A 10-part seminar series for healthcare professionals.
This virtual seminar series is open to all Orange County physicians and other clinicians. Participants will learn the latest evidence-informed approaches to maintaining and optimizing their patients’ health — and their own. Healthcare professionals will receive practical tools they can utilize in their clinical practice the very next day.
Sponsored by UC Irvine’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, one of the largest ambulatory and inpatient integrative health programs in the U.S., and CalOptima Health. Co-sponsors are NAMI Orange County, OC Health Care Agency, and Orange County Medical Association.
This series has ended.
The Creating Health Bootcamp seminars have passed. Rewatch the recordings below.
Clinician Happiness: How Does It Work?
With Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, CMLE, QME, FACOEM, FACPM, FIAIME
Chief of Occupational Health, VA Long Beach Healthcare System | Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health | Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine | Academic and Community Partnerships Lead, UC Center for Climate, Health, and Equity
Chief of Occupational Health, VA Long Beach Healthcare System | Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health | Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine | Academic and Community Partnerships Lead, UC Center for Climate, Health, and Equity
Cognitive Behavioral Motivation
With Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM
Director of Education, Samueli Institute | Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Director of Education, Samueli Institute | Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Culinary Medicine
With Jessica VanRoo, CCMP, NBC-HWC
Executive Chef, Samueli Institute
Executive Chef, Samueli Institute
January 8, 2025
Depression: What You Need to Know
Depression: What You Need to Know
With Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM
Director of Education, Samueli Institute | Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Director of Education, Samueli Institute | Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship, UC Irvine School of Medicine
February 12, 2025
Anxiety in You & Your Patients
Anxiety in You & Your Patients
Jaesu Han, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, UC Irvine School of Medicine
March 12, 2025
Nutrition & Diets: What’s the Best Way to Eat?
Nutrition & Diets: What’s the Best Way to Eat?
Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN
Diet & Nutrition Counseling, Samueli Institute | Early Career Samueli Endowed Chair| Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Diet & Nutrition Counseling, Samueli Institute | Early Career Samueli Endowed Chair| Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
April 9, 2025
Tips for Better Sleep
Tips for Better Sleep
Ryan McNally, ND, MS, PA
Naturopathic Doctor, Samueli Institute
Naturopathic Doctor, Samueli Institute
May 14, 2025
Strategic Thinking for Healthier Living
Strategic Thinking for Healthier Living
12-1 p.m. PT
Theresa Nutt, MA, BSN, HNB-BC, NBC-HWC
Administrative Director of Education, Samueli Institute
Administrative Director of Education, Samueli Institute
June 11, 2025
Pain Reprocessing Therapy: A Paradigm Shift in Chronic Pain Management
Pain Reprocessing Therapy: A Paradigm Shift in Chronic Pain Management
12-1 p.m. PT
Kim Hecht, DO
Medical Director Inpatient and Ambulatory Services, Samueli Institute
Medical Director Inpatient and Ambulatory Services, Samueli Institute
July 9, 2025
Health & Wellness: What That Really Means
Health & Wellness: What That Really Means
12-1 p.m. PT
Theresa Nutt, MA, BSN, HNB-BC, NBC-HWC
Administrative Director of Education, Samueli Institute
Administrative Director of Education, Samueli Institute
