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# Acus Foundation

Acus Foundation educates military physicians in the science and art of medical acupuncture

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/blog/)
- [2022 Annual Report](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/2022-annual-report/) - Thank you! Read the full issue here: 2022_Annual_Report_AcusFoundation2021_2022
- [Past Annual Gratitude Newsletter](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-annual-gratitude-newsletter-is-out/) - Our students express their gratitude to you—our community—for your enduring support of our mission to bring life-changing medical acupuncture to our nation's service members and veterans. Thank you! Read the full issue here: https://mailchi.mp/acusfoundation/acus-foundation-newsletter-no-18-the-gratitude-issue?e=169a9d601d
- [Think Acupuncture First!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/think-acupuncture-first/) - Acus Foundation 2020-2021 Annual Report. We believe all doctors should have the ability to heal their patients with medical acupuncture. Read More >>
- [Acus Foundation Report to the Community: 2019-2020](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-report-to-the-community-2019-2020/) - Since 2015, the Acus team has trained more than 500 military physicians in medical acupuncture. These brave doctors Think Acupuncture First when it comes to treating patients for pain, stress, and sleep disturbances.
- [Celebrating Labor Day](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/celebrating-labor-day/) - On behalf of everyone at Acus Foundation, we wish you a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.
- [Webinar Tomorrow for Healthcare Workers on the CV19 Frontlines](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/webinar-tomorrow-for-healthcare-workers-on-the-cv19-frontlines/) - Check out the latest work of four Acus Preceptors, who have developed a medical acupuncture technique to help healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic: COVID-19 Rapid De-Stress Protocol. Tomorrow, July 15th, they are offering a webinar teaching this new technique through the American Association of Medical Acupuncture. Register HERE to help healthcare workers
- [Update on COVID-19](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/update-on-covid-19/) - The Acus Foundation office will remain closed until further notice, following the extension of the shelter-in-place order issue by Alameda County and the City of Berkeley. Acus staff are working remotely. If you need to get in touch, please email info [at] acusfoundation.org. Thank you.
- [With Gratitude](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/with-gratitude/) - On behalf of everyone at Acus Foundation, we are deeply grateful for your generosity on this Independence Day. Your help will bring medical acupuncture to many more of those who serve. Thank you for supporting our service members, veterans, and first responders, and enabling them to celebrate Freedom from Pain.
- [Happy Independence Day!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-independence-day/) - On this Day of Independence, we ask you to help us bring joy and Freedom from Pain. Those who have fought for freedom—our nation's service members, veterans, and first responders—too often suffer from chronic pain and stress. Medical acupuncture provides relief without side effects or the dangers of addiction. At Acus Foundation, we train the
- [In Remembrance](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/in-remembrance-on-memorial-day/) - We are taking time for thanks and gratitude on this Memorial Day weekend. Please join us in honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. On behalf of everyone at Acus Foundation, thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
- [Going Virtual](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/going-virtual/) - In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we have transitioned our Acus courses to be distance-learning programs. Our students are viewing digital lectures and are working with mentors at their home bases to ensure they have learned advanced medical acupuncture theories and protocols. Mentors are also overseeing the hands-on application of these techniques. We are so
- [Acus Wins MDRT Grant](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-wins-mdrt-grant/) - We are very pleased to announce that Acus Foundation has been awarded a 2020 Worldwide Grant from the MDRT Foundation. The $5,000 award will be used to support our flagship medical acupuncture training program based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Many thanks to our longtime supporter, Jim Fleming, for sponsoring our application! Today,
- [Thank you to our health care workers](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/thank-you-to-our-health-care-workers/) - We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of our health care workers who are serving selflessly on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you for your service.
- [COVID-19 Update](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/covid-19-update/) - The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on our lives here in the United States and around the world. At Acus Foundation, we are taking steps to make sure our staff and community remain safe. Following the guidance of public health officials in the Bay Area, who issued a shelter-in-place order
- [Thank You for Your Generosity](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/thank-you-for-your-generosity/) - Your generosity to Acus Foundation this giving season delivers life-changing medical acupuncture to those who serve. Your support provides drug-free relief from pain and stress to thousands of active duty military and veterans. They thank you. We thank you.
- [Happy New Year!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-new-year/) - Happy New Year from all of us at Acus Foundation!
- [Just a Few Hours Left to Double Your Gift](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/just-a-few-hours-left-to-double-your-gift/) - Donate before midnight and your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar! Join us in making warriors well.
