※Calling for Participants
24th Annual International Symposium on
Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics
November
1 (Sat)-4 (TUE), 2008
Columbia University in the City of New York
School of International Affairs Dag Hammarskjold Lounge
420 West 118 Street, New York, NY
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Licensed Physicians and Dentists can earn Credit toward the
Acupuncture Certificate to practice acupuncture (300 credit hours)
The 24th Annual International Symposium on Acupuncture and
Electro-Therapeutics will be held November
1 (Sat)-4(TUE), 2008 at the School
of International Affairs, Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 420 West 118 St
at Columbia University in the City of New York.
This 4-day meeting is accredited for 40 Credit hours by the New
York State Boards for Medicine and Dentistry towards the 300-hour
requirement for the acupuncture certificate for licensed physicians
and dentists in New York State. It is also recognized for credit by
many other states & countries. This meeting is also eligible for AMA
CME Category I Credit.
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with
the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the
New York Academy of Medicine and the International College of
Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics. The New York Academy of Medicine
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and
scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The New York Academy of Medicine designates this continuing
medical education activity for 40 hours (4 days- 22nd Annual Int'l
Symposium at Columbia University) of Category I credit for the
Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.
Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she
actually spent in the educational activity.
The 24th Annual International Symposium is organized by the
International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics
(permanently chartered by the University of the State of New York)
and its official journal, Acupuncture & Electro- Therapeutics
Research, The International Journal (Cognizant Communications), by
the Heart Disease Research Foundation; the Nordic Acupuncture Soc.
(Scandinavia); the Schmerz Therapeutische Kolloquium (Germany);
Austrian Soc. of Acupuncture & Auricular Therapy; Portuguese
Federation of Acupuncture Association; Yugoslavian Med. Acupuncture
Soc.; Brazilian Med. Acupuncture Soc.; Federation of Acupuncture
Soc.'s of S. America; Hippocratic Foundation of Greece; Institute of
Acupuncture Research, Shanghai Med. University; Ukrainian National
Kiev Medical University, Dept. of Non-Orthodox Medicine; Institute
of Anesthesia, Padua Univ., Italy; Japan Bi-Digital O-Ring Test
Assoc, etc., with audio-visual and clinical presentations by many
renowned scientists and clinicians.
Topics of the Symposium
- Acupuncture, Electro-Therapeutics and Related Therapies in the
East and West: Past, Present and Future.
- Neurotransmitters and their Inhibitors; and Mechanisms of
Pain, Depression, Abnormal Behavior & Memory.
- Normal and Abnormal Blood Pressure and Blood Flow, etc., in
the Brain and Other Parts of the Body, and the Effects of
Acupuncture and Electro-therapy on Circulation, Blood Chemistry
and Neurotransmitters.
- Acupuncture, Electrotherapy & Qi Gong in the Treatment of
Intractable Pain and Intractable Problems in Surgery, Anesthesia,
Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry, Geriatric
Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, etc., (Their effect on
Circulation & Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement Methods).
- Meridians & Acupuncture Points & their Biophysics &
Biochemistry as well as Connections to Cerebral Cortex.
- Evaluation of the Effects of Acupuncture, Electrotherapy,
Laser, Qi Gong, Western & Herbal Medicine.
- Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Acupuncture &
Electro-Therapeutics, Laser, Qi Gong, Electro-Magnetic fields.
- Diagnosis and Therapy Based on the Organ Representation
Concept: Cerebral Cortical, Scalp, Auricular, Facial, Lip, Tongue,
Hand and Foot, and Nasal Representation Areas of the Different
Organs of the Body.
- Detection and Prevention of Patho-Electro-Magnetic Fields from
Earth, TV, Computers, and Beds & related disorders.
- Manual & Electro-Acupuncture, TENS & Qi Gong in Cardiovascular
Diseases (Stroke, Myocardial Infarct, etc.), Alzheimer's &
Parkinson's Diseases, Drug Addictions & Obesity, TMJ problems,
Electro- (Kirlian) Photography.
- Medico-Legal Standards for Teaching and Practicing
Acupuncture, Electro-Therapeutics, and Related Fields.
