2017.1.5 Acupuncture at the end of life.

Ron Puhky MD studied with J.R. Worsley from 1975 to 2002, and is a certified teacher of his Five Element School. In 1976, he co-founded Canada’s first holistic health centre in Victoria, BC. He also studied extensively in China and is a Diplomate of the Academy of TCM in Beijing (1982). He was a long time advisor in acupuncture to the Province of British Columbia and co-wrote the acupuncture legislation for the province. In 1984 he co-founded the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Victoria, BC. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Medical Acupuncture Program at UCLA and is a Founding Member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and of the American Holistic Medical Association. Ron and his partner Dr Charles Moss, continue to teach their Five Element Acupuncture for Physicians Training Program, now in its 30th year. More recently from 2007 to 2011, he worked at Canada’s largest integrative cancer center in Vancouver BC. From 2011-2013 he led its expansion into Victoria as the medical director. Ron currently practices integrative medicine, acupuncture and organic farming on Salt Spring Island BC, where he has lived with his family for 40 years.