Schedule-at-a-Glance

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 Citkowitz, 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)
• “Scalp Acupuncture” – Darrell Wallace, LAc (CONTINUING SESSION)
• “Manualized Acupuncture During Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Key Techniques of Scalp, Auricular and Body Acupuncture” – Claudia Citkowitz, 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)
• “Scalp Acupuncture” – Darrell Wallace, LAc (CONTINUING SESSION)
• “Manualized Acupuncture During Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: Key Techniques of Scalp, Auricular and Body Acupuncture” – Claudia Citkowitz, 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 – 8:45 am        Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation Session

8:45 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 10” Articles” – 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