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• Clinical Pearls-Chinese Medicine for Today's World

  • Start
    January 25, 2012
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    7:30 PM
  • End
    April 08, 2012
  •  
    8:30 PM
  • Location
    WEBINAR

  This exciting eight part webinar series features Dr. Iris Chen, a remarkable and diversified practitioner.

  Dr. Chen practices as a licensed Acupuncture Physician in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She earned her M.D. at Medical school of Beijing University, in Beijing, China, and her Ph.D. in molecular biology at McMaster University. Born in China, Dr. Chen grew up in a hospital where her mother worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist. Those early years of exposure to illness and suffering touched her so deeply that she committed herself to healing, and particularly to the prevention of illness. While most of her classmates practice Western Medicine in the United States, Dr. Chen decided to focus on Chinese Medicine, using her Western Medicine training to enhance her understanding of illness and ability to care for her patients.

  8 PDA's Available -NCCAOM
  

  Dr. Chen has a unique story to tell about the modern influences on Chinese Medicine. Her comprehensive and substantial background offers invaluable insights into Chinese Medicine and today’s increasingly complex healthcare.

  Each webinar will take place every second Wednesday, beginning January 11, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M. EST.

  TOPICS INCLUDE:
  

  The Parallels between TCM and Homeopathy - January 25, 2012 (Register)
  Incorporating Nutritionals into the TCM Practice - February 8, 2012 (Register)
  Remedy Combining for the TCM Practitioner - February 22, 2012 (Register)
  Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (1) - March 7, 2012 (Register)
  Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (2) - March 21, 2012 (Register)
  Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (3) - April 4, 2012 (Register)
  Chinese Medicine: Putting it all Together - April 18, 2012 (Register)

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• Love, Serve & Succeed - Module Four: Effective Marketing on a Shoestring. Part One: Yang/External Marketing

  • When
    February 08, 2012
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    WEBINAR

  
  

  It turns out that some of the most effective ways to grow a practice don’t cost much. With the right spirit, approach and language, a clinician can attract many new patients by investing time and little money in high-return activities that are fun to do. Students attending this innovative and inspiring seminar gain a solid education in effective, low-cost marketing. They will learn the essentials of effective and ethical business success based on character, integrity and spiritual practice. Topics include the top five success factors, the Yin & Yang of marketing, public presentations, and the best five ways to attract new patients. Students will emerge from this seminar with the confidence, skills and actionable next steps needed to start or grow a thriving private practice.

  2 PDA's NCCAOM- $50

  $30 with NO PDA's

  Instructor: Michael C. Gaeta,MS, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. & ABT (NCCAOM)

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   Goals and Objectives:

  Comprehend the Yang of marketing

  Discover the top five ways to attract new patients

  Perform effective public presentations

  Understand the importance of good public relations

  Develop effective internet marketing strategies

  
  

  Hourly Outline by Quarterly Increments:

  Hour One

  External (Yang) marketing

  Cultivating relationships with the media

  Top five methods of attracting new patients

  Good public relations strategies

  Hour Two

  Effective Public Presentations
  

  Networking

  Internet marketing
  

  The twelve practice-building pearls

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• Neurofunctional Electrical Acupuncture-treating musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction with contemporary acupuncture

  • Start
    February 25, 2012
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    February 26, 2012
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Pacific College of Oriental Medicine- New York

  Back by popular demand!  Don't miss this exciting opportunity for practical, hands-on study with a highly respected and engaging instructor – Dan Wunderlich!
  
  This workshop series provides treatment strategies for using acupuncture to improve function of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems based on a contemporary understanding of neuroanatomy and physiology.
  
  14 PDA's NCCAOM
  
  This is a 2 Weekend Seminar: Feb. 25th and 26th./ April 28th and 29th 2012
  
  Cost: $450 per weekend
  
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  Discounted seminar fees are provided for participants who register for both seminar weekends at the same time.
  Note:  A portion of all seminar fees will be donated to a grass roots humanitarian outreach initiative that provides free, high quality healthcare to populations in need around the world.
  
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  PATIENTS RECEIVE IMMEDIATE RESULTS WITH NEUROFUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL ACUPUNCTURE
  
  For many practitioners the “miracle” treatment remains elusive;  the “one-shot” treatment, just a story.  Now, back by popular demand in New York, the Neurofunctional Electrical Acupuncture approach for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders is being taught by Dan Wunderlich, LAc.
  
  Dan is part of an elite team of instructors contracted by the U.S. Military to train battlefield doctors in this EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE method -- these doctors were awestruck by the immediate results delivered by Dan and his fellow instructors using this modern approach to acupuncture.
  
