Acupuncturist

• John Jaarsveld
• Acupunctuurdiploma (HBO-niveau) 2007
• 1000+ uur praktische specialisatie in op palpatie gebaseerde Japanse acupunctuur (De stijl van Kiiko Matsumoto, in) Japan, Duitsland, Engeland, Spanje en Nederland.
• Van 2018 tot 2020 bestuurslid, Head of Research, geweest van de ETCMA, European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
• Van 2019 tot 2020 hoofd van de AVI-commissie van vakvereniging Zhong.
• Lid Beroepsvereniging voor Traditionele Chinese Geneeskunde Zhong
• Opgenomen in het Register Beroepsbeoefenaaren Complementaire Zorg, RBCZ
• Opgenomen in de Verwijsgids Kanker
• Eigenaar en hoofdbehandelaar van Itchi-go praktijk voor Japanse acupunctuur

Education

• 2023 Rebecca Avern – Complete Paediatric Acupuncture Program
• 2022 Oncology Acupuncture at TCM Academy
• 2021-2022 Training to be a sociocratic trainer at Sociocracy4all
• 2015 Western Medical Basis, TCMA, Utrecht
• 2013 Acupuncture study in Osaka, Japan
• 2005-2007 Acupuncture at TCMA, Utrecht
• 2004-2005 Acupuncture at Qing Bai, Amersfoort
• 2003-2005 Western Medical Basis, Qing Bai, Amersfoort
• 2001-2002 Shiatsu at the Zen Shiatsu Centrum, Amsterdam
• 2000-2001 Chinese nutrition at Qing Bai, Amersfoort
• 1998-2001 Shiatsu at Institute Nei Guan, Amsterdam
• 1994-1998 Chemistry at Leiden University

Work experience

• 2021- now Community-style clinic in The Hague, NL (Open Acupunctuur Kliniek, OAK)
• 2020 Acupuncture4NHS community clinic in Brighton, UK
• 2018-2020 Head of the science committee of Zhong
• 2018-2020 Head of Research van de ETCMA
• 2017-2019 Head editor social media for Zhong
• 2007- now Own acupuncture clinic

Continuing Education

• 2024 – Kiiko Matsumoto: Von Wind verursachte Erkrankungen
• 2024 – Kiiko Matsumoto: Hands-on
• 2024 – Kiiko Matsumoto – Treating Lingering Pathogenic Factors
• 2024 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2024 Holly Guzman – Moxa
• 2024 Susan Johnson – Moxa Season and the Ming Men
• 2024 Sue Nelson – Safeguard Your Clinic Workspace: smoke, MIT allergens, EMF radiation
• 2024 Matthew Bauer – Five Point Nerve Regeneration Peripheral Neuropathy protocol
• 2024 Elad Schiff, MD – Challenges in Integrating Acupuncture for Hospitalized People
• 2023 Felip Caudet – Correlating Moxa Points with Moxibustion Skills
• 2023 Rani Ayal – Corona Time: Treating Viral Infections
• 2023 Deborah Woolf – Pulse and Seasons in the Neijing
• 2023 Center of Innovation in Familiy Medicine – Integrative Approaches to Chronic Pain Management
• 2023 Supporting Cancer Survivors, The 2nd International Oncology Acupuncture Symposium
• 2023 Michael FitzGerald – Cough in the Time of Covid-19
• 2023 Nik Haverkamp – The 6 Healing Sounds, Qigong for Balancing Emotions
• 2023 Dr. Umberto Mazzanti – Treatment by Acupuncture & Osteopathy
• 2023 Dr. Maimon – Jing and Cancer: The TCM Insights
• 2023 Dr. Maimon – All About Tears
• 2023 Katherine Taromina, DACM., L.Ac. – Supportive Care Strategies for Cancer Survivors
• 2023 Prof. Elad Schiff, MD – Acupuncture for Chemotherapy-induced Neuropathy
• 2023 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treatment of Parkinson and other neurological diseases
• 2023 Kiiko Matsumoto – From mouth to anus: digestive diseases.
