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Current Events
AAMA Events Calendar
Last updated Jan. 30, 2012
Name of Event: Contemporary Medical Acupuncture for Health Professionals
Dates: 5 Units - Spring 2012 Course – February/March/April/May/June 2012
Location: McMaster University Campus – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Instructors or Faculty: Dr. Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, Director; Dr. Angelica Fargas-Babjak, Chair
Sponsor: Department of Anesthesia & Continuing Health Sciences Education, McMaster University
Approved for AMA Category 1 Credit: Yes
Accrediting Organization: McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education
Credit Hours: 300 hours
Phone: 905-521-2100 X75175
Website: www.contemporaryacupuncture.com
E-mail: contemporaryacupuncture@mcmaster.ca
Name of event: Cosmetic Acupuncture : Face & Neck using the Mei Zen System & Abdominal Acupuncture for Weight Loss and Fertility
Dates: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, February 4, 5, & 6
Location: Westfield, NJ
Instructors or faculty: Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Sponsor: Lhasa
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? NO
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours: 21 NCCAOM; 22.5 IL; 22.5 TX
Phone: 303.349.2932
Website: www.CosmeticAcupunctureSeminars.com E-mail: info@CosmeticAcupunctureSeminars.com
Name of Event: Detecting and Removing Energetic Blocks
Dates: Part I February 6, 6-7:30 PM (PST), Part II February 13, 6-7:30 PM (PST)
Location: Online
Instructors or Faculty: Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.
Sponsor: Eastern Currents
Approved for AMA Category I credit: No
Accrediting Organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: (604) 263-5042
Website: www.easterncurrents.ca
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World (Incorporating Nutritionals into the TCM Practice)
Dates: February 8, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800.990.7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of event: An Integrative Manual Approach to Cervical Spine Pain and Dysfunctions
Dates: Feb. 18-19, 2012
Location: Probility Physical Therapy, Ann Arbor, MI
Instructors or faculty: Jay Sandweiss, DO
Sponsor:
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: 734/913-0300
Website: www.doctorjaysandweiss.com
E-mail: acuomtdr@aol.com
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World (Remedy Combining for the TCM Practitioner)
Dates: Feb. 22, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800/990-7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of event: Internships: The Pulse Diagnosis and Balance System - Refine your most important skill
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 24 & 25
Location: Denver, CO
Instructors or faculty: Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Sponsor: Lhasa
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours: 60 NCCAOM
Phone: 303/349-2932
Website: www.PulseSeminars.com
E-mail: info@PulseSeminars.com
Name of event: Foundations of Auricular Medicine. Online. Seminar I.
Dates: Feb. 28 - May 1, 2012
Location: Online
Instructors or faculty: Dave Maybee
Sponsor: Vital Principle Institute
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: Vital Principle Institute, NCCAOM
Credit hours: VPI - 32 hours. NCCAOM - 16 hours
Phone: 506-292-3394
Website: www.vitalprinciple.ca
E-mail: info@vitalprinciple.ca
 Name of event: AAMA free Webinar, "Technology for Today's Practice "
Dates: 8pm Eastern, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012
Location: Online
Instructors or faculty: Paras Mehta, MD
Sponsor: AAMA
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: Click here to register
E-mail: jdowden@prodigy.net
Name of event: Art & Science of Acupuncture: Basic Course (1 of 10 courses approved by the American Board of Medical Acupuncture)
Dates: over the course of 15 weeks:
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April 21, 28, 29
May 5, 12, 19
June 2, 9, 16, 23
Location: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida
Instructors or faculty: Di Fu, MD; Jorge Mora, MD; Ilana Newman, MD; Garrett Krause, AP
Sponsor: n.a
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit: Yes
Accrediting organization: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Credit hours: 105
Phone: 305-243-4751
Website: www.cim.med.miami.edu
E-mail: Rkanka@med.miami.edu
Name of event: Cosmetic Acupuncture : Face & Neck using the Mei Zen System & Abdominal Acupuncture for Weight Loss and Fertility
Dates: Saturday, Sunday, & Monday, March 3, 4, & 5
Location: San Francisco, CA
Instructors or faculty: Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Sponsor: Lhasa
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? NO
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours: 21 NCCAOM; 22.5 IL; 22.5 TX
Phone: 303.349.2932
Website: www.CosmeticAcupunctureSeminars.com
E-mail: info@CosmeticAcupunctureSeminars.com
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World - Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (1)
Dates: March 7, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800.990.7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of event: Auricular Therapy (basic and advanced)
Dates: March 10-11, 2012
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Instructors or faculty: Nader Soliman, MD FAAMA
Sponsor: Alternative Medicine Seminars
Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 14.5 hours
Phone: 301-251-2335
Website:
www.alternativemedicineseminars.com
E-mail:
myalternatives@yahoo.com
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World - Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (2)
Dates: March 21, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800.990.7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of Event: Presentation Skills
Dates: March 24-25
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Instructors or Faculty: Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), Eliot Ivanhoe, M.D., M.Ac. (UK)
Sponsor: Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc.
