Public Service Announcement The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Task Force recently wrote a report entitled, 鈥淒raft Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations,鈥� 聽This report is open for public comment until Monday, April 1st, 2019. The Good News:聽聽In this
Congratulations to the聽winners of the annual Golden Flower Scholarship for scoring the highest grade on the Herbs section in the Comprehensives! SAN DIEGO Patricia Bruder NEW YORK Christa Wroblewski CHICAGO Justina Pham
The 糖心原创vlog of Oriental Medicine is delighted to announce that Belinda Anderson, PhD, LAc, and Academic Dean of PCOM, New York has been appointed to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health. The Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH) nominated Anderson for this position as she is
Dr. Greg Lane, DACM, 糖心原创vlog’s Dean of Graduate Faculty, was recently interviewed by Wendy Gould for “Everything You Need to Know About Facial Acupuncture” on The Klog, a blog devoted to Korean culture and beauty trends. Dr. Lane, along with Julie Von, a Manhattan-based holistic and fertility doctor, introduced
Jennifer Williams is driven by a calling. She had an inkling of her future vocation very early in her life: It was simply to heal people. As an adult, Williams felt herself gravitate naturally to the field of Chinese medicine, and she has gone on to bring acupuncture to hundreds
There was not a precise moment that Xiaolong Alcocer discovered acupuncture鈥攂ecause there was never a time when he wasn鈥檛 living and breathing it. Alcocer鈥檚 Chinese mother and Mexican father are both acupuncturists. In fact, four generations preceding Alococer on his mother鈥檚 side had treated acupuncture patients out of the family鈥檚
Not long after acupuncturist Amy Mager graduated from PCOM, she found herself testifying in front of a committee of Massachusetts legislators. It was a common enough task for Mager, who serves on the boards of both the Acupuncture Society of Massachusetts and the American Society of Acupuncturists. But something was
Eric Cachia didn鈥檛 expect to develop an interest in acupuncture, much less pursue a career in acupuncture. Acupuncture burst into his life, as unexpected as the massive basketball player who fell hard on his leg during a casual pickup game one fateful day. At the time, Cachia was in law
Many people who have found their calling can look back and pinpoint the moment they realized what they were meant to do with their lives or their careers. For acupuncturist Dr. Dana Fine, that career in acupuncture and Chinese medicine began with a broken foot. 鈥淢y dad gave me acupuncture
Dr. Kenneth Hoffman has a sign in his acupuncture office that reads, 鈥淔ight me if you wish, but remember, I鈥檓 old for a reason.鈥� It鈥檚 not meant to be intimidating or threatening; rather, it reminds his students and young staff that he has been around for a while鈥攁nd that he