In this issue
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- AAMA joins international Congress
- AAMA planting seeds to reap bountiful harvest
- Medical acupuncture training offered
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- Medical Acupuncture for Physicians scheduled
- Acupuncture educational opportunities listed
- Member News
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AAMA
Newsletter
Serving the American Academy of Medical
Acupuncture
July 2001
ABMA Board Certified physicians listed
The following AAMA members have met all qualifications, passed the ABMA exam and had their applications approved to be Board Certified in acupuncture. They have now earned the designation DABMA (Diplomate, American Board of Medical Acupuncture):
Michael P. Acord, MD, DABMA, Harbor City, CA
John J. Adams, MD, DABMA, Sedona, AZ
Philip D. Bamberger, MD, DABMA, New York, NY
Kevin Michael Barry, MD, DABMA, Mendham, NJ
John L. Baumeier, DO, DABMA, Cortland, OH
Barbara Bishop, MD, DABMA, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen E. Bishop, MD, DABMA, Tucson, AZ
John H. Black, MD, DABMA, Terre Haute, IN
Steven J. Bock, MD, DABMA, Rhinebeck, NY
Keith P. Bornstein, DO, DABMA, Macomb, MI
William P. Braun, MD, DABMA, White Haven, PA
Penelope Brooks, MD, DABMA, Milledgeville, GA
Daniel M. Brudnak, MD, DABMA, Corpus Christi, TX
Alice Brunecky, MD, DABMA, Broomfield, CO
David A. Bryman, DO, DABMA, Phoenix, AZ
Michael Buffington, MD, DABMA, DeQueen, AR
Kathleen M. Bynum, DO, DABMA, Dallas, TX
Kathryn Elise Calabria, DO, DABMA, East Meadow, NY
Martha Calden, DO, DABMA, Chicago, IL
Donald Catino, MD, DABMA, New London, NH
Tapan K. Chaudhuri, MD, DABMA, Raytown, MO
Julian S. Chestnut, DO, DABMA, Loves Park, IL
Catherine W. Cheung, MD, DABMA, Concord, NC
Aye Aye Cho, MD, DABMA, Glendale, CA
Elizabeth Chen Christenson, MD, DABMA, FCAP, Maumee, OH
Myung Kyu Chung, MD, DABMA, Cherry Hill, NJ
William Clearfield, DO, DABMA, Wilkes Barre, PA
David L. Cohen, DO, DABMA, Oakwood, GA
Richard D. Colavita, MD, DABMA, Somerville, NJ
Randall Cork, MD, PhD, DABMA, Shreveport, LA
Gaston Dana, DO, DABMA, Franklin, IN
George E. Dean, MD, DABMA, Tucson, AZ
Aurora P. Dela Rosa, MD, DABMA, Hamilton, NJ
Sewell H. Dixon, MD, DABMA, Greensboro, NC
Victor A. Elinoff, MD, DABMA, Endwell, NY
Umar Farooq, MD, DABMA, Bensalem, PA
Richard Alan Feely, DO, DABMA, Chicago, IL
Allen L. Fein, MD, DABMA, Southampton, NY
Christina B. Feliciano, MD, DABMA, Parkton, MD
Mary Jo Fishburn, MD, DABMA, Towson, MD
Nelson R. Foster, MD, DABMA, Nashville, TN
Bryan L. Frank, MD, DABMA, Richardson, TX
Jerrold A. Friedman, MD, DABMA, Cherry Hill, NJ
Corinne Frugoni, MD, DABMA, Trinidad, CA
Peter C. Fung, MD, DABMA, San Jose, CA
Edward S. Garbacz, MD, DABMA, Atlanta, GA
Barry C. Gendron, DO, DABMA, Portsmouth, NH
Jacqueline Germain, MD, DABMA, Cambridge, MA
Leonid Gordin, MD, DABMA, Cambridge, MA
Gerald W. Grass, MD, DABMA, Corfu, NY
Michael Green, MD, DABMA, Minneapolis, MN
Robert J. Gross, MD, DABMA, Portland, OR
Martha M. Grout, MD, DABMA, Scottsdale, AZ
Maria Guerra, MD, DABMA, Harbor City, CA
Gene George Hong, MD, DABMA, Portland, OR
Young Sook Hong, MD, DABMA, Troy, NY
Richard J. House, MD, DABMA, Goldsboro, NC
Ming Y. Huang, MD, DABMA, Somerville, NJ
Christine L. Hughes, MD, DABMA, Charlotte, NC
Dinora Ingberman, MD, DABMA, Skokie, IL
Joe Jackson, MD, DABMA, Saucier, MS
Sudesh Sheela Jain, MD, DABMA, New Providence, NJ
