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Applications are being accepted for Spring Semester that starts January 7, 2013.
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Presidents Report
Aloha HICOM Ohana,
I am grateful to welcome our new HICOM President, Grif Frost, MBA. He accepted my recommendation to assume leadership of the college at this important time. We all are lucky to have someone of his stature and over 30 years experience building and managing businesses. He built, from the ground up, an english language school in Japan that made key innovations to the teaching process. The school received high marks from students. I expect HICOM to grow and develop past all my hopes and dreams with Grif's guidance and commitment.
I am completely humbled by the depth of sharing that all of you, whether student, faculty, staff, board and community, have contributed to the college over the years. We all are responsible for the benefit to our communities of training healers to care for them. I am thankful for the opportunity to have played a key role in this effort.
I am assuming the Dean of Oriental Medicine duties and many thanks to Zellda for trying this out and instead choosing to be an excellent Clinic Supervisor and Teacher.
It is with deep respect for the medicine and to each and every member of the HICOM Ohana that I welcome Grif's leadership.
Who Is Grif Frost?
Grif Frost is an entrepreneur at heart. He has started, developed and sold over forty of his own businesses in Japan, on the Mainland United States and in Hawaii.
Among those businesses was a private English Language college he created in Japan. In the beginning he was the sole teacher. He built the college into a successful program with over 3500 students, 30 full time teachers and staff, 12 course years of original curriculum and expanded to 17 teaching locations in just four years.
Grif was recognized as one of the top 10 foreign teachers in Japan out of a pool of teachers that numbered in excess of 10,000.
His businesses included a 100 room onsen hotel in Japan, a $20 million home fitness equipment manufacturing and direct marketing business (Soloflex) and a $10 million premium sake brewery in Forest Grove, Oregon. He even has copies to share of his bestselling "Sake Pure & Simple" book with forward by Andrew Weil, MD for those who are interested.
It was the result of working with renowned Hawai'i chef Roy Yamaguchi, who owns the famous "Roy's" restaurant chain that he made Hilo his home.
He teaches at UH Hilo's College of Business & Economics where students have awarded him a 95% excellence rating. He shares his management expertise with many of the key non-profit organizations on the big island of Hawai'i.
Grif joined the volunteer HICOM board in February, 2011 at the request of president Jacqui Hahn, ND. He was quickly elected Chairman of the Board.
Grif was awarded a Global MBA from Thunderbird College of Business that is known as one of the top international business schools in the world.
Grif is passionate about helping people improve their Life Quality (LQ) which he defines as;
#1: Excellent personal health,
#2: Loving Ohana Relationships and,
#3: Business: finding an interesting way to put groceries on the table.
He has been working closely with HICOM since last year to develop holistic healthcare professionals who produce excellent results for their patients while making an LQ income for themselves.
His efforts at HICOM fit in perfectly with his personal goal of helping people improve their LQ. As his Japanese father-in-law confided to him (and since his father in law was trained as a kamikaze pilot he wasn't too fond of talking with his American son-in-law), "without health you have nothing". Actually those were his last words to Grif and he has taken them to heart.
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This issue:
· Presidents Report
· Board Updates
· CE Event / New
Manual Medicine program, Accreditation update, See new HICOM Viewbook
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Board Of Directors Update
Please welcome Kumu Dane Kaohelani Silva as the new volunteer HICOM Chairman of the Board. He replaces Grif Frost who has accepted the position of HICOM President.
Kumu Dane Silva is a Native Hawaiian practitioner and instructor of the Hawaiian healing and martial arts. Experienced in the use of la'au lapa'au or Hawaiian medicine, Kumu Kaohe has been providing both educational and healing services. He is a member of the Kupuna La’au Lapa’au O Hawai’i, where he continues to serve on the board of directors as the Secretary. His training in Hawaiian spirituality and healing has been his main focus for his career. He was acknowledged as a kahuna pule in the line of Lono, in 1981, at the Pu’uhonua ‘O Honaunau, Hale O Keawe. He currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of Halau Kauila ‘O Kaohelani, a non-profit, Ohana Learning Institute and retreat center in Puna, Hawai’i.
