International Consensus Conference on
Acupuncture, Auriculotherapy and Auricular Medicine

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

ICCAAAM'06

Workshops

  Subject Presenter
Thursday - August 24, 2006
1pm-5pm Essentials of Auriculotherapy   (ACI Exam Prep #1) Terry Oleson, PhD
 
How to Precisely Locate Auricular Acupuncture Points? Liqun Zhou, MD, PhD & Baixiao Zhao, MD, PhD
 
Introducing a Smoking Cessation Program to your Clinical Practice Mary Bonnette, MSN, RN & Faith Nelson, RN, PhD
 
Electrical Stimulation of Auricular Reflex Points Jim Shores, PhD, &
David Carr, DDS

6pm-10pm The Mesoderm Layer:   Key to Pain Relief   (ACI Exam Prep #2) Tom Corbin, PA, &
Steve Meeker, LAc
 
Approaches to Improve Auricular Diagnostics and Auricular Treatment Baixiao Zhao, MD, PhD & Liqun Zhou, MD, PhD
 
 Auriculotherapy as a Complementary Treatment for Chiropractic Practice Gary Ditson,DC, LAc & Jon Sunderlage, DC, LAc
 
Rapid Clinical Results with Auricular Acupuncture for Chronic Richard Niemtzow, MD, PhD & Stephen Burns, MD

Friday - August 25, 2006
9am-1pm Identifying and Treating Blockages to Healing in Difficult Patients Beate Strittmatter, MD &
Frank Bahr, MD
 
Different Strategies of Auriculotherapy for Consequences of Cancer Therapeutics.
 
David Alimi, MD
Auricular Acupuncture and Oriental Pulse Diagnosis Diane Iuliano, MAc, LAc
 
 PainAdvanced Auricular Therapy for Enhancing Clinical Outcomes Bryan Frank, MD

2pm-6pm Advanced Auricular Medicine Approaches with the VAS Frank Bahr, MD &
Beate Strittmatter, MD
 
Auricular Clinical Diagnosis in Medical Practice Steven KH Aung, MD, PhD
 
Meta-Energetics: The Future of Auriculotherapy and Psychotherapy
 
Michael Smith, MD, &
Janet Konefal, PhD
Application of the VAS Pulse for Auricular Medicine Treatment of Addiction and ADHD Nader Soliman, MD

7:00-
10:00pm
Keynote Speech:  Recent Advances in the Research and Clinical Practice of Auriculotherapy. Terry Oleson, PhD
Dental Foci and their VAS-Controlled Detection and Therapy Handy Gaus, DDS &
David Carr, DDS
Clinical Observations of auriculotherapy treatments of selected participants from the conference ACI Board and Invited Speakers

Symposium

Saturday - August 26, 2006
8-8:30am Registration

8:30-8:45am Overview of ICCAAAM ’06 Symposium Terry Oleson, PhD

8:45 –
9:30 am
Functional MRI of the Human Brain following Auricular Stimulation and Analgesic Effects of Auricular Acupuncture for Cancer Pain. David Alimi, MD

 9:30 – 10:15 am Acupuncture Treatment for Severe Dry Mouth Secondary to Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer and for Patients with Dry Mouth and Dry Eyes in Sjogren’s Syndrome. Richard Niemtzow, MD, PhD

10:30 – 11:15 am Current Application of Auricular Medicine in Europe and Recent Research Localizing Neurological Correspondences on the Ear Beate Strittmatter, MD

11:15 – 12:00 pm Memory of Pain and Other Blockages in the Brain and their Therapy with Auricular Medicine.  Frank Bahr, MD

1:30 –
2:15 pm
Advancement of Auricular Therapy in China Over the Past Five Years. Baixiao Zhao, MD, PhD

2:15 –
3:00 pm
Establishing the Formation of the Profession of Auricular Diagnosis and Auricular Healing Treatments in China Liqun Zhou, MD, PhD

3:00 –
3:45 pm
Balancing Vital Qi Energy Through Auricular Acupuncture Steven KH Aung, MD, PhD

4:00 –
6:30 pm
Consensus Panel on Localization of Most Effective Auricular Reflex Points for Myofascial and Visceral Disorders. Consensus Panel Discussion

7:00 – 8:00pm Social Hour with all conference participant
 

8:00 –10:00pm Small Group Meetings with individual speakers

Sunday - August 27,2006
 8:00 –  
8:30 am
Auricular Acupuncture for Behavioral Health Michael Smith, MD

 8:30 –  
9:15 am
Auricular Acupressure Treatment for Negative Self-Talk and its Emotional Impact Janet Konefal, PhD

9:15 –
10:00
am
Differences in Monopolar and Bipolar Detection of Auricular Reflex Points for Improving Diagnosis and Auriculotherapy. Jim Shores, PhD

10:15 – 11:00 am Effective Application of Auriculotherapy in Chiropractic Practice. Jon Sunderlage,  DC, LAc,

11:00 – 11:45 am Specific Protocols for the Utilization of Auriculotherapy in Spinal Manipulation. Gary Ditson, DC, LAc

1:00 –  
1:45 pm
Acupuncture Micro-Systems and Nogier’s 3 Phases Nader Soliman, MD

1:45 –  
2:30 pm
Phase Dynamics as a Function of Pathophysiology Bryan Frank, MD

2:30 –  
4:00 pm
Consensus on the Localization of Most Effective Auricular Reflex Points for Addiction and for Psychological or Stress-Related Disorders
 
Consensus Panel Discussion

End of Conference

4:00 –  
6:00 pm
Written Exam and Practicum Exam ACI Certification