Dani Gordon
ABIHM, ABOIM
Title: A Physician’s Clinical Guide to Using Medical Cannabis: The Research Evidence, Practical Considerations and Case Study Reviews from a cannabis medicine doctor & leading expert.
Biography
Biography: Dani Gordon
Abstract
This lecture will provide a unique perspective from a medical doctor training in cannabinoid medicine and having treated thousands of patients with cannabis medicines and who is now in charge of education of UK physicians. This lecture will focus on clinical uses of cannabis medicines for wide variety of conditions and review the level of evidence for each. The lecture will start by introducing the key medicinal chemical ‘key players’ in the plant and how they work in the brain and body, and how to use each clinically with patients, including possible drug/herb interactions and a review of the different types of cannabis products available. It will end with a series of clinical case studies from Dr. Gordon’s clinical work with cannabis in a Canadian population including cases on chronic pain, epilepsy, mood disorders, autoimmune disease and cancer.