2023 Conference

Workshop 1

Who’s on Your Team? Including the Patient Voice in TEAM Research

Workshop 2

Improving Acupuncture Research Education in Acupuncture Degree Programs

Workshop 3

Case Report Boot Camp

Main Symposium 1: 

Anatomical Basis of Acupuncture: Understand the Physiological Basis of Needling

Presenters: Qiufu Ma, PhD; Yong-Ming Li, MD; Ari Ojeda Ocampo More, MD, MSc., PhD 

Panelists: Jiang-Ti Kong, MD; Rosa Schyner, DAOM, IFMCP, LAc; Lixing Lao, PhD, MB, LAc 

Poster Reception A  

Sponsored by: Tibetree / Cheezheng Tibetan Medical Company

Mentoring Breakfast

Sponsored by the New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Keynote Presentation: Acupoints in Acupuncture Research: Past, Present and Future

Presenter: Helene Langevin, MD, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)  

Sponsored by Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM)

Main Symposium 2:

Translational Acupuncture Research: Bridge Basic Mechanisms with Clinical Practice

Oral Presentations:

Clinical Research

Oral Presentations:

Basic Science

Main Symposium 3:

Cycle of Oncology Clinical Research: From Efficacy Trials to Implementation Research

Member Symposium 1: 

Basic Science of Multisystem Effects of Acupuncture

Member Symposium 2: 

From Acupuncture Evidence to Clinical and Policy Decision Making Where Are We, and the Ways Forward

Member Symposium 3: 

Editors Roundtable: Scientific Integrity and Misconduct

Poster Reception B  

Sponsored by: Tibetree / Cheezheng Tibetan Medical Company

Gala Dinner and Dancing

(Advance ticket purchase required)

"Meet the Publishers" Open House

with support by Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine │ Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers

Global Ambassadors' Symposium

Speakers: Johanna Biemans, MSc, Dutch Society for Acupuncture; SAR Global Ambassador  – Netherlands; Henri Yves Truong Trung, MD, French College of Acupuncture; SAR Global Ambassador  – France; Terje Alraek, PhD, Kristiania University College/UiT The Artic University of Norway; SAR Global Ambassador – Norway; Stefan Costescu, Romanian Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine; SAR Global Ambassador - Romania; Ari Ojeda Ocampo More, MD, MSc, PhD; Coordinator of the Integrative Medicine Service at the University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC); Supervisor of the Medical Residency Program in Acupuncture and Pain Residency Program at the University Hospital-UFSC; SAR Global Ambassador  – Brazil; and Younbyoung Chae, PhD; College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; SAR Global Ambassador  – Korea

Member Symposium 4: 

Fine Needles Supporting Sperm, Eggs, and Petri Dishes – Our Role in Integrative Reproductive Health 

Member Symposium 5: 

Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer Related Symptom Management and Quality of Life: International Collaboration from Clinical Practice to Evidence-based Medical Research

Member Symposium 6: 

Neurobiological Understanding of Acupuncture: Health Coding in Acupoints

Member Symposium 7: 

Future Digital Health - Opportunities and Risks for Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine

Member Symposium 8: 

Acupuncture in the Veteran's Health Administration 

Member Symposium 9: 

Measuring Patient-Centered Care: Common Data Sets for Acupuncture Trials across Women’s Lifespan

Main Symposium 4:

Addressing Health Disparities: Acupuncture for Sickle Cell Disease Pain

Panelists: F. Afua Bromley, DACM, LAc, Dipl.Ac and Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA  

Workshop 4 

Transforming Acupuncture Practice and Acupuncture Research Continuum through Cultural Humility and IDEA (Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access) Training

 Workshop 5

Building Consensus – Producing Core Outcome Sets for Acupuncture Trials in Women’s Health

 Workshop 6

How to Make TCM Herbal Medicine Available in a Comprehensive Cancer Center

Workshop 7 

Interpreting and Understanding the Importance of Basic Science Research into Acupuncture Mechanistic Effects

 Workshop 8

Maahaah-Rooh Medical Qi-Gong and Mental Health: Depression and PTSD

 Workshop 9

Team-based Clinical Care Work as a Healthcare System LAc. Cultural Competencies, KSAs, Challenges & Success Stories; Metrics & Data Collection

Main Symposium 5:

Recent Advances in Acupuncture and Moxibustion Research in China

Presenters: Baoyan Liu, PhD, MD; Yigong Fang, PhD, MD; Jia Liu, PhD, MD; Xiaorong Chang, PhD, MD

Moderators: Jun Mao, MD; Claudia Citkovitz, PhD; and Yemeng Chen, PhD, LAc