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Our 2025 Speakers
IICMC 2025 | Igniting the Fertile Seas
STAY TUNED AS WE UPDATE THE NEW LINE UP OF SPEAKERS
Meet our 2025 WORLD CLASS FERTILITY PRESENTERS who are experts at the top of their game. We’ve hand picked 12 awesome presenters to allow in-depth learning + golden nuggets on FERTILITY | PREGNANCY | POST NATAL to take home, plus of course the IICMC founders Clare Pyers and Kirsten Wolfe will also be sharing their knowledge.
Claudia Citkovitz
Naomi Jankowski
Sharon Weizenbaum
live-stream presentation
Solomon Petrovsk
Sean Tuten
Ann Cecil-Sterman
Our 2025 BONUS Speakers
We love to offer you more! To be announced in the coming weeks
Meet our 2025 BONUS WORLD CLASS FERTILITY PRESENTERS who are experts at the top of their game. These bonus content will be available for 3 day pass holders: 7 extra hours of content just for you!
Lucy Lines
Helping your clients advocate for themselves in the IVF clinic without saying ‘Ive done my research and…..'
Mary- Jo Bevin
Cultivating Hope - Herbal Strategies for Recurrent Miscarriage
To be announced and will be incredible
Kirsten Wolfe
Advocating in the birth space
Rachael West
Menopause: More Than Hot Flushes— Supporting Your Patients to Accept and Embrace the Transition with Chinese Medicine.
IICMC Conference Founders
Kirsten Wolfe
IICMC Co Founder
Kirsten Wolfe is the principle Acupuncturist & the director of Mornington Chinese Medicine, as well as the founder of The Fertile Life Method. She works closely with a team of acupuncturists that deliver expert care to people trying to conceive.
She has trained over 350 Acupuncturists in The Fertile Life™ Method and offers ongoing mentoring as well as courses https://academy.kirstenwolfe.com.au
Despite her significant business success, Kirsten’s core values remain heart-based, not dollar-based. This means she brings a warm and supportive approach to her work and has a great desire to see TCM practitioners succeed, both as professionals and as people
The Fertile Life™ Method has been built around Chinese Medicine, the latest clinical research and the teams 100+ years of combined experience of working with people trying to conceive.
It provides both couples and individuals who have been experiencing primary and secondary infertility, whether through IVF or trying to conceive naturally, with a comprehensive program of natural treatment options to conceive and achieve a successful pregnancy.
Her passion for Women’s Health and a culmination of studying complimentary medicine over the past 27 years, give Kirsten a unique understanding of the human body and spirit. Kirsten has treated thousands & thousands of people and helped them conceive from the easy case to the most difficult cases, where she was their last chance.
She has been practicing TCM for 23 years and has solely focused on treatment of Reproductive and Women’s health conditions such as infertility (natural and IVF), pregnancy, pre-birth, labour and postnatal care for the past 15 years. This has allowed her to become one of Australia’s leading Chinese Medicine experts in the field of fertility.
Kirsten strives to integrate traditional and complementary care in order to effectively improve and maintain her patients' life-long health. Her expertise provides patients with comprehensive treatments to address the needs of individuals and couples suffering from infertility and subfertility.
Kirsten has built a strong reputation on the Mornington Peninsula in gynecology and fertility providing optimal patient care pre and post natally alongside midwives, gynecologists and obstetricians.
Clare Pyers is the founder of the Heavenly Qi podcast, the author of Integrative TCM Guide: Pathology and is the director of the Discover Chinese Medicine clinic in Melbourne.
She has a background in Chemical Engineering and since completing Chinese medicine education, Clare has undertaken extensive study in the field of Integrative medicine.
Clare's clinical practice focuses on hormonal balancing and fertility treatment, and she specialises in complex cases especially to do with fertility related autoimmune and thyroid disorders.
Clare is known for her highly practical and clinically focused conference presentations and has presented live to audiences both here in Australia and abroad. She loves to meld her practical problem solving approach with a heart-focused approach to clinical practice.
