Dear Colleagues!
Every year, speakers and attendees ask us if there’s a theme for the coming year’s Pacific Symposium. Following in the footsteps of Symposium founder and former College President Jack Miller (still an influence and inspiration as President of Pacific’s Board of Directors), we advise speakers to choose what excites and inspires them the most. Even if topics are similar, the different approaches and perspectives make for a richer and more interesting experience.
This year’s program includes wisdom from ancient physician Sun Simiao on orthopedic acupuncture, with JulieAnn Nugent-Head, and on transformation and healing, with Sabine Wilms. Exciting new innovations in the medicine, such as Dustin Dillberg’s talk on layering laser therapy with herbs and other modalities, will be plentiful. Explore how to mix the ancient and modern in classes like Jeremy Pulsifer’s course on the extraordinary vessels and electrostimulation, and Olympics practitioner David M. Hashemipour, MD, on the integration of Eastern with Western pain management. You’ll have ample opportunities for hands-on practice: Korean hand therapies; tui na for neck and shoulder pain; scalp acupressure; microcurrent with Shellie Goldstein; face reading and ghost points with Deirdre Courtney; shen reading with CT Holman; and daily qigong. Populations and conditions to be covered include everything from pediatrics to pain, with Andrew Nugent-Head’s formulas for orthopedic injuries, treatments for cysts and fibroids, the five kinds of depression with Yair Maimon, and lymphatic drainage. Experience community healing with NADA president Dr. Kenneth “Khensu” Carter and learn about acupuncture education groups for menopause with Lisa Taylor-Swanson. Veteran Pacific Symposium speakers like Kiiko Matsumoto, Felice Dunas, and Claudia Citkovitz will return, along with newcomers like Yueying Li and Barbara de La Torre, MD. Opening main Symposium speaker Neil Theise, a medical pioneer, will reflect on the big picture with his notes on complexity theory.
We look forward to an inspiring, practical, thought-provoking, and of course fun time at Pacific Symposium 2025, with great new products, services, and deals from vendors, and with parties, the Polar Bear Plunge, free massages, book signings, swag, networking, and of course: you!
Cynthia Neipris, Pacific Symposium Director
Rob Nadeau, Pacific Symposium Operations Manager