Roberto A. Jodorkovsky, MD, DABMA, Baltimore, MD
Thomas G. Johans, MD, DABMA, Ballwin, MO
Gulzar S. Johl, MD, DABMA, Yuba City, CA
Juliana H. Kang, MD, DABMA, Hartford, CT
Susan G. Kaplan, MD, DABMA, New York, NY
Dharma Kaur Khalsa, MD, DABMA, Albuquerque, NM
David S. Kim, MD, DABMA, Tustin, CA
Luke Y. Kim, MD, DABMA, Ypsilanti, MI
Yong Kak Kim, MD, DABMA, Wilmington, DE
Mark W. Kimpel, MD, DABMA, Carmel, IN
Lowell E. Kobrin, MD, PhD, DABMA, Coos Bay, OR
Alison Lee, MD, DABMA, Walled Lake, MI
Jai Sung Lee, MD, DABMA, Laurel, MD
Holly Leeds, MD, DABMA, Auburn, CA
Brahman Levy, MD, DABMA, Pennsauken, NJ
Schue-Yuan Liao, MD, DABMA, Towson, MD
Dee Wee Lim, MD, JD, DABMA, Moreno Valley, CA
En-Su Lin, MD, DABMA, Vineland, NJ
Siong-Chi Lin, MD, DABMA, Jacksonville, FL
Tony V. Lu, MD, DABMA, LaGrange Park, IL
Alston C. Lundgren, MD, DABMA, Santa Fe, NM
Allen McDaniels, MD, DABMA, San Pedro, CA
Yue-Pang Mok, MD, DABMA, Medina, OH
Douglas Molin, MD, DABMA, Carmel, IN
Earl D. Morgan, MD, DABMA, Punxsutawney, PA
James Munson, MD, DABMA, Redlands, CA
Hiroshi Nakazawa, MD, DABMA, Catonsville, MD
Elizabeth F. Nelson, MD, DABMA, Richmond, CA
Sai H. Oh, MD, DABMA, Chattanooga, TN
Young Wu Park, MD, DABMA, Bakersfield, CA
Monte B. Pellmar, MD, DABMA, Freehold, NJ
Gary T. Raflo, MD, DABMA, Concord, NC
Elizabeth M. Reynolds-Yoon, MD, DABMA, Fairfax, VA
Mark Rieb, MD, DABMA, Apple Valley, MN
Narda G. Robinson, DO, DVM, DABMA, Fort Collins, CO
James Robles, MD, DABMA, Weslaco, TX
James K. Rotchford, MD, DABMA, Port Townsend, WA
Johann Rothwangl, MD, DABMA, Candia, NH
Timothy O. Rowe, MD, DABMA, Ridgefield, CT
William A. Ruda, MD, DABMA, Somerville, NJ
Lynn M. Rusy, MD, DABMA, Milwaukee, WI
Marshall H. Sager, DO, DABMA, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Adnan K. Sammour, MD, DABMA, Bradenton, FL
Jay Sandweiss, DO, DABMA, Ann Arbor, MI
Ronald Santasiero, MD, DABMA, Hamburg, NY
Robert Schulman, MD, DABMA, New York, NY
Dein M. Shapiro, MD, DABMA, Branchburg, NJ
W. William Shay, DO, DABMA, Barto, PA
Louisa M. Silva, MD, DABMA, Salem, OR
John Anthony Sklar, MD, DABMA, Fort Worth, TX
Thomas C. Small, MD, DABMA, Williamsville, NY
Kim Y. Smith, MD, DABMA, Long Beach, WA
Daniel A. Smolen, DO, DABMA, Boothwyn, PA
Anita D. Spitz, MD, DABMA, Titusville, FL
Philip J. Stevens, DO, FAAPM&R, DABMA, Drexel Hill, PA
Richard M. Strong, MD, DABMA, Highland, CA
Keith Swan, DO, DABMA, Boulder, CO
Frederick Tan, MD, DABMA, Chicago, IL
Fredric S. Taylor, MD, DABMA, Seattle, WA
David Teitelbaum, DO, DABMA, Fort Worth, TX
Pikul Tontapanish, MD, DABMA, Detroit, MI
Alan D. Tran, MD, DABMA, Houston, TX
Mark M. Walker, MD, DABMA, Baton Rouge, LA
Candace B. Warner, MD, DABMA, Baton Rouge, LA
Norbert Weidner, MD, DABMA, Cincinnati, OH
Stanley L. Whittemore, MD, DABMA, Seattle, WA
Rebecca Wilks, MD, DABMA, Phoenix, AZ
Peter Arm Woo Won, MD, DABMA, Morristown, NJ
Rey Ximenes, MD, DABMA, Austin, TX
Jay Hai Yoo, MD, DABMA, Muskogee, OK
Donald D. Yoon, MD, DABMA, Monroeville, PA
Norman G. Zavela, MD, DABMA, Oregon, OH
Kathleen J. Zisser, MD, DABMA, Santa Barbara, CA
Licensed physicians who have completed an organized primary acupuncture course of at least 200 hours and have 300 or more total hours of training are eligible to make application to the American Board of Medical Acupuncture to sit for the examination. Thus, physicians may sit for the exam soon after their training, or they may wait, depending on their preference.