Clare Pyers
IICMC Co Founder
Her presentations clearly highlight her perspectives on what's useful and what's not when it comes to using either an integrative/nutritional approach with your patients or simply coming back to the foundations of our amazing system of Chinese medicine diagnostics and treatment principles.
Clare has a passion for sharing knowledge within the Chinese medicine profession, and to help create a stronger sense of collegiality and community amongst practitioners worldwide. She knows that many practitioners can feel professionally isolated, and don't get nearly as many opportunities to "talk shop" about all things Chinese medicine as they would like. Clare also knows there are a lot of practitioners who enjoy learning in less formal ways, and they want more ways of accessing thought provoking clinical content other than run-of-the-mill webinars and face-to-face CPD events.
Clare created the Heavenly Qi podcast as a way to help address these problems, and since early 2016 Clare has co-hosted many episodes on a range of clinically relevant topics. In the episodes she shares her perspectives and insights on many aspects of Chinese medicine and has interviewed many world-renowned Chinese medicine experts to help practitioners around the world learn from their expertise and knowledge.
Clare has an extraordinary ability to analyse data, identify patterns and reformulate information into easily understandable frameworks. Her ability to analyse blood test results and clinical symptoms to have a more refined and powerful diagnostic tool have allowed her to reach a greater level of clinical effectiveness than with using Chinese medicine alone. Clare has explained her approach to interpreting blood test results into a Chinese medicine diagnosis in her book Integrative TCM Guide: Pathology.
Clinical practice is Clare's main professional focus, however Clare does have a real passion for helping practitioners to get better outcomes for their patients. She teaches Chinese medicine practitioners around the world how to integrate nutritional medicine and pathology testing into their practice. Her integrative approach to Chinese medicine clinical practice helps practitioners to achieve increased patient compliance, increased patient retention, develop stronger rapport with their patients and to be able to unlock more challenging clinical cases than before.
Speakers for IICMC 2025
Sharon Weizenbaum
Sharon Weizenbaum has been practicing for 40 years, primarily in rural western Massachusetts where she is the director of White Pine Healing Arts and Institute. She has been teaching for over half of this time, focusing on her main interests, women’s health, classical formulas and the circular dynamics of East Asian Medicine as laid out in the Huang Di Neijing and expressed in the Shang Han Za Bing Lun. Having lived in China in 1990-1991, and spent time there in other years, Sharon is also a translator and researcher in her favorite topics. She studied obstetrics and gynecology with Dr. Qiu Xiaomei, Cheng Yufeng and Dr. Shu Rongzhu. She has studied classical formulas directly with Dr. Huang Huang, Dr. Feng Shilun, Dr. Fu Yanling, Dr. Yu Guojun, Yaron Seidman, Nadine Zäch and others. Sharon founded the White Pine Circle in 2021. She is excited to share some of her experience and pearls in obstetrics.
Olivia Pojer is a General Practitioner, chairwoman and course instructor of the OGKA, lecturer at the Medicine University in Graz and co-organizer of the TAO Congress. She holds a TCM diploma and an acupuncture diploma from the Austrian Medical Association, is trained for ear acupuncture, took a special training "Master Tung Acupuncture" with H. McCann. She holds a diploma in Integrative Medicine in Assisted Reproduction (ART) from German Association for Reproductive Medicine, Diploma for Advanced Training in TCM from the Universities of Nanjing and Wuhan (China).
Olivia is a fellow member of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM) and a book author: "Integrative treatment of male infertility with Chinese Medicine" (2022) Singing Dragon and "Secrets from the Jade Chamber - treating erectile dysfunction and loss of libido with Chinese medicine" (2017) Verlag Müller & Steinicke. She is co-owner of the center Femme&Fertile near Graz
Olivia Pojer
Dr NIck Lolatgis
With a career in obstretrics and gynaecology since 1981, Dr Lolatgis has played a leading role in many of the pioneering developments in women’s health care; and today, is acknowledged as a world authority on devising and implementing advanced strategies for improving the success of treating all male and female infertility problems.
Under his leadership and care, the Centre for Infertility Solutions (CIS) is now providing all couples with a highly personalised and pro-active approach to overcoming difficulties with conceiving and successfully completing a pregnancy. Through both Immunological and IVF avenues of treatment.