  Created with Dan’s extensive knowledge of Oriental medicine and developed with his teaching experience from McMasters University in Ontario, Canada and the U.S. Military, this workshop series presents an amalgam of the most effective techniques and contemporary approaches to restoring normal nervous system activity, soft-tissue tensional integrity, and articular joint function.  Practical sessions will cover neuroanatomical and segmental acupuncture techniques, methods for trigger point deactivation, and corrective myofascial release techniques.  
  
  Dan’s clear and highly organized teaching style, along with plenty of hands-on practice, will allow participants to leave the class with a new skill set and an improved ability to identify and effectively treat musculoskeletal problems.  Participants will be able to use the techniques and see an improvement in their patient results IMMEDIATELY.
  
  This workshop series provides treatment strategies for using acupuncture to improve function of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems based on a contemporary understanding of neuroanatomy and physiology.  The first weekend emphasizes treatment strategies for upper extremity conditions (e.g., common shoulder problems, lateral elbow pain, median nerve compression syndrome, etc).  The second weekend emphasizes treatment strategies for lower extremity conditions (hip, knee and ankle dysfunctions).  
  
  TOPICS COVERED
  Each weekend workshop will include:
  **  A functional anatomy review of the extremity – that is, a discussion of the interplay of joints, muscles/soft tissue and nerve innervations needed to achieve or perform a movement or function.
  **  A discussion of the neurological mechanisms that can be used to provide a contemporary explanation of the phenomena of acupuncture, including peripheral and spinal segmental stimulation, as well as systemic (central) or visceral regulatory stimulation.
  **  Treatment strategies for tailoring the use of multi-segmental electrical acupuncture, such as the use of trigger point deactivation techniques, and corrective myofascial release techniques.
  **  Practical workshops to provide participants with hands-on experience to:
     -- refine therapeutic goals
     -- select appropriate input targets for needling
     -- maximize treatment effectiveness
  
  INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND
  Dan Wunderlich, DIPL. O.M., LAc is Founder and Clinic Director of Integrative Acupuncture & Bodywork in New York City, a holistic medical practice offering a unique blend of eastern and western approaches to treat orthopedic dysfunctions and internal medicine imbalances. In his practice, he integrates a wide variety of functional therapeutic modalities such as contemporary acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and Tui Na (a form of corrective soft-tissue therapy).
  
  Dan is a Clinical Preceptor in the Contemporary Acupuncture Program at McMaster University, a comprehensive, clinically-oriented training program which focuses on the integration of acupuncture and modern neurophysiological and neuroanatomical concepts.  He has been part of an elite team of instructors selected to train U.S. Military doctors in the application of contemporary acupuncture methods used to treat wounded solders.  He is also an Instructor of Zheng Gu Tui Na, a complete system of Chinese medical massage integrating soft-tissue therapies and bone mobilizations.
  
  Over the past four years, Dan has lead several teams of volunteer practitioners on humanitarian outreach projects delivering free, high quality healthcare to medically underserved communities in remote villages of Indonesia and Nepal.  He has also worked in New York-based community outreach clinics providing treatments to war veterans and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs).
  
  

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• Acupuncture in Labor & Delivery with Claudia Citkovitz

  • Start
    March 17, 2012
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    March 18, 2012
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    PCOM, Manhattan

  16 PDA/CEUs (pending, including 4 Safety/Ethics PDAs required for NCCAOM re-certification)

  •Promote a smooth and healthy labor & delivery

  •Provide treatment for labor that is painful or failing to progress

  •Reduce side effects of Western pharmaceutical interventions

  •Develop skills to work in integrative medical settings, birthing centers & home births

  Learn treatments and techniques to reduce pain, facilitate dilation, increase strength and regularity of contractions, and help the patient to be relaxed and present for the miracle of birth that is unfolding. Specific needling and tui na hand techniques will be introduced, as well as palpation skills for location of the fetus.

  Students will recognize the course of childbirth, as it is measured in the hospital (contraction monitor readings, cervical dilation, effacement, descent, etc) and as it manifests in home birth.

  EarlyBird Registration Discount by Feb 15th: Practitioners $310, Students $135,  10% Discount for Pacific College Alumni, Faculty, and non-student ASNY members (bring documentation of status to the event)

  After February 15th: Practitioners $350, Students $175, 10% discount still applies

  915 Broadway (between 20^th & 21^st Streets), New York, NY

  or contact (212) 982-3456 x229 or cneipris@pacificcollege.edu for phone or paper registration

  Claudia Citkovitz, a New York Licensed Acupuncturist and National Diplomate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, is the Acupuncture Coordinator at Lutheran Medical Center’s Division of Medicine where she oversees Acupuncture in Labor and Delivery. She has supervised Mercy College and Touro College internships at Lutheran Medical Center in Labor and Delivery. She has taught acupuncture related subjects at Mercy College, Touro College, and TriState College, and she serves on the Advisory Board at Tri-State College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She has worked in the Obstetrics & Gynecology Rotation, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, and has authored and presented research and conducted and consulted for clinical trials related to Labor and Delivery for the Society for Acupuncture Research, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the Lutheran Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the University of North Carolina, among others.