- "Bi-Digital O-Ring Test" in Acupuncture, Electrotherapy &
Western Medicine: Its Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications
[e.g. Imaging of Internal Organs and their Corresponding Meridians
and Acupuncture Points, Identification & Localization of Bacteria,
Viruses, Malignant Tumors (Early Diagnosis & Treatment),
Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Drugs, Toxic Substances] & Food &
Drug Compatibility Test, Optimal Dosage & Drug Uptake. Detection
of Valuable, but Invisible, Information on X-rays, MRI, SPECT &
PET scans.
- How to Prevent Potential Adverse Effects of Acupuncture,
Electro-Therapeutics, Qi Gong, Western & Herbal Medicine.
- Factors Influencing Safe and Effective Acupuncture,
Electro-Acupuncture, TENS, Electro-Magnetic Field Stimulation and
related Electrical Stimulators, as well as Qi Gong , Laser,
Shiatsu, Hypnosis, Nutrition , Drug Therapy & Herbal Medicine
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Role of Telomere, Telomerase, Aging, DNA
mutation, 8-OH-dG, Folic Acid, Apoptosis, Cancer,
Longevity, Alpha Lipoic Acid & Acetyl L-Carnitine, How
to reduce cancer cell telomere markedly while increasing
normal cell telomere by acupuncture at True St.36
2 Minute non-invasive screening of cancer
& localization of cancer by X-,Y-axis laser line
scanning of whole body. Rapid non-invasive screening of
Pre-Alzheimer’s Disease by measuring Acetylcholine,
b-Amyloid
(1-42), Tau Protein, Al, Hg, and Pb. Rapid non-invasive
screening of heart disease and cardiovascular disease by
measuring cardiac Troponin I, L-Homocyst(e)ine, & C
Reactive Protein. Safe & effective treatment of these
diseases using the “Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement
Method”, |
Contact
Those interested in participating or presenting a paper should
contact:
Symposium Chairman Prof. Y. Omura, M.D., Sc. D., F. I. C. A. E.
800 Riverside Drive (8-I)
New York, N.Y. 10032.
Tel: (212) 781-6262, Fax (212) 923-2279
(10 am to 10 pm , New York Time, 7 days a week);
Dr. Avraharm Henoch, M.D. Tel: (212) 795-1717.
Claire Urich, B.S.
Tel:(212)781-3082
Mr. Victor Wong, B.S. TEL: (201)432-1717.
All papers and abstracts accepted for presentation will be
published in Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, The
International Journal (Cognizant Communication). *Registration
scholarships are available for qualified needy applicants; medical
students and pre-medical students are invited free of charge.
Registration Fee
Before Oct. 15, 2008: The fee for 40 credit hours from the NY
State Boards of Medicine and Dentistry towards the Acupuncture
Certificate for the licensed M.D., D. O., V. M. D., or D. D. S. in
the U.S.A., Puerto Rico and Canada is $550 ($600 after Oct. 15,
20058). Fellows and Members of the Int'l College pay $500 ($550 after
Oct. 15, 2008). Full Members (holding N.Y. State Acupuncture
Certificates) of a major acupuncture society for physicians and
dentists, pay $530. The Non-credit registration fee is $450 ($500
after Oct. 15, 2008). For Columbia Medical Students, the symposium
is Free. For Non-Columbia Medical Students, the symposium
registration fee is $250. The Registration fee for members of ICMART
or major int'l medical acupuncture societies and of the
International Association for the Study of Pain from countries
outside of the U.S.A., P.R., and Canada, or current 2-year
subscribers to Acupuncture & Electro- Therapeutics, The
International Journal from outside of the U.S.A., Puerto Rico or
Canada is $500 ($550 after Oct. 15, 2008.
Hotel Accommodations
Special Reduced Rates for participants: $135/night (1-2 people in
a Studio Room) and $175/night (2-4 people in a 2 room suite) at the
Milburn Hotel, 242 W. 76th Street, New York [Tel: (212) 362-1006].
