Societies and Symposiums

SOCIETIES / ASSOCIATIONS

International:

International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine

European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association : part of the European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques : Member Societies By Country

World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies: Comprehensive Listing of Associations and Institutions

International Association for the Study of Pain

International Society for Complementary Medicine Research

[Integrative Health / Complementary and Alternative Medicine Organizations]

United States:

Society for Acupuncture Research

Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

Society for Integrative Oncology

American Pain Society

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Other Country-Specific Organizations (not comprehensive; still adding more, missing Central/S. America, Africa, Japan, Oceania etc):

Australia

Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association

Australian Traditional Medicine Society

Austria

OGKA – Austrian Society for Controlled Acupuncture

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Akupunktur – ÖGA

Austrian Medical Society for Neuraltherapy

Belgium

Belgian Acupunctors Federation – Belgium

EUFOM federation for acupuncturists – Belgium

Brazil

Sociedade Medica Brasileira de Acupuntura – SMBA

Canada

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada

Ordre des acupuncteurs du Québec

Pediatric Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research and Education Network

Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research (INCAM)

China

China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies

World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies

International Academic Exchange for TCM Psychology

Cyprus

Pan-Cyprian Association of Acupuncturists Limited

Denmark

Praktiserende Akupunktører (PA)

Finland

Finnish Traditional Chinese Medicine Society of Acupuncture and Herbs (FinnAcu)

France

F.N.M.T.C. – Fédération Nationale de Médecine Traditionnelle Chinoise (National Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Germany

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klassische Akupunktur und Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin e.V.(AGTCM)

DDQT – Deutscher Dachverband für Qigong und Taijiquan e.V.

Societas Medicinae Sinensis SMS Internationale Gesellschaft für Chinesische Medizin e.V.

NADA Germany

India

Peace Bird Society, India

Ireland

Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association (AFPA)

Northern Ireland Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NIATCM)

Traditional Chinese Medicine Council of Ireland Limited (TCMCI)

Irish Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (IRCHM)

Israel

Israeli Association for Traditional Chinese Medicine (IATCM)

Italy

Federazione Italiana delle Società di Agopuntura (FISA)

Netherlands

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Acupunctuur (NVA)

Norway

Norsk akupunkturforening (NAFO)

Norske Naturterapeuters Hovedorganisasjon (NNH) – Norway

New Zealand

New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists Incorporated (NZRA)

South Korea

Society for Meridian and Acupoint

Korean Society of Medical History

Korean Oriental Medical Hospital Association

Spain

MTC – FUNDACIÓN EUROPEA DE MEDICINA TRADICIONAL CHINA

Sweden

Svenska Akupunkturförbundet Traditionell Kinesisk Medicin (SAATCM) (Swedish Acupuncture Association for Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Switzerland

Association Genevoise des Medicins Acupuncteurs (AGMA)

Assoziation Schweizer Aerztegesellschaften für Akupunktur und Chinesische Medizin

Schweizerische Ärztinnen – und Ärztegesellschaft für Akupunktur – Chinesische Medizin – Auriculomedizin (SACAM)

Swiss Professional Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine (SPO-TCM) – Switzerland

United Kingdom

Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (UK) (ATCM)

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)