Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM)

- pulling even more photos from the late 1990's, from Carol Acheson's archives!

Congratulations to John Rybak, LAc, former OCOM clinical supervisor, and medical director of the , on his recent talk at , "Unlocking Mind-Body Wellness: The Science of Acupuncture"!

Check it out at https://youtu.be/uLb0XU4-TzY

Happy Fourth of July!

The OCOM Campus, Clinic, and Herbal Medicinary are closed today. See you tomorrow!

Throwback to last weekend -- the final DAOM module at OCOM!

- pulling photos from the late 1990's, from Carol Acheson's archives!

It’s your last chance to donate to OCOM’s GoFundMe! Our fundraiser has raised $24,860 so far—thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word and made this possible ❤️

Shout out to our most recent donors:
Gina Snowden
Tanis Chik
Laura Bueermann
Patrick Gazzinj
Perry Cui
Colleen Gibson

Every single dollar of this campaign will provide additional financial support to OCOM’s faculty and staff, on top of their severance. They have worked tirelessly to support our students and one another, especially over the course of the last few months. Every donation matters.

It's BREAK WEEK here at OCOM! We hope you can get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Please note that our hours of operation will be different this week:

• Clinic: open Monday-Wednesday; closed Thursday-Sunday
• Medicinary: Open Monday 9am-2pm; closed Tuesday-Sunday
• Bookstore: closed all week

Regular hours for summer term will start on Monday, July 1.

Only 48 hours left to donate to OCOM's staff and faculty!

Donate today at https://gofund.me/545e0a6f

OCOM ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:
Dr. Kat Brady, LAc.

Dr. .v.brady , LAc. has been very busy after graduating from OCOM’s dual DACM/MACM doctoral level program in August 2023. In November they began working at the public health clinic in their chronic pain management and addiction recovery programs, which had been their dream since taking Quest’s executive director David Eisen’s Community Health class at OCOM during their second year.

They also began a private practice in Southeast Portland through where they see patients on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Kat thrives at simultaneously treating the mind, body, and spirit of each patient they see. Kat practices a mixed style of acupuncture drawing upon Applied Channel Theory, TCM, and Japanese meridian therapy styles.

Kat also teaches Qigong regularly online and in-person around Portland. Teaching from the Ling Gui tradition, as taught by , they bring their Qigong classes to life with Chinese medical and Daoist wisdom. Recently, they have also taught the 3-day workshop “TCM for Reiki Practitioners” that combined lectures with Qigong practice to teach the rich theory of Chinese medicine in a felt and embodied way.

Kat hosts Reiki Sound Baths throughout the Portland area with their wife and Reiki Master , and, in May, they hosted their first Acupuncture Sound Bath.

Kat has offered acupuncture services at various events around Portland including at . This summer they will be offering acupuncture services at music festivals such as in June and at in September where they will also be teaching Qigong.

In what spare time they have, Kat plays in the band with their wife, enjoys ecstatic dance, and cares for their large herbal garden.

thekatbrady.com
firebirdhealingarts.com
firebird.as.me/kat

We have just THREE DAYS left of our GoFundMe! Please spread the word, and make a donation if you can. Link in our bio.

June 2022 - OCOM’s Spring Party at 🪷🎋✨ It was one of OCOM’s first big in-person gathering after the pandemic! Even on a rainy day, the garden was beautiful, and it was wonderful seeing our community reconnect.

If you have any photos that you’d like to share, please send them to Marilyn at [email protected]

Happy Juneteenth!

The OCOM Campus, Clinic, and Herbal Medicinary will be closed for the holiday.

Our fundraiser will end in just SEVEN days! We launched this GoFundMe to provide additional support for OCOM's incredible faculty and staff, in addition to their severance. These are some of the most wonderful human beings we know, and a lot of our community members feel the same way.

Please spread the word! https://gofund.me/545e0a6f

June is Men's Health Month!

Support your health and wellness with affordable acupuncture, bodywork, and herbal medicine at OCOM's Clinic in downtown Portland.

Schedule your appointment today!
503-445-0951

We cordially invite you to join us as we celebrate and honor over four decades of service to our community. We will be hosting a final celebration of OCOM on Friday, August 23.