- ['Tis the Season of Healing](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/tis-the-season-of-healing/) - Would you like to make a difference in the lives of our wounded veterans and active military? When you give to Acus Foundation, your donation brings life-changing medical acupuncture to the deserving men and women who serve our country. Your gift helps to deliver drug-free treatment for pain and stress, reduces opioids, improves sleep, and
- [A Letter from Dr. Joe Helms, Acus Founder and President](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/a-letter-from-dr-joe-helms-acus-founder-and-president/) - In this season of healing, I ask to write for your help to make a difference in the lives of our wounded veterans and active military. After five years of training at Nellis Air Force Base, we have graduated 350 military doctors who now treat thousands of patients with medical acupuncture. They work in every
- ["I Have Seen Miracles Happen Before My Eyes"](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/i-have-seen-miracles-happen-before-my-eyes/) - Everyday our doctors tell us how medical acupuncture has changed the lives of their patients for the better. Some patients burst into tears, feeling pain-free for the first time in years. Others dance down hospital hallways, grateful for their return to mobility. Still others feel like they have finally returned to normal after replacing opioids
- [Give New Hope for the New Year – Your Gift Will be Doubled!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/give-new-hope-for-the-new-year-your-gift-will-be-doubled/) - Today is the last day of the year to make your 100% tax-deductible contribution to Acus Foundation. Your donation will bring hope and healing in the new year by providing medical acupuncture for our community of service members and veterans. Your support will offer drug-free relief from pain and stress. Your generosity will help calm
- [Happy Holidays!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-holidays/) - On behalf of everyone at Acus Foundation, we wish you the very happiest of holidays this festive season.
- [Think Acupuncture First for the Holidays](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/think-acupuncture-first-for-the-holidays/) - Think Acupuncture First this holiday season, and your gift will be matched 100%! Our goal at Acus Foundation is to make medical acupuncture standard care for our nation's service members and veterans. We train our doctors to Think Acupuncture First when evaluating a patient, and to use medical acupuncture as a primary treatment for pain
- [#GivingTuesday Gratitude](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/givingtuesday-gratitude/) - Thank you for supporting Acus Foundation!
- [Healing Broken Bodies, Broken Hearts](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/healing-broken-bodies-broken-hearts/) - Since 2015, Acus Foundation has trained 350 military doctors who are now working in clinics and hospitals across the nation and across the globe. They are saving lives every day. They are saving veterans like Matt, who stockpiled his painkillers with the intent to end his life. With medical acupuncture, Acus-trained doctors have options they
- [Help Us Save Lives on #GivingTuesday](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/help-us-save-lives-on-givingtuesday/) - Today is Giving Tuesday. Today it is estimated that 30 military active duty service members and veterans will take their lives. Our doctors help to bring these men and women back from the brink of suicide by using medical acupuncture to calm the anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, and insomnia—the hallmarks of post-traumatic stress—that often anticipate suicide.
- ["Medical Acupuncture Saved My Life"](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/medical-acupuncture-saved-my-life/) - U.S. Air Force veteran, Matt, had been saving his painkillers. Every day, he took one pill and set aside another… until he had a stockpile of opioids that would be enough to end his life. Matt felt numb and hopeless. He had been prescribed dozens of medications over the years, and he suspected the drugs
- [Happy Thanksgiving](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-thanksgiving/)
- [Honoring those who served](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/today-on-veterans-day-we-honor-those-who-served-our-country/) - Thank you to the men and women who served our nation. On behalf of all of us at Acus Foundation, we honor you today on Veterans Day.
- [Happy Labor Day!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-labor-day/) - From all of us at Acus, we wish you a very happy Labor Day weekend! The Acus office will be closed on Monday, September 2nd, in observation of the holiday. We will re-open on Tuesday, September 3rd, with regular business hours.
- [Welcome, Class of 2019-2020!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/welcome-class-of-2019-2020/) - On behalf of the Acus team, we give a warm welcome to our fifth cohort of military physicians and clinicians, the Class of 2019-2020! On Friday, our latest class of students began their training in comprehensive Acus medical acupuncture in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The 27 students hail from all five Family Medicine Residencies in
- [Acus Newsletter: The Gratitude Issue is out!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-newsletter-the-gratitude-issue-is-out/) - We are proud to present the second gratitude issue of our newsletter, now an annual tradition at Acus Foundation. Click here to read the words of appreciation from the military physicians that your donations helped to train in Acus medical acupuncture. “With acupuncture, I don’t have to tell my patients that they will have to
- [Acus @ the MLB All-Star Game!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-the-mlb-all-star-game/) - Acus Foundation is proud to be featured in the program of the 2019 MLB All-Star Game. If you're in Cleveland for the MLB All-Star game, pick up a game-day program and check out the full-page advertisement for Acus Foundation. We are proud to appear alongside ads by the DEA and the DOJ in a concerted
- [We did it!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/we-did-it/) - Thanks to your generous support, we reached—and surpassed!—our goal to raise $5,000 on Independence Day. Your gift helped us to make our match, resulting in more than $10,000 that will bring life-changing medical acupuncture to our nation's service members and veterans. We are grateful to have you as members of the Acus community. Thank you
- [Happy July 4th!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-july-4th/) - Today, as the country celebrates freedom, we at Acus Foundation dedicate ourselves to those who have protected our liberties. Our mission is to bring life-changing medical acupuncture to our nation’s service members and veterans by training the doctors who treat their pain. However, it’s not enough to say simply that Acus medical acupuncture is life-changing.
- [Congratulations, Acus Graduates!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/congratulations-acus-graduates/) - Congratulations, Class of 2018-19! We are very proud of our 22 graduates who completed their comprehensive training in Acus medical acupuncture. On behalf of the Acus team, we wish our graduates the very best as they lead the movement to think acupuncture first... and second... and third... and more! We look forward to hearing about
- [Acus Newsletter No. 16 Published!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-newsletter-no-16-published/) - In this issue: Acus wins $20K grant from the Weil Foundation; our students learn about acupuncture biopsychotypes; USAF doctors use medical acupuncture in the field. Click here to read the entire issue!
- [Memorial Day Weekend 2019](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/memorial-day-weekend-2019/) - On this Memorial Day Weekend, we come together to honor our nation’s service members who lost their lives.
- [Acus Foundation 2017–2018 Report to the Community is Published!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/about-2017-2018-report-to-the-community/) - We are proud to present our 2017-18 Report to the Community.
- [Interview with Dr. Joe Helms, President, Acus Foundation](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/1617-2/) - Acus Founder Dr. Joseph Helms is regarded as the father of medical acupuncture in the United States. He has taught physicians since 1978 through the continuing medical education program “Medical Acupuncture for Physicians,” sponsored initially by the UCLA School of Medicine, then Stanford School of Medicine. Since 2000 he has chaired the program through the
- [Interview with Dr. Freda Dreher, Acus Clinical Preceptor](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/interview-with-dr-freda-dreher-acus-clinical-preceptor/) - “This acupuncture treatment neither removed nor added anything to your body. Thus the healing is within you.” Acus Preceptor Dr. Freda Dreher explains how acupuncture influences the neurological and physiological processes that perpetuate PTS among military service members in this interview with Acus Acting Executive Director Brad Erickson. Dr. Freda Dreher is a Physical Medicine
- [Acupuncture and senior care at Nellis AFB](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acupuncture-and-senior-care-colonel-ret-heather-pickett-do-usaf/) - Much of the public attention on acupuncture in the military has focused on the benefits for active duty soldiers and recent veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet medical clinics at military bases serve a large population of retired military personnel and their families. As medical providers at these facilities incorporate acupuncture into their practice, the
- [Acupuncture at the Phoenix VA: An Interview with Dr. Nacchal Nachiappan](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acupuncture-at-the-phoenix-va-an-interview-with-dr-nacchal-nachiappan/) - Acus Acting Executive Director Brad Erickson, PhD, interviews Acus graduate Nacchal Nachiappan, MD, about her experience using acupuncture to treat veterans. Where do you practice medicine, what kinds of patients do you care for, and what are their particular challenges? I’m at the Phoenix VA. My specialty is general internal medicine and I see a
- [Acus Foundation July-August 2016 Newsletter published](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-july-august-2016-newsletter-published/) - Click here to read the latest newsletter! In this issue: A Letter from the Acus Team; Acus Graduates its First Nellis Cohort; Acus Welcomes Inaugural Executive Director; Acus on Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon Smile; Interview with Nacchal Nachiappan, MD on acupuncture at the Phoenix VA
- [Acus Foundation graduates first cohort of Nellis AFB physicians](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-graduates-first-cohort-of-nellis-afb-physicians/) - The Acus team warmly congratulates the first cohort of U.S. Air Force physicians who graduated from our “Medical Acupuncture for Military Physicians” course at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, June 13, 2016! These residents completed 300 hours of medical acupuncture training, and they will use their acupuncture skills both on the battlefield and in
- [Acus Foundation 2015 Annual Report Published](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-2015-annual-report-published/) - We are very pleased to announce that our 2015 Annual Report has just been published. Download your electronic copy here, or if you prefer a paper copy, please email info@acusfoundation.org. Acus Foundation Annual Report_2015 What military physicians, service members, and veterans are saying about Acus medical acupuncture “The D-word [divorce] hasn’t come up since my
- [Acus Foundation September-October 2016 Newsletter Published](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-september-october-2016-newsletter-published/) - Our latest newsletter is out! Click here to get the most up-to-date Acus news. In this issue read about: our new cohort of resident physicians beginning their medical acupuncture training at Nellis AFB; the release of our 2015 Annual Report; our mid-year Board Meeting; and upcoming Acus events.
- [Happy Veterans Day from Acus Foundation!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-veterans-day-from-acus-foundation/) - On Veterans Day, we honor our nation’s veterans at Acus Foundation. It’s a part of our daily life. We know how to help the men and women who bravely served our country, and who still struggle with chronic pain, PTSD, and the physical and moral injuries caused by war. Our specialized military medical acupuncture techniques
- [Acus Foundation November-December 2016 Newsletter Published](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-november-december-2016-newsletter-published/) - Our last newsletter of 2016 has been published! In this issue: Acus Preceptor, Tom Etges, MD talks about “A-ha” moments; resident-physicians at Nellis AFB needle clementines; we welcome newest Acus Advisory Board Member, Kelly Welles; our preceptors head to Nantucket for advanced training, and more. Click here to read the issue.
- [Acus Foundation January-February 2017 Newsletter | 62% Drop in Opioids with Acupuncture](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-january-february-2017-newsletter-62-drop-in-opioids-with-acupuncture/) - Read it here! Headlines from our just-published January-February 2017 newsletter: 62% Drop in Opioids with Acupuncture at Nellis AFB — Acus awarded 2017 Worldwide Grant from MDRT Foundation — New Advisory Board Member, Laura Rittenhouse. Click here for more news.
- [Acus Foundation March-April 2017 Newsletter | Acupuncture Eases Phantom Limb Pain](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-march-april-2017-newsletter-acupuncture-eases-phantom-limb-pain/) - Our latest newsletter is out! Read about acupuncture easing phantom limb pain, Nellis AFB physicians becoming "architects," advanced training at Walter Reed, auricular acupuncture, and more.
- [Acus Foundation May-June 2017 Newsletter | New Acus Graduates](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-may-june-2017-newsletter-new-acus-graduates/) - Read the latest Acus newsletter here! Highlights include: the graduation of the second Acus cohort at Nellis AFB, $20,000 grant from Mary E. Groff Charitable Trust, and new Acus Program Coordinator, Sarah Weiss.
- [Acus Foundation July-August 2017 Newsletter | Auricular Acupuncture](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-august-september-newsletter-auricular-acupuncture/) - Read all about Acus's signature approach to acupuncture on the ear in this newsletter issue.
- [Acus Foundation featured in The Economist as successful case study in combating the opioid epidemic](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-featured-in-the-economist-as-successful-case-study-in-combating-the-opioid-epidemic/) - The Economist Intelligence Unit featured Acus Foundation in a special report on innovative programs successfully combating the opioid epidemic. Read the report here: http://tacklingopioids.eiu.com/case_study/medical-treatment-including-alternative-practices/ Our goal at Acus is to interrupt the opioid epidemic at its outset: the primary care clinic. As the report’s Executive Summary notes, “practitioners see the problem but don’t always focus on it in
- [Our thoughts are with Las Vegas](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-thoughts-are-with-las-vegas/) - With the Acus flagship training program based in Las Vegas, the tragedies of Sunday evening hit very close to home. Our thoughts are with all those affected by the violence, their families, and the people of Southern Nevada.
