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President Ellen Teeter , AP Ellen Teeter, AP, licensed in Florida since 2000, is a clinical practitioner and tai chi teacher. She has been on the FSOMA Board of Directors since 2004 and served as Vice President from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2010-2012. She has been Chair of the Website and Journal Committees, served on Legislative and Conference committees and was the editor of the FSOMA Journal. Ellen attended Emory University receiving a BA in Political Science, received her Oriental Medical education from the Florida Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in St. Petersburg, FL, graduating in 1999. She has studied and practiced martial arts, tai chi and qi gong for over 20 years. FSOMA’s focus will be on building the profession through business management development, pro-active legislation efforts, and promoting insurance coverage for acupuncture services. Ellen is located in the Bradenton and Sarasota area.
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Vice President Sandra Kahn, AP, RN Sandra Kahn, AP, RN has been a licensed acupuncturist since 2007 and a member of FSOMA since 2005 as a student and currently as a practitioner. She was granted a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Oriental Medicine from Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sandra is the owner of Acupuncture & Oriental Healthcare, Inc. in Davie, Florida. Prior to entering the field of Oriental Medicine, Sandra obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. After graduating from nursing school, Sandra worked at Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida on the internal medicine unit. Having the opportunity to work in administration, Sandra accepted the position of Quality Assurance Reviewer conducting medical and nursing peer reviews, participating in interdisciplinary committees, and preparing for survey and accreditation by The Joint Commission. Once obtaining her license as a Healthcare Risk Manager, she transferred into Risk Management reviewing medical records for potential medical malpractice cases and assisting defense counsel on active legal cases. After 7 years at Miami Children’s Hospital, Sandra transitioned as a legal nurse consultant at an insurance defense law firm in Fort Lauderdale. Her main responsibilities included medical records review and summation of medical malpractice and personal injury cases in preparation for medical expert reviews and Independent Medical Examinations, depositions, mediations, and trials. Sandra believes that visibility and education about Oriental Medicine in our communities are the milestones of moving our profession forward. She is active in her community by conducting workshops about holistic health & wellness, stress management, and the benefits of acupuncture. She is a member of the Case Management Society of America, Weston Business Club, a board member of the South Florida Case Management Network, and a volunteer of the Florida Medical Reserve Corps for Broward County. Sandra strives to integrate the best knowledge of both Western and Eastern medicine to meet the treatment and prevention needs of her patients. She also strongly believes in being a partner in healthcare as well as educator for all her patients to empower them in gaining knowledge about the functionality of their bodies for proper health maintenance.
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Secretary Donna Kini-Bowen, AP Donna Kini-Bowen is a Florida State Licensed Acupuncturist and Licensed Massage Therapist. Donna has been in practice since 2005 and is the founder of Aloha Acupuncture, Inc. located in Oviedo, Florida. She graduated with honors (Summa Cum Laude) from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine and received a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Professional Health Studies. She has also received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Chaminade University of Honolulu. Donna is located in Oviedo, FL near Orlando area.
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Treasurer Rodney Dunetz, MS, AP Rodney Dunetz is a Licensed Acupuncture Physician in private practice in Boca Raton, FL. He was granted a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine from the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and a Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences. He specializes in pain management, anti-aging, and wellness. Rodney was President of the Student Body at Atlantic Institute (ATOM), where he was also awarded the “Student Leader of Excellence” Award in 2007. Rodney is located in Boca Raton near Delray Beach and Ft. Lauderdale area. |
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Robert Linde, AP, RH Robert Linde, Acupuncture Physician and Registered Herbalist, has studied herbs and alternative medicine since 1975 and practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 6 years. He currently runs a multi-practitioner clinic in St. Petersburg, Florida. He also created the Professional Herbalists Training Program in St. Petersburg Florida, the Florida Chapter of the American Herbalists Guild and the Pinellas Acupuncturists Co-Op (PACO). Bob is a frequent lecturer, CEU provider and regular presenter at the annual FSOMA conferences. Currently, Bob has been asked to work on topical and internal formulations that utilize herbs for a large natural products company. Bob’s work with the Professional Herbalists Training Program for the last 6 years involves curriculum development, clinical supervision and regular instruction in an herb-only environment. His intern clinic not only provides hands on experience for his students on a weekly basis, but also low cost access for the public for safe herbal medicine. His students have gone on to acupuncture school and to run their own herbal businesses. A commitment to creating strong community within the profession of TCM is reflected in Bob’s actions. Bob is a resource for many acupuncture students, local practitioners and led to the creation of PACO to reinforce the concepts of a supportive and inclusive profession. Besides his participation at the annual FSOMA conferences, Bob travels to the annual American Herbalists Guild conference every year (where he holds the distinguished title of Registered Herbalist) and the Medicines of the Earth conference in Black Mountain, NC. He is also a member of the American Botanical Counsel, Acupuncturists Without Borders, American Herbalists Guild and many other related organizations. Bob is located in the St. Petersburg area.
