In Celebration of our 25th Year, Jung Tao School continues our Speaker Series with Maryanne Travaglione lecturing on the topic of caring for our elder population with acupuncture. This lecture will be live-stream only.

Acupuncture and Elder Care

Saturday July 20, 9:00am – 12:00 pm EST

This 3-hour course will introduce an overview of methods to evaluate and address illness in our elder population. There will be discussion of health issues unique to this age group as well as instruction regarding how acupuncture treatments need to be adjusted to support our elders. Modern diseases of the elderly are often characterized by components related to Repletion; Phlegm, Blood stasis and Internal Wind. The lecture will be live-streamed as part of our 25th Celebration Speaker Series. (3 CEUs pending) $40 to register/$25 for JTS students/alumni

Maryanne Travaglione is a New York native and a proud alumnus of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She started her studies at PCOM San Diego in 1988 and returned to New York in 1995 to teach at PCOM New York where she was an instructor of theory, techniques, and herbal medicine until 2017. In 2000, Maryanne traveled to China for advanced studies at the Jiangxi College of TCM and in 2009 she completed her doctoral degree at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine with a specialty in geriatric care and women’s health. She has been a credentialed adjunctive care provider at several hospitals in the NY area. Maryanne served as a member of the board for the NCCAOM and is currently serving on the exam committee. Her work appeared in the compilation Sand to Sky: Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine; additionally, her chapter on treatment strategies for the Liver and Gall Bladder is included Classical Acupuncture Therapeutics. She has newly retired from clinical practice and maintains her home in Northern Italy. She continues to guest teach at Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine and Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine.