Upcoming
AE-PCOS Society 22nd Annual Meeting
November 7-9, 2024
The theme for the 22nd Annual Meeting is Life-Long Sequelae in PCOS
The meeting will explore recent mechanistic and clinical advances related to cardiovascular, metabolic and psychological health in this chronic, lifelong condition, highlighting the latest research findings in PCOS-related basic and clinical research.
Poster presentation – Abstract #290
“Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Internet of Things: A Scoping Review”
2024
โTravel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, thereโs always more to learn.โ
21st international TAO Congress
26 – 28 September 2024 | Graz, Austria
Dr Lara McClure & Sandro Graca
Sharing Your Clinical Insights – Writing Acupuncture Case Reports (bilingual)
Dr Matthias Huemer & Sandro Graca
Dr Matthias Huemer & Sandro Graca
Understanding Acupuncture Research
17 July, 2024
Live Webinar with John McDonald, Claudia Citkovitz, and Sandro Graca
XIII Brazilian Congress of Chinese Medicine – 4th International Congress of EBRAMEC College
Improving fertility: from traditional medicine to high technology
24 – 30 June, 2024
Bridging the Two Worlds: Engaging Traditional Chinese Medicine in Modern Health Care
23-25, May 2024 | Hong Kong
Finding Harmony in Data Sets: TCM Practice-Based Common Outcomes in the West and the East
Dr Rosa Schnyer (USA) & Sandro Graca (Ireland)
This workshop aims to identify, develop, and refine measures that accurately reflect the complexity of the TCM clinical approach to whole-person care, supporting a translational research strategy in which practice-based research informs clinical trials and basic research. Integrating a systems biology framework with an in-depth exploration of TCM factors may help advance personalized medicine.
Bridging Basic and Clinical TCM Research to Address Women’s Health
Prof. Man Sau Wong, Prof. Clara Bik-San Lau, & Sandro Graca
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Menstrual Health: Bridging the Gaps Between West and East
A/Prof Mike Armour, Dr Lily Lai, Dr Daniel Pach, & Sandro Graca
Bridging Wisdom to Data – Future of AI in Advancing Acupuncture & TCM in Healthcare
Dr Ye Seul Lee, Prof Jing Qin, Prof Xuezhong Zhou, & Sandro Graca
ESHRE Campus 2024
Improving fertility: from traditional medicine to high technology
29 – 30 April, 2024 | Porto, Portugal
Elisabetta Casaletti (Italy) & Sandro Graca (Ireland)
A spotlight on new and established approaches for patients to achieve reproductive success.
2023
โTravel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, thereโs always more to learn.โ
20th TAO Kongressย 2023ย
28 – 30 September, 2023 | Graz, Austria
Sandro Graca & Matthias Huemer
Acupuncture is increasingly included in clinical guidelines worldwide and acupuncturists with a strong evidence-informed practice are at the forefront of integrative care, many in multidisciplinary teams working in hospitals. This lecture brings you the latest in acupuncture points specificity through the lens of both clinical practice and research.
Learn about the best acupuncture points for menstrual / pelvic pain and cancer pain โ what points are selected, why and how they are used, and dosage translation from research into clinical practice.
The future is now! – Building your strong evidence-informed acupuncture practice
ARRC Symposium & BAcC Annual Conference 2023
15 to 17 September, 2023 | Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire, UK
Using findings from recent research work in the field of menstrual and reproductive health, this presentation explores how acupuncturists and researchers are working together to bridge the gap and further develop our profession, benefiting our patients and healthcare systems.
Practitioners play a crucial role translating knowledge from the Classics and adapting it to modern times and their specific populations. This includes aspects such as point selection, rationale, needle technique, and stimulation.
In turn, researchers can use such pragmatic information from cliniciansโ experience towards guiding trial design, supporting evidence-informed practice and practice-informed research, so we can all contribute towards tomorrowโs classics.
