Jack Miller, who in his three-plus decades of service, oversaw the expansion of Pacific College from one campus (San Diego) to three (Chicago and New York); its evolution beyond a program focused solely on Chinese medicine and massage – all while maintaining Chinese medicine within the newer programs; and more recently, its name change from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine to Pacific College of Health and Science, is in the process of transitioning from his president / CEO position to chair of the board of trustees.
According to Pacific College, the new role will allow Miller to, among other duties, "devote additional energy to building other programs that spread the benefits of Chinese medicine into relevant health professions."
Malcolm Youngren, COO and director of the New York campus, assumes the interim president role in November as the board begins an executive search for Miller's successor.
"It's been an honor to serve the students, staff, and faculty at Pacific College of Health and Science as President and CEO," said Miller in a Pacific College press release announcing the impending transition. "As Board of Trustees Chair, I look forward to continuing our mission while creating even more opportunities to expand the influence of Chinese medicine in allied healthcare and other related fields.
"I couldn't ask for a better Interim CEO than Malcolm, with whom I've worked closely for eight years and trust to continue our mission. He has embraced the spirit of Chinese medicine wholeheartedly. I'm proud to have overseen this institution as it has become one of the leaders in holistic and integrative healthcare education. As board chair I will continue to ensure that the college delivers what our students want and need to be successful now and in the future."
Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the acupuncture community on the front lines for addressing this epidemic.
When the body is going through a stressful event, the sympathetic system is activated. This activation will help the body with a life-threatening situation. If this state is activated for prolonged periods of time, it starts to consume energy. These traumatic events that generate stressors in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) will eventually become internalized.
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One of the things that makes acupuncture so difficult to measure is that the medicine actually does contain some esoteric aspects. There have been numerous studies that demonstrate the neurochemical reasoning behind why acupuncture points stimulate the autonomic nervous system to enact change However, not all the benefits of TCM can easily be measured by randomized, controlled trials. But does that make them fundamentally and definitively untrue?
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