Newton Hotel, 2528 Broadway (94th St.) [(212) 678-6500], about
$100-130/night for 1-2. (Bed and Breakfast average $75/night at
private home [Call (212) 874-4308].) West Side YMCA (5 W. 63rd St.),
(212) 875-4100 at about $68 single or $81 double/night or $130 for
4/night. East Side YMCA (224 E. 47th St.), (212) 756-9600 has about
the same price scale. Beacon Hotel. 74th St. at Broadway (212)
787-1100 ext 623 (Call Mike Rogan for specially reduced Columbia
Conference rate, I bedroom suite about $145-195.). These rates may
change and please confirm the current rates.
Tentative Presentations
The 24th International Symposium will tentatively include
presentations by the following speakers and topics, among many other
distinguished clinicians and researchers.
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1)
Prof.
Xiao-Ding Cao, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof. and Chairperson,
Dept. of Acupuncture Analgesia (Former Dean, School of Basic
Medical Sciences), Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai,
People's Republic of China; Chair- person, State Key
Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, and Prof. & Director,
Institute of Acupuncture Research, Shanghai Medical
University, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional
Medicine, The People's Republic of China.
- Topic 1: The
neuro-anatomical and neuro-chemical bases of acupuncture
analgesia.
- Topic 2:
Acupuncture Research in the People's Republic of China,
including current research at the Shanghai Medical
University.
- Topic 3:
Effect of Electro Acupuncture on
cerebral ischemia in patients and rats.
- Topic 4:
Effect of Orphanin FQ on the
improvement of the immunosuppression by Electro
Acupuncture
- Topic 5:
The role of the nucleus reticularis
paragigantocellularis lateralis of rats in acupuncture
analgesia
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Topic 6: Acupuncture Education in the
People's Republic of China
2)
Prof. Yoshiaki Omura, M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E., F.A.A.I.M.,
F.R.S.M., Director of Medical Research, Heart Disease
Research Foundation; President, International College of
Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics; Adjunct Prof., Community
& Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College; Prof. of
Non Orthodox Medicine, Ukrainian National Kiev Medical
University, former Visiting Research Prof., Dept. Electrical
Eng., Manhattan College; former Adjunct Prof. of
Pharmacology, Chicago Med School
- Topic 1:
Abnormal electromagnetic fields in
home environments and abnormal metal deposits in the
brain and other parts of the body as potential
contributing factors to the genesis of electromagnetic
field hypersensitivity syndrome, Alzheimer's disease,
autism, cancer, myocardial infarct, stroke, and other
intractable medical problems; early detection and
prevention of pathogenic electromagnetic fields.
- Topic 2:
Often unrecognized causes of
intractable pain and medical problems, and effective
treatment by selective drug uptake enhancement methods
(acupuncture, (+) Qi Gong, extremely low frequency
electrical stimulation, electrical field, magnetic
fields, electromagnetic field, soft laser, Shiatsu,
etc.) in pathological areas, such as cancer and other
intractable medical problems, where drugs usually cannot
reach therapeutic levels.
- Topic 3:
2 Minute non-invasive screening of
cancer & localization of cancer by X-, Y-axis laser line
scanning of whole body. 2 minute non-invasive screening
of heart disease and cardiovascular disease measuring
cardiac Troponin I, L-Homocysteine, & C Reactive
Protein.6 minute non-invasive screening of
Pre-Alzheimer's Disease by measuring Acetylcholine,
b-Amyloid
(1-42), Al, Hg, and Pb. Safe & effective treatment of
these diseases using "Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement
Method" to selectively deliver the effective medication
to the pathological area.
- Topic 4:
Detection of accurate organ
representation areas at various parts of the body
including the head, face, eyes, ears, lips, nose,
tongue, hands & feet and their clinical application for
diagnosis and treatment.
- Topic 5:
Role of Telomere, Telomerase, Aging,
8-OH-2-dG, Apoptosis & Cancer, How to reduce cancer cell
Telomere markedly, while increasing normal cell Telomere
by acupuncture at the True St. 36 (Traditional St. 36
doesn't have same effect).
3) Dr. Ki Ho
Kim, M.D., F.A.A.P.M.R., F.I.C.A.E., President, Council
of the International College of Acupuncture &
Electro-Therapeutics; Chairman, New Jersey Acupuncture
Examining Board; Medical Director, Kim Institute for
Rehabilitation Medicine; Medical Director of the Universal
Institute for Fitness & Rehabilitation.