Dr Nicholas Lolatgis is an Honorary Lecturer in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University, is Director of the Monash Family Planning Service and was a previous Director of the Epworth Endometriosis Centre in Melbourne.
His Special Achievements and Interests include:
- Investigating and developing revolutionary IVF technologies during a 33 year association with Monash IVF
- Pioneering advanced laparoscopic surgery for women
- Conducting research into the causes of infertility and recurrent miscarriages
- Reducing pain and infertility in endometriosis patients through state of the art medical and surgical treatment
- Providing advanced medical and surgical care to women with polycystic ovarian disease
- Investigating and managing the role of the immune system in infertility
- Conducting research into the role of stem cells in the treatment of infertility
- Helping all couples experience the joy of becoming parents.
Naomi Jankowski is an AHPRA registered acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. Naomi is passionate about working in women's health, and has a specific interest in pelvic pain management. She worked alongside esteemed gynecologist Dr Clare Myers for 4 years, which gave her significant experience in working with endometriosis and other pelvic pain conditions. Prior to this, she was mentored by Steven Clavey for 5 years when practicing at Apricot Grove.
Naomi has an integrated model of care, and prides herself on achieving results for her patients, in an environment where they feel heard and understood. Naomi's areas of interest are pelvic pain, fertility and preconception, perimenopause, PMDD and other menstrual disorders. She loves working with women of all ages and backgrounds.
Naomi practices and teaches Tung acupuncture, known for its minimal needling and effective results. Every needle is thought-through and considered, and there is a framework for applying a logical system that works. Naomi is passionate about teaching this system of acupuncture to other practitioners while sharing her clinical insights.
Naomi Jankowski
Julia Bartrop
Dr. Julia Bartrop, a devoted mother of two young daughters, ( 9 and 7), is a seasoned practitioner specializing in Chinese medicine. Having graduated from RMIT in 2013, Julia brings over a decade of experience to her practice, focusing passionately on women's health, particularly in the realms of fertility, pregnancy, and postnatal care.
Driven by a desire to empower women on their health journeys, Julia combines her clinical expertise with a nurturing approach that emphasizes holistic well-being. She firmly believes in the profound benefits that Chinese medicine offers for women's reproductive health and overall vitality.
Beyond her clinical work, Dr. Bartrop is a dynamic speaker and educator, engaging with diverse audiences through workshops, seminars, and community initiatives. Her mission is to elevate awareness and understanding of integrative approaches to women's health, bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and modern science. She is also a Co-Director of IIHMCO – International Integrative Maternity Health Series – where she has spoken about pregnancy numerous times on the benefits of Acupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine during pregnancy and the post-natal term.
Julia is also an admin for the Fit For 2 group – which advocates for strong health and education during pregnancy – providing support and assistance to these women. Alongside Anita Golob – Julia and Anita have run birth preparation workshops – combining Chinese Medicine with 20 years of midwifery experience to provide support and empowerment and a focus on support during pregnancy, self advocation during labor and a village for raising children.
With a commitment to ongoing professional development, Julia integrates evidence-based practices into her personalized care. Her patients benefit from her compassionate guidance and comprehensive treatment plans tailored to each individual's needs.
Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin is an internationally recognized, award-winning doctor of acupuncture and a leader in the field of integrative reproductive medicine. As the founder of Rosefinch Health, Dr. Lee blends compassionate care with over two decades of clinical experience specializing in fertility, IVF support, pelvic and vulvovaginal pain, and cancer-related support. In addition to her work as a clinician, Dr. Lee is also an accomplished teacher and researcher of acupuncture and integrative East Asian Medicine, having authored more than 30 publications during her career.
She recently founded Rosefinch Academy, a continuing education hub for acupuncturists to learn how acupuncture and integrative medicine can support fertility.
Lee Hullender- Rubin
Solomon Petrovski
Solomon Petrovski is a qualified Gestalt psychotherapist, Neuro Linguistic Programming success coach, university lecturer, and a 7th Dan in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu practitioner (the guiding martial principles of nature and human law), with over 15 years of experience in aligning individuals, couples, families and businesses worldwide with their personal and professional goals.
