Nandu Goswami, MD, PhD, MME - Austria
Abstract of the presentation
Integrating Complementary and Integrative Medicine Education into Western Medical Universities: Challenges and Perspectives
Curriculum vitae
Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Goswami is a medical doctor with a PhD in cardiovascular and integrative physiology. He is interested in cardiovascular regulation across perturbations such as central hypovolaemia, orthostasis, tilt-table testing, lower-body negative pressure, as well as during syncope. He uses the combined HUT + LBNP device to induce syncope; during this time, haemodynamics and cerebral autoregulation are studied.
Docent Goswami combines integrative and complementary medicine with mainstream medical education criteria. His interests include teaching undergraduate and graduate students the importance of the holistic medicine approach. He co-ordinates the biweekly seminar series “Integrative and Complementary Medicine: Evidence-Based Medicine” with other experts in integrative medicine at the Medical University of Graz. This allows medical students to understand the perspectives of integrative and complementary medicine in modern practice. Gender and ageing differences are incorporated into his research. He compares the data from healthy subjects with those of patients with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, or stroke.
He is acting head of the Physiology Division and head of the research unit “Gravitational Physiology, Ageing and Medicine” at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, and holds a 40% research position at Alma Mater Europea Maribor. Cardio-postural interactions, which contribute to falls and orthostatic intolerance during postural changes, are extensively studied in his laboratory (including continuous assessment of haemodynamic parameters, skeletal muscle activity in the calf, blood flow in the lower limbs, and how all these aspects correlate with cerebral blood flow). As orthostatic intolerance is a clinical problem as well as a major issue in spaceflight, Docent Goswami combines clinical research related to syncope, autonomic function, and falls with spaceflight research, and examines how exercise or physical activity can improve orthostatic intolerance, a common problem in both spaceflight and ageing.
Docent Goswami is one of the co-ordinators involved in action groups aimed at the prevention of falls in the elderly (European Innovative Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, EIP-AHA, Action Group 2). This action group examines falls prevention by understanding the mechanisms contributing to falls in the elderly, developing countermeasures, mathematical modelling, as well as developing biomarkers that can be used in vascular health assessment.
Docent Goswami has published over 112 papers in peer-reviewed, impact-factor journals.
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