Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
20600 Mariani Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014
SCHEDULE:
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2:00pm - 3:00pm: Session 1 - Tibetan and Chinese
Medicine: Historical Background, Theory, and Philosophy
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3:00pm - 3:30pm: Q&A
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3:30pm - 4:30pm: Session 2 - Tibetan and Chinese
Medicine: Diagnostic Methods and Treatments
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4:30pm - 5:00pm: Q&A
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Andrew Qi Wu (Ph.D, L.Ac)
Dr. Wu has over 45 years of clinical and academic
experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and is recognized as one of
the top TCM doctors in his profession.
Dr. Wu started his career in 1967 as a disciple of
renowned TCM doctors, and later graduated top of his class from the Tianjin TCM
College in 1982. After graduation, Dr. Wu joined the faculty of Tianjin TCM
College and practiced at its affiliated teaching hospital.
In 1988 Dr. Wu became the visiting professor for the TCM
college in San Francisco. In 1993 Dr. Wu founded the Alliance of World
Traditional Medicine. In 1998, Dr. Wu was appointed Adjunct Professor by the
Tianjin TCM College, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine in 2001. He
currently serves as Vice President of Five Branches University in San Jose, CA.
Dr. Andrew Wu has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1989. He
frequently lectures and makes media appearances both locally and
internationally.
Yangdron Kalzang, Menpa, Lac
Yangdron is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, as
well as a Doctor of Tibetan Medicine (in Tibetan: Menpa). She has been
practicing Tibetan Medicine for over 20 years and she founded Kunde Institute
in Daly City, California in 2005. The center is committed to preserving and
continuing efficacious healing with Tibetan Medicine, Acupuncture, and
Traditional Chinese Medicine practices in the context of the modern world.
Yangdron was born in Lhasa, Tibet and earned her Tibetan Medicine Doctor degree
from the Tibetan Medical University in Lhasa, Tibet. She has been teaching and
receiving medical students from Stanford University School of Medicine for
clerkships since 2008. Yangdron is fluent in Tibetan, English and Mandarin
Chinese. She speaks and teaches regularly throughout the United States, Canada,
and Europe.
Kunga Wangdue, Menpa
Menpa Kunga Wangdue was born in Tibet, and began his Buddhist studies at the ripe age of eight and studied Tibetan Language and Buddhist Philosophy at Drapung Monastery in Lhasa. Menpa Wangdue then began his extensive study of Tibetan Medicine and graduated from Tibetan Medical and Astrology College in India in 1996. He had the privilege of completing a year-long internship under Senior Menpa Kunga Gyurme, former personal physician of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a clinical practitioner in Nepal. Menpa Wangdue has been practicing Tibetan Medicine in New York, and he is the Vice President of Traditional Tibetan Medical & Astro Association New York.
Cost: Free
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