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Lynn Thames, AP, MSOM, MA Lynn Hoffman Thames, AP is an acupuncture practitioner with Healing Ways, P.A. in Orlando, FL. Lynn is also an instructor and the Dean of Oriental Medicine at the Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando. She is a member of the Central Florida Partnership for Health Disparities. Lynn completed her bachelor’s degree in American Studies at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. She earned her Master’s of Arts degree in Counselor Education at the University of Florida and worked for 12 years as a mental health counselor. Lynn graduated from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine with a Master’s of Science in Oriental Medicine. She has been in practice at Healing Ways, PA since 2004, specializing in mental and emotional disorders, Women’s Health, and Chinese Food Therapy. Lynn is currently working on her doctorate degree in education with the University of Phoenix. Lynn has served as a guest speaker at the University of Central Florida and for the Defense Contract Management Agency.
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David Bibbey, AP David Bibbey, AP is the practitioner-owner of Alternative Primary Care in Crystal River, FL, and a faculty member at Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando. He is a frequent presenter and leading voice in his community on the benefits of healthy lifestyle choices. David also enjoys teaching personal strategies that reduce the risk of developing preventable diseases. He has nearly a decade of training and experience in evidence- based use of herbs and supplements. In 2011, David earned a Master’s in Oriental Medicine / Bachelor’s of Professional Health Studies at Florida College of Integrative Medicine (FCIM). Prior to attending FCIM, he earned a Bachelor’s of Science – Alternative Medicine at Everglades University in 2008. David is a NCCAOM Dipl. Oriental Medicine Candidate. Since 2003, he hss been affiliated with Huffman’s, a natural food and supplement retailer in Crystal River. His relationship there has fostered many opportunities for guest speaking at community events and promoting wellness through prevention. David’s respect for Integrative and Oriental Medicine continues to fuel his commitment to life-long learning, and help shape his personal and professional choices. He believes strongly that individual practitioners can, and should have a defining role in promoting and protecting AOM for future generations of professionals and patients. David also considers activism and volunteerism hallmarks of professionalism; and, he has never asked another to contribute more than he is willing to give. Prior to becoming an Acupuncture Physician, David had careers in marketing, sales, operations management and systems training. His personal story also includes nearly a decade of primary care-giving for his disabled father. Ultimately, this last experience remains his greatest source of pride. David’s approach to life, business and AOM has been informed and tempered by overcoming challenges. He is an optimist at heart, who believes that our lives are enriched most through service to others. |
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Chris Flanagan, AP Chris’s background includes a bachelor's degree in English and French literature, footloose travels in Europe and China, and a previous career in the film industry. She studied acupuncture and East Asian medicine at SIOM (Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine – a small, artisanal school which incorporates the traditional apprenticeship experience into a modern school setting, and strongly emphasizes both herbal medicine and the study of medical Chinese language). Part of her education included NADA training. Her post-graduate training has included certificate coursework in classical medicine (Shang Han Lun & Wen Bing Xue) as well as training at the Chengdu University of TCM, and informal clinic observation shifts in Chengdu & Beijing professional clinics. Chris has straddled the private and public health-care world, working in private practice settings in several Seattle neighborhoods, and in St. Petersburg, where she co-owns Clinic Amit. She has also worked at a NADA clinic in an opiate addictions treatment center, as well as at an AOM non-profit community clinic, and as a clinical supervisor at the Bastyr University clinic. Additionally, she worked as an English teacher in Chinese Universities, and as an AOM-subject book editor, both in China and in the U.S. She helped co-found a nonprofit organization in Seattle that delivers CAM health services to homeless individuals in the Seattle area (Alternative Healthcare Action Campaign.) Over the years, Chris volunteered her time with this organization as a member of its Steering Committee, as a volunteer practitioner, and as a grant-writer. During her last few years in Seattle, she devoted her time as the volunteer Clinic Director at the non-profit Kang Wen Community Clinic. Volunteering continues to be a major theme in her life. She helped to establish and staff a free drop-in acupuncture clinic for seniors at a downtown community center in St. Petersburg. This year, she is initiating an alumni-funded scholarship at her alma mater (SIOM). Her professional affiliations include NADA membership since 2000, previous membership in the Washington AOM professional association, and participation in her local professional association (PACO, founded by FSOMA Board Member Bob Linde).
