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A MIDSUMMER TCM JOURNEY

FROM ROOT TO BLOSSOM

"A Lifespan Approach in East Asian Medicine" 

仁  壽  中  醫  會  議

T H E   G L O B A L   V I R T U A L   T C M   E V E N T

June 27 2026

PROGRAM

10:00 Opening (16:00 Beijing, 5:00 São Paulo, 1:00 Los Angeles)

10:10 Dr. Julia D'Ippolito MD (Brazil)
Voluntary Acupuncture in the Rocinha Favela, Rio De Janeiro (PAR) 


10:20 Dr. John McDonald PhD (Australia)

Acupuncture Point Indications: The Distilled Essence of Clinical Experience 

11:00 Dr. James Flowers PhD (South Korea)

The Spirit of East Asian Medicine


11:35 Dr. Volker Scheid PhD (UK, Germany, Spain)

Cultivating Clinical Virtuosity: a guide for lifelong learning

12:10 David Hartmann (Australia)

Did the Sòng Dynasty provide the biggest dichotomy in Chinese Medicine history?
 

10 minutes break

 



13:00 LIVE PANEL 1: THE ROOTS

"HISTORY, TRADITION & RESEARCH"

(19:00 Beijing, 8:00 São Paulo, 4:00 Los Angeles)

Dr. James FlowersDr. John McDonald, Dr. Volker Scheid & 
Prof. Dr. Mei Wang
hosted by: Dôpey Calor president of the TCM Community

 

10 minutes break

 

14:00 LIVE PANEL 2 : THE BLOSSOM

"EDUCATION, INNOVATION & FUTURE GENERATIONS"

(20:00 Beijing, 9:00 São Paulo, 5:00 Los Angeles)
 

Dr. Robyn Sodders, Dr. Qihe Xu, Dr. Jong Kook Baik & Dr. Rodrigo Aranda
hosted by: Dôpey Calor president of the TCM Community

10 minutes break



15:00 Dr. Scott Ling PhD (Australia)

Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture for Bulbar Motor Neuron disease

15:30 Dr. Sheng MD & Dr. Ru MD PhD (Taiwan)

An introduction to Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture

16:00 Prof. Dr. Mei Wang PhD (The Netherlands)

Research contributing to the scientific evidence base for TCM


16:30 Dr. Jong Kook Baik PhD (United Kingdom)

An introduction to Korean Hand Acupuncture, Acupressure and Moxibustion

17:00 Susan Liu MSc (The Netherlands)

The changing needs of Shen across the lifespan - a Five Element perspective


17:30 Prof. Dr. Henrique Edgar Sidi MD (Brazil)

Jing Shen, diagnosis and treatment of emotional problems according to Nguyen Van Nghi and Tran Viet Dzung

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18:00 Prof. Dr. Rafael Astini MD (Brazil)

Treatment strategies for hip osteoarthritis

18:30 Prof. Dr. Alexandre Yoshizumi MD (Brazil)

Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture

19:00 Prof. Dr. Reginaldo de Carvalho Silva Filho PhD (Brazil)

The Governing Vessel and health from the Yang

19:30 Dr. Gabriela Rodrigues MD (Brazil)

Treating Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy with Acupuncture

20:00 Sérgio Franceschini Filho (Brazil)

Phytotherapy: From Root to Flower, From Tradition to Science, and From China to Brazil


20:30 Dr. Claudia Ximena Gómez Marmolejo MD (Colombia)

The Face as a Mirror of Internal Disharmony, a reinterpretation of Facial Paralysis from the perspective of TCM

21:00 Dr. Robyn Sodders EdD DAOM (United States of America)

Using AI and Social Media to support your practice and practice growth & the ethics of Social Media and AI



21:30 Closing (3:30 Beijing 28/6, 16:30 São Paulo, 12:30 Los Angeles)

*all times in CEST ( Central European Summer Time) unless stated otherwise

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