He is widely known as a kumulomi or instructor of Hawaiian lomilomi massage and healing arts. Currently retired, he spent 24 years as a licensed massage therapist in Hawai’i. In 1982, he started the first massage program approved by the State of Hawai’i to conduct pre-licensing education and training on the big island of Hawai’i.
In December, 2008, he co-published a chapter on lomilomi in a new book entitled, Massage Modalities and Bodywork. He has been featured in several books of lomilomi, Hawaiian healing and wellness. He is a co-founder of the Hawaiian Lomilomi Association, where he currently serves as an ex-officio director. He continues to consult for clinical and cultural lomilomi service providers and instructors who seek input for their educational or operational needs.
A retired doctor of chiropractic, he specialized in diagnosis with radiology, orthopedics and neurology. He integrated chiropractic, lomilomi, herbal medicine and acupuncture for comprehensive prevention, care and rehabilitation for patients. He has lectured on chiropractic, la’au lapa’au and lomilomi for continuing medical education for John A. Burns School of Medicine, Life Science Foundation and California Institute for Integral Science.
Kumu Kaohe is a part-time faculty member at the University of Minnesota-Center for Spirituality and Healing. He teaches a course for senior medical students and a course for graduate nurses and administrators. His specialty is the integration of science, culture and clinical care for instruction of health care professionals. He is a former faculty member at the University of Hawa’i at Hilo-Hawai’i Community College, and at the UH-Hilo College for Continuing Education and Community Services, and Chaminade University.
As a certified acupuncturist, Kumu Kaohe spent many years offering integrative wellness services and courses. He helped to co-publish a book of Traditional Chinese Medical Massage entitled Tuinalogy, with Dr. Giouliang Cao in 1989. Kumu Kaohe is a chi gong master instructor and practitioner. His specialty was electro-acupuncture and tuina.
A graduate of the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Kumu Kaohe focused his undergraduate and post-graduate studies on Biomedical Science, Biology, and research. He was a science faculty member for the nursing and emergency medical school programs at UH-Hilo-HCC, starting in 1976-1981.
In 1975, Kumu Kaohe began offering support as a driver and cultural guide for Elderhostel programs on the big island, coordinated by the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawai’i 2000 project. As an instructor at UH-Hilo-HCC, he continued to offer guided field trips to remote big island sites for scientific and cultural research and education until 2003. These sites include Mauna Kea, Waipio Valley, Kilauea Volcano, Mauna Loa, South Point and Kapoho.
A senior instructor of Hawaiian Long Life Lomilomi and mixed martial arts, Kumu Kaohe offers multiple levels of instruction and training in the touch of aloha and self-defense, including introduction, basic, intermediate, advanced, and specialty areas of healing and personal safety. His mission is to perpetuate the arts of Hawaiian healing and protection for his ohana (extended family), friends and students.
A retired officer of the United States Coast Guard Reserve, he was able to integrate the healing and martial arts into his duties in Search and Rescue, Port Security, Marine Law Enforcement and Military Operations.
An important goal that he supports is the improvement of the health status for Native Hawaiians. He provides consultation for dietary, movement and preventive programs that address needs for nutritional improvements and beneficial changes in lifestyles. He also offers clinics, workshops and presentations for indigenous peoples across the globe.
Dr. Silva may be contacted at: kumulomi@gmail.com.
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Please welcome Jeffrey Dann, PhD, LAc as our newest member of the volunteer HICOM Board of Directors. He has also accepted to take over as Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Board.
Jeffrey brings important leadership and guidance on all matters of Oriental Medicine for HICOM. He has been an educator and health practitioner for over forty years.
