Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 hi folks: just joined this group and am off to medical school in Jan. I am trying to convince a surgeon to start using acu for his patients. his response was better than I thought but not great. he claimed no standardization for acu education. I said they have LAcs now that take about 3 years of post grad ed. he said the hospital does not grant priveleges. i said they could go to the Lacs offices before and after surgery. does anyone know of nationally known hospitals that use acu? does anyone have experience working with pre and post op patients to reduce pain, etc.? i also need to know of any randomized controlled trials that I could show him. any help is appreciated. Sunny Aslam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 --- aslams wrote: > he said the hospital does not grant priveleges. i > said they could go > to the Lacs offices before and after surgery. does > anyone know of > nationally known hospitals that use acu? does anyone > have experience > working with pre and post op patients to reduce > pain, etc.? I think a few of the hospitals in Denver, Colorado USA do grant privileges to some of the local L.Ac., one for sure is a MD only in China, but I think has privileges at Children's Hospital and National Jewish. His name is Li Xin Zhang and is a teacher at Colorado School of TCM in Denver. BTW, L.Ac. is only a title that is give by statute in a particular state. One minute you are xyz (in Colorado R.Ac.) the next you are L.Ac. by sole virtue of a new statute. So don't read too much into titles. Christina, L.Ac. Dipl.Ac. New Photos - easier uploading and sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 From 1986 to present...the only place in the world....certainly in the US that acupuncturists were officially titled 'Acupuncture Physicians' is in Florida. The allopathic association ATTACKED that use in July 2000 and in August 2001 they LOST their case. Florida further saw fit to ADD into Law & Rules the title DOM - Doctor of Oriental Medicine as has been used in several other states for quite some time. The comment that LAc is the ONLY title given by state statute is inaccurate. 80% of the US fully trained practitioners are located in 5 states - all of which use the titles ranging from Doctor to Physician and who are PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS. The majority of the balance of approximately 35 states consisting of about 20% of the remaining number of US practitioners are suppressed in the title of LAc along with the status of technician. On one hand, titles may not mean much....on the other they mean 'the world'. Those who are clinically & didactically trained to the highest standards and who are confident in the stand-alone wholistic medical system of AP/OM which they administer....should be proud to call themselves 'doctors' or 'physicians' and resist from hiding in the bushes. Richard Freiberg, OMD, NMD Founder/Director AOMNC www.aomnc.com I think a few of the hospitals in Denver, Colorado USA do grant privileges to some of the local L.Ac., one for sure is a MD only in China, but I think has privileges at Children's Hospital and National Jewish. His name is Li Xin Zhang and is a teacher at Colorado School of TCM in Denver. BTW, L.Ac. is only a title that is give by statute in a particular state. One minute you are xyz (in Colorado R.Ac.) the next you are L.Ac. by sole virtue of a new statute. So don't read too much into titles. Christina, L.Ac. Dipl.Ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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