6. Kongress der SMS: Chinesische Medizin im klinischen Alltag
8 to 10 September, 2023 |Tutzing, (Lake Starnberg), Bavaria, Germany
Evidence based acupuncture – state of the art
Patients increasingly seek for acupuncture as part of their multidisciplinary treatment strategy, and concepts such as โintegrative medicineโ and โpatient centred careโ are now fundamental pillars for medical care. In the last two decades, research into acupuncture as a medical treatment increased at twice the rate of research in biomedicine, meaning that we now know more about acupuncture than ever before! Consequently, there are now over nine thousand positive recommendations for acupuncture from almost four thousand different publications, resulting in thousands of acupuncture recommendations and inclusion in clinical guidelines for integrative care, as seen recently for cancer pain in the USA.
Acupuncturists with a strong evidence-informed knowledge are now at the forefront of delivering such integrative care, many in multidisciplinary teams already working in hospitals. This lecture provides you with an overview of the most recent work and the important findings that are supporting acupunctureโs implementation within healthcare systems worldwide.
In recent years, research work in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), dysmenorrhoea, and IVF highlighted the central role of acupuncture dosage, including number of treatments, their timing in relation to the menstrual cycle or the fertility schedule itself, and the points used. This includes aspects such as rationale for point selection, practitionerโs training, and needle stimulation, for example electroacupuncture or photobiomodulation.
In our clinical practice, we adapt the most up-to-date acupuncture knowledge to provide a treatment that works for our patients in the real world. Consequently, our pragmatic acupuncture treatments help to develop research design, for example modifying the Paulus protocol for current IVF treatments, and influencing point selection and dosage for the management of PCOS symptoms.
This presentation explores findings from recent acupuncture research work in the field of menstrual and reproductive health. The goal is to support your evidence-informed practice and promote practice-informed research, contributing towards writing tomorrowโs classics.
25 to 27ย August 2023 |ย Rydges Hotel, 75 Featherston Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Theme โ Connection and Community
Develop your career and support acupunctureโs future: build a strong evidence-informed practice for menstrual and reproductive health
The objective of this lecture is to equip practitioners with the latest strategies for both acupuncture treatment and implementation within integrative menstrual and reproductive health. In recent years, research work in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), dysmenorrhoea, and IVF highlighted the central role of acupuncture dosage, including number of treatments, their timing in relation to the menstrual cycle or the fertility schedule itself, and the points used. This includes aspects such as rationale for point selection, practitionerโs training, and needle stimulation, for example electroacupuncture or photobiomodulation. This knowledge will support your evidence-informed practice and promote practice-informed research, contributing towards writing tomorrowโs classics.
4-6 August 2023 | JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa, 158 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise 4217 Australia
Help Writing Tomorrowโs Classics โ Building Your Strong Evidence-Informed And Integrative Practice Of Acupuncture For Menstrual And Reproductive Health
This lecture helps practitioners developing and promoting worldwide collaboration between each of us in our clinics and in research teams, supporting evidence-informed practice and practice-informed research, so we can all contribute towards tomorrowโs classics.
Fine Needles Supporting Sperm, Eggs, and Petri Dishes โ Our Role in Integrative Reproductive Health
Our lecture brings international expertise from three different countries to cover aspects of research and practice focusing on male and female reproductive health, as well as ART support. The collaboration is a testimony to the strength and viability of our vision.
The first lecture focuses on acupuncture used alongside ART โ acknowledging folliculogenesis and emphasizing the preparation for those 120 days, all the way to the work in the IVF clinic which includes support for ovarian stimulation, endometrial growth, and pre- and post-embryo transfer.
The second session provides practical solutions to address the gap between clinicians and researchers, along with presenting the latest updates from acupuncture research on polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as the work from Cochrane Review Groups on ART and dysmenorrhea.
In the third session, the spotlight is on male reproductive health and how an integrative, evidence-informed acupuncture and TEAM approach can help improve sperm quality.