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Steven Shomo, AP, Dipl Ac Steven Shomo, AP, CSCS, E-RYT is an acupuncture physician in private practice in St. Augustine Beach, FL, specializing in TCM Sports Medicine and Performance. He is a NCCAOM board certified Acupuncturist and been practicing Oriental Medicine since 2008. Steven recently added Laser Biostimulation Therapy to his practice and has been getting fantastic results by combining it with Acupuncture and other TCM modalities. He has been in the health and fitness industry for more than 20 years as a personal trainer, NSCA-CSCS Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, functional and neuromuscular trainer, yoga and qigong instructor, and holds various other fitness certifications. His practice is a wellness based center providing yoga, fitness, martial arts, boot camp, and qigong classes. The center is also a Yoga Alliance registered yoga school providing 200-hr yoga teacher training certifications, which he teaches and conducts 2-3 times per year. Steven is also an Adjunct Professor at Flagler College where he teaches Yoga Theory/Practice and Qigong. Steven has an AA in Biology from Arapahoe Community College (Colorado) and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado (Denver) completing a BA in Geography and Anthropology. He earned a Bachelors of Health Sciences and a Masters of Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture and Massage College (formerly the Southeast Institute of Oriental Medicine) in Miami, FL, where he also received the High Achievement Award for Clinical Excellence. Steven is a barefoot runner and President of the Barefoot Runners Society – Jacksonville, FL Chapter. He conducts barefoot training and running clinics and is the local sponsor and race coordinator for the national Naked Foot 5K race series in St. Augustine, FL. He conducts free local seminars on various TCM topics, fitness, nutrition, health and wellness for the St. Augustine Community. He enjoys spending his off time in the outdoors with his family hiking, cycling, kayaking, and paddle boarding (all barefoot of course). In addition to his personal practice of yoga and qigong, he is a Wing Chun practitioner. |
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Kimberly Marrone, AP Kimberly Marrone, A.P. is an Acupuncture Physician practicing in Delray Beach, Florida. She was granted a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Oriental Medicine from Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the coowner of Integrative Acupuncture, a busy wellness practice where all facets of patient healthcare are provided. She strongly believes in the foundation of Chinese Medicine, which is wellness, and in a new and progressive consciousness to how Americans view their own health. She is also one of the acupuncturists on staff at the Sari Asher Center for Integrative Cancer Care in West Palm Beach, where she works with patients who are in all stages of cancer care. At the center, patients receive treatments to try to reduce the severity, intensity and duration of the side effects of traditional cancer therapies and to maintain a stronger immune system and reduce the negative side effects of stress that accompanies a cancer diagnosis. Kim was inspired to pursue Chinese Medicine as a career after surviving a serious and debilitating bike accident several years ago. During her recovery Kim used acupuncture and Herbal Medicine to help attain a complete recovery. Kim has been an athlete her whole life competing in and training for road races as well as triathlons. Kim has spent the last 5 years expanding her continuing education in the realm of Cranial Sacral Techniques to Gynecological and Orthopedic Acupuncture. Kim has attended continuing education in Functional Medicine, Breast Cancer, and several herbal intensives. She has also had advanced training at Shanghai University of TCM in the Yue Yang Hospital of Integrated Medicine. She focused her training in Oncology, Gynecology, and Post-Stroke Neurological Conditions. While studying in China, Kim had the opportunity to observe and treat patients in a hospital setting where acupuncture and Chinese medicine were used in conjunction with conventional medical treatments. She believes that combining both Eastern and Western approaches to medicine is the best possible way to treat illness, and by using the foundations of Chinese Medicine modalities coupled with nutritional and systems-based medicine , we have a unique opportunity to bring the Wellness model to the mainstream of medicine. “As an Acupuncture Physician in Florida, I feel that I have an obligation to help move our profession forward into the mainstream medical world. As we know, healthcare costs are crippling our economy and our country in the model we are currently in. We in holistic and wellness based medicine have an opportunity to bring this concept to the forefront of our communities. I believe that we can reach people through patient education and outreach programs in our communities. If we can articulate exactly what it is that we as profession can bring to the table we can move patients from “disease/symptom based treatments” to preventative/wellness care.”
