In the late 1960’s Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine were largely
unknown in the United States outside of ethnic Far East Asian communities.
These were times of great change in the world, resulting
in Cultural Revolutions that forever shifted the landscape of medicine’s
philosophy. This year’s presentation begins a journey of rediscovering
the origins of our medicine in the West; starting with an
exploration of the earliest beginnings of Acupuncture and OM as a
separate profession in America. We will examine the tribulations,
false steps and the progress comprising our early history. Drs
Prensky and Bruno were present at the start of this journey, helping
to found the very beginnings of our professional institutions in the
1960’s. They will share an intimate recollection of the life and
times of the founding of OM in America, and the world into which
Acupuncture burst onto the scene in the 1970’s. |