CURRICULUM VITAE
James K. Rotchford, M.D., M.P.H.
1334 Lawrence Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Tel: 360 385 4843
kimber@olympus.net
EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS:
1969 William Winlock Miller High School; Olympia, WA.
1973 Bachelor of Arts, French Literature, University of Washington
1976 Completed two years of medical school at
the University of Nantes; Nantes, France
1980 Doctor of Medicine, University of Washington
1984 Acupuncture for Physicians, 200 hrs of CME sponsored by the
UCLA School of Medicine, Joseph Helms, M.D. Instructor
1986 Aviation Medical Examiner, Certificate of Designation
1990 Masters of Public Health, MPH Extended Degree Program and Preventive Medicine
Residency, University of Washington School of Public Health
1992 Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
1992 Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine
2001 Board Certified in Medical Acupuncture
2002 Fellow of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
2002 Fellow of the American Academy of Integrative Medicine
2004 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1980 81 Mixed Internship, Montreal General Hospital, a McGill
University affiliated hospital
1981 82 General Practice, North Beach Health Care Inc.,
Copalis Beach, WA (A federally subsidized rural health clinic)
1982 85 Health Officer, Grays Harbor County
1983 Medical Director, Innersight Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
1983 85 General Practice, Solo
1983 85 Investigator, Puget Sound Medical Investigators;
Olympia, WA. Involved in a series of Clinical Trials
for hypertensive agents
1984 93 Host of "Doctor, Doctor" a local Television Program with
an emphasis on preventive medicine
1984 85 Physician and Medical Director for the Chehalis Indian
Medical Clinic
1985 95 Physician and Medical Director for Ocean Shores Clinic
1994 Medical Acupuncture, Pain Management, Integrative Medicine, Port Townsend,
WA
1995 99 Treasurer, the Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation
1996 2000 Webmaster AAMA/MARF home page
1998-20000 Founding President Washington Chapter of the American Academy of
Medical Acupuncture
1998-99 WSMA Interspecialty Council Representative for Washington Chapter of
the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
1999-2002 President, Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation (Research branch
of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture)
2000- Editor of Acubriefs e-mail newsletter of current annotated acupuncture
references
2003 - Instructor: Peninsula Junior College: Pain Management Course
2004 - President, Best of Both Worlds Foundation
2005 - Medical Director & Founder of Olympic Pain & Addiction Services
(OPAS)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Medical Association
Washington State Medical Association
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture - Founding Member
American Academy of Pain Management
American Society of Addictive Medicine
American Academy of Integrative Medicine
American College of Preventive Medicine
Washington State Chapter of the AAMA
CME Category 1 TEACHING:
1997 Faculty for AAMA annual symposium in San Francisco: Research in Acupuncture
1999 Faculty for AAMA annual symposium in Chicago: Attributable Risk and Acupuncture
Events.
1999 Northwest Hospital, Seattle. CME on Alternative Medicine. Adverse Events
and Acupuncture.
2000 Faculty for Mussat Medical Acupuncture Conference, March 2000 Seattle
2000 Faculty for AAMA annual symposium: MARF 2000 and ahead. Orlando, April
30th.
2001 Faculty for AAMA annual symposium: New Orleans, March 22-25, 2001
2002 Faculty SAR annual symposium: Seattle, October, 2002 A Modern and Comprehensive
Definition for Acupuncture
2003 Faculty Oregon Chapter of the AAMA annual meeting CME: What, Why, Whither
of Acupuncture Research
2004 Faculty Washington Chapter of ASAM, 6th Annual Fundamentals of Addiction
Medicine: Acupuncture and Addiction Medicine
2005 Faculty AAMA Annual Meeting Atlanta, April 2005, Intermediate/Advanced
course French Energetics.
PUBLICATIONS:
Erickson RJ, Rotchford JK. Bibliography review of acupuncture articles in English
Language
[Bibliography]. Los Angeles: Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation; 1997.
109p. 1532
citations.
Rotchford JK. Medical Outcomes of Medical Acupuncture, A Pilot Study (Thesis
for MPH).
University of Washington School of Public Health. 1990.
Rotchford JK. Medical Outcomes Research and Acupuncture, The AAMA Review, 1991
Spring/Summer; 3(1):3 6.
Rotchford JK, Cautions against buying into illusion of control [letter], Altern Ther Health Med (1997 Jan) 3(1):15
Rotchford JK, A Proposal for Evidence-Based Guidelines For Medical Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture, Fall/Winter 1997-1998, 9(2):29-36.
Rotchford JK, Letting the Horses Run, Patient Care, 1998, October 30, pp.123-24.
Rotchford JK, Attributable Risk and Acupuncture Events, AAMA Symposium Syllabus, 1999, pp. 317-330.
Rotchford, JK, Tchong Mo-An Energetic Approach, Medical Acupuncture, Spring/Summer,
1999, 11(1):35-40.
Rotchford, JK, Overview: Adverse Events of Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture, Fall/Winter,1999/2000, 11(2):32-35
Rotchford, JK, Integrating Acupuncture into a General Medical Practice, Medical Acupuncture, Winter/Spring 2001 13(1):27-31.
Rotchford, JK, The Importance of a Modern and Comprehensive Definition for Acupuncture in Clinical Research, a Preliminary Perspective, Medical Acupuncture, 13(3):38-40.
Rotchford, JK, Research in Acupuncture: An Oxymoron?, Acupuncture Today 2003
Vol. 4 (3)
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