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 – “Balance Methods in Acupuncture Practice” – Eileen Yue-Ling Han PhD, LAc
• Workshop III – “West Meets East: Simplifying Constitutional Diagnosis and the Future of Constitutional” – Jeffrey Meyers, MD, LAc
• Workshop IV – “20 Years of Neijing Research: What has been learned? Neijing Musculoskeletal Therapies. Role of Classical Texts” – Edward 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, 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” – 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 Children and Promoting Resilience in Adults – a Perfect Place 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
• “Pediatric Acupuncture: Relational Health” – Stephen Cowan, MD
• “Acupuncture and the Injured Physician” – Freda Dreher, MD, FAAMA

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: “Pediatric Acupuncture: Relational Health” – Stephen Cowan, MD
• Continued: “Acupuncture and the Injured Physician” – Freda Dreher, MD, FAAMA

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

Saturday, May 7, 2022

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        “Mechanisms of Acupuncture” – 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

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

• “Perioperative Acupuncture” -Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA
• Facial Pain – Gary Stanton, MD, FAAMA
• “Treating allergies with the SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment)” – Nader E. Soliman, MD, FAAMA
• Point-Counterpoint Workshop – TBD

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

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

• Repeating: “Perioperative Acupuncture” -Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA
• Repeating: Facial Pain – Gary Stanton, MD, FAAMA
• Repeating: “Treating allergies with the SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment)” – Nader E. Soliman, MD, FAAMA
• Point-Counterpoint Workshop – TBD

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

Sunday, May 8, 2022           

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         Annual Research Paper Competition Winner – TBA

8:45 am – 9:30 am         “Mechanism of Acupuncture: fMRI Research” – Vitaly Napodow, PhD, LA

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

10:00 am – 11:00 am     Battlefield Acupuncture – Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH

11:00 am – Noon           Women’s Health – Elisabet Stener-Victorin, PhD

Noon – 1:00 pm            Group Luncheon

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

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 (Continued)

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

5:00 pm           Symposium Adjourns