A History of Accomplishments
Year | Accomplishment |
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1965 | American Schizophrenia Association (ASA) founded, New York |
1968 | Canadian Schizophrenia Foundation (CSF) founded, Toronto with Irwin Kahan as director general and Ben Webster as chair |
1971 | ASA name changed to Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research |
1972 | Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry first published, copyright owned by the Huxley Institute |
1986 | Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry becomes Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (JOM) |
1987 | Irwin Kahan retires and Steven Carter becomes Executive Director of CSF |
1989 | Nutritional Medicine Today conference introduced, replacing the CSF annual meeting |
1992 | The Huxley Institute ceases operation and holdings transferred to CSF, including the JOM |
1994 | International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (ISOM) founded with Dr. Abram Hoffer as president and Steven Carter as director
Dr. Linus Pauling dies |
1997 | Ben Webster dies |
1998 | Jack Kay elected CSF chair |
2003 | CSF name changes to the International Schizophrenia Foundation and received $650,000 from the Carl C. Pfeiffer Institute |
2004 | Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame instituted and Orthomolecular Medicine Today conference replaces Nutritional Medicine Today |
2005 | First ISF Summit held in Panama City, Florida |
2007 | First Lifetime Achievement Gala hosted by ISF in Toronto |
2008 | JOM digitized |
2009 | Canadian Society for Orthomolecular Medicine established
Abram Hoffer, MD, dies |
2012 | The Evan Shute Foundation for Medical research donates $500,000 for health professional education and the first Annual Evan Shute Memorial lecture held
Mindful program officially launched |
2016 | Integrative Orthomolecular Network replaces ISF and ionhealth.org launched
ISOM begins to operate independently, with responsibility for Orthomolecular Medicine Today conference and JOM |