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Michelle O'Shaughnessy, AP Michelle O’Shaughnessy A.P. has been licensed in Acupuncture since 2006 and in Aesthetics since 1996. She received her Masters in Oriental Medicine from Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando, Florida. Michelle is a practitioner, speaker, and author. Michelle is President and owner of Healing Herbal Soups, and runs her multi practitioner clinic, Aesthetic Acupuncture Clinic, where she specializes in skin issues, women’s health, and pain management. She is a Clinic Manager at Florida College of Integrative Medicine. Healing Herbal Soups creates and sells soups made with carefully selected vegetables and herbs and are focused on specific healing attributes. Prior to studying Oriental Medicine, Michelle was the National Trainer for Sothy’s Paris, where she traveled around the United States training Massage Therapists and Aestheticians on different facial and body treatments. It was while she was working for Sothy’s that she was first introduced to some Chinese Medicine concepts, and where she then went for her International License and wrote a thesis on Chinese Meridians. She then signed up for school at FCIM. Michelle is both fluent in Spanish and English, and attended the Sorbonne Universite in Paris. She got her B.A. Degree in Anthropology and Latin American Studies from the University of Central Florida. Michelle currently travels to different aesthetic shows speaking, promoting her book, and talking about her soups. |
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President Emeritus Peggy De Lara, PTA, AP, DOM Peggy L. De Lara, A.P. is a practitioner, educator and administrator and has practiced Integrated Medicine in her clinics in Hollywood, Florida and in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she now resides. She has been licensed in Acupuncture since 2002 and in Physical Therapy since 1997. She received her Masters in Oriental Medicine from the Southeast Institute of Oriental Medicine in Miami, Florida and her NCCAOM Diplomate in Acupuncture. Prior to beginning her career in healthcare, she had a successful career in the Mortgage Banking business as an executive and administrator. She is currently a Board Member of FSOMA and serves on the Legislative, Publication and Bylaws Committee of which she is currently Chair. Peggy has served in the capacity of Clinic Director at East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, Florida until February, 2009. In that capacity she administered and implemented new policies in both the Student and Professional Clinics. She also served as Clinic Instructor and professor. Peggy also provides acupuncture services to the community in her clinic in St. Petersburg specializing in Pain Management, Orthopedics, Trauma and Sports Medicine. She continues to lecture and teach TCM and Western Medical courses. Prior to her Directorship at East West College, Peggy performed Independent Medical Examinations throughout the State of Florida, performing physical examinations and writing medical-legal reports for the growing numbers of acupuncture treatments as a result of car accidents. Her responsibilities also included auditing charts and peer review. Peggy is fluent in English and Spanish. She currently speaks at community events educating the public in Oriental Medicine. One of her dreams is to continue to develop relationships in the Western and Eastern medical communities developing multidisciplinary clinical affiliations and to assist in developing residency programs in Integrated Medicine. Peggy is located in the St Petersburg area. |
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Executive Director - FSOMA Office Lorry S. Davis, M.Ed. FSOMA Office Phone: 800-578-4865 Lorry Davis, has been managing medical associations for over 20 years. Her undergraduate degree is from Goddard College in Vermont, where she majored in counseling psychology. Her graduate degree is from Antioch College, where she majored in administration and management and wrote her thesis on marketing nonprofits. Throughout her own personal journey, Lorry has been interested in health, nutrition, exercise, as well as traditional and alternative forms of medicine. She very much values the opportunity to serve FSOMA. Lorry lives and works in the Gainesville area.
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Director of Operations - FSOMA Office Catherine M. Groh-Tamasi, M Ed FSOMA Office Phone: 800-578-4865 Cathie has been the friendly voice on the FSOMA office phone for almost three years. After graduating the University of South Carolina with a BA in Education, she spent the next ten years designing and facilitating “awareness & prevention” workshops for Substance Abuse, Anger & Depression, and Drop-Out Prevention, when the concept of “decision-making skills” was in its infancy. During this time she pursued her master’s degree at Trenton State (now College of NJ), and eventually gave in to the siren song of the dollar emanating from the private sector. In 1984 she was hired by AT&T as an Instructional Designer and spent the next 20 years trying on various corporate positions, but they all boiled down to mining out the process and project efficiencies. Thus she sought out and achieved PMI certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), and strives to use the accumulated skills and knowledge to support FSOMA. Cathie met Lorry Davis at church, and they have been good friends ever since. Lorry was the angel that blessed her with this opportunity, and many others.
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