California

The objectives of this full-day seminar are:

1. To provide an update on current clinical practices and integrative management of select conditions in Reproductive Medicine and Women's Health, including, Menopause, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), common gynecological malignancies as well as general fertility care.
2. Provide acupuncturists with practical clinical knowledge on how acupuncture/ TCM can be integrated into the care of patients with the above-mentioned select conditions.
3. Provide acupuncturists with insight on the role of acupuncture/TCM in optimizing pregnancy ratesand the future of integrative fertility care.

Speakers and lectures:

• Insights on Care:  Poor Responders to IVF, Richard Marrs, MD

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  Current Concepts in Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening of Human Embryos, Richard Buyalos, MD

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  Trauma & Stress in Challenged Reproduction, Cheryl Arutt, PsyD

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  TCM Perspectives on Primary Ovarian Failure for IVF, Shiaoting Jing, PhD, L.Ac

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  Reading the Cards:  What Semen Analysis Really Means, Paul Turek, MD

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  Dissolving Obstacles in Life and in Pursuit of Family, Mao Shing Ni, PhD, L.Ac

The objectives of this full-day seminar are:

1. To provide an update on current clinical practices and integrative management of select conditions in Reproductive Medicine and Women's Health, including, Menopause, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), common gynecological malignancies as well as general fertility care.

 

2. Provide acupuncturists with practical clinical knowledge on how acupuncture/ TCM can be integrated into the care of patients with the above-mentioned select conditions.

 

3. Provide acupuncturists with insight on the role of acupuncture/TCM in optimizing pregnancy ratesand the future of integrative fertility care.

Speakers and lectures:

• Endometrial Receptivity: Integrative Perspectives, Daoshing Ni, Ph.D., L.Ac.
• Integrative Approaches to Unexplained Infertility, Katherine Alexander Anderson, L.Ac.
• Contemporary Research on Integrative Approaches to Women’s Healthcare, Raheleh Khorsan, PhD
• Using Yoga & Mind-Body Techniques to Reduce the Stress of Infertility, Laraine Crampton, DAOM, Lac & Brenda Strong
• Latest Research and Advancement in TCM Protocols for PCOS & IFV, Lorne Brown, B.Sc., CPA, Dr.TCM, FABORM, CHt, CLT
• Female Sexual Pain: Navigating Impediments to Fertility, Denise Wiesner, L.Ac.

Goals & Objectives

1. Understanding what human body systems and associated medical conditions can be treated with PBMT.
2. Being able to describe the contraindications and precautions associated with PBMT.
3. Gaining knowledge with respect to published evidenced based guidelines.
4. Being familiar with the current body of research support the clinical use of PBMT.

Outline

• PBMT for the musculoskeletal systems
• PBMT for the nervous and lymphatic systems
• PBMT for the integumentary and reproductive systems
• PBMT for the endocrine systems
• Safety Issues / Q&A

Goals & Objectives

1. Understanding the basic physics of light as utilized in PBMT.
2. Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of action and physiological effects of PBMT.
3. Understanding the bi-phasic dose response and dosage parameters of PBMT.
4. Being able to define and describe laser acupuncture.

Outline

• History & Physics of PBMT
• Molecular & Cellular Mechanisms of Action
• Physiological, Direct & Indirect Effects of PBMT
• Bi-phasic Dose Response
• Laser Acupuncture / Q&A