RRM and Medical Acupuncture to Optimize Fertility Health
Learn how Dr. Lambert combines both Eastern and Western medical approaches to RRM so as to correct the root imbalances that lead to infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, miscarriage, and male factor infertility. He has found that acupuncture, interwoven with western RRM medical practices, offers exciting treatment options for painful symptoms and fertility cycle abnormalities hindering fertility and health.
Course objectives:
- Describe the Pros and Cons of offering Acupuncture for fertility care.
- State as least three conditions that Acupuncture has been shown to benefit, as an effective treatment alone or in combination with other therapies
- Explain the additional benefits of Acupuncture that may support a woman’s health and promote fertility
- Describe how Acupuncture can improve male factor infertility
Reference:
- McDonald J, Janz S. The Acupuncture Evidence Project: A Comparative Literature Review (Revised Edition). Brisbane: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Ltd; 2017. https://www.acupuncture.org.au/. [Download full PDF] [short English summary of the review also available here.]
Dr. Garry Lambert is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Certified in Medical Acupuncture. His RRM practice, Anemos Fertility Care is based out of North Houston, USA.
Dr. Garry Lambert is a member of the IIRRM and has completed Dr. Boyle’s Advanced Training in Neo Fertility through Restorative Reproductive Medicine. He is able to combine both Eastern and Western medical approaches to RRM so as to correct the root imbalances that lead to infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, miscarriage, and male factor infertility. Acupuncture is no longer fringe medicine. Acupuncture, interwoven with western RRM medical practices, offers exciting treatment options for painful symptoms and fertility cycle abnormalities hindering fertility and health.
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation and Credit Statement:
Please note that webinar recordings and slides are posted to iirrm.org for those that can't attend, however, AAFP Prescribed Credit and AMA PRA Category 1 credit are only available for lecture webcasts viewed live, in real-time.
- 1.00 Online Only, Live AAFP Prescribed Credit(s) - January Grand Rounds: RRM and Medical Acupuncture to Optimize Fertility Health
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed credit, not as Category 1.
Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive 1.0 Certified or Non-Certified Mainpro+ credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the following organizations. Please contact them directly about how participants should report the credit they earned.
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)
- American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
- American Board of Preventative Medicine (ABPM)
- American Board of Urology (ABU)
Disclosures
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