- [Acus-funded research on opioid reduction featured in 2017 White Paper](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-funded-research-on-opioid-reduction-featured-in-2017-white-paper/) - We are pleased to share that Acus-funded research on opioid reduction has been highlighted in the latest White Paper on “Acupuncture’s Role in Solving the Opioid Epidemic.” Check it out on page 6 of the report! http://www.asacu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Acupunctures-Role-in-Solving-the-Opioid-Epidemic-_Final_September_20_2017.pdf
- [Acus Foundation's 2016 Annual Report Published!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundations-2016-annual-report-published/) - Our 2016 annual report has just been published! Read how we put your dollars to work to train more military physicians in medical acupuncture, and in doing so, reduced opioids by 45%, saved $250,000, improved patients’ and physicians’ wellbeing, and restored hope, health, and honor to our nation’s service members and veterans. Printed copies are
- [Oprah Magazine Honors Acus Founder Dr. Joseph Helms](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/oprah-magazine-honors-acus-founder-dr-joseph-helms/) - BERKELEY, Calif. (December 14, 2017) — Acus Foundation is thrilled to announce that founder Dr. Joseph Helms has been named by Oprah Magazine as one of fourteen 2018 Health Heroes. He also received recognition as Oprah’s 2018 Opioid Fighter. Helms, who graduated from UCLA medical school said, “Being trained in medical acupuncture as well as
- [Acus Research Spotlight: Medical Acupuncture Builds Trust between Physicians and Patients](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-research-spotlight-medical-acupuncture-builds-trust-between-physicians-and-patients/) - LAS VEGAS – One notable finding that Dr. Carla L. Fisher and her colleagues discovered during their research on medical acupuncture at Nellis AFB was the feeling of greater trust between patients and physicians. “Acupuncture really changed that relationship,” Fisher said. “It warrants that doctors take more time, and they get to know their patients
- [Acus Foundation September-October 2017 Newsletter | The Economist Highlights Our Opioid Success](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-foundation-september-october-2017-newsletter-the-economist-highlights-our-opioid-success/) - Our September-October 2017 newsletter has been published. Highlights include: The Economist Intelligence Unit profiles Acus as one of eight programs nationwide successfully combating the opioid epidemic; Acus research spotlight shows that acupuncture builds trust between patients and physicians, and more. Click here to read the newsletter.
- [Happy Holidays 2017](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-holidays-2017/) - The Acus Foundation office in Berkeley, Calif. will be closed December 23-January 1, 2018. If you need to contact us over the break, please send us an email to info@acusfoundation.org. Thank you, and happy holidays!
- [Success with our first training module of 2018](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/success-with-our-first-training-module-of-2018/) - Above. Acus Preceptor, Dr. Freda Dreher, supervises military physician-students at the January training module. In January 2018, our third cohort of military physician-students reached the halfway point in their Acus medical acupuncture training program. We are very proud of our students! They were engaged, energized, and primed to use medical acupuncture as a first
- [Our January/February 2018 newsletter published](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-januaryfebruary-2018-newsletter-published/) - The latest Acus newsletter is out! In this edition, read about the uniqueness of service-related pain and stress, and how acupuncture can help, sometimes with just one needle. Click here for the full newsletter.
- [Acus Research Spotlight: New medical acupuncture study hot off the presses](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-research-spotlight-new-medical-acupuncture-study-hot-off-the-presses/) - We are thrilled to announce the publication of a new peer-reviewed article by the Acus research team in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The article, “Critical Factors to Practicing Medical Acupuncture in Family Medicine: Patient and Physician Perspectives” was co-authored by Christy J.W. Ledford, PhD; Carla Fisher, PhD; David A. Moss,
- [Vision into Action](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/vision-into-action/) - In 2007, seven years before Acus Foundation was established, Founder and President Joseph M. Helms, MD presciently wrote this in the conclusion of his book, Getting to Know You: A Physician Explains How Acupuncture Helps You Be the Best YOU. Talk about putting vision into action! “Acupuncture is an ideal primary approach for many of
- [Our latest April/May 2018 newsletter is out!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-latest-aprilmay-2018-newsletter-is-out/) - In this issue: acupuncture as preemptive strike, physicians become “architects,” new mission statement, and more. Click here to read it today!
- [Making Warriors Well](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/making-warriors-well/) - On this Memorial Day Weekend, honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's military by giving to Acus Foundation.
- [Congratulations to our Acus Graduates, Class of 2018!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/congratulations-to-our-acus-graduates-class-of-2018/) - The "Best Class Ever" graduated on Monday, June 11, 2018. Congratulations to our deserving graduates!
- [Happy Fourth of July!](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/happy-fourth-of-july/) - From all of us at Acus, we celebrate those who have served our country on this Independence Day. Thank you!
- [Acus Newsletter No. 14 | The Gratitude Issue](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-newsletter-no-14-the-gratitude-issue/) - Our first-ever gratitude issue to give thanks to you, the supporters of Acus.

