Research and Education
We believe in sharing medical knowledge widely and generously, we seek to provide a context for establishing a cohesive intercultural and interdisciplinary field of medical research and clinical applications that will result in collaborative efforts to develop integrative models of healthcare.
Encountering COVID-19: Perspectives From Tibetan Medicine
During the COVID-19 pandemic across the North America and the globe. We have organized a series of FREE Live Webinar Dialogue online.
Part I: Multidimensional Perspectives: Understanding COVID-19 in Tibetan Medicine.
Part II: Integrative Healing: Tibetan Medical Preventive & Restorative Health Approaches to COVID-19.
Part III: On the Ground Perspectives on Public Health and Education in New York: Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan Community Health
Part IV: Understanding Nyen-Rim and Practical Guidance for COVID-19 (in Tibetan language).
Part V: On the Ground Perspectives on Public Health and Education in Tibet: COVID-19 in light of international exchange and Tibetan medicine.
During the COVID-19 pandemic across the North America and the globe. We have organized a series of FREE Live Webinar Dialogue online.
Part I: Multidimensional Perspectives: Understanding COVID-19 in Tibetan Medicine.
Part II: Integrative Healing: Tibetan Medical Preventive & Restorative Health Approaches to COVID-19.
Part III: On the Ground Perspectives on Public Health and Education in New York: Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan Community Health
Part IV: Understanding Nyen-Rim and Practical Guidance for COVID-19 (in Tibetan language).
Part V: On the Ground Perspectives on Public Health and Education in Tibet: COVID-19 in light of international exchange and Tibetan medicine.
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Tibetan and Western Integrative Symposium at Stanford University
With a goal to construct a bridge between Tibetan and Western Integrative Medicine to share the benefits and perspectives of these systems in a rigorous and open dialogue. We co-host “Tibetan and Western Integrative Symposium” with a focus on different topic each year for the past six years with Stanford University School of Medicine, and Global Health Research Foundation.
For more information and to view the archives of our previous conferences, please visit here: www.twims.org
With a goal to construct a bridge between Tibetan and Western Integrative Medicine to share the benefits and perspectives of these systems in a rigorous and open dialogue. We co-host “Tibetan and Western Integrative Symposium” with a focus on different topic each year for the past six years with Stanford University School of Medicine, and Global Health Research Foundation.
For more information and to view the archives of our previous conferences, please visit here: www.twims.org
Tibetan Medicine Program in DAOM at Five Branches University
We invite the world's most renown Tibetan Medical doctors and professors to share their vast medical knowledge of the one of the oldest healing traditions in existence - Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa) to licensed acupuncturists interested in developing advanced knowledge and skills in Oriental Medicine at Five Branches University.
Medical Students Clerkship
With a goal of sharing Tibetan Medicine and integrative medicine with future MDs, we collaborate with Stanford School of Medicine family medicine department, their medical students have been shadowing in our clinic since 2008. We hope to extend this clerkship program with other institutions both domestically and internationally.
Public Classes and Conferences & Community Involvement
We are honored to share our knowledge of Tibetan Medicine and clinical experiences with other healthcare providers and those who are interested in these topics in our community. Over the past years, we have given lectures on Tibetan Medicine at San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco State University, Rubin Museum of Art, Tse Chen Ling, the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, and other places.
We invite the world's most renown Tibetan Medical doctors and professors to share their vast medical knowledge of the one of the oldest healing traditions in existence - Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa) to licensed acupuncturists interested in developing advanced knowledge and skills in Oriental Medicine at Five Branches University.
- CEUs for Acupuncturist are available
- CEs for nurses are available
Medical Students Clerkship
With a goal of sharing Tibetan Medicine and integrative medicine with future MDs, we collaborate with Stanford School of Medicine family medicine department, their medical students have been shadowing in our clinic since 2008. We hope to extend this clerkship program with other institutions both domestically and internationally.
Public Classes and Conferences & Community Involvement
We are honored to share our knowledge of Tibetan Medicine and clinical experiences with other healthcare providers and those who are interested in these topics in our community. Over the past years, we have given lectures on Tibetan Medicine at San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco State University, Rubin Museum of Art, Tse Chen Ling, the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, and other places.
I agree that western medicine will benefit a great deal from the addition of Tibetan Medicine in the treatment and palliation of many different diseases, including chronic pain, stress, and even cancer and autoimmune diseases. As I hope to develop clinical trials some day in the treatment of cancer, I will look to incorporate Tibetan Medicine and other alternative and complementary forms of medicine to construct new treatment practices.” After shadowing in your clinic, I agree with your statement that American and Eastern medicine are not in opposition with each other, but rather can coexist and complement each other in practice…. In our practice, we are very good at finding the root cause of a chief complaint through expensive radiographic and laboratory tests, but we are not as good at seeing the chief complaint in the greater context of our patient's complex social and emotional lives.” |
Each patient came to you with pain that was intractable and left feeling healthy, renewed, and hopeful….. I was surprised to find that several of the patients that we saw together were complaining of plantar fasciitis…. Your approach to treating the heel and foot pain was very holistic: acupuncture to reach the pressure points that were causing the most pain, herbal ointment to sooth the muscles and relieve tension, careful attention to what the patients were eating and how they were walking. Your approach was a much more complete way to treat the pain, as compared to the Western solution of anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy appointments…..” Whether it was the patient with diffuse tingling and burning sensations over his body or the lady visiting you to assist with management of her cancer and chemotherapy, they all had stories of complex health needs that were not addressed by the doctors they had previously seen. You were able to talk to these patients at length about their concerns and identify methods to alleviate their stress and imbalances that may be at the root of their problems, and your patients all seemed very happy with the results they have achieved while working with you.” |