Blog/News
NMSAAM is committed to keeping you updated about what is happening with our profession. We work with leaders both in the state and nationally to make sure that you have the information you need to advance our medicine into the future.
Now I Call Myself a Healer, by Dr. Eric Zhao, DOM
I got my O.M.D license in 1985 and started my career in Luo Yang Tumor hospital. I have been practicing herbs, acupuncture, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, Tui Na, teaching since then. Now, I call myself a healer.
2021 NMSAAM Highlights: December Message from President Dr. Yvonne Walston, DOM
What a year we, and the rest of the world, have had in the second year of the pandemic. Let us have an attitude of JOY to physiologically help cope with our pandemic fatigue in spite of our sorrows and fatigue. Happiness is a choice!
Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine Through Cupping
Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Engineering used a technique from an ancient healing practice to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine which generated an immune response 100 times stronger than an injected vaccine. Rutgers researchers studying COVID-19 have created a new...
New Tiered Acupuncture License Proposal
There has been a new proposal for an additional tier of licensure for acupuncturists in New Mexico, LAc’s, which would include “acupuncture and adjunct therapies but not Chinese herbal medicine.”
Reportedly, NM Representative Christine Chandler has been favorably hearing the proposal, and DOMs may well want to weigh in approval or disapproval of such a new license, along with supporting educational discussion of their individual views. We want NM DOMs to have a heads up about this, because there well may be ramifications or unintended consequences if we have LAc’s along with our current DOM’s in the future. To follow is a well laid out letter to Representative Christine Chandler that Dr. Caterina Di Palma, DOM, NMSAAM Board Member at Large, has been working up for several of us to sign when and if we are ready.
Free Research Article Tutorial by Lisa Conboy
Tips on how to read a research article Thank you for your time! The ARDAIL Project is seeing worldwide reach! Please share this with your colleagues and networks. Together we can spread this important tutorial on how to read a research article. Remember this tutorial...
Pre- NMSAAM Town Hall Questions & Info by Tim Walsh, DOM, LAc
Pre- NMSAAM Town Hall Questions & Info: Resilience through Balance 2022 and Beyond -An NMSAAM Experience: You are invited to our first NMSAAM Town Hall Meeting via Zoom on November 22, 2021, 6:30 – 8:00pm. Dr. Tim Walsh, DOM, LAc, is an NMSAAM Board Member at Large.
GMLG Proclamation of October 24 as AHM
Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Day is on October 24, 2021. Our Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham responded immediately to our request to proclaim this traditional day for us in NM.
Brief History of Acupuncture in New Mexico by Dr. John Scott, DOM
Brief History of Acupuncture in New Mexico by Dr. John Scott, DOM:
Shared at the August 28, 2021 40th Celebration Fun-Raiser & Community Outreach
Call for NMSAAM BOD Nominations
Would you like to make a difference for our profession? Join our NMSAAM Board of Directors. Call for nominations is now, and please do nominate yourself. Most applicants who have not served on this or another BOD begin by being a Board Member at Large, depending upon experience and interest. Applicants must be NMSAAM members in order to serve.
Aug 18 2021 NMSAAM Virtual Annual Conference Schedule
NMSAAM Virtual Annual Meeting Schedule September 18, 2021 Draft 3.0 9:00: Greetings and Welcome by President Yvonne Walston 9:10: Introduction of Committee Chairs and Members: 2 minute summary of the last year by the Committee Chairs, with questions from the floor,...