## Pages

- [Home](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/) - ACUS FOUNDATION BRINGS LIFE-CHANGING MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE TO OUR NATION'S SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS. WE TRAIN THE DOCTORS WHO TREAT THE PAIN. Return to Mobility It was like a light switch. Now I can move. Corpsman (ret) Marshall Peters US Navy Healing the whole warrior Now I can be a normal person again. Sergeant (ret) Jeff
- [Your Support](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/your-support/) - With your support, we have been able to help thousands of our nation’s service members and veterans improve their quality of life, whether returning to duty or thriving after service. The Acus team addresses the urgent needs of service members and veterans by training military health professionals to treat their physical and psychological trauma with
- [Research](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-programs/research/) - The Acus research team includes well-respected scholars and practitioners of medical acupuncture. We are committed to demonstrating that acupuncture as a primary treatment modality has multiple positive and enduring effects on individual service members and veterans, as well as economic and social benefits to the community as a whole. Since 2015, a culture of “Think
- [Connect with Acus](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-newsletter/) - Stay up-to-date with all of the latest news from Acus Foundation. Join us today! First NameLast NameEmail Address
- [Videos](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/)
- [Teaching](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-programs/teaching/) - We teach physicians the science and art of military medical acupuncture to provide service members and veterans with the best combination of conventional Western medicine and integrative treatment for a lifetime of care. Acus Flagship Training Program Acus Foundation has a flagship program housed in the Family Medicine Residency (FMR) Clinic of Nellis Air
- [Our Story](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-story/) - We are the oldest and most experienced team of physician teachers and practitioners of medical acupuncture in the United States. Acus Founder and President, Dr. Joseph Helms, and our team of instructors and clinical preceptors have pioneered teaching and clinical research in medical acupuncture. Since 1978, we have trained 90% of the licensed physicians practicing acupuncture
- [2017-2018 Report to the Community](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/about/2017-2018-report-to-the-community/) - We are proud to share our 2017–2018 Report to the Community. With your help we advanced our mission to bring life-changing medicine to our nation's service members and veterans. Thank you.
- [Jeff Livingood, Marine Sergeant](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/jeff-livingood-marine-sergeant/)
- [Marshall Peters](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/marshall-peters/)
- [Matthew Heist, Air Force Sergeant](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/matthew-heist-air-force-sergeant/)
- [How Acus Helps](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/programs/how-acus-helps/) - Many current service members and veterans suffer from chronic pain, post-traumatic stress (PTS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or a combination of these conditions. The U.S. Department of Defense estimates that 90% of the 60,000 service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are living with chronic pain. Nearly half a million military personnel are estimated to
- [Preceptors](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/preceptors/) - Ali SafayanMD Preceptor Read Bio David GroopmanMD Preceptor Read Bio Bart DenysMD Preceptor Read Bio Bradley LawrenceMD Preceptor Read Bio Douglass PowellMD Preceptor Read Bio Edward LeeMD Preceptor Read Bio Jason HartmanDO Preceptor Read Bio Jerry LeglueMD Preceptor Read Bio Larissa BreslerMD, DABMA Preceptor Read Bio Mitch ElkissDO Preceptor Read Bio Nick KouchisMD Preceptor Read
- [Board & Staff](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff/) - Board of Directors Joseph M. HelmsMD Founder Read Bio Daniel J. HillmerMArch Member, Ex-Officio Read Bio Bill MaimoneCPA, JD, MBA Treasurer Read Bio Steven E. LeiningerCPA, PFS President Read Bio Chloe Sundara Secretary Read Bio Advisory Board Remy CoeytauxMD, PhD Read Bio C. Bruce GreenAir Force Lt Gen (ret), MD, MPH Read Bio Clyde Holland
- [Our Mission](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/acus-mission/) - Our mission at Acus Foundation (Latin for ‘needle’) is to bring life-changing medical acupuncture to our nation’s service members and veterans. We train the doctors who treat the pain. We focus our training efforts on primary care providers because these are the professionals on the frontlines of medicine. Patients in acute and chronic pain come
- [The Nellis Project](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-programs/the-nellis-project/) - The impact of our first year has been rewarding: our Acus-trained physicians report a 75% improvement in patient symptoms following a sequence of acupuncture treatments and a 50% reduction in patients’ use of symptomatic medications. Officials calculate cost savings of $100,000 in off-base referrals for pain management in the first six months of implementing
- [FAQ](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-programs/faq/) - Q: What is medical acupuncture? A: Acupuncture is a way to encourage the body to promote natural healing and improved function. This is done by inserting tiny needles at very precise acupuncture points and applying heat and/or electrical stimulation. Q: Is this treatment performed by a licensed physician (MD or DO)? A: A doctor practicing