- Topic 1:
Individualized Auricular Electrical
Stimulation Prosthesis for Multiple Sclerosis & other
Disabling Problems
- Topic 2:
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test & Acupuncture for the Management
of Intractable Pain
4)
Prof. Ravi Mamtani, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof. of
Clinical Preventive Medicine; Section Chief of Complimental
Medicine & Director of Acupuncture Training, NY Medical
College
- Topic 1:
Evidence-based approach to the
practice of acupuncture
5)
Prof. Andre de Smul, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Former Prof.,
Dept. of Surgery, Pain Clinic, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije
University, Brussels, Belgium.
- Topic 1:
Environmental Electromagnetic Field
and Related Diseases in Plants, Animals, and Humans
6)
Prof. Pekka J. Pontinen, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
President, Nordic Medical Acupuncture Society; Assoc. Prof.
Anesthesiology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
- Topic 1:
Basic Principle and Clinical
application of red spectrum as well as near-infrared
soft laser for treatment of pain and wound healing in
rehabilitation medicine
7)
Prof. Mathew Lee, M.D., M.P.H, F.A.C.P., F.I.C.A.E.
Howard Rusk Prof. & Chairman of Dept. of Rehabilitation
Medicine, New York University.
- Topic 1:
Computerized Tomography,
Thermographic Imaging & Acupuncture
8)
Prof. Dominic P. Lu, D.D.S., F.A.G.D., F.A.D.S.A,
F.I.C.A.E., Clinical Prof. of Oral Medicine, Univ. of
Pennsylvania.
- Topic 1:
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test in
Acupuncture, Qi Gong & Pain Management
9)
Dr. Edward Spiegel, D.D.S., F.I.C.A.E. Co-Chairman,
CME program of American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial
Pain.
- Topic 1:
Non-invasive diagnosis and treatment
of intractable pain using Bi-Digital O-Ring Test and
evaluation and selection of dental materials for
patients using Bi-Digital O-Ring Test before
introduction to the patient.
10)
Dr. Daniel Gole, D.D.S., F.I.C.A.E., Director, West
Michigan Head, Neck & Facial Pain Center. Originator of
Modern Micro Dental Occlusal Adjustment RFV (Resultant Force
Vector Technique)
- Topic 1:
Effect of Dental Occlusal Adjustment
on the Rest of the Body and Potential Effect on the
Level of Bacterial and Viral Infection (Lecture and
Clinical Demonstration)
11)
Prof. Steven Aung, M.D., F.I.C.A.E. Associate Prof.,
Dept of Family Medicine, Univ. of Alberta
- Topic 1:
Clinically useful aspect of
traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture
12)
Dr. Yasuhiro Shimotsuura, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Vice
President, Japan Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Medical Society
- Topic 1:
Non-invasive Early Diagnosis of
Cancer using Bi-Digital O-Ring Test & Laboratory
Confirmation of the Findings.
- Topic 2:
Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Intractable
Medical Problems and their Effective Treatment using the
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test and Selective Drug Uptake
Enhancement Method.
- Topic 3:
Umbilical Diagnosis based on the
Direction of Umbilical Creases
13)
Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., Ph.D. President,
American Academy of Neurotherapy , Seattle, Washington
- Topic 1:
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test and the
Autonomic Nervous System
14)
Dr. Michael Smith, M.D., F.I.C.A.E. Director of
Acupuncture Drug Detoxification Program, Lincoln Hospital,
Bronx, New York
- Topic 1:
Use of Ear Acupuncture for the
Treatment of Drug Addiction & Reduction of Cigarette &
Alcohol Intractable Medical Problems (Seminar &
Workshop)
15)
Representatives from the New York State Board for Medicine
and other distinguished speakers (Topics to be announced). |
For
any further information of submission of abstracts of papers of the
symposium please contact:
Yoshiaki. Omura, M.D., Sc.D.,
Chairman of the 24th Int’l Symposium on Acupuncture &
Electro-Therapeutics, 800 Riverside Drive 8-I, New York, N.Y.
10032-7416 Tel: (212)781-6262, Fax: (212)923-2279 |
