New Zealand (NZRA)

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.

This course will cover:

• Neuropuncture acupoint locations, neuroanatomy and spinal innervations, functions and conditions treated for each point
• Clinical assessment exam on pain upon palpitation (PUP)
• Applying Electrical Acupuncture to Neuropuncture acupoints with researched clinical outcomes
• Understanding Electrical Acupoints and how and when to apply it
• Case studies and integrated protocols
• Introduction to Neuropuncture, scalp acupuncture and auricular acupuncture