Solomon has worked with individuals, couples and families both in the public and private sector, guiding them through times of situational stress/anxiety through to severe crisis and long-term depression through his work at https://www.themindninja.com.au>
Solomon is particularly passionate about the importance of self care in practice, especially in the health and wellness space. He believes in the cultivation of self-care as the recipe for longevity and success in clinical practice
Claudia is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on Acupuncture treatment for women during Labor and Delivery as well as patients recovering from Stroke. As one of a small number of US acupuncturists with a research PhD, she works actively to improve acupuncture research methodology and practice-informed research, as well as evidence-informed practice.
Claudia Citkovitz began her Chinese Medicine studies in 1997, assisting in the practice of Tom Bisio while attending Pacific and Tri-State Colleges. She also studied at the Beijing Language and Cultural Institute in China. She is currently in private practice at the White Pine Clinic in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Claudia Citkovitz
For 17 years, Claudia was Preceptor and Director of the Acupuncture Program at Lutheran Medical Center (now NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn), a 466-bed community hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Through the program, she treated inpatients in the Neurological/Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Labor and Delivery units as well as pain and cancer patients throughout the hospital, training over 300 acupuncture students and practitioners in the provision of evidence-informed inpatient acupuncture care.
Claudia has been s a lecturer or clinical instructor at numerous Master's and Doctoral level acupuncture programs throughout the US as well as Europe and the UK. She has published research in acupuncture during Labor and Delivery and acupuncture research methods, and completed her PhD on acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation under Volker Scheid at the University of Westminster in London. She is a peer reviewer and Editorial Board member of multiple journals, a Board Member of the Society for Acupuncture Research, and a Commissioner on the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.
Claudia currently practices at White Pine Healing Arts in Amherst, MA, and in her nearby home office. She specializes in acupuncture, bodywork, movement and lifestyle medicine to address disorders of the central nervous system such as stroke and Parkinson’s disease.
Sean Tuten
Dr. Sean Tuten has practiced Chinese medicine for over 20 years with a focus on women’s health, fertility, and pediatrics. He has taught throughout the U.S. and internationally since 2004. In 2016 he founded the Classical Acupuncture Mentorship, a comprehensive introduction to the complement channels of acupuncture.
https://www.acupuncturementorship.com
From 2000 - 2008, he co-founded and acted as clinical director for the Village Health Project, a non-profit Chinese medicine clinic working with local grassroots organizations and indigenous healers to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa. Sean has studied with Ann Cecil-Sterman, Jeffrey Yuen, Diane Gioioso, Claudia Welch, Brenda Loew and others. He has run the Classical Acupuncture Mentorship since 2016
In his personal life Sean enjoys quality time with friends and family, climbing peaks, relaxing in hot springs, being a nerd, and the Oxford comma.
Ann Cecil-Sterman is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Advanced Acupuncture: A Clinic Manual, a required text in many acupuncture schools in the United States. The book is considered a landmark text, known for being the first and only text with complete protocols for the practice of the Complement Channels: the Sinew, Luo, Divergent and Eight Extraordinary Channels, derived from her deep study and clinical practice.
Her second and third books, The Art of Pulse Diagnosis, and Tongue Diagnosis, also acclaimed, are in use in five continents. Since her first book’s publication, Ann has travelled to over a dozen countries to teach the application and methodology of the Complement Channels, pulse diagnosis, and the use of food as medicine.
Ann Cecil-Sterman
For many years she taught Advanced Clinical Observation and was a senior clinic supervisor at her alma mater: the school of acupuncture that was founded by Master Yuen in 1997 in Manhattan. She is one of fewer than 200 people who graduated from that school in the thirteen years it was open.Throughout the 3000 hour course she received direct transmissions from Master Yuen in all the channels of acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, Chinese philosophy, history, and clinical skills. She then traveled extensively for many years, following her teacher in order to deepen her study.
