Schedule-at-a-Glance

Thursday, May 5, 2022

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 – “The Auricular Acupuncture Microsystem: Past, Present, and Future” – Nader E. Soliman, MD, FAAMA
• Workshop II – “Dr. Tan’s Balance Method Acupuncture in Practice” – Eileen Yue-Ling Han PhD, LAc
• Workshop III – “West Meets East: Simplifying Constitutional Diagnosis and the Future of Constitutional Diagnosis” – Jeffrey Meyers, MD, LAc

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, May 6, 2022

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        “The Blind Wizards Inspect the Interstitial Elephant: Channels, Chakras, and Myofascial Meridians” – John C. Reed, MD, MDiv, FAAMA

9:00 am – 10:00 am       “BaGua and Five Phases in Medical Acupuncture” – Howard Chen, MD, FAAMA

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

10:30 am – 11:30 am     “Acupuncture and the Injured Physician” – Freda Dreher, MD, FAAMA

11:30 am – 12:30 pm    “Relational Health:” The Key to Treating Toxic Stress in Families – A Perfect Place for Chinese Medicine for Chinese Medicine – Stephen Cowan, MD

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm      Group Luncheon

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm        Concurrent Workshops

• “BaGua and Five Phases in Medical Acupuncture/ Distance Acupuncture” – Howard Chen, MD, FAAMA
• “Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques for the Injured Physician” – Freda Dreher, MD, FAAMA
• Point/Counterpoint Panel Session – topics/speakers TBD

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

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

• Continued: “BaGua and Five Phases in Medical Acupuncture/ Distance Acupuncture” – Howard Chen, MD, FAAMA
• Continued: “Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques for the Injured Physician” – Freda Dreher, MD, FAAMA
• Point/Counterpoint Panel Session – topics/speakers TBD

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

Saturday, May 7, 2022

6:30 am – 7:30 am        Early Morning Exercise
Rey Ximenes, MD, FAAMA

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

8:00 am – 9:00 am        “Mechanisms of Acupuncture: The Role of Orexin-endocannabinoid and Opioid Signaling in the Acupuncture Analgesia” – Dr. Yi-Hung Chen

9:00 am – 9:45 am         “The Importance of Classical Text Research to Modern Physician Acupuncture Practice” – Edward Neal, MD, MSOM

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

10:15 am – 11:15 am     Joseph M. Helms Founder’s Lecture: “Treating Problems Behind the Problem: Acupuncture Approaches to Stress” – Joseph Helms, 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

• “Hospital-Based Perioperative Acupuncture” -Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA
• “Auricular Acupuncture for Facial Pain” – Gary Stanton, MD, FAAMA
• “Treating Allergies with the SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment)” – Nader E. Soliman, MD, FAAMA

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

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

• Repeating: “Hospital-Based Perioperative Acupuncture” -Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA
• Repeating: “Auricular Acupuncture for Facial Pain” – Gary Stanton, MD, FAAMA
• Repeating: “Treating Allergies with the SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment)” – Nader E. Soliman, MD, FAAMA

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

Sunday, May 8, 2022           

6:30 am – 7:30 am        Early Morning Exercise
Rey Ximenes, MD, FAAMA

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

8:00 am – 8:45 am        Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation Session
Featured Presentation: “The Neuroanatomic and Neurophysiologic Basis of Acupuncture Anatomy and Physiology”
Peter Dorsher, MD

8:45 am – 9:30 am         “Neuroimaging Mechanisms of Acupuncture: From Somatosensation to Therapeutic Alliance” – Vitaly Napadow, PhD, LAc

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

10:00 am – 11:00 am     “Battlefield Acupuncture 21 Years Later” – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH

11:00 am – Noon          “Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – How Does Acupuncture Affect Reproductive and Metabolic Dysfunction” – Elisabet Stener-Victorin, PhD

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

• “Battlefield Acupuncture” – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH
• “Medical Acupuncture for Foot and Ankle Pain” – Stevan Walkowski, DO, FAAMA
• “Hand Acupuncture” – Jared West, LAc

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm        Refreshment Break

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

• Continued: “Battlefield Acupuncture” – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH
• Repeating: “Medical Acupuncture for Foot and Ankle Pain” – Stevan Walkowski, DO, FAAMA
• Repeating: Hand Acupuncture” – Jared West, LAc

5:00 pm           Symposium Adjourns