• 2023 Kiiko Matsumoto – Hands-on practical
• 2023 Kiiko Matsumoto – Acupuncture for oncology patients and post-oncology problems
• 2023 Clare Foley – 3 Ways Acupuncture Works for Credibility That Even a Doctor Would Trust
• 2023 Rebecca Avern – Paediatric Acupuncture: Behavioural & Developmental Disorders + Acute Conditions
• 2023 Rebecca Avern – Paediatric Acupuncture: Promoting Sleep and Regulating Digestion in Children
• 2023 Rebecca Avern – Paediatric Acupuncture: Treating the Skin, the Ears and the Bladder
• 2023 Felip Caudet – Japanese moxibustion – Clinical Day
• 2023 Felip Caudet – Japanese moxibustion (okyu)
• 2023 Toni Hartman et al. – Breast Milk and the Infant Microbiome
• 2023 Clare Foley – Under the Needle: Physiological Mechanisms of Needling
• 2023 David White – Neijing Classical Acupuncture: technical needling and diagnostics
• 2023 Felip Caudet – Kinseikyu – Balance of posture by Moxibustion
• 2023 Felip Caudet – Fukayakyu – Fukaya Moxibustion Style
• 2023 Toni Harman et al. – The Infant Microbiome & Epigenetics
• 2023 Toni Harman – What is the infant microbiome
• 2023 Anna Lunaria – Cupping Therapy & Gua Sha: High Level Disinfection: Best Practices for Cleaning
• 2023 Rebecca Avern – Chinese Medicine Paediatric Essentials
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac – What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
• 2022 Dr Misha Cohen – The Spirit of Chinese Medicine
• 2022 Prof. Heiner Fruehauf Ph.D. – Yin Yang and Unity Consciousness in Chinese Medicine
• 2022 Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée – Inner Flow: Circulation of Qi and Vital Essences
• 2022 Dr. Maimon & Dr. Hartung – Bridging Western Oncology & TCM
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac – Clearing the Clouds: Shen and Emotions
• 2022 Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée – Ziran 自然 – Natural and Spontaneous State
• 2022 Dr. Gil Barzilay PhD – 5 Studies that Will Make You Fall in Love with Chinese Medicine
• 2022 1st International Oncology Acupuncture Symposium
• 2022 Kiiko Matsumoto – Hearth Pathologies
• 2022 Kiiko Matsumoto – Small intestine
• 2022 Kiiko Matsumoto – The entire digestive tract
• 2022 Oncology Acupuncture International Certificate Program
• 2022 Hadassah Hilewitz, ND, MS, FABNO – Highlights of Evidence-Based Supplements in Cancer Care
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac – TCM Botanical Formula LCS 101: Research and Use in Cancer Care
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac – TCM for Cognitive Health in Cancer Care
• 2022 Dr Yan Liu PhD – Prescribing Poisons for Healing? A Lesson from Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
• 2022 Dr Misha Cohen – Working with People with Hepatitis C in the Age of a Cure
• 2022 Gil Hedley – Integral Anatomy Productions, dissection series: Jerry
• 2022 Gil Hedley – Integral Anatomy Productions, dissection series: Margaret
• 2022 Elad Schiff – Challenges in Integrating Acupuncture for Hospitalized People: Insights from the Bnai Zion Medical Center
• 2022 Shimon Friedlander – SOS acupunture for children
• 2022 Shimon Friedlander – The Practice of Lichen Planus in Your Clinic
• 2022 Dr. Julia Hartung MD – Cancer: An Introduction to Western Medical Understandings, Classifications and Diagnosis.
• 2022 Dr. Julia Hartung MD – Communication with Cancer Patients
• 2022 Dr. Maimon & Dr. Hartung MD – Warning Signs of Cancer, East and West
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Treatment of Radiation Side Effects
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Outstanding Proof of TCM in Cancer Care
• 2022 Sharon Bar-Gil – Targeting the Hallmarks of Cancer with Nutrition
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Treatment of Nausea in Cancer Patients
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Precautions & Contraindications in Oncology Acupuncture
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Oncology Acupuncture Best Evidence
• 2022 Dr. Julia Hartung MD Common Treatment Options in Cancer
• 2022 Dr. Yair Maimon PhD OMD Ac. – Behind the Research: Functional MRI and Acupuncture
• 2022 Dr. Noah Samuels MD – Clinical Research in Integrative Oncology: Challenges and Solutions
