2025 Conference Speakers

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Chad Bailey, AP is an expert in Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine, Tui Na Massage, Qi Gong, Tai Chi Chuan, and Martial Arts. Chad teaches Tai Chi Chuan, Qi Gong, Filipino Self-Defense (Progressive Arnis & Cadena de Mano), Tui Na (Chinese Massage & Manipulation), and Oriental 

Medicine in Miami, FL.  Chad is a state and nationally licensed acupuncturist (A.P., D.O.M.), as well as a National Diplomate of Chinese Herbology (D.C.H.)

Morning Qigong: .  One hour on Saturday, One hour on Sunday. CEU Category: 2 GEN / PE CW

Ilyas Hamid DAOM, B.Sci. D.N., Meta-NLP, CES has been in the health and wellness field for 14 years working in fitness, diet and lifestyle, functional medicine, and now TCM. Working on the frontline as a personal trainer and nutritionist not only helped him learn about the daily struggles with health-related behaviors, it also prepared him to be better equipped as a TCM doctor. Ilyas has experience in public speaking working for Aetna Healthcare, weight loss programs, and now as Professor at the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine. He has always believed that the best decisions can only be made with the best education- how can we DO better, if we don't KNOW better? Because of that philosophy, he spent significant amounts of time with his patients and on social media platforms for the sole purpose of educating them.

 Category: 3 BIO 

Robert Linde AP took a circuitous route to becoming an herbalist and acupuncture physician. His career changed many times; commercial lobster and conch diver, treasure hunter, sail and canoe instructor, wilderness youth counselor, long-line fisherman, an infantryman in Desert Storm, and GreenPeace worker. Now, Bob focuses as the owner of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies in St. Petersburg Florida, and the director of Traditions School of Herbal Studies. He also consults as a product developer for herbal product companies for humans and animals and enjoys growing many medicinal herbs in his yard. Bob has presented at the FSOMA, Florida Herbal Conference, and the American Herbalist Guild conferences. He lectures regularly at colleges and organizations around the US.  You can listen to his monthly Podcast; Mastering Herbalism with Bob Linde and his monthly Facebook event Herbalist Open Forum, an opportunity to pose real questions to Bob. You can see many of the past episodes and bioregional classes on the Traditions School of Herbal Studies YouTube page. Bob is also a traveler and travel writer.  He has lived in Europe and traveled to the Amazon, Galapagos, Yukon Territory, the Caribbean, and throughout the US. Bob recently completed 12 episodes for INTI TV, “Sanaciones con Bob Linde”, an exploration of indigenous people’s herbal practices.  He has also appeared on Animal Planet and many other TV shows. Find out more at www.acuherbals.com and www.traditionsherbschool.com

Improving .  CEU Category: 3 MED ERROR

Diagnostics .   CEU Category: 3 MED ERROR

Derrick McBride has over a decade of experience as a strength and conditioning coach working in sports medicine and performance facilities. After becoming a Licensed Acupuncturist, he set out to bring the worlds of movement and acupuncture together. Derrick works with many professional athletes alongside his private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. Derrick has worked as one of Whitfield Reaves' teaching assistants, teaches doctorate classes at Colorado Chinese Medicine University, presents at conferences, and runs weekend workshops on testing and programming. He specializes in bringing orthopedic testing, muscle testing, movement assessments, and corrective exercise programming to Acupuncturists in a systematic, digestible, and clinically effective way.

Part 1:  Lumb CEU Category: 3 BIO MED