- [Our Story](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/about/our_story/) - We are the oldest and most experienced team of physicians teaching and practicing medical acupuncture in the United States. Since 1978, we have trained 90% of the licensed physicians practicing acupuncture in this country. In 2007 the U.S. Air Force asked Acus Founder and President Dr. Joseph Helms to create an acupuncture protocol to relieve
- [Our Programs](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/our-programs/) - Who can Acus help? 60,000 U.S. service members have been injured in Iraq & Afghanistan since 2001 90% live with chronic pain 400,000-500,000 U.S. veterans of recent wars suffer from combat-related stress symptoms and/or impaired cognition Acus-trained physicians helped Matthew Heist with acupuncture to reduce his medications from 22 to two, and to recover from
- [Donate](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/donate/) - Join us in offering honor, hope, and healing to our nation’s service members and veterans by becoming part of the Acus community. Acus Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. All contributions are tax-deductible. Please use the donate button to contribute via credit card or mail your donation to our street address at right. Donate Now
- [Who We Are](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/your-support/who-we-are/) - We are dedicated to helping our nation’s service members and veterans improve their quality of life, whether to return to duty or to thrive after service. The Acus team addresses the urgent needs of service members and veterans by training military health professionals to treat their physical and psychological trauma with medical acupuncture. Board of Directors Joseph M.
- [Home](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/home-basic/) - Watch videos of three service members who have benefited from medical acupuncture. Home | About | Programs | People | Support | Resources | News 2520 Milvia Street, Suite 204 | Berkeley, CA 94704 | 510.841.3250 © 2016 Acus Foundation
- [Bios](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/people-2/bios/) - Board of Directors Joseph M. Helms, MD Founder and President Dr. Joe Helms is regarded as the Father of Medical Acupuncture in the United States. He has taught physicians since 1978 through the continuing medical education program “Medical Acupuncture for Physicians,” sponsored initially by the UCLA School of Medicine, then Stanford School of Medicine. Since
- [From the Executive Director](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/from-the-executive-director/) - Letter from the Executive Director Acus Foundation had a banner year in 2016. We trained a cadre of military physicians to treat the “whole warrior” with medical acupuncture. They’ve successfully brought our philosophy of total warrior care to thousands of military personnel serving at home and abroad. In 2016, the Acus team: Organized and delivered
- [People](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/people-2/) - We are dedicated to helping our nation’s service members and veterans improve their quality of life, whether to return to duty or to thrive after service. The Acus team addresses the urgent needs of service members and veterans by training military health professionals to treat their physical and psychological trauma with medical acupuncture. Board
- [Mission](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/about/mission/) - The mission of Acus Foundation is to educate military physicians in the science and art of medical acupuncture, and to facilitate its integration into conventional military care. Home | About | Programs | People | Support | Resources | News 2520 Milvia Street, Suite 204 | Berkeley, CA 94704 | 510.841.3250 © 2016
- [Support](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/support/) - Join us in offering honor, hope, and healing to our nation’s service members and veterans by becoming part of the Acus community. Acus Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. All contributions are tax-deductible. Please use the donate button to contribute via credit card or mail your donation to our street address at right. Donate Now
- [News](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/news/) - Sep 11 0 2022 Annual Report By fpadmin | Uncategorized | No Comments Thank you! Read the full issue here: 2022_Annual_Report_AcusFoundation2021_2022 Read More Nov 10 0 Acus Foundation 2020-2021 Annual Report. We believe all doctors should have the ability to heal their patients with medical acupuncture. Read More >> https://online.flippingbook.com/view/221068993/ Oct 20 16 Since 2015,
- [Links](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/resources/links-2/) - Acus Foundation builds on the work of Helms Medical Institute, the oldest ongoing medical acupuncture training program in North America. Dr. Helms’s book, Getting to Know You, explains acupuncture for patients. Home | About | Programs | People | Support | Resources | News 2520 Milvia Street, Suite 204 | Berkeley, CA 94704
- [Featured Videos](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/resources/featured-videos/) - Videos of three wounded veterans who benefited from Acus-trained physicians using medical acupuncture. Home | About | Programs | People | Support | Resources | News 2520 Milvia Street, Suite 204 | Berkeley, CA 94704 | 510.841.3250 © 2016 Acus Foundation
- [Acupuncture Articles](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/resources/acupuncture-articles/) - The practice of medical acupuncture is supported by a body of rigorous scientific investigation. Below are 152 articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals covering acupuncture’s basic and clinical science since 1998. Allergy Acupuncture In The Treatment Of Chronic Urticaria: A Double Blind Study Author(s): Iraji, F et al. DNA Microarray Analysis of the Effect