• 2022 Dr. Noah Samuels MD – Early Diagnosis of Cancer: Risk Factors & Warning Signs
• 2022 Dr. Gil Barzilay PhD – Latest Research in TCM Oncology
• 2022 Dr. Maimon & Dr. Hartung MD – Treatment of Constipation in Cancer Patients
• 2022 Dr. Maimon & Dr. Hartung MD – Treatment of Diarrhea in Cancer Patients
• 2022 Complementary Training for AWB Volunteers
• 2021 F. Caudet – Japanse moxibustie
• 2021 E. Neal – Neijing clincical practicum
• 2021 C. Buck – Journey Through 2000 Years of Yin-Yang Harmonisation (Tiao He)
• 2021 Shay Sharabi – Heavenly Moxibustion – Ancient Knowledge in Modern Practice
• 2021 B. Levy – Immunity and Autoimmunity
• 2021 R. Ayal – The Five Phases of Transformation
• 2021 B. Chmielnicki – Enhancing the Immune System with Acupuncture: Data from Scientific Research
• 2021 J. Kim – The Four Pillars: an Introduction to Ba Zi
• 2021 L. Dechar – Spirit Gate: the Psycho-Spiritual Potential of Acupuncture Points
• 2021 Y. Maimon – Clearing the Clouds: Introduction to Shen Acupuncture
• 2021 C. Buck – Thunderfire Miraculous Needling: An Actual Secret
• 2020 F. Caudet – Moxibustion for Emotional and Stress Disorders in the COVID-19 Era
• 2020 T. Shimamura – Living in an Evolving Environment: New patient trends during the COVID19 era: Observations, Diagnostics and Treatment strategies
• 2020 Tom Bisio – Advanced Gong Fu Sports Medicine: Treating Bi Syndrome
• 2020 Tom Bisio – Advanced Gong Fu Sports Medicine: Treating Blood Stasis and Dead Blood
• 2020 Tom Bisio – Advanced Gong Fu Sports Medicine: Treatment of Fractures
• 2020 Tom Bisio – Gong Fu Sports Medicine: Treatment of Injuries with Chinese Medicine
• 2020 Tom Bisio – Practical Chinese Sports Medicine: Treating the Neck
• 2020 T. Shimamura – Hypothetical Approaches to Adressing COVID-19 Patients with Acupuncture
• 2020 N. Dawes – Fukushi in Kampo: A Historical Perspective
• 2020 P. Unschuld – Medical ethics in the history of Chinese Medicine
• 2020 P. Unschuld – Philological and Historical approaches to Classical Chinese Medicine Texts
• 2020 Loraine Wilcox – The Art of Herbal Preparation: Powders, Pills, Ointments, and Plasters
• 2020 Edward Neal – Neijing studies year program
• 2019 E. Neal – Advanced needling practicum
• 2019 E. Neal – Neijing practicum
• 2019 T. Bisio – Chinese Emergency Medicine for Sports and Martial Arts: Principles of Revival and the Use of Vital Points
• 2019 Karl Zippelius – Traumatology & Orthopaedics
• 2019 Matthew Bauer – Geriatric Acupuncture
• 2019 K. Matsumoto – Autonomic nerve imbalance associates blood pressure and kidney disorders
• 2019 Matthew Bauer – Origins of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Theory
• 2019 Mastery of Palpation: The Art of Diagnosis & Master Nagano’s Message: St Qi
• 2019 Tsuyoshi Shimamura – Master Nagano’s Unique Experiental Points
• 2019 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2019 DTCMC2019 – Dutch TCM Congress
• 2019 M. Brands – Vaccinations
• 2019 4th International Okyu moxibustion congress
• 2019 T. Korthout – Physical examination
• 2018 E. Slingerland – Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science – Part 1
• 2018 Tsuyoshi Shimamura – Closing the gate: Unique Japanese Acupuncture Strategies for Supporting the Treament of Cancer
• 2018 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treatment of Arthritis
• 2018 Kiiko Matsumoto – Hands on practice
• 2018 Matthew Bauer – Healing With the Energy Equation
• 2018 Kiiko Matsumoto – The treatment of autoimmune and neurological diseases
• 2018 Gil Barzilay – Sourcing and Implementing TCM Research in Your Practice
• 2018 Matthew Bauer – The Successful Management of the Low Back Pain Patient
• 2018 Claudia Citkovitz – Birth Basics: Acupuncture & Chinese Medical Diagnosis in Birth
• 2018 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2018 Citkovitz & Nielsen – Acupuncture Therapies for Inpatient and Hospital-based Care
• 2018 Kiiko Matsumoto – Application of Master Kawai’s Diode Equipment
• 2018 Melissa Monroe, PhD, L.Ac – Supporting Grief with Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 2018 Melissa Monroe, PhD, L.Ac. – PTSD Research Updates & New Developments
• 2018 Citkovitz & Nielsen – Acupuncture Therapies for Inpatient and Hospital-based Care
• 2018 Kiiko Matsumoto – 9 Stars
