Menarche to Menopause: A Genomic Approach to Gynecological Acupuncture

Program Description

IN-PERSON ONLY

This course aims to introduce practitioners of acupuncture to the burgeoning field of genomic science and familiarize them with its potential groundbreaking cross sections with their art. Many explanations for the mechanisms of acupuncture abound and the genomic mechanism is a fledgling yet intriguing model which, if definitely confirmed with ongoing research, would revolutionize practitioner understanding of the medicine and greatly augment their treatment possibilities.

In this course, students will be introduced to this field and explore its connection with women’s health–particularly in regards to the treatment of fertility and perimenopausal afflictions. Students will be given both theory and praxis into this cutting edge field of biomedical acupuncture and eventually come to view women’s health in an entirely different light. Dr. Beys will take a variety of genomic adjacent topics from Sirtuins to Blue zones to the HPO (Hypothalamic – Pituitary – Ovarian) Axis and blend them seamlessly with common TCM concepts in a straightforward and everyday “street” manner.

Presenter: Michael Beys, LAc, DACM, is a practitioner with over 20 years of experience in Chinese Medicine, having graduated from PCOM with degrees in both acupuncture and herbalism. After starting up shop in Staten Island and tending primarily to the fertility needs of his community there, Dr. Beys soon migrated to NJ to start a new chapter and to tend to his burgeoning family.  

Just as his new family doubled from a trio to a healthy six over the years, so too did his Shrewsbury practice expand from the few New York loyalists who remained with him to the hundreds of Monmouth County area patients he now sees regularly there.  

In 2019, Dr. Beys completed his Doctorate in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine, which focused highly on genomic science and its potential therapeutic implications for treatment strategies.  Enriched by the new knowledge, he was quick to implement it—using it both to update his approach but also to better understand why & how it worked.  The efforts were well rewarded and now his current patients all reap the benefits from his efforts—helping more and more people heal every day & more and more women complete their journey into motherhood.

When he is not tending to his practice, Dr. Beys likes to enjoy the company of his family—the true treasure of his life.  He involves them frequently with his other loves: fine food, science fiction and board games as well as taking them back enjoy the sights and sounds of their ancestral Greek lands.