- [Resources](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/resources/) - Featured Videos Acupuncture Articles Links Home | About | Programs | People | Support | Resources | News 2520 Milvia Street, Suite 204 | Berkeley, CA 94704 | 510.841.3250 © 2016 Acus Foundation
- [Who We Help](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/programs/who-we-help/) - Who can Acus help? 60,000 U.S. service members have been injured in Iraq & Afghanistan since 2001 90% live with chronic pain 400,000-500,000 U.S. veterans of recent wars suffer from combat-related stress symptoms and/or impaired cognition Acus-trained physicians helped Matthew Heist with acupuncture to reduce his medications from 22 to two, and to recover
- [Think Acupuncture First](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/programs/think-acupuncture-first/) - Think Acupuncture First Acus Foundation became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation in July 2014. Since then, we have advanced our mission by creating a culture of Think Acupuncture First in military medicine. This is an initiative that establishes medical acupuncture as a primary therapeutic modality to treat chronic pain, post-traumatic stress, post-concussive symptoms, and other common
- [The Nellis Project](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/programs/the-nellis-project/) - The Nellis Project The Nellis Project is our pilot curriculum to train family medicine staff physicians and residents at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. We work with them to incorporate acupuncture treatments into daily clinical work so that acupuncture can be available at any clinical appointment, whether requested by the patient or recommended by
- [Programs](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/programs/) - Who can Acus help? 60,000 U.S. service members have been injured in Iraq & Afghanistan since 2001 90% live with chronic pain 400,000-500,000 U.S. veterans of recent wars suffer from combat-related stress symptoms and/or impaired cognition Acus-trained physicians helped Matthew Heist with acupuncture to reduce his medications from 22 to two, and to recover
- [Founder's Statement](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/founders-statement/) - Founder’s Statement I founded Acus (Latin for ‘needle’) to transform military medicine by training military physicians in medical acupuncture. With this new skill, physicians provide additional help to service members, veterans, and their families. Too often we hear about the consequences of combat trauma: chronic pain, impaired mental focus, emotional numbness, social isolation, job loss,
- [About](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/about/) - The mission of Acus Foundation is to educate military physicians in the science and art of medical acupuncture, and to facilitate its integration into conventional military care. Our Story We may look like a young organization on paper, but we are the most experienced team of physician teachers and practitioners of acupuncture in the United

## YouTube Videos

- [Restoring Resilience with Medical Acupuncture](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/restoring-resilience-with-medical-acupuncture/)
- [Return to Mobility](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/return-to-mobility/)
- [Healing the Whole Warrior](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/healing-the-whole-warrior/)
- [The Benefits of Medical Acupuncture for Veterans](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/the-benefits-of-medical-acupuncture-for-veterans/)
- [Medical Acupuncture in Military Medicine](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/medical-acupuncture-in-military-medicine/)
- [Acupuncture Over Pain Medications](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/acupuncture-over-pain-medications/)
- [Improving Physical and Emotional Pain](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/improving-physical-and-emotional-pain/)
- [Making Warriors Well](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/making-warriors-well/)
- [All in the Family](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/all-in-the-family/)
- [45% Reduction in Opioids](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/45-reduction-in-opioids/)
- [It's About Trust](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/its-about-trust/)
- [How Medical Acupuncture Helps Post-Traumatic Stress](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/videos/how-medical-acupuncture-helps-post-traumatic-stress/)

## Portfolio

- [Marshall Peters, Navy Corpsman (ret.)](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/portfolio/marshall-peters-navy-corpsman-ret/)

## Home Profiles

- [Marshall Peters](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/home-profile/marshall-peters/)
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## Board & Staff Profiles

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- [Daniel J. Hillmer](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff-profile/daniel-j-hillmer/)
- [Steven E. Leininger](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff-profile/steven-e-leininger/)
- [Joseph M. Helms](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff-profile/joseph-m-helms/)
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- [Bart Denys](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff-profile/bart-denys/)
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- [Lynne Gumina](https://dev-acus-2018.pantheonsite.io/board-staff-profile/lynne-gumina/)
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