• 2018 Matthew Bauer – Spacing Treatments for Maximum Clinical Effectiveness
• 2018 Arya Nielsen – Ethics: Standards of Conduct and Professional Practice
• 2018 Claudia Citkovitz – Ethical Practice in Vulnerable Populations
• 2018 Arya Nielsen – Safety in Acupuncture Therapy: Risk and Harms
• 2018 Toni Harman et. al – Mircobirth: Understanding the infant Microbiome
• 2017 Julian Scott – ADD/ADHD
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – The treatment of infertility
• 2017 E. Slingerland – Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science – Part 2
• 2017 Cameron Bishop – Japanese Acupuncture Techniques for Fertility
• 2017 P. Unschuld – Three Conceptual Turning Points in the History of Chinese Medicine
• 2017 Assaf Mor – Treating Ear infections with Chinese Medicine
• 2017 John McDonald – The Acupuncture Evidence Project: What does this mean for practitioners
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – Gynaecology
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – Introduction in Kiiko Matsumoto’s acupuncture style
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – Adrenal insufficiency and chronic pain
• 2017 Andrew Nugent-Head – The State of Chinese Medicine Today
• 2017 Andrew Nugent-Head – Dao De Jing Part 02: Ethics & Morality
• 2017 Andrew Nugent-Head – Dao De Jing: Ethics & Morality
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – The Limbic System
• 2017 Marlene Merritt – Mending the Mind: Reawaken The Brain From Dementia
• 2017 Claudia Citkovitz – Acupuncture for acute and chronic stroke care
• 2017 David Miller – Pediatrics: Exploring Vaccination: Integrative Perspectives
• 2017 Eric Vander Wal & Bailey Tian Xu – Male Sexual Health & Fertility
• 2017 Melissa Monroe, PhD, L.Ac. – PTSD Treatment Using Cupping & Moxibustion
• 2017 Melissa Monroe, PhD, L.Ac. – Treating PTSD with Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – DLPFC
• 2017 Scott Tower – Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis part 3
• 2017 Andy Rosenfarb – Introduction to TCM for Degenerative Eye Disease
• 2017 Kiiko Matsumoto – Autonomic Nervous System Imbalances
• 2016 Scott Tower – Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis part 2
• 2016 Peggy Bosch – Efficiency of acupuncture in psychiatry
• 2016 Scott Tower – Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis part 1
• 2016 Kiiko Matsumoto – Introduction to Kiiko Matsumoto’s acupuncture style
• 2016 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treatment of ren and du mai, vertigo, head injuries and trauma, post-trauma pain including post-operative syndrome
• 2016 Kiiko Matsumoto – Advanced interpretation of the classic texts
• 2016 R. Lewis – Reproductive Medical Ethics and the Psychology of the Infertility Patient
• 2016 Heather Bruce – Chinese Medicine’s Approach to Treating Infertility and Miscarriage
• 2016 David Euler – Gynaecology, female infertility
• 2016 Job Klavers – Making congees for TCM practitioners
• 2016 Kiiko Matsumoto – The middle jiao
• 2016 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2016 Jeffrey Yuen – The Eight Extraordinary Vessels and their Psycho-Emotional Aspects
• 2016 Valerie Hobbs – An Integrative Approach to Women During Pregnancy
• 2016 Bruce Robinson – Western Biomedicine: Hormonal Changes in Menopause
• 2016 Bruce Robinson – Western Biomedicine: Infertility and Fertility Enhancement
• 2016 Bruce Robinson – Western Biomedicine: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• 2016 Bruce Robinson – Western Biomedicine: Understanding Infectious Disease
• 2016 Bruce Robinson – Western Biomedicine: Danger Signs & Wise Referral
• 2016 Jeffrey Yuen – Nine kinds of heart pain
• 2015 J. Vermeulen – Acupuncture for ENT problems in divers
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – 100 Diseases from wind
• 2015 Kokiishi Shinkyuin – Shiunko-Kyu Basic Level 1 seminar
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – Clinical strategies for stubborn cases
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – Kiiko Style Intakes and Cases with Kiiko Matsumoto
• 2015 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2015 Eva Pieper – Workshop Therapeutic Training
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – Liver disharmonies