The festivities begin at 6:00PM at our beautiful campus, (75 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209), and will continue through 9:00PM. This event is open to anyone who has a connection to OCOM.

We kindly ask that you RSVP by August 1 so we can get a final headcount for food and drinks: https://forms.gle/acS7LBQPqHUp2hVXA

OCOM will continue to operate our Clinic and Herbal Medicinary through end of August! 🌿

Schedule your herbal consultation or acupuncture appointment by faint 503-445-0951!

Patients Needed - Orthopedics/Traumatology
Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

In Clinic Theater on Saturday, June 29, you will be interviewed by a member of our clinical faculty in a clinical setting with students observing. You will then receive a free acupuncture treatment by the clinical faculty member. You will also receive a voucher for a $15 visit during the doctoral program's Weekend Specialty Clinic on Sunday.

In Weekend Specialty Clinic on Sunday, June 30, patients will receive treatment from our DAOM students (licensed practitioners receiving advanced training) while under the supervision of clinical faculty. Weekend Specialty Clinic appointments are $35-45.

Please let family and friends know of this great opportunity to receive treatments from our DAOM students and visiting supervisors.

To schedule an appointment please call the OCOM Clinic Front Desk at 503-445-0951.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us raise $21,645 in donations for OCOM's faculty and staff. We'd like to recognize our most recent donors:

Emery Olson
Liane Owen
Anonymous
Beth Howlett
Susan Fox
Anonymous
Andrea Jackson
Kanako Iwase
Anonymous
Cathy Chinn
Catherine Eppelsheimer
Elizabeth Nye
Wendy Greenhut
Jamie Greenhut
Margo McGehee-Kelly

These donations provide extra funds for our faculty and staff to begin their next steps after OCOM closes, in addition to their severance packages.

Please continue to share information about our fundraiser with the acupuncture and Chinese medicine community--our GoFundMe will run through June 25. Link in bio to donate!

Questions? Contact [email protected]

OCOM Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rebecca (Bex) Groebner, DAc, LAc

Dr. Groebner earned her BS in Physics from PSU (2005), Masters in Acupuncture from NUNM (2011) and Doctoral in Acupuncture from PCHS (2021).

She owns Acupuncture Clinic in NE Portland, which will be celebrating its 12 year anniversary in August and is currently housed in an incredible yurt in her back yard. Ten percent of profits from the area donated towards Indigenous-led projects to restore salmon habitat in the Pacific NW.

Since 2015, she has been volunteering with the and is currently the Volunteer Coordinator for the organization. She is a a volunteer member of the State of Oregon’s Emergency Reserve Pool of Healthcare Volunteers (SERV-OR), a past Board member of the OAA and currently serves on the Student Leadership Committee of the ASA, working to create tools for and empower acupuncture students to pursue professional leadership opportunities. From 2015-2022, she taught Classical Chinese Medical Ethics and the Biomedicine Series to acupuncture and naturopathic students at NUNM.

Dr. Groebner’s focus has been on providing trauma-informed care, particularly around the health of women. In her work with ARP, she has provided care and supervised clinicians in providing primary care in rural environments with limited resources. Her clinical experience encompasses infectious medicine, stroke rehabilitation, orthopedic care and chronic disease care (COPD, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer).

She happily teaches the following courses at OCOM: Western Pathology I-III, Living Anatomy I-III, Western Clinical Pediatrics, Diet and Nutrition and Chinese Dietetics.

She loves being part of the OCOM community because the faculty are amazing and some of them are not just friends and colleagues, but her own teachers, such as long-time Taiji Instructor, Sifu PikShan Ko. The students impress her every day with their hard work and dedication, the excellent questions they bring to class and their creative problem solving. She also loves their great baking skills and the occasional cookie 🍪 delivered to the podium before class begins.

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 OCOM is committed to being a respectful, safe, supportive, and welcoming organization and community for all students, faculty, staff, and patients.

Drop a comment with some of your favorite LGBTQIA+ organizations, events, and businesses!

The OCOM Clinic is open through the end of August! We offer affordable acupuncture, bodywork, and herbal consultation appointments.