Approved for AMA Category I credit: No
Accrediting Organization: NCCAOM approved
Credit hours: 16
Phone: (310) 453-2235
Website: www.5elements.com
Name of event: AAMA free Webinar
Dates: 8pm Eastern, Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Location: Online
Instructors or faculty
Sponsor: AAMA
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: www.medicalacupuncture.org
E-mail: jdowden@prodigy.net
Name of event: Research Methods in Complementary and Integrative Medicine Training Course
Dates: March 28-April 4, 2012
Location: Baltimore, MD
Instructors or faculty: See website
Sponsor:
The Institute of Integrative Health
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit?
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone:
Website: http://tiih.org/research-methods
E-mail: jjones@tiih.org
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World - Common Clinical Conditions for the TCM Practitioner (3)
Dates: April 4, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800.990.7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of event: Clinical Pearls - Chinese Medicine for Today’s World (Chinese Medicine: Putting it all Together)
Dates: April 18, 2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location: Free Online Webinar
Instructors or faculty: Iris Chen, AP, MD, PhD
Sponsor: Energetix
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 11
Phone: 800.990.7085
Website: http://www.goenergetix.com/clinical-pearls/
E-mail: info@goenergetix.com
Name of Event: Five-Element Acupuncture Graduate Seminar
Dates: April 21-22
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Instructors or Faculty: Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.
Sponsor: Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc.
Approved for AMA Category I credit: No
Accrediting Organization: NCCAOM approved
Credit hours: 15
Phone: (310) 453-2235
Website: www.5elements.com
Name of event: AAMA Review Course
Dates: April 24-25, 2012
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (room rate $159/night till 4/1/12)
Instructors or faculty: TBA
Sponsor: AAMA
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: AAMA
Credit hours: 22 CME
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/cme/cme/reviewinfo.html
E-mail: jdowden@prodigy.net
Name of event: AAMA Pre-Symposium Workshops
Dates: April 26, 2012
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (room rate $159/night till 4/1/12)
Instructors or faculty: TBA
Sponsor: AAMA
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: AAMA
Credit hours: 7.5 CME
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: www.medicalacupuncture.org
E-mail: jdowden@prodigy.net
Name of event: AAMA 24th Annual Symposium
Dates: April 27-29, 2012
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (room rate $159/night till 4/1/12)
Instructors or faculty: TBA
Sponsor: AAMA
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: AAMA
Credit hours: 22 CME
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: www.medicalacupuncture.org
E-mail: jdowden@prodigy.net
Name of event: ABMA Board Certification Exam
Dates: April 29, 2012
Location: Grand Hyatt Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (room rate $159/night till 4/1/12)
Instructors or faculty:
Sponsor: American Board of Medical Acupuncture
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit?
