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Greetings!
It's hard to believe OCOM celebrates its 30th anniversary this year! As President Dr. Michael Gaeta said in his keynote address at our recent Cherry Blossom Dinner, "From very humble beginnings 30 years ago, OCOM has earned the distinction of being one of the oldest and most respected acupuncture and Oriental medicine colleges in the U.S." In this issue, you can read all about our first annual Cherry Blossom Dinner, learn more about three new medicinary products to boost your health, read up on OAAOM's fourth annual conference held last month, and get information on four great health-focused events coming up: Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine's (OCIM) free Smoking Cessation lecture, OCOM's May 19 Weekend Specialty Clinic on women's pain management, our new public Taiji Quan class, and our June 8 Saturday Seminar on maximizing women's health. Here's to your good health,
Director of Community Relations and Giving
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 OCOM Celebrates 30 Years with Cherry Blossom Dinner
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OCOM founders, Eric Stephens and Satya Ambrose, with Dr. Hong Jin
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More than 100 supporters and community partners gathered Friday, April 26 to celebrate OCOM's 30th anniversary and to award our partners in complementary medicine at the Cherry Blossom Dinner and Awards event.
OCOM Trustee Dr. Gene Hong, served as the master of ceremonies, introducing keynote speaker, President Dr. Michael Gaeta, as well as distinguished guests and event awardees. "From very humble beginnings 30 years ago," began Dr. Gaeta, "OCOM has earned the distinction of being one of the oldest and most respected acupuncture and Oriental medicine colleges in the U.S. It is indeed an honor and a privilege for me to be a part of OCOM's community of service and healing."
"It is also an honor," he continued, "for me to congratulate our awardees this evening ---- each of them in their own domain is helping to re-shape health care into a more integrative model."
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VIEW PHOTOS OF THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK
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OAAOM Fourth Annual Conference
Nearly 100 licensed acupuncturists gathered on April 14 for the fourth annual 2013 Oregon Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (OAAOM) conference and membership meeting. OAAOM's mission is to represent acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM) health care professionals and to serve as a leader in building and promoting the AOM profession.
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Boost Your Health! New Herbal Products
 OCOM Herbal Medicinary is excited to announce three new over-the-counter herbal formulas to boost your health. These powder formulas, known as "san" in Chinese (散), are made of ground, raw herb powders. While most formulas are tang-decoctions (湯), and a few are wan-pills (丸), for over 2000 years, every major Chinese medical text has preserved the importance of ground, raw powder preparation for certain delicate, aromatic formulas.
- Stressed Out? Try Xiao Yao San
- Do you have springtime allergies? Check out Cang Er Zi San
- Struggling with summer wind-heat? Try Yin Qiao San
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May 14 ---- Integrative Medicine Lecture Series:
Smoking Cessation
 Join Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine (OCIM) for a free lecture on Smoking Cessation on Tuesday, May 14. The panel presentation, which features a Naturopath (ND), Medical Doctor (MD), Doctor of Osteopathy (OD) and Licensed Acupuncturist (LAc). OCOM faculty member Michael Berlitich will present on behalf of acupuncturists. The presentation will be held in OCOM's ground floor Community Room from Noon to 1:00 PM.
OCIM is a collaborative among Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM), Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM), University of Western States (WSU) and Pacific University (PU).
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Weekend Specialty Clinic for Women's Health
May 19 ---- Acupuncture for Female Pain
 On Saturday, May 19, Wei Li, LAc, will lead a Weekend Specialty Clinic for women on Classical Chinese Acupuncture for Pain at OCOM's downtown campus. This clinic will focus on female conditions such as acute pain related to menstrual migraine, dysmennorhea (PMS), endometriosis, low back pain from pregnancy and other pelvic pain.
Clinics fill up quickly ---- make your appointment today by calling the OCOM Clinic: 503-445-0951.
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Saturday Taiji Quan Class Open to the Public
 Join us for OCOM's public Taiji Quan class, each Saturday morning from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM in the Community Room, located on the ground floor of the OCOM campus. While drop-ins are welcome, discounts will be given for individuals who purchase 5- or 10-class punch cards. Punch card holders are not required to attend each week. Cards will be honored until the number of purchased visits are fulfilled.
Taiji Quan is a set of individual physical poses that are performed together as a single, fluid meditative form. Its objective is to connect intention or will with the flow of qi in and through the body through slow, focused movement.
Our Taiji Quan instructor, Mark Parzynski, is an OCOM graduate who has studied martial arts for more than 30 years and serves as a Taiji Quan instructor at Lan Su Chinese Garden. For more information about Mr. Parzynski's philosophy and style, visit Natural Health Arts or e-mail mark.parzynski@ocom.edu.
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Upcoming June Saturday Seminar on Women's Health with OCOM's Dr. Hong Jin
 Join us on June 8 for a free Saturday Seminar presented by OCOM faculty member and Chair of Oriental Medicine, Hong Jin, DAOM, LAc: How to Maximize Women's Health, Balance, Happiness and Potential
At this presentation, Dr. Jin will talk about the history of women's health from the viewpoint of Chinese medicine, and how Chinese and Western medicine can work together to maximize women's health and longevity.
To attend this free seminar, sign-up today by e-mailing saturdayseminar@ocom.edu
Saturday, June 8
9:30 AM - Noon
OCOM Campus, 75 NW Couch, Portland, OR 97209
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Founded in 1983, the mission of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine is to transform health care
by educating highly skilled and compassionate practitioners, providing exemplary patient care,
and engaging in innovative research within a community of service and healing.
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