What’s an acupuncture appointment like?
Our team will ask you about your health history and concerns, consult with their clinical supervisor about treatment, the needles will be inserted, and then you’ll be allowed to rest with the needles in for a little while before they’re removed. Sometimes patients even fall asleep! You’ll be given a call button in case anything doesn’t feel right.

Contact our Patient Services Team 503-445-0951 to schedule your appointment!

For more information, visit ocom.edu/clinics

Without a doubt, this is a difficult time for the OCOM community. There have been so many offers of help, and for that, we are truly grateful.

Here are a few ways to help:

1️⃣ Donate to our GoFundMe. Every dollar will go to our faculty and staff. https://gofund.me/d6f768b2

2️⃣ Share our fundraiser on social media. Every little bit helps, and you never know who you've inspired.

3️⃣ Engage with OCOM's social media posts. This helps build our reach!

4️⃣ Leave words of support. This can be on our social media pages, or by emailing faculty and staff directly.

5️⃣ Share relevant job listings. Send them to [email protected] to have the job posting added to our internal document.

6️⃣ Make an appointment at the OCOM clinic. We're open until late August, and our student interns need to get their clinical hours.

Alumni spotlight! 👏 Shoutout to our SIX OCOM graduates who are working at Inner Gate Health & Wellness in Portland, Oregon!

Inner Gate Health & Wellness is committed to patient healing and education, and leverages traditional and innovative therapies tailored to your individual needs. They have two clinic locations, on Ankeny St. and Halsey St.

Brad (William) Hamlin
Casey McQuire
Erik Issacman
Tanya Zhu
Oliver Leonetti
Emma Ellsworth


www.innergatepdx.com

To commemorate our last year together at OCOM, we'll be putting together a free digital yearbook as a PDF document to share with students, staff, and faculty in late August.

If you'd like to share a quote, message, and/or photos for the 2024 OCOM Digital Yearbook, please use the form sent to your OCOM email address, or email [email protected]. Participation is optional.

Submissions will be due by August 15.

Good luck on Clinic Entrance Exams this weekend!

We've reached $18,925 in donations -- 30% of the way towards our goal!

Thank you to our most recent donors:

Dana Zampanella
Tabitha Marsh
Sarah Wickstrom
Steph and Tara Gregory
Heidi Clark
James Whitmore
Catherine Lowe
Elizabeth Cole
Naoko Mori
Wendy Lawton
Erica Naito-Campbell
Derek Kirkham
Anonymous

Our fundraiser will run through June 25! Every single dollar raised will go towards OCOM's faculty and staff to help provide additional support as they transition to new careers. These exceptional employees have always gone above and beyond, and we are so grateful to their commitment to our students.

FREE auricular acupuncture this Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Rockwood Market Hall from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM at the World No To***co Day Health Fair, hosted by Chinese Friendship Association of Portland , East County Community Health, and !

Bring your family and friends! There will also be dragon/lion dances, an art competition, face painting, balloon making, fresh produce, a photo booth and DJ, and free podiatry services, health checks, other health & community resources, and much more!

World No To***co Day Health Fair
Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM
at Rockwood Market Hall
458 SE 185th Ave, Portland, OR 97233

We are overwhelmed with gratitude! 🥹

Since launching our GoFundMe campaign for our faculty and staff, we’re already 22% of the way towards our goal!

A heartfelt thank you to our first 15 generous donors:

Brynn Graham
Dongchen Zhong
Willard Sheppy
Fang Zhang
Zhaoxue Lu
Lin Kong
Linda Enger
Kimberly Shotz
Yuqing Kou
Anonymous
Leah Yamaguchi
Jessica B
Philip Lundberg
Devin Miles
Travis Kern

And thank you to the members of our community who have shared our fundraiser with friends, family, and neighbors.

OCOM’s faculty and staff are incredible human beings, who have poured their hearts and souls into educating and taking care of our students. If you’d like to show your appreciation to these hardworking employees, donations can be made at https://gofund.me/c43aeca3 (link in our bio), or by sharing our fundraiser on social media.

Thank you.

Please consider a gift in support of the faculty and staff at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, which is closing after 41 years in Portland. Help the community who’ve made Portland a mecca for acupuncture and Chinese medicine for more than a generation. https://gofund.me/e6e672c3