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: 310/364-0193
Website: www.dabma.org
E-mail: administrator@dabma.org
Name of event: Contemporary Acupuncture Integration in Today's Health Care
Dates: May 3-6, 2012
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Instructors or faculty: Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, Canada; Claudio Couto, Brazil; Mike Cummings, United Kingdom; Thomas Lundeberg, Sweden; Jay Shah, USA; Juan Antonio Vecino, Spain; Joseph Wong, Canada; and others
Sponsor: Canadian Contemporary Acupuncture Association
Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 credit Yes
Accrediting organization: McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education
Credit hours: 23.5 CME
Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 22671
Website: http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/conted/documents/CCAA_Brochure_2011_web.pdf
CCAA Website: www.contemporaryacupuncture@.ca
Email: silla@mcmaster.ca – or – cme@mcmaster.ca
Name of event: Auricular Medicine (Principles and clinical practice)
Dates: May 5-6, 2012
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Instructors or faculty: Nader Soliman, MD FAAMA
Sponsor: Alternative Medicine Seminars
Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 18 hours
Phone: 301-251-2335
Website:
www.alternativemedicineseminars.com
Email:
myalternatives@yahoo.com
Name of event: Contact Regulation Thermography (CRT) Training - Focusing on interpretation skills with clinical protocols, including dental vector analysis
Dates: May 10, 2012
Location: Waypoint Conference Center. 185 MacArthur Dr. New Bedford, MA 02740
Instructors or faculty: James Odell, OMD, LAc, Inner Light Consultants, KY and Frank Pleus, MD, DDS, OMFS, Paracelsus Clinic, Switzerland
Sponsor: Marion Institute's Biological Medicine Network
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: -
Credit hours: -
Phone: 508.748.0816
Website: www.biolgoicalmedicinenetwork.org
E-mail: info@biolgoicalmedicinenetwork.org
Name of event: Paradigms of Biological Medicine
Dates: May 11-12, 2012
Location: Waypoint Conference Center. 185 MacArthur Dr. New Bedford, MA 02740
Instructors or faculty: Frank Pleus, MD, DDS, OMFS, Paracelsus Clinic, Switzerland, James Odell, OMD, LAc, Inner Light Consultants, KY, Bradford Harding, MD and Margaret McMorrow, LAc, MS, Progressive Medicine Clinic, CT
Sponsor: Marion Institute's Biological Medicine Network
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: -
Credit hours: -
Phone: 508.748.0816
Website: www.biolgoicalmedicinenetwork.org
E-mail: info@biolgoicalmedicinenetwork.org
Name of event: XV World Congress on Medical Acupuncture
Dates: May 25-27, 2012
Location:
Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece
Instructors or faculty:
Sponsor: International Congress on Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques (ICMART)
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit?
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone:
Website:
www.ICMART2012.org
E-mail:
Name of Event: Five-Element Acupuncture Beginning the Journey(tm)
Dates: May 26-27 (Chicago, IL), June 23-24 (Santa Monica, CA), July 21-22 (San Diego, CA)
Location: As above
Instructors or Faculty: Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.
Sponsor: The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc.
Approved for AMA Category I credit: No
Accrediting Organization: NCCAOM approved
Credit hours: 15
Phone: (310) 453-2235
Website: www.5elements.com
Name of event: Homeopathy for alternative medicine practitioners
Dates: June 2-3, 2012
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Instructors or faculty: Nader Soliman, MD FAAMA
Sponsor: Alternative Medicine Seminars
Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours: 16 hours
Phone: 301-251-2335
Website:
www.alternativemedicineseminars.com
Email: myalternatives@yahoo.com
Name of event: Enhanced Auricular Assessment and Treatment. Seminar II.
