July 2006

NYCC to graduate first class of AOM students

The first class of acupuncture and Oriental medicine professionals at New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) will graduate July 30. NYCC will confer graduate degrees upon 28 candidates for master of science in acupuncture or acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

NYCC President Frank J. Nicchi, DC, expressed “extreme pride” that the college would soon graduate its first class of acupuncture and Oriental medicine professionals, and added, “I’m thrilled that we successfully achieved our goal to establish upstate New York’s first acupuncture and Oriental medicine masters program.”

First consideration for the college’s expansion into the field of acupuncture and Oriental medicine occurred in 1995. Nicchi feels that the new AOM program is a perfect fit with the College’s chiropractic program, as acupuncture and chiropractic have long shared close ties. “Many chiropractors work with acupuncturists and refer patients to them,” he explained. Acupuncture is readily accepted by today’s public and has earned respect and acceptance within mainstream healthcare systems.

One day earlier, on July 29, 32 candidates for the degree of doctor of chiropractic will also be awarded their diplomas.

Source: New York Chiropractic College, www.nycc.edu

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