Annual Symposium Schedule

The Symposium will be an in-person meeting in Dallas, TX. The Schedule-at-a-Glance times are reflected in local Dallas, TX (central) time.

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SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION

2023 Program Brochure

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Thursday, April 13

8:00-5:30 Pre-Symposium Workshops

Workshop I – “Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Pain: Combining Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Myofascial Meridian, and Acupuncture Traditions” – Peter Dorsher, MD

Workshop II – “MU-SHU-PULSE & Other Special Points: New Concepts and Constructs for Treating Meridian and Channel Disturbances” – Jay Sandweiss, DO, FAAMA

Workshop III – “The Western Medical Acupuncture Approach to Headache” – Mike Cummings, MD

Workshop IV – “Introduction to Neijing Nature-based Medicine” – Ed Neal, MD, MSOM

6:00-7:00pm Symposium Welcome Reception

Friday, April 14

7:45-8:00  Opening/Welcome

8:00-9:00  Plenary Session

9:00-10:00 Plenary Session

10:00-10:30 Break/Networking

10:30-11:30 Plenary Session

11:30-12:30 Plenary Session

12:30-1:30 Group Luncheon

1:30-3:30 Concurrent Workshops

3:30-4:00 Break/Networking

4:00-6:00 Concurrent Workshops Continued

6:15-10:00 Symposium Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration

Saturday, April 15

8:00-9:00 Plenary Session

9:00-9:45 Plenary Session

9:45-10:15  Break/Networking

10:15-11:15  Joseph M. Helms Founder’s Lecture

11:15-12:00  AAMA Annual Membership Meeting – Members of the Academy Only

12:00-1:30 Lunch on Your Own

1:30-3:30 Concurrent Workshops

3:30-4:00 Break/Networking

4:00-6:00 Concurrent Workshops Repeat

6:15-7:30 Poster Presentations & Cocktail Reception

Sunday, April 16

8:00-8:20am Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation update

8:30-9:30  Plenary Session

9:30-10:00 Break/Networking

10:00-11:00 Plenary Session

11:00-12:00 Plenary Session

12:00-1:00 Group Luncheon

1:00-5:00 ABMA Board Certification Exam

1:00-3:00 Concurrent Workshops

3:00-3:15 Break/Networking

3:15-5:00 Concurrent Workshops Repeat

5:00 Symposium Adjourns

Annual Symposium Details

Thursday, April 13, 2023

7:30 am – 5:00 pm Pre-Symposium Registration

7:30 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 5:30 pm PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS (CONCURRENT)

  • Workshop I – “Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Pain: Combining Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Myofascial Meridian, and Acupuncture Traditions” – Peter Dorsher, MD
  • Workshop II – “MU-SHU-PULSE & Other Special Points: New Concepts and Constructs for Treating Meridian and Channel Disturbances” – Jay Sandweiss, DO, FAAMA
  • Workshop III – “The Western Medical Acupuncture Approach to Headache” – Mike Cummings, MD
  • Workshop IV – “Introduction to Neijing Nature-based Medicine” – Ed Neal, MD, MSOM

10:00 am – 10:15 am     Refreshment Break

Noon – 1:30 pm            Lunch on Your Own

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm        Refreshment Break

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm        Welcome Reception

 

Friday, April 14, 2023

7:00 am – 5:30 pm        Annual Symposium Registration

7:00 am – 7:45 am         Continental Breakfast

7:45 am – 8:00 am         Annual Symposium Opening & Welcome

8:00 am – 9:00 am        “Languages of Healing: Bridging Healing Traditions from Prehistoric to Contemporary Times” – Peter Dorsher, MD

9:00 am – 10:00 am       “Overcoming Barriers to Acupuncture in Mainstream Medicine: A Social and Cultural History” – Barbara de la Torre, MD, FAAMA

10:00 am – 10:30 am     Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

10:30 am – 11:30 am     “Western Medical – An Overview of Concepts and Perspectives” – Mike Cummings, MD

11:30 am – 12:30 pm    “Evidence-Informed Acupuncture During Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Development of a Phased Approach – Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm      Group Luncheon

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm        Concurrent Workshops

