The First International Traditional Chinese Medicine Summit in New York

The 2008 New York International Traditional Chinese Medicine Summit will be held at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing, New York City on November 1-2, 2008. This will be the first international TCM summit in the United States organized by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) whose headquarter is located in Beijing China. The local host of the Summit is the American Traditional Chinese Medicine Society (ATCMS) with its co-host the United Alliance of the New York State Licensed Acupuncturists (UANYSLA). The Summit is also supported by thirteen other TCM professional organizations, Colleges and Universities in the US and abroad.

The New York International TCM Summit is a world-class event, featuring the most prominent and famous expert educators, researchers and clinicians in the field of traditional Chinese medicine from the United States, China, Canada, Japan, Singapore and other regions. The theme of the Summit is the developments in TCM / acupuncture research and clinical applications, TCM education and clinical training from a global cooperation perspective. More than 50 experts in the field have been invited to speak in the Summit. Their abstracts will be published in the special Journal of NYTCM Summit. Attendees can earn up to 16 PDA points (pending NCCAOM approval) in the 2 day summit.

In addition to the outstanding academic presentations, there will be an exhibition for services and products to enhance the practice of traditional Chinese medicine, sight seeing arrangements for the convenience of participants, free TCM expert consultation sessions open to the general public, an evening banquet with fun-filled performances. The registration fee is $250, $50 discount for students. The banquet/performance fee will be $50 before October 15, 2008. Please visit www.ATCMS.org for more detailed information.

The WFCMS is the largest international academic organization of Chinese Medicine. As a large umbrella organization it coordinates communication and promote academic exchanges between professional groups and Chinese medicine societies worldwide. The WFCMS also has strong ties to the World Health Organization (WHO). It has 177 member-organizations from 55 countries, representing an estimated 190,000 practitioners.

ATCMS is the largest and most active professional organization of traditional Chinese medicine on the East coast of America. The goals of ATCMS are the promotion of TCM in the public, education, research and professional development.

UANYSLA is a professional organization of licensed acupuncturists in the greater New York region. The mission of the association is to protect the members’ legal rights and benefits, to provide advanced clinical trainings and to promote the members’ clinical practice and development.

CONTACT:
Dr. Ling Zheng
American Traditional Chinese Medicine Society
(212) 689-1773
(212) 689-1898
Lingzheng62@yahoo.com
www.atcms.org