Evidence Informed Practice of Acupuncture for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
XII Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina Chinesa
III Congresso Internacional da Faculdade EBRAMEC
(Hybrid) 22 to 28 May, 2023
2022
โTravel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, thereโs always more to learn.โ
Dutch Traditional Chinese Medicine Congress 2022
35th ICMART World Medical Acupuncture Congress
– From Research to Clinical Practice: towards Integrative Medicine
“Acupuncture for menstrual and reproductive health: evidence-informed practice and practice-informed research” – by Sandro Graca
PCOS Research: Breaking it down for patients
PCOS Awareness Month 2022
Presentation topic:ย PCOS research: breaking it down for patients – with Tatiana Alafouzo and Sandro Graca.
Hosted by Ashley Levinson – live on Instagram: @pcosgurlย
#patienteducation #PCOS #research #menstrualhealth #acupunctureย #reproductivehealth
Learn your next acupuncture super-powers! Evidence-informed practice, and practice-informed research!
ย this lecture explores the recently published paper: “From Bench to Bedside and Back Again: Developments in the Evidence-Informed Practice (and Practice-Informed Research) of Acupuncture“
3. Symposium Reproduktionsmedizin
VIRM (Switzerland),ย Teil 2, March 26, 2022.
Presentation topic: Acupuncture and Herbs for PCOS: clinical experience and research insights for menstrual and reproductive health.
#acupuncture #PCOS #researchliteracy #menstrualhealth #herbalmedicineย #reproductivehealth
2021
โTravel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, thereโs always more to learn.โ
18th International TCM Congress
TAO Congress,ย 23. – 25. September 2021 in Graz, Austria.
“The 2021 congress is dedicated to the subjects of the heart: body and soul in TCM. The spectrum of the lecture and workshop topics ranges from trauma treatment, burnout treatment, sleep disorders, depression, and emotional problems of menopause to mitochondrial medicine.”
UK Health Radio - full interview
ย ย hosted by Kevin Durjun ofย South London Acupuncture on UK Health Radio.“In todayโs Acupuncture Point we meet fertility expert, acupuncturist, and researcher Sandro Graca and discuss how acupuncture can help with PCOS. Plus, another marvelous round of Game of Themes!”
Integrative Fertility Symposium 2021
#IFS2021
This lecture shares the basis for the development of this condition as well as how it is diagnosed. With a thorough understanding of the multisystem nature of PCOS, a multi-disciplinary team can collaborate to best meet the patientโs immediate needs as well as working to reduce long-term health risks associated with the condition.
TCM Kongress Rothenburg 2021
Past Events
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PCOS Awareness Month - Sept 2020
This interview with Dr Fiona McCulloch, ND, RAc is from a series of videos prepared for PCOS Awareness Month, September 2020. Dr McCulloch is the author ofย โ8 Steps To Reverse Your PCOSโ and in this video, she tells you aboutย her advice for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).ย
Find out more about Dr McCulloch on her website, which is full of great advice and also how to get her highly recommended book.
The Golden Cabinet (2018)
This is a great in-depth interview with Sandro Graca. This guy is super relatable and liable, driven and successful, authentic and real. He is so willing to share his experiences, thoughts, ideas, and feelings about his career in TCM and acupuncture, and give any pearls he can so those listening can learn. This is well worth the listen, and you surely will want to get to know Sandro after watching.ย ~ Spence
Acupuncture Vlog – Past Events
Throughout the years, you were able to “come along” to several conferences around the world. England, Germany, Austria, Canada, USA, Australia, etc… Here is a selection of some of the videos from the AcuVlog YouTube channel.
While you are there, please subscribe to the YouTube channel because that really helps the channel to reach more people.
ICCM 2018 in Melbourne, Australia
I sat on two planes for 23h just to be able to get to Melbourne and attend the IICMC 2018 and learn from top lecturers like Jane Lyttleton, Peter Kington and Prof Caroline Smith. I did it because I want to continue to invest in myself and make sure I give my patients the best care and support in the journey through their fertility treatments.
PCOM 2017 - San Diego, USA
Work and fun at the Pacific Symposium 2017. My first long trip representing Evidence Based Acupuncture and meeting inspirational people such as Dr. Michael Corradino (on the picture above). One thing that still stands out was chatting with the amazing John Hubacher, PhD about his work “The phantom leaf effect: a replication, part 1“.
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