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – Introduction to Kiiko Matsumoto’s acupuncture style
• 2015 Kiiko Matsumoto – Hereditary, prenatal and pregnancy-related disorders
• 2015 Bruce Robinson – Hepatitis A, B, C, D, & E
• 2014 R. Green – Is It Really ADHD? East-West Treatment for Attention Disorders
• 2014 R. Green – Paediatric Essentials: Practical Training to Jump-start Your Paediatric practice
• 2014 Kiiko Matsumoto – Small Intestine, Hormones, Autoimmune and Fertility
• 2014 Marlene Merritt – Nutrition: The Forgotten Pillar of Chinese Medicine
• 2014 Edward Neal – Neijing Acupuncture Exploring the Roots of Chinese Medicine
• 2014 Kiiko Matsumoto – Autoimmune diseases and gastrointestinal diseases
• 2014 David Euler – Palpation based acupuncture influenced by Japanese Masters
• 2014 David Euler – Treatment for Infertility
• 2014 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2014 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treating Wind Pathogens
• 2014 Kiiko Matsumoto – Foot Jue and Neck Pain with Kiiko Matsumoto
• 2013 M. Akong – Treatment for Common Neurological Problems and Severe Paralysis
• 2013 Loraine Wilcox – More Than You Ever Knew About Moxa Sticks
• 2013 Loraine Wilcox – The Versatility of Indirect Moxibustion
• 2013 Loraine Wilcox – Mugwort and Moxa Floss
• 2013 Loraine Wilcox – Nourishing Life with Direct Moxibustion
• 2013 David Euler – Japanese Acupuncture, KMS, Gynaecology
• 2013 Kiiko Matsumoto – Autoimmune diseases
• 2013 Kiiko Matsumoto – Introduction to Kiiko’s acupuncture
• 2013 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2013 Weixiang Wang – Classical Herbal Formulas and their clinical application
• 2013 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treating the Nervous system
• 2013 Japan study tour – Tsuyoshi Shimamura
• 2013 David Euler – Palpation-based acupuncture influenced by Japanese Masters
• 2012 Rothenburg Congress: TCM: fertility and paediatrics
• 2012 Weixiang Wang – Post-cancer treatments with TCM
• 2012 Kiiko Matsumoto – Kiiko’ s acupuncture
• 2012 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treatments of the head & neck
• 2012 Jacky Bloemraad – Acupuncture after pregnancy
• 2012 David Euler – Matsumoto style: Neurology
• 2011 David Euler – Matsumoto style: Heart, bowel, bladder and stomach disorders
• 2011 TCM Congress Rothenburg
• 2011 Jan Schroen – Sun Zi – The Power of strategic thinking
• 2011 Kiiko Matsumoto – Infertility & Gynaecology
• 2011 David Euler- Treatment of scars
• 2010 David Euler – Neck and shoulder problems
• 2010 7th World Congress of Chinese Medicine
• 2010 Kiiko Matsumoto – Ren & Du Mai, Liver & Gall Bladder
• 2010 The Effects of vaccinations in the short and long term – NVKP
• 2010 Julian Scott – Paediatric Acupuncture – Part 1,2 & 3
• 2010 Daverick Leggett – Creating recipes for various conditions
• 2010 Alex Tiberi – Chinese Medical Paediatrics
• 2010 David Euler- Matsumoto style – Introduction and Gynaecology
• 2009 An integrative view of vaccination – NVKP
• 2009 BLS/AED First Aid & CPR
• 2009 David Euler – Matsumoto style:Traineeship in Steigerwald Clinic, Germany
• 2009 David Euler – Matsumoto style: Bi-syndromes – David Euler
• 2009 Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée – Gestation and Pregnancy
• 2009 David Euler – Matsumoto style: Infertility, Impotence Birth
• 2009 David Euler – Matsumoto style: Neurological disorders
• 2009 Hedwig Holschuh – Japanese moxibustion
• 2009 Kiiko Matsumoto – Treating the bowel
• 2008 Betteke Visserman – Nutritional therapy in obesity
• 2008 David Euler – Matsumoto-style: Headaches, hypertension, apoplexy
• 2008 David Euler – Matsumoto-style: Introduction
• 2008 Rothenburg Congress: TCM – Medicine of the Future & Paediatrics
• 2008 Betteke Visserman – Nutritional therapy in Musculoskeletal disorders
• 2008 Steven Birch – Shonishin paediatrics
• 2008 Betteke Visserman – Nutrition and Psyche
• 2008 Tuisco Pretzoldt – Palpation of diagnostic points
• 2007 Paul Pitchford – Nutritional therapy
• 2007 Rothenburg Congress
• 2006 Workshop Bloodletting, Moxa, Cupping
• 2006 Hara Diagnosis
• 2006 Paul Pitchford – Healing with whole foods
• 2003 Yan Schroen- Psychiatry and TCM
• 2003 Yan Schroen- Energetics of Western Medicines
• 2003 Franc Muller – Embryology