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President Clinton Names Tieraona Low Dog to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (7/24/00)

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For Immediate Release                                    July 24, 2000


 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES TIERAONA LOW DOG TO THE WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON
               COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE POLICY

     President Clinton today announced the appointment of Tieraona Low Dog,
M.D., to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative
Medicine Policy.

     Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, of Corrales, New Mexico, currently serves as the
Medical Director for the Tree House Center of Integrative Medicine in
Albuquerque.  With more than twenty years in the field of botanical
medicine, she was recently elected to serve as Chairperson for the Dietary
Supplements and Botanicals Expert Panel for the United States
Pharmacopoeia.  Dr. Low Dog received her medical degree from the University
of New Mexico School of Medicine.  She is part of the core faculty for
Columbia University?s Botanical Medicine Course for Physicians.  Dr. Low
Dog is currently working with Beth Israel on the development of a
continuing medical education program on herbal medicine for physicians.
She frequently lectures on the subject of herbal medicine.  In 1998, she
received the International Martina de la Cruz award for her work with
indigenous remedies.

     The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
will provide a report, through the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
to the President on legislative and administrative recommendations for
assuring that public policy maximizes the benefits to Americans of
complementary and alternative medicine.

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