Dr. Joe Helms is at the forefront of medical acupuncture practice and education in the United States. For thirty years, he has been the driving force behind the emergence and integration of this medical discipline in modern American medicine. He has trained over 5,000 U.S. physicians in medical acupuncture through programs sponsored by UCLA and Stanford. His "Acupuncture Energetics" textbook has become the standard textbook for physicians learning acupuncture.