The other components
of certification include two years of practice after the initial training
program with at least 500 cases, and three professional physician references.
The affidavit of experience and references may be submitted after they
are completed. Applicants should not attest to completion of two years
of practice until they have actually completed the time after their
training.
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Colorado
The Colorado Chapter is planning a one-day conference with Butch Levy,
MD, LAc, on Japanese style of pain management called, "Itaml,"
in October 2001. The third Chapter meeting will follow the conference.
The Chapter also is considering the invitation of Glenn Rothfeld, MD,
MAc, for a two-day weekend course on Five Elements Acupuncture, tentatively
in January or February 2002 in Denver. Call President Alice Brunecky,
MD, (303/438-2050) if you're interested and would like to attend.
Indiana
Attention Hoosiers, there is now an Indiana Chapter of AAMA! We are
just getting organized but need to know your ideas and interests. Contact
President William L. Driehorst, MD, with ideas and interests (St. Vincent
Center for Complementary Medicine and Pain Managment, 13431 Old Meridian
St., #225, Carmel, IN 46032, wldmd@aol.com).
New Jersey
The New Jersey Chapter had a meeting of the Steering Committee recently
to discuss liaison with the Delaware Valley and New York groups as well
as an educational meeting on practice management in Atlantic City in
late fall. Other discussions and plans centered around the NJ Chapter's
Board and developments among non-physician acupuncturists in New Mexico
and Florida.
Oregon
Joseph Sullivan, MD, has been selected to chair the Education Committee
of the Oregon Chapter. The Annual Educational Conference will take place
Sept. 29, 2001 from 9 am to noon at Providence Medical Center in Portland.
The speaker is nationally renowned acupuncture researcher, Dr. Richard
Hammerschlag, PhD. The topic will be "Recent Advances in Acupuncture
Research: Neuroimaging, Placebo Needles and Study Designs that Reflect
Traditional Practice." Attendance fee is $25, and CME credit is
being sought.
To attend, contact Dr. Peter Hanfileti, secretary-treasurer of the Oregon
Chapter (360/449-4500, hanfileti@pointsoforigin.com).
Send your Chapter news to: bdortberg@aol.com.
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AAMA is pleased to announce a Five Element Acupuncture for Physicians Workshop presented by Glenn Rothfeld, MD, MAc. This two-day workshop will combine lecture with case presentations to examine the 5 Element model of diagnosis for medical acupuncture. To assure a high-quality learning experience, attendance is limited to 40 participants.
After reviewing the last AAMA Membership Survey, the Education Committee determined that Five Elements was among the most highly desired topics to be presented in a workshop format. Five Element acupuncture is a system that combines both "left brain" and "right brain" functions into a complete system of diagnosis and treatment. The Five Elements for Physicians workshop is experiential training in which participants will get ample opportunities to use and to develop their skills during the diagnostic process.
Acupuncture training at the minimum level of 200 hours in a formal course of study is encouraged. However, the workshop can be useful for physicians without prior acupuncture training, as a means to learn the Five Element way of understanding patients and forming a therapeutic plan within that context.
AAMA, which
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for CME to provide CME for
physicians, designates the workshop for a maximum of 13 hours of category
1 toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should
claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity.
The workshop will be 9 am to 5 pm as follows:
- Oct. 6-7, 2001 at Hyatt Regency DFW, Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, Dallas, TX. Call (972) 453-1234 or (800) 233-1234 for reservations. Ask for "AAMA Workshop/5 Element" room rate of $99 single/$124 double (good until Sept. 21)
- Nov. 3-4, 2001 at Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 West Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, IL. Call (847) 696-1234 or (800) 233-1234 for reservations. Ask for "AAMA Workshop/5 Element" room rate of $125 single/$145 double (good until Oct. 12).
For a registration form, call AAMA offices (323/937-5514).