DRA. ELECTRA PELUFFO LUPIA
Doctor of Medicine.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936.
December 2011. Publishes in Chinese Medicine Volume 2,Number 4 (Scientific Research Publishing. University of California San Francisco, USA, http://www.scirp.org/journal/cm) the paper “The Pairing of Heart and Small Intestine”.
July 5th, 2011. Presents a paper on “Oriental Medicines”in Online Course MCA, Natural Therapies”. Summmer Courses 2011, Universidad de Salamanca. Prof.Juan Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez.
June 25th, 2011. Read a paper on “The Pairing of Heart and Small Intestine” at the International Course on Acupunture, Farmacopoeia and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Seville: ACMAS, SAME, Universidad “Pablo de Olavide”and Colegio Médico de Sevilla.
May 28th,2011. Master Course of Acupuntura. Practical Work: pulse, tongue, points localization, needle pricking.
February 4th, 2011. Master Course of Acupuncture: class on Fundamentals of Acupuncture,Concept of Desease.Etiology, Exogen Factors, Emotional Factors.
Introduction to Pulse Diagnosis and other Special Methods.
February 5th, 2011. Master Course of de Acupuntura: classes about Fire Movement Basic Syndromes andy Clinical Cases of Fire Movement
January 29th, 2011. Master Course on Acupuncture.Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Practical class: how to locate Acupuncture Points.
January 30th, 2011. Master Course on Acupuncture: class on Extraordinary Meridians.
December 2010. Publish a paper on Reflection on the History of Chinese Medicine. Revista Argentina de Acupuntura, Buenos Aires Nº 135.
November 5th. Read a paper at VII Congress of FILASMA at Seville,Spain. Theme: Concept of Void in Chinese Medicine
October 29th. Read a paper at FEIAP “Spanish Forum of Investigation on Asian Pacific” at Zaragoza on: Chinese Numerology and Medicine.
October 17th and 23rd 2010. Master Course in Naturalistic, Homeopathic and Acupuncture Medicine in Valencia Faculty of Medicine. First class on History of Chinese Medicine and second on Internal Organs in Chinese Fisiology.
June 2010. Publishes in Medical College of Castellon News letter N`130,IV Series, a paper about Goji berry.
January 28th–2010. Is invested Doctor of Medicine in a Solemn Collective Academic Ceremony which took place in the Paraninph of the University Complutense in Madrid.
December 3rd.2009. Gave lecture on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices.
June 21st.2009. Gave magistral Closing Lecture for the Master Course of Acupunture 2008/2009 at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid on “Extraordinary Meridians”.
May 2009. Author of the book Idea of the Body in the West and the East published by Miraguano Ediciones. Madrid, Spain.
May 12th-.2009 Read the conference “Western Medicine,Eastern Medicine: The Body” during.a three-day course on Languages on the Fringe at the Department of Methodology in Art History and Sculpture, Fine Arts School, Altea Branch of University Miguel Hernández,Elche
February-May 2009. Gave a Master Course in Naturalistic, Homeopathic and Acupuncture Medicine in Valencia Faculty of Medicine.
December 2nd.2008. Gave lecture on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices.
October 17th-2008. Gave magistral Opening Lecture for the Master Course of Acupunture 2008/2009 at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid on Introduction to the Vocabulary of Chinese Medicine.
October 10th, 2008 - Defends her Doctoral Thesis in the presence of an Academic Committee which qualifies the work as Excellent Cum Laude, obtaining the Doctorate Degree in Medicine.
July 7th-2008. Presents, under the tutorial supervision and guidance of Professor Luis Montiel Llorente, to the Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Science History Department of Universidad Complutense Medical College in Madrid, her written dissertation proposal of Doctoral Thesis called Idea of the Body, in the West and in the East, a comparative approach for the Doctorate Committee to approve its defense.
December 4th 2007. Gave lectures together with Dr.Antonia Sola on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices.
October 19th 2007. Read at Facultad de Medicina Complutense de Madrid magistral conference for the opening of the Acupuncture Master Course: Problems with the Vocabulary in Chinese Medicine.
October 6th /2007. Got the registration as Acupunturist in Alicante's Medical College, Non Conventional Medical Therapies section.
