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Arya Nielsen

Dr. Arya Nielsen is an American acupuncturist taught in the classical lineage of Dr. James Tin Yau So. She graduated in the first class of the first acupuncture college in the United States in 1977 (New England School of Acupuncture). She is a practitioner, teacher, author, and researcher and is considered the Western clinical authority on Gua sha. Dr Nielsen is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health and directs the Acupuncture Fellowship for Inpatient Care at Mount Sinai. Her research includes both the physiology and therapeutic effect of Gua sha, acupuncture therapies for acute care and the inpatient setting as well as research on the treatment of chronic pain in underserved populations. Dr. Nielsen is the author of the textbook Gua Sha, A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice, (also in German, French and Italian) now in its second edition. She also filmed Gua Sha: Step-by-Step a teaching DVD. Arya teaches internationally on topics related to East Asian medicine and Integrative medicine she developed and teaches the Gua sha Certification Course with ProD Seminars (http://www.prodseminars.net/guasha) as well as courses on safe and ethical practice standards, evidence for acupuncture and traditional East Asian modalities, and inpatient hospital-based acupuncture therapy. Dr. Nielsen is the Chair of the Policy Working Group for the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, the 70 plus North American member organization of academic medical centers and health systems that support utilization of evidence-based nonpharmacologic therapies as integrative medical care. Arya served on a 2014 Joint Commission Stakeholder Panel on pain that led to their clarification (2015) that nonpharmacologic therapies be included in treatment strategies. Arya can be contacted by email at Arya.Nielsen@mountsinai.org or at her website http://www.guasha.com/.

Speakers Online Courses

Arya Nielsen
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
50.00 CEU/PDAs
Arya Nielsen and Claudia Citkovitz
Arya Nielsen PhD, Claudia Citkovitz
On Demand Video Course
23.00 CEU/PDAs
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Adi Fromm, Arya Nielsen PhD, Poney Chiang, Susan Johnson, Tom Bisio
On Demand Video Course
8.00 CEU/PDAs
Indications and Applications: Gua Sha
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
6.00 CEU/PDAs
Colors of Flesh, Sha and Significant Tongue Changes
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
6.00 CEU/PDAs
Evidence for Gua Sha: a Literature Review
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
6.00 CEU/PDAs
Module 5: Safety & Medical Errors: Complications & Contraindications for Gua Sha
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
5.00 CEU/PDAs
Module 4: Safety: Reports, Risks and Guidelines for Gua Sha and Ba Guan
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
5.00 CEU/PDAs
Treating Specific Disorders with Gua Sha
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
5.00 CEU/PDAs
Safety in Acupuncture Therapy: Risk and Harms
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
4.00 CEU/PDAs
History: Acupuncture, Bloodletting, Gua Sha and Cholera
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
4.00 CEU/PDAs
The Science of Gua Sha: Anti inflammation and Immune Protection
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
4.00 CEU/PDAs
Results and Recommendations
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
4.00 CEU/PDAs
Ethics: Standards of Conduct and Professional Practice
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
4.00 CEU/PDAs
Psycho Spiritual Effect of Gua Sha
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
3.00 CEU/PDAs
Terms and Tools for Gua Sha
Arya Nielsen PhD
On Demand Video Course
2.00 CEU/PDAs