Dates: June 7 - 10, 2012
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Instructors or faculty: Muriel Agnes, PhD, Dave Maybee, Lisa Weleschuck
Sponsor: Vital Principle Institute
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? No
Accrediting organization: Vital Principle Institute, NCCAOM
Credit hours: 26
Phone: 506-292-3394
Website: www.vitalprinciple.ca
E-mail: info@vitalprinciple.ca
Name of event: Comprehensive Training Course on Acupuncture for Physicians, 2012 – Phase One
Dates: Phase 1: June 16 to June 23, 2012
Location: San Francisco, California
Instructors or faculty:
Tsun-Nin Lee, MD, et al
Sponsors: Academy of Pain Research, UCI, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Tang Center.For Herbal Medicine, Institute for Medical Studies
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: Institute for Medical Studies
Credit hours: 220 CME category I
Phone: 1-888-882-1330
Website: www.acupuncturecourse.org
E-mail: apr@acupuncturecourse.org
Name of Event: Contemporary Medical Acupuncture for Health Professionals
Dates: 5 Units - Fall 2012 Course – September/October/November/December 2012
Location: McMaster University Campus – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Instructors or Faculty: Dr. Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, Director; Dr. Angelica Fargas-Babjak, Chair
Sponsor: Department of Anesthesia & Continuing Health Sciences Education, McMaster University
Approved for AMA Category 1 Credit: Yes
Accrediting Organization: McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education
Credit Hours: 300 hours
Phone: 905-521-2100 X75175
Website: www.contemporaryacupuncture.com
E-mail: contemporaryacupuncture@mcmaster.ca
Name of event: Comprehensive Training Course on Herbal Medicine for Physicians, 2012
Dates: Face to face session: September 8 to September 15, 2012
Location: San Francisco, California
Instructors or faculty: Tsun-Nin Lee, M.D., et al
Sponsors: Academy of Pain Research, UCI, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Tang Center For Herbal Medicine, Institute for Medical Studies
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: Institute for Medical Studies
Credit hours: 250 CME category I
Phone: 1-888-882-1330
Website: www.acupuncturecourse.org
E-mail: apr@acupuncturecourse.org
Name of event: Georgia Association of Medical Acupuncturists Annual Academic Meeting
Dates: Sept. 29-30, 2012
Location: Atlanta, GA
Instructors or faculty: Dr. Richard Tan of San Diego, CA
Sponsor: Georgia AAMA Chapter (GAMA)
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Unknown
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone: 760/464-1047
Website: http://www.georgiaacupuncture.org/
E-mail: parrado.pena@att.net
Name of Event: Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2012
Dates: October 5-7
Location: Marina del Rey, CA
Instructors or Faculty: Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), Eliot Ivanhoe, M.D., M.Ac. (UK), Niki Bilton, M.Ac. (UK), et. al
Sponsor: Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc.
Approved for AMA Category I credit: No
Accrediting Organization: NCCAOM
Credit hours:
Phone: (310) 453-2235
Website: www.5elements.com
Name of event: Biomedical Acupuncture Seminar
Dates: Oct. 6-7, 2012
Location:
The Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Instructors or faculty:
Dr Yun-Tao Ma
Sponsor: AAMA Ohio Chapter
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Unknown
Accrediting organization:
Credit hours:
Phone:
(513) 791-5521
Website: http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/statechp/ohio.html
E-mail:
Steve.Amoils@myhealingpartner.com
Name of event: Comprehensive Training Course on Acupuncture for Physicians, 2010 – Phase Two
Dates: Phase 2: October 27 to November 3, 2012
Location: San Francisco, California
Instructors or faculty: Tsun-Nin Lee, M.D., et al
Sponsors: Academy of Pain Research, UCI, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Tang Center. For Herbal Medicine, Institute for Medical Studies
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit? Yes
Accrediting organization: Institute for Medical Studies
Credit hours: 80 CME category I
Phone: 1-888-882-1330
Website: www.acupuncturecourse.org
E-mail: apr@acupuncturecourse.org
Name of event: International Conference on Acupuncture
Dates: Dec. 7-9, 2012
Location:
India International Centre, New Delhi, India
Instructors or faculty:
Sponsor:
Approved for AMA Category 1 credit?
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Website:
E-mail: kapuracu@airtelmail.in
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