastyr University Integrated Oncology
Research Clinic (BIORC), and also is interested in the scientific validation of
homeopathic principles.