Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Pre-Symposium Registration
7:30 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
- Workshop I – “Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture: Bridging Tradition and Modern Science. A Holistic Approach to Beauty and Wellness” – Shellie Goldstein, DAOM, LAc
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
- Workshop II – “Korean Hand Therapy (KHT) Microsystem for Clinical Practice and Self-Care: An Introduction to Correspondence, Basic, and Meridian Therapies” – Barbara de la Torre, MD, FAAMA
1:30 pm – 5:45 pm
- Workshop III – “Electroacupuncture for Hip-Spine Syndrome: A Neuroanatomical Approach” – Joseph Walker, III, MD, DABMA and Josh Margolis, LAc, DOMTP
Friday, March 28, 2025
7:00 am – 5:30 pm Annual Symposium Registration
7:00 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am Annual Symposium Opening
8:10 am – 8:30 am Chair Welcome Lecture – Stephanie Cheng, MD FAAMA, Symposium Chair
8:30 am – 9:30 am “An Overview of the Saam Acupuncture Tradition” – Toby Daly, PhD, Lac
9:30 am – 10:00 am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:00 am – 11:00 am “Unified Approach to Upper Extremity Pain” – Norman Zavela, MD, FAAMA
11:00 am – 12:00 pm “Hara Diagnosis: Reflection on the Sea, Science and Practice of Japanese Structural Based Acupuncture” – Joseph Audette, MD, MA
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Group Luncheon
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
- “The Twelve Channels of the Saam Acupuncture Tradition” – Toby Daly, PhD, LAc
- “Unified Approach to Upper Extremity Pain Supplemented with Ultra Acupuncture” – Norman Zavela, MD, FAAMA
- “Back to Basics: Japanese Palpation-Based Acupuncture” – Joseph Audette, MD, MA
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Concurrent Workshops (REPEATING)
- “The Twelve Channels of the Saam Acupuncture Tradition” – Toby Daly, PhD, LAc
- “Unified Approach to Upper Extremity Pain Supplemented with Ultra Acupuncture” – Norman Zavela, MD, FAAMA
- “Back to Basics: Japanese Palpation-Based Acupuncture” – Joseph Audette, MD, MA
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Opening Reception
Saturday, March 29, 2025
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 “Introduction to Hormone Optimization: Nagano + French Energetic Style – Acupuncture Edition” – William Clearfield, DO, FAAMA
9:00 am – 10:00 am “Resident Education in Sleep Techniques (REST) Program: Content, Implementation, and Evaluation” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA
10:00 am – 10:30 am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:30 am – 11:30 am “Important Acupuncture Articles” -Moderator: Christopher Li, MD, DABMA
Panel – Peter Dorsher, MD; Teresa Esterle, MD, DABMA; Louis J. Kazal, Jr, MD; and Michelle Loy, DABMA, FAAP
11:30 am – Noon AAMA Annual Membership Meeting – (Voting Members of the Academy Only)
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
- “Refresh and Energize with integrative Sleep Techniques (REST): An experiential Workshop to Enhance Physicians’ Sleep” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA, Michelle J. Bombacie, MS, LAc, & Rachel Groth, MPH, MSW
- “Hormone Optimization in Acupuncture Practice” – William Clearfield, DO, FAAMA
- “Integrating Acupuncture and Manual Medicine” After 25 Years of Further Development” – Dan Bensky, DO & Jay Sandweiss, DO, FAAMA
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Concurrent Workshops (Repeating)
- “Refresh and Energize with integrative Sleep Techniques (REST): An experiential Workshop to Enhance Physicians’ Sleep” – Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA, Michelle J. Bombacie, MS, LAc, & Rachel Groth, MPH, MSW
- “Hormone Optimization in Acupuncture Practice” – William Clearfield, DO, FAAMA
- “Integrating Acupuncture and Manual Medicine” After 25 Years of Further Development” – Dan Bensky, DO & Jay Sandweiss, DO, FAAMA
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm Poster Presentations & Cocktail Reception
Sunday, March 30, 2025
6:30 am – 7:30 am Early Morning Exercise
7:00 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am “Mechanism and Treatment Prediction of Acupuncture Efficacy in Chronic Pain” – Richard Harris, PhD
9:00 am – 9:45 am Joseph M. Helms Founder’s Lecture: “Insights from a decade as Editor-in-Chief of Acupuncture in Medicine” – David Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD, MSc, FAAMA
9:45 am – 10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
- “Five Element Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Dietary Therapy: Culinary Medicine Pearls Applied to Clinical Care” – Michelle Loy, MD, DABMA, FAAP
- “Clinical Application of Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Manual Therapies for Chronic Low Back Pain” – Louis A. Kazal, Jr, MD, FAAFP; Sivarama Prasad Vinjamury, MD, DACM, MPH; Jim Whedon, DC, MS
12:00 pm Symposium Adjourns
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm ABMA BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION (Check-in by 12:30 pm)