This is the home page for the Maryland Acupuncture Society, Inc (MAS) web site. We are a professional society of licensed acupuncturists representing over one third* of all licensed acupuncturists in Maryland. Our site has information forprofessional acupuncturistsas well as for thegeneral publicwho are interested in finding an acupuncturist or finding out more about acupuncture.


For potential or current acupuncture clients, here's what you can do at our site:


For MAS Members and Acupuncturists:

Get information on Continuing Education Seminars and continuing education requirements for license renewal.

Next MAS seminar:

Two Days: Deepening diagnosis and treatment skills for constitutional treatment and One Day: Getting Better at Getting the CF with John and Angela Hicks

November 8-10, 2008 Sheraton Columbia


Purchase CD recordings of past MAS CEU seminars.

Now in stock:

Alex Tiberi seminar on Yang Sheng (Longevity and Health) & Spirituality in Chinese Medicine and on Breast and Prostate Health

Alex Tiberi seminar on Energetics of Orthopedic Acupuncture: Theory and Practical Application

Giovanni Maciocia seminar on The 8 Extraordinary Vessels and Advanced Tongue Diagnosis

Giovanni Maciocia seminar on The Psyche / Gynecology

Jeffrey Yuen seminar on Bi Obstruction Syndrome - The Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Aspects of Pain

Jeffrey Yuen seminar on Cancer Care and Chinese Medicine

Jeffrey Yuen seminar on Manifestations of Shen


Join the MAS or renew your membership! Click to renew membership in the MAS STORE Learn about MAS member benefits.


Look at an archive of news and photos about MAS.


Serve on a Committee or the MAS Board.


Check out Links to benefit suppliers, the State Board, the State Acupuncture Law, the NCCAOM.


Download Reports and Documents including information on the new CPT codes for acupuncture.


Look at Advertisements the MAS runs in Maryland magazines and newspapers.


 

Last Update May 6, 2008
(New information is in bold)

Now available in the MAS store to MAS members only! - The 2008 Acucode book. Available elsewhere for $50, this guide to insurance billing is available for MAS members for the special price of $40 plus shipping and sales tax.

Another MAS member benefit seminar! Junko Ida will present a TOYOHARI seminar on June 28-29, 2008. Fees: $225.00 for members and $300.00 for non-members - the price includes lunch and breaks on both days. The seminar will be held at Bon Secours Spiritual Center, Marriottsville, MD. There will be a limit of 65 attendees. MAS Members will be registered first come - first served, and Non-members will be placed on a wait-list and allowed in if there is still space available by May 28. Click here for more information and to register.

The MAS annual meeting was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 during the lunch break for the Alex Tiberi seminar. 51 MAS members were in attendance.

The MAS president, Steven Solomon, gave the report on State of Maryland llegislative activities as Alice Neely Mutch, the MAS contracted legislative consultant, was not able to attend. One event that occurred this past year was an attempt by the State Board of Acupuncture to put through a "clean-up" bill that would have made small changes to the acupuncture law. This attempt was not successful and MAS supported the withdrawal of the bill because some legislators expressed interest in making substantive statutory changes to the scope of practice and putting limits on what "acts" could be performed by acupuncturists.

A discussion was held on the practice of herbology within the scope of acupuncture. A motion was passed to establish a committee to educate legislators and lobbyists on herbology.

There were changes in the board Officers. Della Aubrey Miller, who has served as treasurer since 2001, has resigned, and Tricia Kramer (who has served as member-at-large) was appointed to her place. The president, Steven Solomon, and the Secretary, John Howard, were re-elected. Several new members have joined the board. Margie Siauw was elected as Vice President of Internal Affairs and Kathy Crosland was appointed as Member-at-large. The members voted to change the bylaws to make a new board position, the Vice President of Public Affairs, and Della Aubrey Miller was elected to this position.

The newest Student Liaison was introduced to the members. Belynda White is replacing Nancee Baysinger who has graduated from Tai Sophia Institute.

MAS hosted a CEU seminar by Alex Tiberi Seminar March 15 & 16, 2008. He presented one day of: Yang Sheng (Longevity and Health) & Spirituality in Chinese Medicine and another day of: Breast and Prostate Health.

A recording was made of the seminar and is now available in the MAS store.

Click here for a copy of the seminar brochure or click here to see the same information on a web page. If you didn't get a chance to vote for the topic, please update your email address by emailing registrar@maryland-acupuncture.org or using the online store.

John and Angela Hicks will come to Maryland, November 8-10, 2008 to present a seminar for MAS. Two Days: Deepening diagnosis and treatment skills for constitutional treatment. This seminar is for both TCM and Five Element practitioners. It will give TCM practitioner’s tools to help them to diagnose a constitutional imbalance. Five Element practitioners will gain structure and insight in order to deepen their existing skills. Also, One Day: Getting Better at Getting the CF This seminar is aimed for people more familiar with the Worsley Five Element tradition who know about CF.

Model wearing MAS tee-shirtTee-Shirts with the MAS Logo are now available on line at the MAS store for your holiday shopping. These are high quality shirts made of 100% organic cotton and made in the United States. We are selling them at cost - $15 (plus shipping). Available colors are Sage, Black and Rose. These shirts are pre-shrunk and run small so please order a size larger than you normally would.

 

How large is MAS?

Maryland Acupuncture Society 360 Members, consisting of:
282 Maryland licensed acupuncturists, 39 Students, 25 Out-of-State acupuncturists, 1 Organizations, 12 Allied health care practitioners, and 1 Associates.




*As of December 2007 there were 820 active acupuncturists licensed by the State of Maryland and 299 (36%) were members of MAS.