Thomas Nevola, MD, Symposium on Spirituality and Health

The Nevola Symposium, now in its eighteenth year, is an annual program of continuing education and interdisciplinary dialogue which is intended to more fully integrate medical and spiritual perspectives and resources in health, healing and wellness. Over the years, well over a hundred people have given addresses and presentations. Subject areas and keynote presenters have been:
 
1987.  Spiritual Values and Health Care. The Rev. William A. Nelson, PhD and The Rev. C. Richard Sheesley, DMin.
 
1988.  AIDS: Ethical Dilemmas in Policy Making and Treatment Decisions. Alan C. Mermann, MD.
 
1989.  Spiritual Assessment and Pastoral Intervention.  Elisabeth McSherry, MD, MPH., Frederic C. Craigie, PhD
 
1990.  Spirituality and Health: Perspectives in Later Life.  Harold G. Koenig, MD.
 
1991.  Broken Bodies, Whole Persons: Spiritual Issues in Health Care and Chronic Illness.  Karen Gershman, MD, Frederic C. Craigie, PhD, Michael Mitchell, LCSW.
 
1992.  Spirituality and Mental Health: How can we be a Caring Community for People Affected by Mental Illness.  Lawrence B. Mutty, MD, The Rev. Scott Dow and The Rev. Robert S. Beaumont.
 
1993.  Recovery from Addictions: Spirituality, Community and Health Care.  Robert Blaik, DO, MPH, PhD, The Rev. John A. MacDougall, DMin and The Rev. Elbert Brewster, DMin.
 
1994. Spirituality and Health Promotion: Clinical Care, Community Responsibility and Public Policy. C. Everett Koop, MD, SCD.
 
1995.  Building a Better World for our Children: Integrated Approaches to Spirituality and Health. Benjamin Spock, MD.
 
1996.  Confronting Domestic Violence: Integrating Spiritual Values with Community Intervention.   Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathan, Robert E. McAfee, MD, The Rev. Nancy Fritz and Rabbi Louis A. Rieser.
 
1996.  Spirit of the Organization: Cultivating Wholeness in the Workplace.  Bruce A. Riegel, PhD and Colleen Myers, MDiv, JD.
 
1998.  Pathways to Healing: Connecting Spirituality and Health in Different Caring Traditions.  Lori Arviso Alvord, MD.
 
1999.  Spirituality and Child Development: Community Solutions to Youth Violence. The Rev. Alfonso Wyatt.
 
2000.  Healing and the Arts.  Naj Wikoff, Healing and the Arts Project, The C. Everett Koop Institute, Dartmouth Medical School
 
2001.  Spirituality and the Healer’s Heart: Caring for Ourselves as We Care for Others. Frederic C. Craigie, PhD, Diane Campbell, MD
 
2002.  Grace in Uncertain Times: The Spirituality and Health Effects of Gratitude and Hope. Kaye Herth, PhD, RN, FAAN, Judith Magyar Isaacson, MA.

2003. Transforming Tragedy, Trauma and Loss: Spirituality and Health Pathways to Reconciliation and Forgiveness.

2004. What's love go to do with it? The meaning of love in the healing arts

2005. Courage & Vision: Ethics and Everyday Life

2006. Spiritual Practices that promote healing and wholeness.