Presenters

This program has been approved for

9.5 NCCAOM PDA points

Saturday April 24, 2010
Earn 3.5 CEUs

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Qi Gong – Gregory Sax
.5 CEU

Gregory Sax has over twenty years of experience studying Yoga, Qi Gong, and the movement arts, as well as eighteen years of experience in teaching and group facilitation. His current teaching emphasis is on helping students to increase their awareness of the ways in which specific physical practices shift their energetic and emotional experience in the body.

9:15 am – 10:45 am
Professional Issues and Ethics for Acupuncturists - Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac.
Overview of the Oregon Medical Board and its mission – Gary Stafford, OMB Chief Investigator

1.5 CEU
NOTE: A 30 minute Q&A session will follow this presentation by the two speakers

Professional Issues and Ethics for Acupuncturists
In this talk Ms. Goldsmith will discuss and clarify professional issues and the ethical questions that acupuncturists face in the delivery of health care. In our commitment to maintaining high standards in serving our patients, the public and the profession we can look within, to our professional organization and the structure in which we function. The role of the Acupuncture Advisory Committee and the Oregon Medical Board in supporting those standards will be described as well as the essence of ethical and professional issues.

- “A practitioner of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is a medical professional who is educated and trained to fulfill the high mission of healing, by assisting patients in maintenance and enhancement of their own health. To accomplish this result, the practitioner shall maintain him or herself so as to best serve and to provide treatment within the scope of practice.” OAAOM Code of Ethics

Ellen Goldsmith, L.Ac., completed her Chinese medicine study at the National College of Natural Medicine’s Classical Chinese Medicine department in Portland, Oregon, where she received her Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine (M.S.O.M.) in 1999. She served a member of the Oregon Medical Board’s Acupuncture of Advisory Committee from 2001-2009 and currently serves on the National College of Natural Medicine’s Board of Directors and teaches in their Classical Chinese Medicine Department. She has a private practice in Portland at Pearl Natural Health.

Overview of the Oregon Medical Board and its mission
The intent of the first part of this presentation is to cover a general overview of the Oregon Medical Board to include its mission, structure, professions licensed and regulated, appointed membership, non-member staff, and a few statistics.

The second part of the presentation is intended to cover the board’s complaint review, investigative and disciplinary functions, powers, and processes. Actual cases investigated by the board’s Investigations & Compliance Department may be used to illustrate, explain, or answer questions as may be needed during the presentation.

Gary Stafford, Manager and Chief Investigator, has served for 8 years in the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) Investigations & Compliance Department. In that capacity, he oversees the work of an assistant chief investigator, 6 investigators, and 4 administrative support staff. His primary duties involve reviewing incoming complaints or other information related to possible violations of law by board licensees, evaluation of applicants seeking a license to practice in Oregon, to assign cases for investigation and to oversee case progress and routing for all active cases under investigation. He also participates in and coordinates case settlement discussions and proposals with OMB’s Assistant Attorney General and defense counsel for licensees or applicants under investigation. Mr. Stafford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from Ohio State University and a Masters in Public Administration from Portland State University. He retired in 2002 as a lieutenant from the Portland Police Bureau, after 30 years of service.

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Mindfulness and the Body in Acupuncture - Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc
1.5 CEU

Through instruction, demonstration and practice exercises, you will learn:

Mindfulness methods that you can use immediately to benefit your practice, inspire your clients, and make your job easier.
How physical symptoms can lead you to the larger pattern of distress.
How to use curiosity and an experimental attitude to transform qi.

Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc, has been practicing and teaching awareness work and body integration skills with acupuncture and Oriental bodywork for twenty five years. Her teaching style is personal and interactive. Kamala coaches practitioners to use present-centered awareness to empower their patients, and make assessment and treatment easier and more effective. Kamala has written and published articles on mind and body integration for Oriental medicine, and is a contributing author in A Complete Guide for Acupressure. She is a certified practitioner and teacher for the Hakomi Institute for Body-Centered Psychology. For more information and articles see: www.moonandlotus.com

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
OAAOM Business Meeting

Sunday April 25, 2010
Earn 6.0 CEUs

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Qi Gong – Gregory Sax
.5 CEU

9:15 am – 10:45 am
Being Successful in Private Practice – Gene Bruno, OMD, LAc, FNAAOM
1.5 CEU