  • “Editors’ Round Table” – David Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD, Mike Cummings, MD, Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Stone, LAc – (REPEATING SESSION)
  • “Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA)” – Darrell Wallace, LAc (CONTINUING SESSION)
  • “Manualized Acupuncture During Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Key Techniques of Scalp, Auricular and Body Acupuncture” – Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc (REPEATING SESSION)
  • “A Systems Approach to Transform Acupuncture into Mainstream Medicine” – Barbara de la Torre, MD, FAAMA (REPEATING SESSION)

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm        Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm       Concurrent Workshops

  • “Editors’ Round Table” – David Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD, Mike Cummings, MD, Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Stone, LAc – (REPEATING SESSION)
  • “Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA)” – Darrell Wallace, LAc (CONTINUING SESSION)
  • “Manualized Acupuncture During Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Key Techniques of Scalp, Auricular and Body Acupuncture” – Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc (REPEATING SESSION)
  • “A Systems Approach to Transform Acupuncture into Mainstream Medicine” – Barbara de la Torre, MD, FAAMA (REPEATING SESSION)

6:15 pm – 10:00 pm      Symposium Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration

Saturday, April 15, 2023

6:30 am – 7:30 am        Early Morning Exercise

7:00 am – 8:00 am        Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00 am – 9:00 am        “Evolution and Expansion of Acupoint Therapies and Other Integrative Modalities at an Academic Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospital and School-based Health Centers in New York City” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA

9:00 am – 9:45 am         “Recognizing Signs of Physician in Distress and Physician Suicide Prevention” – Larissa Bresler, MD, DABMA

9:45 am – 10:15 am       Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

10:15 am – 11:15 am     Joseph M. Helms Founder’s Lecture: “PTSD: Soldier’s Heart and Beyond” – Brad Lawrence, MD, FAAMA

11:15 am – Noon          AAMA Annual Membership Meeting – (Members of the Academy Only)

Noon – 1:30 pm            Lunch on Your Own

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm        Concurrent Workshops

  • “Chinese Medicine Acupoints of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping with Children and Adolescents” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA
  • “Point/Counterpoint Panel Session”
  • “Western Medical Acupuncture Protocols in Chronic Pain ” – Mike Cummings, MD
  • “Advanced Battlefield Acupuncture; 2nd generation” – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm       Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm        Concurrent Workshops (Repeating)

  • “Chinese Medicine Acupoints of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping with Children and Adolescents” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA
  • “Point/Counterpoint Panel Session”
  • “Western Medical Acupuncture Protocols in Chronic Pain ” – Mike Cummings, MD
  • “Advanced Battlefield Acupuncture; 2nd generation” – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH

6:15 pm – 7:30 pm        Poster Presentations & Cocktail Reception

Sunday, April 16, 2023       

6:30 am – 7:30 am        Early Morning Exercise

7:00 am – 8:00 am         Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00 am – 8:20 am        Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation Updates

8:30 am – 9:30 am        “Advances in Acupuncture Research – How Acupuncture Made it into the ASCO and NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncologists” – Jennifer Stone, LAc

9:30 am – 10:00 am       Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

10:00 am – 11:00 am     “Electroacupuncture: A Promising Treatment for Fetal Growth Restriction Due to Uteroplacental Insufficiency” – David Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD

11:00 am – Noon          “Top Articles in Acupuncture” – Tate Kauffman, MD

Noon – 1:00 pm            Group Luncheon

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm        ABMA BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION (Check-in by 12:30 pm)

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm       Concurrent Workshops

  • “Alienation-Inflammation Syndrome – a paradigm shift in “Relational Health” – Stephen Cowan, MD
  • “Out of the Clinic and into the Lab ” – Jennifer Stone, LAc
  • “Laser or Metal Needle Acupuncture Therapeutic Considerations ” – Peter Dorsher, MD

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm        Refreshment Break

3:15 pm – 5:00 pm        Concurrent Workshops (Repeating)

  • “Alienation-Inflammation Syndrome – a paradigm shift in “Relational Health” – Stephen Cowan, MD
  • “Out of the Clinic and into the Lab ” – Jennifer Stone, LAc
  • “Laser or Metal Needle Acupuncture Therapeutic Considerations ” – Peter Dorsher, MD

5:00 pm           Symposium Adjourns

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