In this issue 

Board Certification

Acupuncture 'goes to the dogs'

Study: Acupuncture hels coocaine treatment

MAAC Update

CAM positions

Graduates

Clinical Units

Member News

Medical Acupuncture events

Chapter News

Posters sought

Publisher support campaign

PR efforts paying off

Events/CME Database

Previous Issues

•Robert C. Heffron, MD, will lead the following: Chinese Pulse Diagnosis-Phase I, Oct. 6-9 in Milan, Italy by MediCina (MD-acupuncture school), 301/656-1169; Chinese Pulse Diagnosis-Phase I, Oct. 27-29 and Dec. 1-3, in Watertown, MA, 42 CEU by New England School of Acupuncture, 617/926-1788; Chinese Pulse Diagnosis-Shen/Hammer system, intermediate seminar, Nov. 17-19, in Winston-Salem, NC, 21 CEU by North Carolina Acupuncture Society, 336/760-3993; Chinese Pulse Diagnosis-Phase II, Feb. 2-5, 2001 in Milan, Italy by MediCina, 301/656-1169.

•Second annual Complementary Medicine Seminar: Drug and Herb Interactions will be held Oct. 7 at Maryland State Medical Society in Baltimore ($50). Medchi is offering 6 CME. For details, call program coordinator/Faculty member Margaret Mullins, MD (410/757-7665) or visit: medchi.org.

•The $7 million NIH-OHSU neurological research program in alternative medicines (ORCCAMIND) will be conducting a conference Oct. 21, 2000, in Portland. This meeting will feature studies currently underway and future projects. Input from physician acupuncturists will be especially valuable, given their unique dual training. Application for CME is available from the website: OHSU.edu/ORCCAMIND. For further details, contact Gene Hong, MD (gghong@aol.com).

•Society for Acupuncture Research’s Symposium 2000 will be offered (with CEU by Maryland Institute of TCM) Oct. 21–22 in Baltimore by University of Maryland School of Medicine and U of M Complementary Medicine Program. For a room at Marriott Inner Harbor, call 410/962-0202. For conference details, visit: acupunctureresearch.org.

•Diagnosis and Therapy With Auriculomedicine (with speaker Rita Klowersa, MD) will be offered Oct. 21–28, 2000 at the University of Miami School of Medicine with cosponsor German Academy of Acupuncture and Auriculomedicine. For details on the course, which offers 52 CME hours, call 305/243-2178 (or e-mail: spurcell@med.miami.edu).

•Pan Pacific Medical Acupuncture Conference, sponsored by AAMA, will be Oct. 24-29 at Paris Hotel in Las Vegas (702/946-7000, group code: RPPPA). Faculty is comprised of acupuncturists from US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A Break-Out session in Urologic and Gynecologic applications of acupuncture will meet from 5–7 pm Oct. 26. An outstanding group of experts will give a short overview of their clinical area: Jean-Michel Bouschbacher, MD, cases of leukorrhea; Jean Levesque, LAc, dysmenorrhea and infertility; Nader Soliman, MD, auricular diagnosis and treatment in Urology and Gynecology, and Joseph Wong, MD, use of acupuncture in male sexual dysfunction.

•Chinese Acupuncture for Physicians: Scientific Basis and Practice is being offered (258 hours CME from St. Luke Medical Center, Tenet Health System) with course director Anita Cignolini, MD, in Santa Barbara, CA. With prework required, Course B is Nov. 13-18 & Feb. 26-March 3, 2001; and Course C is May 14-19, 2001 & Sept. 17-22, 2001. To register, call Diane Lapa (323/442-1313) or Tom Burgoon, MD (856/321-0303). Dr. Cignolini is also instructor of Chinese Acupuncture for Physicians: Advanced Clinical Course in Santa Barbara (Lung and Respiratory Diseases Oct. 1-5, 2000 and Ob/Gyn Oct. 15-19). Call Louisa Silva, MD (503/581-4563) or Sharon Kadell (503/378-1561).

•Instructor Jeffrey D. Kauffman, MD, is offering, Blending Five Element Acupuncture into your Medical Practice, in Sacramento. The course, which costs $7,000, consists of eight three-day weekends, beginning March 2–4, 2001. Call 916/488-8454.