International Congress of AcupunctureDecember 6-7, 2008Director: Committee of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy Department of Health, Taiwan Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture Co-Sponsor: Chang Gung University Taoyuan Chinese Medical Doctors Association Venue: International Conference Hall, Taoyuan Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (No.123, Dinghu Rd., Guishan Shiang, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan) Date: December 6-7, 2008 Language: English is the official language of the congress

December 6, 2008 Saturday08:00-08:30 08:30-08:35 08:30-08:40 Registration Opening Ceremony Mao-Feng Sun(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Opening Ceremony I-Hsin Lin (), Chairman, Committee of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Health, Taiwan Yung-Hsien Chang (), Vice President, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan John Ding-E Young (), Chairman of the Board, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Min-Fu Chen (), Superintendent, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan Alice May-Kuen Wong ( ), Superintendent, Taoyuan Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan Hen-Hong Chang ( ), Vice Superintendent, Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiwan Chairpersons: 08:40-10:20 Min-Fu Chen(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan Hen-Hong Chang(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan International Trend of Medical Acupuncture and Related Associations: ICMART - the Past, Present, and Future Franois Beyens () International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques (ICMART) Centre d'Etudes de Mdecine Chinoise et d'Acupuncture, Belgium 10:20-10:30 Coffee & Tea Break

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Chairpersons: 10:30-12:10

Hen-Hong Chang(), Chang Gung Memorial Hostpial, Taoyuan, Taiwan Alice May-Kuen Wong (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan Organizations, Education, Legal Situations, and Strategies of Acupuncture in Europe Franois Beyens () International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques (ICMART) Centre d'Etudes de Mdecine Chinoise et d'Acupuncture, Belgium

12:10-13:10

Lunch Break

Chairpersons: 13:10-14:00

Mao-Feng Sun(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Horng-Sheng Shiue (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Acupuncture in Sport medicine Shih-Wei Chou () Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

14:00-14:50

Clinical Application and Research of Acupuncture in Intractable Epilepsy Ching-Liang Hsieh () China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

14:50-15:00 Chairpersons: 15:00-15:50

Coffee & Tea Break Ko-Hung Lee (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Thomas T.H Huang (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Acupuncture in Stroke Chien-Hsiung Lin () Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

15:50-16:40

Application of Acupuncture in Cancer Care Chin-Hsien Chang () Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

December 7, 2008 Sunday08:10-08:40 Chairpersons: 08:40-09:30 Registration Hen-Hong Chang(), Chang Gung Memorial Hostpial, Taoyuan, Taiwan Mao-Feng Sun(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Current Status of Acupuncture in Brazil Tu-Hsing Wu () Department of Rehabilitation, Hospital of Universidade De Sao Paulo, Brazil

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09:30-10:20

Clinical Evaluation of Scalp Acupuncture the Research in Neuroimaging Ein-Yiao Sen () Taipei Branch, China Medical University Hospital, Taipei

10:20-10:30 Chairpersons: 10:30-11:20

Coffee & Tea Break Mao-Feng Sun(), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Horng-Sheng Shiue (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Clinical Application in Sexual Dysfunction Acupuncture Treatment in Premature Ejaculation Cheng-Wen Chen () Urology Department, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

11:20-12:10

Integrated needling method Choo-Aun Neoh () Department of Anesthesia, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan

12:10-13:10 Chairpersons: 13:10-14:00

Lunch Break Chien-Hsiung Lin (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Thomas T.H Huang (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Clinical Application and Research of Acupuncture in Obesity Chung-Hua Hsu () Branch for Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

14:00-14:50

Clinical Application of Acupuncture in Ophthalmology Yi-Ying Shen () Branch for Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

14:50-15:00 Chairpersons: 15:00-15:50

Coffee & Tea Break Ko-Hung Lee (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Thomas T.H Huang (), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Clinical Application of Acupuncture in Orthopedics: Experience in Brazil Andre Wan-Wen Tsai () Department of Orthopedics, Hospital of Universidade De Sao Paulo, Brazil

15:50-16:40

Discussion

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