ABSTRACT
2014 The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (26 th Annual Symposium for Medical Acupuncture) was held in Denver, Colorado, USA on April 11-13. The symposium had 11 lectures, 13workshops, 4oral presentations and 6 poster sessions. All presentations were the contents that concerning acupuncture. There were 215 participants in the symposium. The above-mentioned presentations were not only research, but also included clinical practice, basic theory and therapeutic principle of acupuncture. Education of acupuncture for physicians sufficiently was considered in the symposium. Further, 16 companies took part in the exhibition of the symposium.
ABSTRACT
The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture’s 24th Annual Symposium for Medical Acupuncture was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on April 27-29, 2012. The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (AAMA) is an academic society made up mostly of doctors who are interested in acupuncture. This symposium had 11 lectures, 8workshops, 6oral presentations and 7 poster sessions. The contents of almost all presentations concerned acupuncture. There were 300 participants in the symposium. 20 companies took part in the exhibitions at this symposium, and the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (JSAM) was introduced with a large vertical banner in its exhibition booth, and leaflets from JSAM were distributed. I attended the symposium as a representative of the Department of International Affairs in JSAM.