Jeffrey is a faculty instructor for Japanese Acupuncture and Manual Medicine for the following programs; American Integrated Medicine College (AIMC), Berkeley, CA - Continuing Education, Tri-State Acupuncture College , New York, Doctoral Japanese Acupuncture program, Portland Oregon Japanese Acupuncture Continuing Education Certificate program.
Jeffrey is the editor of North American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM), the only bilingual journal covering all aspects of Japanese traditional medicine.
As a native of Hilo, Hawai'i he is excited to be a key supporter of his hometown Oriental Medicine college. See details below on his HICOM Manual Medicine certificate program that premieres next March, 2013 as part of a continuing education conference on "Post Trauma Care".
See Jeffrey Dann's Curriculum Vitae - click here
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New HICOM Manual Medicine Certificate Program Starts Next March 2013 As Part of "Post Trauma Care" Continuing Education Conference
March 16-17, 2013 - CE Event: Post Trauma Care Japanese Acupuncture training with Funamzu Sensei Covering PTSD, Depression & Related Issues
March 21-23, 2013 - CE Event: Japanese Manual Medicine - Sei Tai Ho 1 with Jeffrey Dann, PhD, LAc
(registration and details coming soon)
HICOM announces a new certificate program is now available to students beginning next March. The program is called "Manual Medicine". It is based on a process developed by Jeffrey Dann, PhD, LAc called Koshi Balancing that is highly effective for musculo-skeletal issues. It is a combination of Japanese based manual alignments of the body with superficial needling or acupressure. This three day offering is the first in a series designed to have the student and practitioner become proficient in the process.
Article Written By Jeffrey On Koshi Balancing...
"In this second essay, I introduce the Japanese cultural body-mind concept of the koshi - the lumbar-pelvic center and connect this to notions of structural alignment derived from the therapeutic systems of So Tai Ho, Seitai Ho and Seitai Shinpo. In this Part 2, I will discuss the concept of koshi and
relate it to its core anatomy and Japanese traditional medicine.
In Part 3 we will integrate this anatomical structural view of the koshi with the Channel energetics of acupuncture emphasizing the crucial relationship of the Dai Mo (Belt) extraordinary meridian to the Gall Bladder Channel, Sinew Channels, Liver Blood, and Shaoyang (sho yo) energetics..
See Entire Article - CLICK HERE
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Next Step In Ongoing Accreditation Process Is Announced
Hawai'i College of Oriental Medicine met all accreditation requirements except for 36 items noted in Site Visit review report from ACAOM. This report is available for review at the administrative offices for HICOM. Please address any questions to Jacqui Hahn, ND.
As is standard, the college has until June 1, 2013 to make required changes and provide progress report confirming these have been completed. This status is referred to as "Probationary Accreditation".
This temporary status notes that the colleges' accreditation is solid and the noted specific changes are required to be updated. This step in the process is expected as ACAOM is required to continually upgrade national requirements and respond to new federal regulations.
HICOM has already responded to ACAOM in regards to many of the items that have already been remedied. Plans are being developed to remedy or satisfy the remaining items. None of the items are considered substantial nor pose a threat to completing the re-accreditation process.
Hawaii College of Oriental Medicine is institutionally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM), which is the recognized accrediting agency for freestanding institutions and colleges of acupuncture or Oriental medicine that offer such programs.
The Masters of Oriental Medicine program of Hawaii College of Oriental Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM), which is the recognized accrediting agency for programs preparing acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners.
ACAOM is located at 14502 Greenview Drive, Suite 300B, Laurel, MD 20708; phone 301/313-0855; fax 301/313-0912.
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See New HICOM Viewbook
Spotlight on Hilo Campus At Beautiful Hilo Bay
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| HICOM Campus at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort on Hilo bay on the big island of Hawai'i. |
During breaks from class and clinic, students can enjoy a swim in the bay or walk to nearby Queen Lili'uokalani park. |
Hilo is the second largest city in the state of Hawai'i yet is considered a small town by mainland standards. It retains a strong hawaiian culture of Aloha. |
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