Introduction-Types of membership(W.T.A.A.)
Membership in the W.T.A.A. consists of the following classes of members admitted by the board in accordance with the constitution Section 8.1:
a) Practicing Members. Any individual who is licensed by a sovereign state, a federal state, a territory or other recognized governmental unit to practice within said state the science/art of acupuncture for monetary compensation, and who has essential knowledge of Tung’s Orthodox Acupuncture. All the recognized disciples of late Master Tung will be granted membership, provided that they can present the original certificate issued by the Master, or their name did appear on the Master’s epitaph.
b) Associate Members. Any individual who is not yet licensed by a sovereign state, a recognized government unit to practice the science/art of acupuncture for monetary compensation, whether because he/she has not passed the state’s examinations, or whether because the state has no licensing procedure, or whether because he/she does not intend to practice acupuncture but is nonetheless interested in the science/art of acupuncture and it’s growth and development.
c) Honorary Members. Honorary membership may be awarded to an individual in recognition of outstanding contribution to the field of Tung’s Acupuncture or acupuncture. Nomination of an individual by an officer of the Association and ratification by the Board of Directors or the standing committee if such committee exists shall constitute grounds for extending an invitation to honorary membership.
d) Other classes of non-voting members such as Student Members and other form of membership as the board may from time to time by resolution determine, which resolutions shall not require confirmation by the members.
How to apply your membership?
The W.T.A.A. board only accept new entry of a membership by the following methods:
1) According to previous meeting the board agrees that an acupuncture practitioner who apply his/her membership must summit a copy of resume (curriculum vitae), a letter of signed recommendation (issued by a disciple of Master Tung or an adviser of W.T.A.A.), two recent photographs, and a evaluation fee of Can. $ 250 or ￡165 together with a two-year membership annual fee of Can. $ 150 or ￡100 to W.T.A.A.
2) The board approved in its year 2009 meeting that who ever complete the Basic Diploma Orthodox Tung’s Acupuncture course(including Part I,II & III) may summit such diploma certificate together with his/her new application, and will qualify this person to register as a full member of the W.T.A.A.. Further after six months of continuous practicing Tung’s Acupuncture this practitioner may register as a Practicing (Full) Membership. The full membership is renewable every year.
The board will have the final decision to approve or reject any individual or group application for membership, according to the constitution of the W.T.A.A. and good reputation of late Master Tung
Listing of W.T.A.A.’s Membership : (for Canada & USA regions only)
The following registered members are all passed Basic Tung’s Orthodox Acupuncture Diploma course examination, and kept their W.T.A.A.’s membership up to date. Should any one wish to seek a treatment from these qualified Tung’s Orthodox Acupuncture practitioners please just contact the W.T.A.A .Head office at (905) 947 4548.
1. Marian Zazula, M.D.( Mississauga,Ontario)
2. Lidka Middleton(Costa Rica)
3. Wangden Carson, M.D.( Toronto, Ontario)
4. Mary Achue(Toronto, Ontario)
5. Nicole Godby(St. Catherines,Ontario)
6. Debbie Leland (Cambridge, Ontario)
7. Brian D. Orr(Toronto, Ontario)
8. Tahir Ahmad(Toronto, Ontario)
9. Hapreet Singh(Mississauga, Ontario)
10. Gurdial K. Singh (Markham, Ontario)
11. David A. Bray (Toronto, Ontario)
12. Tankica Jovanovska, M.D.(Toronto, Ontario)
13. Van Lam(Mississauga, Ontario)
14. Philip K. C. Lo( Toronto, Ontario)
15. Natalina D’Sauza(Toronto, Ontario)
16. Victor Rubio (Mississauga, Ontario)
17. Andrew Wegman(New York, USA)
18. Daniel S. Karp(Florida, USA)
19. Kam Poh Lee(Florida,USA)
20. Henry Hom (San Francisco, USA)
21. Theodore Zombolas (Philadelphia, USA)
22. Alina Szyputa, M.D.(Philadelphia, USA)
23. Suzzette Gore(Philadelphia, USA)
24. Monte S. Gore(Arizona,USA)
25. Christovao Branco(Toronto, Ontario)
26. Nayyer Meibodi(Toronto,Ontario
27. Olga Vakruchev)(Toronto, Ontario)
28. Mansoor Husain,MD (New Jersery, USA)
29. Lise Chamberland (Sudbury, Ontario)
30. Jeanette Bakker (Scarborough, Ontario)
31..Amanda McGowan (N.Y., USA)
32. Siu-Lan Choy (Toronto, Ontario)
33. Isabella Roy ((Manotick, Ontario)
34. Barbara Wasiewicz (Ottawa,Ontario)
35. Farhad Pourgolafshan (Richmond Hill, Ontario)
36. Andy Ly (Michigan USA)
37. Dr. Imre Lipoczki, MD, Proffesor (Hungary)
38. Dr. Peter Lipoczki, MD (Hungary)
N.B.There are a few candidates just completed basic T.O.A. Diploma course recently and already submitted their applications for the W.T.A.A. membership. Their names will be added to the above list next time when we update this webpage.
Special note: Mr. Henry McCann has violated the Ethic Code of this association and was therefore removed from the W.T.A.A. membership list and he is no longer a representative agent of New Jersey, U.S.A. this person will have no connection with the W.T.A.A.
New Appointments of the W.T.A.A.
1. Member Gurdial Kaur Singh has enrolled to an oversea medical school since May 2010, therefore her previous appointment will replaced by Ms. Mary Achue until 31 May 2011.
2. Member Dr. Mansoor Husain, MD was appointed as a Representative of the W.T.A.A. in New Jersey, USA by the Board. This new assignment started since 10 October, 2010 for a period of one year.
3.Member David A. Bray as Disciplinary Officer of the association, since 26th Feb. 2010 for a period of one year.(Board agreed to extend this appointment until 26 Feb. 2012).
4. Member Theodore Zombolas as a Representative Agent of the association in Philadelphia, U.S.A. since 3rd January 2009 for a period of one year.(Board agreed to extend the appointment to 3rd January 2012).
5. Member Kam Poh Lee as a Representative Agent of the association in Florida, U.S.A. since 3rd January 2010 for a period of one year.(Board agreed to extend this appointment until 3rd January 2012).
6. Member Monte S. Gore as a Representative Agent of the association in Arizona, U.S.A. since 3rd January 2010 for a period of one year. ( Board agreed to extend this appointment to 3rd January 2012).
Special announcement of the W.T.A.A.:
Ex-members 1) Jill Ray, 2)Natalie Omay,3) Henry McCann all violated the Ethic Code of the W.T.A.A. and over due their membership annual fee for more than three years without given reasons therefore a decision(on 3/03/2009) of the Ethical Committee and the Board both agreed of expulsion of the named persons above from the W.T.A.A..
Further, Henry McCann is NOT licensed as a Tung’s Acupuncture teacher by the W.T.A.A. and has NOT even yet completed a full acupuncture training courses. Henry McCann has never obtained a permission from his teacher nor the Board of W.T.A.A. to allow him to teach Tung’s Acupuncture in Cork, Ireland or any other place. This has serious infringement of Code of Ethics (clause 6) and forced this association to remove his name from both current membership list and also a Representative Agent of the association in New Jersey, U.S.A. From this day onward the W.T.A.A. will not be liable for any conducts by Mr. Henry McCann.