Keys to Success
Professionalism
Attracting Patients
Building a Successful Reputation

Dr. Gene Bruno began his studies in Classical Chinese Medicine in 1969 with Dr. Ju Gim Shek, and completed them after 5 years as the personal assistant to Dr. James Tin Yau So. He helped Dr. So open the first school of acupuncture in the US in 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Bruno was the President of the AAOM from 2002 to 2004. He served on the Medical Boards for the States of Oregon and Washington, and was an advisor that led to the licensing of acupuncture in several other states, including Alaska. He has served in teaching and research positions at the University of California Medical School at Los Angeles, and Harvard Medical School. He was licensed to practice acupuncture in Oregon in 1975. He is a past president of the Oregon Acupuncture Association. Currently he is on the Executive Board of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.

He developed the first protocol for using electrical acupuncture to treat retinal diseases, including macular degeneration. He is currently the primary advisory for the Trudy McAlister Scholarship Fund, the first scholarship fund for students of Oriental Medicine in the US. He has been in the continual practice of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine for over 40 years.

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Integrative Medicine for Degenerative Disc Diseases – Chiaoli Lu, ND, DAOM, LAc
1.5 CEU

Practitioners will be able to utilize a comprehensive treatment plan including acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine, body work, Tui Na massage, cupping, blood letting, moxibustion, manipulation, hydrotherapy, prolotherapy and PRP.

Dr. Chiaoli Lu is licensed as a primary care naturopathic practitioner and acupuncturist in the state of Oregon. She has a doctorate in naturopathic medicine and a master’s in Classical Chinese Medicine from the National College of Natural Medicine and a doctorate in Oriental Medicine & Acupuncture from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Lu is passionate about helping patients seek the underlying cause of their health problems. Her goal is to help people achieve health through natural modalities and by honoring the healing power of Mother Nature and love.

Dr. Lu’s specialized practice focuses on healing from chronic diseases, including all kinds of injury and pain, chronic fatigue, insomnia, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, liver & kidney diseases, auto-immune diseases, mental health, gastrointestinal problems, endocrine disorders, addiction, weight problems, women’s health, infertility and cancer. Dr. Lu’s therapies focus on optimal lifestyle choices, including dietary, sleep, detoxification, exercise recommendations, integrated with acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional supplementation, IV nutritional injection, prolo therapy, platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy, body work, craniosacral therapy, balneology, hydrotherapy, plant stem cell therapy, qi gong and meditation. Health is a reflection of physical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic balance. Dr. Lu is committed to helping her patients by finding root causes and overcoming obstacles to achieve the essential equilibrium. www.serenecare.com

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Qi Gong – Monica Rudestam MSOM, LAc
.5 CEU

Monica Rudestam’s life has been inspired by the joy and fascination she experiences through physical and energetic movement. Monica has taught Hatha Yoga since 1996 and has studied qigong intensively for the last 6 years. Monica is co-founder of Waking Journeys, www.wakingjourneys.weebly.com, an organization leading yoga and qigong retreats at home and abroad.

2:00 pm – 4:15 pm (15 minute break)
Practical Strategies for Treating Difficult Diseases with Chinese Herbs – Heiner Fruehauf, PhD, LAc
2.0 CEU

Introduction to advanced aspects of Chinese herbalism: Gu Syndrome, Fire Spirit School, Aconite usage
Case examples: acute inflammation (pneumonia, etc)
Case examples: chronic inflammatory diseases (Lyme disease, etc); auto-immune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)

Heiner Fruehauf has researched East Asian civilizations and Chinese medicine for 30 years. After studying comparative literature, philosophy, sinology, and Chinese medicine at universities in Germany, China, Japan, and the United States, he received a Ph.D. from the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. During five years in China, he researched Chinese medicine both within the institutionalized TCM model (Chengdu University of TCM), as well as the traditional lineage system that continues to function outside government schools. He founded the School of Classical Chinese Medicine at National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where he has taught and practiced since 1992. His interest in preserving some of the traditional features of Chinese medicine led him to develop a database dedicated to the archiving of classical knowledge, and an herbal patent series for chronic and difficult diseases (Classical Pearls). A selection of this publications, as well as archived video lectures by him and other contemporary scholar physicians can be accessed at www.ClassicalChineseMedicine.org.