Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the governing body of the ETCMA. There are currently 7 members serving on the EC.
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Yair Maimon
President
Head of "Refuot" Integrative Medical Center;
President of the International Congress of Chinese Medicine in Israel (ICCM);
Founder of the TCM Academy(TCM.AC); former Head of “Tal center” - Integrative Cancer Research Center, Institute of Oncology - Sheba academic Hospital and Director of Integrative medical unit at Souraski – Tel Aviv municipality Hospital
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Johanna Biemans
Vice President
Vice Chair of the NVA(Dutch Association of Acupuncture)
Clinical Epidemiologist Qi-R, Consultancy & Research in Chinese Medicine
Licensed Physiotherapist and Acupuncturist -
Georgette Young
Hon. Secretary
Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (PCOM – San Diego, CA)
Diplomate in Oriental Medicine: Acupuncture & Chinese Herbology (NCCAOM)
Professional Development Educator (NCCAOM)
Licensed Acupuncturist: California & Colorado
Full Member: Hellenic Society of Chinese Medicine (Athens, Greece)
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Klaas Kromhout
Treasurer
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Jasmine Uddin
Education Committee
President Emeritus British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
Member of the Professional Standards and Regulatory Committee (BAcC)
Vice-Chair of the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (BAAB)
Editor of the European Journal of Oriental Medicine (EJOM)
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Ricardo Teixeira
Advocacy Committee
Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialist and Licence Acupucturist.
CertifIed Trainer in the area of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Xinyue Calduch
Communications Committee
Economist and Lawyer
Director of International Relations Department of the European Foundation of TCM (Spain)
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