Reservations:
Course Overview:
7 hours NCCAOM PDA credit
10:00am-6:00pm (1 hour catered lunch included)
Far from being esoteric and inaccessible, the Eight Extraordinary Vessels encompass the elegance of the human reproductive system. They describe how this creates the basis for family and culture, and reveal aspects of personality that we encounter every day. Evolutionary Biology presents a phenomenal lens through which to understand the Chinese physiologic systems. While many concepts in Chinese theory appear to be esoteric and ungrounded in juxtaposition to current understandings of human physiology, shifting our focus to consider the systems in the evolutionary paradigm corrects this. This talk will explore the integrative physiology of East-West views on mating and reproduction, focusing on the Extraordinary vessels. These vessels play a role not only in fertility, but also form the foundations of who we are as individuals and sexual beings. Understanding their breadth and scope will enrich practice and increase appreciation of the profundity of their use clinically. Through clarity as to their domains of action, we can better treat our patients for optimal outcomes.
Objectives:
Understand the Extraordinary Vessels as they pertain to human growth and development as well as to our reproductive roles
Identify key neurologic concepts that form the basis for somatotopic mapping in relation to the Extraordinary Vessels
Recognize the evolutionary persistence of systems presented
Bio:
Dr. David W. Miller, MD, LAc is the founding Medical Director for Pediatric Integrative Medicine with the University Hospitals Connor Integrative Health Network and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He is one of the only physicians dually board certified in Pediatrics (American Board of Pediatrics) and Chinese medicine (NCCAOM - National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine). Prior to joining the UH Connor network, Dr. Miller was in private practice with East-West Integrated Medicine, LLC in Chicago, Illinois for 15 years, and saw patients of all ages for holistic and integrative care.
Dr. Miller has designed curricula in masters and doctoral programs in integrative physiology, pediatrics, medical communications, and public health and is an active participant and leader in numerous state and nation medical associations. He is the founding Chair, and now Immediate Past Chair, of the American Society of Acupuncturists www.asacu.com, and immediate past-Chair of the NCCAOM board development committee on Biomedicine.
Dr. David W. Miller, MD, LAc