Local Contributions:

Courses:

1998 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Task Force on Complementary Therapies, lecture, “Classical Homeopathy and a Hierarchical Modeling of Interventions.”

1996-1998 Annual workshops on: practice of Qi Gong (Chinese Vital Energy) exercises; Basic Homeopathic Pediatric and Emergency care

1993-1997 Lecturer, American Health Care System History and Policy Issues, Emmanuel College, December 1993 to 1997. Taught both Masters and Undergraduate level nursing and health administration students. Class census averaged thirty students. Required approximately five hours of preparation for week of the class. The course generally consisted of nine, four-hour classroom sessions, and required approximately 45 minutes of additional student contact time per session

1985 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Pain and Stress Relief Clinic, (Jamaica Plain, MA). Supervisor and Education Director of seven graduate acupuncturist interns, plus assistants. Duties carried out two days per week. Pioneered the educational notion of “thought experiements” in regard to teaching diagnosis (wherein students are asked to envision in Traditional Chinese terms, the body and coating of a tongue and; the qualitative feel of a pulse, for a patient manifesting a particular illness)

1983-1985 and 1988-1989
Annual lectures on the theoretical basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Wheelock College, Boston, MA, undergraduate Sociology course, “Health and Illness in Cross-Cultural Perspectives.” b. Grand Rounds Lectures:

1999 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Dept. of Rheumatology,”Acupuncture Treatment of Arthritis.”

1998 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Clinical Staff of Hospital at large, “Acupuncture Diagnosis, Treatment and Institutional Integration.”

1998 Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, open to all faculty, “Clinical Interface Between Classical Homeopathy and Psychotherapy.”

1998 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Hematology Dept., “Acupuncture: Possible Clinical Applications and Risk Management in the Treatment of Hemophilia and Related Disorders.”

1997 St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Brighton, MA, Anaesthesiology Dept., “Acupuncture: Explanatory Concepts and Clinical Applications.”

1993 Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA,
“Acupuncture-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache Pain.”

1984 New England School of Acupuncture, lecture entitled,
“Acupuncture Case Studies Relating to Diagnosis and Treatment of Refractory Low Back Pain.” 2. Regional, National or International Contributions Invited Presentations:

2001 Complementary Care Options for the Treatment of Arthritis. Massachusetts Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, Neighborhood Network Cable TV.

2001 Acupuncture Care Options for Workplace Injuries Breakout Session, 20th Annual Conference on Occupational Health Care, Marlborough, MA

2001 Acupuncture and Homeopathy Acute and Chronic Care Options for Brain Injured Populations. National Brain Injury Association Conference, Worcester, Massachusetts.

2000 BWH Women’s Health Forum: Breakout session re Healthy Alternatives: Acupuncture Alternatives for Women’s Health Issues. Copley Westin Hotel.

2000 Constitutional Homeopathy for Health Care Educators. New England Medical Center.

1998 Infoline’s fourth annual conference on Women’s Health Services(San Diego, CA), lecture entitled, “Complementary and Alternative Options for Menopausal Women.”

1998 The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine annual symposium (Boston, MA) postgraduate seminar lecture entitled, “The Role of Alternative Medicine in the Workplace.”

1998 Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, (at Orchard Cove CCRC, Canton, MA) Wellness Seminar lecture, “Constitutional Homeopathic Care for the Senior Citizen.”

1997 Infoline’s third annual conference on Women’s Health Services (Amelia Island, FL), lecture entitled, “Assessment of Alternative Therapy Medical Options For Women in a Managed Care Environment.”

1997 Infoline conference on Breast Cancer (Boston, MA), workshop lecture entitled, “Evaluate Comprehensive Preventive Strategies Against Breast Cancer.”

1997 Symposium for People with Lupus and their Families (Newton, MA), “Complementary Medicine: Homeopathic Medicine and Acupuncture.”

1997 World Fellowship Lodge (Conway, NH), two-day workshop on “The Growth of Complementary and Alternative Medicine,” (Day One) and; “Classical Homeopathy, Philosophy, Scientific Foundations, Efficiencies, and Limitations,” (Day Two)

1997 Brandeis University, Heller Colloquia Committee lecture, “The Convergence of Alternative and Orthodox Medicine: An Emerging New Health Care Paradigm.”

1997 Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, (at Orchard Cove CCRC, Canton, MA) Wellness Seminar lecture, “Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapies for the Senior Citizen.”

Major Curriculum Offerings:

1984 In response to a perceived need among acupuncturists and body workers to become far more knowledgeable about human anatomy, in affiliation with Tufts University Medical School, marketed, conceived and staffed innovative medical extension course: “Dissection of a Human Cadaver,” designed for professional acupuncturists and body workers.
2003-Present “Introduction to Homeopathy,” and “Homeopathic Acute Prescribing” for students at the New England School of Whole Health Education, campus, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.