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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, 3:00 Bogotá, 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. Scott Ling PhD (Australia)
Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture for Bulbar Motor Neuron disease
12:00 David Hartmann (Australia)
Did the Sòng Dynasty provide the biggest dichotomy in Chinese Medicine history?
12:25 Dr. Sheng MD & Dr. Ru MD PhD (Taiwan)
An introduction to Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture
15 minutes break
13:00 LIVE PANEL 1: THE ROOTS
"HISTORY, TRADITION & RESEARCH"
(19:00 Beijing, 8:00 São Paulo, 6:00 Bogotá, 4:00 Los Angeles)
Dr. James Flowers, Dr. John McDonald, Dr. Volker Scheid & Prof. Dr. Mei Wang
hosted by: Dôpey Calor president of the TCM Community
5 minutes break
14:00 LIVE PANEL 2 : THE BLOSSOM
"EDUCATION, INNOVATION & FUTURE GENERATIONS"
(20:00 Beijing, 9:00 São Paulo, 7:00 Bogotá, 5:00 Los Angeles)
Dr. Robyn Sodders, Dr. Qihe Xu, Dr. Jong Kook Baik
Dr. Rodrigo Aranda & Cinzia Scorzon MSc, MBAcC
hosted by: Dôpey Calor president of the TCM Community
5 minutes break
15:25 Prof. Dr. Mei Wang PhD (The Netherlands)
Research contributing to the scientific evidence base for TCM
15:50 Dr. Jong Kook Baik PhD (United Kingdom)
An introduction to Korean Hand Acupuncture, Acupressure and Moxibustion
16:15 Susan Liu MSc (The Netherlands)
The changing needs of Shen across the lifespan - a Five Element perspective
16:45 Prof. Dr. Henrique Edgar Sidi MD (Brazil)
Jing Shen, diagnosis and treatment of emotional problems according to Nguyen Van Nghi and Tran Viet Dzung
17:25 Prof. Dr. Rafael Astini MD (Brazil)
Treatment strategies for hip osteoarthritis
17:50 Prof. Dr. Alexandre Yoshizumi MD (Brazil)
Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture
18:20 Prof. Dr. Reginaldo de Carvalho Silva Filho PhD (Brazil)
The Governing Vessel and health from the Yang
18:50 Dr. Gabriela Rodrigues MD (Brazil)
Treating Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy with Acupuncture
19:20 Sérgio Franceschini Filho (Brazil)
Phytotherapy: From Root to Flower, From Tradition to Science, and From China to Brazil
19:55 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
20:25 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
21:00 Closing
3:00 Beijing 28/6, 16:00 São Paulo, 12:00 Los Angeles)
*all times in CEST ( Central European Summer Time) unless stated otherwise and are subject to change
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