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• Qigong Energy Rejuvenation to Increase Healing Power– Robert Peng

  • When
    March 24, 2012
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    10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    PCOM, Manhattan

  7 PDA/CEUs (Pending) 

  
  

  • Increase your energy & energetic power

  •Make your healing work more powerful

  •Organize and re-organize a strong energy field

  •Examine blocks to the free flow of energy

  •Develop ability to use qiong to protect practitioner energy in the face of pathogenic factors; protect yourself from sick qi

   

  A  unique opportunity to work with World famous qigong master Robert Peng, who teaches students to practice the healing art of Elixir Light Qigong, including techniques such as DianXue Empowerment, Magic Palm, and Sword Finger. Robert provides instruction, inspiration, and  guidance to increase the healing power of the practitioner, to reorganize the practitioner energy field, and to avoid the invasion of damaging qi while doing treatment, among other skills.  Practitioners will find the work inspiring and rejuvenating  and will be able to apply it immediately and practically to work with patients. 

  Robert Peng, internationally reknowned Qi Gong master and teacher, has trained hundreds of thousands of students in workshops including those at Yale University Medical School, West Point Military Academy, JP Morgan, Omega Institute, Integrative Healthcare Symposium, and many colleges of Massage and Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, among others.  At the China Hainan Institute of Reform and Development, a think tank of the Chinese central government, he provided Qigong treatments for many high officials and VIPs.  He studied and practiced with Master Xiao Yao,  a monk for many years, who was forced during the Cultural Revolution to leave the temple and live as a hermit.  Mr. Peng has set up several schools and centers of qigong throughout the world, and he has also done research sponsored by Hunan Medical University to improve the intelligence of rats using qigong.  More information about Mr. Peng and his work can be found at http://robertpeng.com  Check out the testimonials on his website.

  
  

  EarlyBird Registration Discount by Feb 25th: Practitioners $140, Students $60, 10% Discount for Pacific College Alumni, Faculty, and non-student ASNY members (bring documentation of status to the event)

  After February 15th: Practitioners $165, Students $85, 10% discount still applies

  915 Broadway (between 20^th & 21^st Streets), New York, NY 10010 (800) 729-3468

  Register online at http://store.pacificcollege.edu/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=130_182&products_id=2811

  Or for phone, mail, fax, or email registration or questions, contact Cynthia Neipris at (212) 982-3456 x229 cneipris@pacificcollege.edu

  
  

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• ASNY Annual Banquet Fundraising Dinner

  • When
    March 31, 2012
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    7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel 135-20 39th Avenue Flushing, NY 11354

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  Join ASNY for an exciting evening of dinner, dancing and auction at the Sheraton in Flushing, NY.  Bring spouses, dates, colleagues and co-workers  Reward your office with a night out or treat yourself; all while supporting the profession.  Your attendance at this event will help support ASNY's on-going efforts to lobby NY State of behalf of the Acupuncture profession.  See old friends, reconnect with instructors and mentors and network within our community.  Silent and live auctions are planned with a variety of items from acupuncture supply partners as well as unique and fun items for everyone.  Register early and save on the ticket price and receive free auction raffles.
  
  Date: Saturday Night, March 31, 2012 @7pm
  
  Early Bird Cost: $85 ( if purchased before 2/15/12)
  *Includes 3 course dinner, 10 auction raffles, dancing
  *Discounts available for purchases of a table of 10
  
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  Location:
  Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel
  135-20 39th Ave
  Flushing NY 11354
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• I Ching Acupuncture: The Balance Method. Clinical applications of the Ba Gua and I Ching

  • Start
    June 16, 2012
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    June 17, 2012
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Tri-State College of Acupuncture, 80 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

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  Join David for a journey through Chinese history as we explore the Chinese philosophies, theories, principles and energy models that comprise major aspects of Chinese medicine and the Taoist arts.

   In this workshop Dr. Twicken presents yin-yang, five phases, tai chi, heavenly stems, earthly branches, Chinese calendar, eight trigrams, early heaven ba gua, later heaven ba gua, nine palaces, he tu and I Ching hexagrams, and how they relate to the human body and the practice of Acupuncture.

   In this workshop Five Balance Methods of Acupuncture are presented, with their theory and clinical applications. Emphasis is placed on how to immediately apply these methods in clinical practice.

   This is a unique and inspiring workshop. If you want to learn more about the logic, theory and principles behind many applications of Chinese medicine and Acupuncture, you will find this workshop explains many of the mysteries of Chinese medicine.

