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Dr. Bill Clearfield starring in Battlefield Acupuncture or Rapid Auricular Therapy for Acute and Chronic Pain Relief
Following the enormolus interest in last week’s University of Arizona “Tip of the Week” discussion on Battlefield Acupuncture from Dr. Melvin Nario, Dr. Bill Clearfield takes up the mantle and lays down the foundation.
With more than 35 years of acupunctrure training, and teaching, Dr. Bill, a graduate of LaSalle College and the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, IA, brings a wealth of experience and expertise in family, integrative, and anti-aging medicine.
After completing an osteopathic rotating internship, Dr. C served as an OB/GYN resident at Metropolitan Hospital in Philadelphia, PA . In 1982, he earned his certification from the American Board of Family Medicine, following his Family Practice residency at United Health and Hospital Services in Kingston, PA. Evermore, Dr. Clearfield has been a leading figure consistently advancing the practice of family and integrative medicine.
Dr. Clearfield has developed significant postgraduate expertise in several areas. He studied Cardiac Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin/Lacrosse and Medical Acupuncture at UCLA, earning his credentials in 1991.
Dr. C became a member at large on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture in 1992 and served as Secretary of the AAMA from 1993-1997. He was the editor of the Journal of Medical Acupuncture from 1993-1995. In 1994, Dr. Clearfield established the Medical Acupuncture Rehabilitation Clinic at the John Heinz Rehabilitation Hospital in Wilkes Barre, Pa. and in 1997 he chaired the 9th annual conference of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture in Washington, DC. He is a popular and sougfht after lecturer in acupuncture needling techniques, French Energetic and Japanese acupuncture combination therapies and on this week’s topic, auricular acupuncture.
Dr. C pursued training in age management and non-surgical aesthetic medicine, achieving Fellowship and Diplomate status from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Here Dr. C was able to marry his two passions, hormone optimization and medical acupuncture.
Dr. Clearfield frequently addresses key industry groups. His presentations include engagements with the Age Management Medical Group, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, OMED, the American Osteopathic Association’s Scientific Convention, the Nevada Osteopathic Association, SVYASA University in Bengaluru, India, the first through sixteenth Global Webinars on Traditional and Alternative Medicine and the Alternative and Intregrative Medicne Symposiums from Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Clearfield has played a significant role in the broader osteopathic community representing the State of Nevada as one of three delegates to the American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates and as the Executive Director of the American Osteopathic Society of Rheumatic Diseases and the American Osteopathic Society of Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Clearfield established the Clearfield Training Program to practitioners in their journey in the field of anti-aging medicine and medical acupuncture. The Clearfield Training Program consists of fourteen video modules covering all aspects of anti-aging medicine with a sharp focus on hormone optimization, non-surgical facelifts, and medical acupuncture. Dr. C even incorporates acupuncture training into his hormone optimization program providing diagnosis and treatment protocols for diagnosing and treating hormone deficiencies and excesses. Along the way he provides dozens of tips and tricks he learned in his forty-plus years of clinical practice
Every Tuesday at 8 PM Eastern, 5 PM Pacific time, since October 2020 Dr. Clearfield hosts the “American Osteopathic Society of Integrative Medicine Educational Webinar” accessed via https://us02web.zoom.us/