Currently, Ann divides her time between teaching both internationally and domestically, treating her patients who come from all over the world to work through chronic degenerative illnesses, and teaching her six-month Mentorship Program for acupuncturists and remote healers wanting to deepen their understanding and clinical skills in energetic medicine. The mentorship program is the most comprehensive training in Classical Chinese Medicine available, teaching in-depth topics such as mindset and self-cultivation, bedside manner, pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, the Sinew, Luo, Divergent and Eight Extraordinary Channels.
For exclusive bite-sized lessons and teaching, you can follow Ann on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/anncecilsterman/, or learn more about her yearly mentorship program at https://anncecilsterman.com/mp25/.
BONUS Speakers for IICMC 2025
Recorded or live-streamed presentations
Lucy - Fertility Educator & IVF Advocate
Lucy is a highly experienced Embryologist and Fertility Educator with over 20 years in the fertility field. She has helped create thousands of families through her expertise in assisted reproduction, including 12 years as a clinical Embryologist and global support specialist. Lucy founded Two Lines Fertility to provide independent, science-based fertility guidance and support without the influence of commercial interests.
Driven by a deep passion for helping others, Lucy empowers women and couples with the knowledge and confidence they need to navigate their fertility journeys, including the complexities of IVF. With her unique combination of professional expertise and personal experience, Lucy offers compassionate, honest, and practical support for those seeking to grow their families.
Lucy Lines
Rachael West has devoted nearly two decades to the study and practice of Chinese Medicine, with an emphasis on nuanced women's health issues including menstrual irregularities, endometriosis, male and female infertility, pregnancy support, menopause, and cancer care. She has achieved a Master of Education, where her thesis critically examined the transformative effects of learning on identity evolution. Her educational journey, combined with previous studies in Anthropology, fuels her passion for storytelling as an educational tool, helping her communicate complex concepts to patients and students alike.
Since 2012, Rachael has served as a lecturer at Torrens University (formerly the Southern School of Natural Therapies), imparting her expertise in Tui Na, Chinese Medicine Diagnosis, and Pathology, while also supervising clinical practice in the Acupuncture Clinic and mentoring future practitioners.
Rachael's vested interest in perimenopause and menopause transcends professional boundaries, stemming from her personal journey following a breast cancer diagnosis. This pivotal experience galvanized her dedication to supporting women navigating similar challenges, particularly those affected by cancer treatments. Her commitment to this field is reflected in her empathetic and expert care, helping women embrace the menopausal transition with dignity and resilience.
Rachael West
Genevieve Le Goff
PRESENTATION: Menopause: More Than Hot Flushes— Supporting Your Patients to Accept and Embrace the Transition with Chinese Medicine.
This presentation will delve into the complexities of menopause symptoms and treatments from a Chinese Medicine perspective, emphasizing classical formulas and illustrative case studies. Through this discourse, Rachael aims to provide fellow practitioners with profound insights into supporting women during this significant life phase.
Mary-Jo Bevin brings over 20 years of clinical experience in Chinese Medicine, combining her background in research science with a compassionate, holistic approach to women’s health. Specialising in fertility, pregnancy, menopause, and chronic health concerns, Mary-Jo is dedicated to helping women achieve balance and vitality through tailored, natural solutions.
Mary-Jo’s journey began with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a focus on neuroscience and the mind-body connection. Her career took a transformative turn when she discovered acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, igniting a passion for the profound results achievable in clinical practice. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chinese Medicine), advanced training in clinical practice in Nanjing, China, and mentorships in Chinese Medical Gynaecology, Obstetrics, and Classical Acupuncture. She also integrates techniques from NLP and hypnosis to enhance patient care.
Raised in a family that valued natural therapies, Mary-Jo understands the importance of personalised, whole-body care. She excels at deciphering complex health challenges, making sense of symptoms, and empowering her patients to restore balance and achieve lasting health. With a calm, attentive presence, Mary-Jo offers support tailored to each individual’s unique journey, helping women reconnect with their bodies and reclaim their lives.
Whether navigating fertility challenges, supporting healthy pregnancies, or guiding women through the transitions of menopause, Mary-Jo’s mission is to provide practical tools and compassionate care to inspire confidence and lasting well-being.
Mary -Jo Bevin
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