  2 Day Workshop- Saturday and Sunday June 16th and 17th, 2012 10am to 5pm
  

  ASNY Members $190

  Non-Members $250
  

  12 PDA's Awarded
  

  
  

   Material presented in this workshop:

   Learn fundamental pinciples and Taoist energy models that are the basis for many Acupuncture methods and strategies.

   Learn about the Ba Gua and how it is a guide to Acupuncture point selection.

   Learn to treat pain with five Balance Methods.

   Learn how to treat channel and organ conditions with the Balance Method.

   Gain a new appreciation for the insights of the originators of Chinese medicine, which can expand the methods and applications applied in clinical practice.

   Learn methods that can be used with your existing practice or as a stand-alone practice.

   

   

  Participants will be able to purchase David’s new book:

   

  I Ching Acupuncture: The Balance Method

  Clinical applications of the Ba Gua and I Ching

   

  Dr. David Twicken, DOM, L.Ac.

  A faculty member at Chinese Medical Schools since 1994, David has taught Acupuncture courses, Philosophy of Oriental Medicine, Tai Chi Chuan, Medical Qi Gong, Feng Shui, I Ching, Chinese Astrology and Medical History. David specializes in the Taoist Arts and has written a variety of books, including Treasures of Tao, Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, Introduction to Qi Men Dun Jia, Chinese Medical Astrology and I Ching Acupuncture: The Balance Method. David teaches Taoist Arts internationally and is in private practice in Los Angles, California.

   

  For more information:  www.healingqi.com
  

   

  I Ching Acupuncture: The Balance Method

  Clinical applications of the Ba Gua and I Ching

   Book Endorsments:

   "I am most delighted to welcome David Twicken's new book I Ching Acupuncture - The Balance Method. This book lays a solid foundation for understanding the background theories of acupuncture. The simplicity and clarity of presenting a profound subject is truly fantastic"

  - Joseph Yu, founder of Feng Shui Research Center, Toronto, Canada

   

  "I have followed David Twicken's work since 1998. He has authority of lineage and direct knowledge, which brings clarity and accuracy. This work is mature and it is my number one recommendation when learners ask me what resources there are for I Ching theory as it pertains to acupuncture."

  - William R. Morris, PhD, President, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine,

     Austin, Texas

   

  "The most brilliant, concise, penetrating synthesis of Taoist cycles ever done. Suddenly I Ching trigrams, ten-stem/twelve-branch Chinese calendar, yin-yang, five-phase, twelve hour body-clock and six channel medical theories all leap into sharp, unified focus. More amazingly, Twicken turns theory into easily grasped 'how-to' practice. Finally we have a clear map of Taoist body channels, natural models of healing and life-balance that acupuncturists, taiji and qigong players, energy healers, and feng shui and astrology adepts cannot do without."

  - Michael Winn, founder of HealingTaoUSA.com and co-author of seven Tao books with  

    Mantak Chia

   

  “In Classical Chinese Medicine, the highest level doctors utilize the Yijing to deepen their understanding of the medicine itself, and to enhance their clinical results. In his book I Ching Acupuncture – The Balance Method, David Twicken provides the serious practitioner a method for far-reaching healing through the guidance of the Yijing.”

  - Master Zhongxian Wu, lineage holder of four schools of qigong and martial arts, and author of Vital Breath of the Dao, Seeking the Spirit of the Book of Change and Chinese Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qigong

   

  “There have been many books on the I Ching and Acupuncture, but rarely with such clear integration of a deeper and thorough understanding of this ancient philosophy and wisdom. David Twicken's book has given the readers what we need to know, 'The Balance Method' in learning and partaking in these treasures from the sages of the old China.”

  - Master Chungliang Al Huang, founder of Living Tao Foundation and author of Embrace Tiger, Return To Mountain, Essential Tai Ji, Quantum Soup and The Chinese Book of Animal Powers

   I Ching Acupuncture- The Balance Method , By, Dr. David Twicken,DOM, L.Ac..pdf

   

   

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• Postgraduate Training in Orthopedics & Rehabilitation. A Classical Approach featuring Andrew Nugent-Head, MSOM

  • Start
    July 01, 2012
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  • End
    June 01, 2013
  • Location
    Tri-State College of Acupuncture

  Acupuncture in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation is a 300-hour (15-credit) post-masters specialization course offered by Tri-State College's postgraduate Institute of Acupuncture & Oriental Medical Studies. This course focuses on a Classical Chinese Medicine approach with senior practitioner and founder of the Association for Traditional Studies, Andrew Nugent-Head, MSOM.

  Through hands-on clinical training, lectures and Grand Rounds, students will become familiar with treatment protocols from the Yin Style Bagua tradition and learn to integrate intentional, tangible manipulation of Qi sensations in the treatment of Orthopedic conditions and injuries.

  Tuition: $5,000

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