September 2007. Publish a paper on Health and Desease Perception in the West and in the East. Revista Argentina de Acupuntura. Septiembre 2007. Nº 122 : 18-20.
June 24th. 2007 Read at Facultad de Medicina Complutense de Madrid magistral conference for the closing of the Acupuncture Master Course: Health and Desease in Eastern and Western Medicines.
June.2007 In Barcelona and during the 3rd International Medical Congress of Acupuncture have been appointed member of the Editorial Council in Revista Internacional de Acupuntura.
April 2007-June 2007 Gave a Master Course in Naturalistic, Homeopathic and Acupuncture Medicine in Valencia Faculty of Medicine.
April 23th,2007. Gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices.
September 18-21th, 2006. In Granada, read at Foro Español de Investigación Asia Pacífico (FEIAP) a paper on: Jing, meridian?
June 18th 2006. Read at Facultad de Medicina Complutense de Madrid magistral conference for the closing of the Acupuncture Master Course: Void and Fullness Concepts in Chinese Medicine.
June 1st 2006. Memory Previous to DEA and DEA Idea of he Body, East and West Perspectives, Comparative Approach are delivered to Departamento de Ciencias Sociosanitarias e Historia de la Medicina de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid,Prof-Dr Luis Montiel Llorente.
April 25th 2006. Gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices
March 2006. Is appointed Honorary Member by Ilustre Colegio Médico de Alicante
November 2nd-5th 2005. Read a paper on Health and Illness, East and West Perspective at the Congreso del Cincuentenario de la Sociedad Argentina de Acupuntura.
June 16th 2005 -- Gave a discourse on the theme Occident Orient : Reciprocal Attraction? at the Tossalet del Carme for the Soltice Conferences organized biannually by the Chair of Philosophy of IESC Denia.
June 3th-5th 2005 Read a paper on Health and Illness, East and West Perspective at the 2nd International Congress on Medical Acupuncture, in Barcelona (Spain)
May 2005 Gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Practices
January 2005: With the objective of preparing for the DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) and in advance of editing the thesis for acquiring the diploma of Doctor of Medicine I will take two of the doctorate courses dictated by Professor Luis Montiel Lorente in the Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid:
1) Antecedents of Psychoanalysis and
2) Illnesses in 20th Century Literature.
June 2004-June 2005 lecturer at the Masters course in Naturalistic, Homeopathic and Acupuncture (Acupuncture section) Medicine in the Valencia Faculty of Medicine.
Dec.2004. Shen,Hun,Po paper published by Revista Argentina de Acupuntura,111º p.
18-19 November 2004: gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupuncture Theory and Practices.
Octubre, 2004: presenta La Salud y la Enfermedad en Oriente y Occidente en colaboración con el profesor Gustavo Pis-Diez, antropólogo del Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia de la UCM, en el II Congreso Nacional de Acupuntura celebrado en Cordoba.
March 2004: Gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in the Valencia Faculty of Medicine.Theme: Acupuncture Practices.
Enero 26, 2004. Colegio Médico de Alicante. Ponente en la Primera Sesión Clínica del grupo de Trabajo de Homeopatía, Acupuntura y Naturismo. Tema: Fundamentos Teóricos de la Acupuntura Clásica.
Nov. 2003 Gave lectures on the subject of Complimentary Medicine for students in the last course in medicine at the Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Theme: Acupunture Practices.
Oct. 9 - 12, 2003 Presented a paper. Yinyang and Wuxing. Contributions of Yi Jing on Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture of Yesterday and Today in the Congreso Iberolatinoamericano de Acupunctura in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Oct 3, 2003 Presentation of my book Apuntes de Medicina China published by Miraguano. Ediciones de Madrid. The presentation of the book and the author (Dra. Electra Peluffo) was made by the Cultural Councillor of the Town Hall Sr. Pau Reig at the Casa de Cultura in Denia, Alicante.
Oct. 2 2003 Presentation of my book Apuntes de Medicina China published by Miraguano Ediciones of Madrid. Dr. Ramon de Cardenas, delegate of the official College of Doctors of the Marina Alta, presented the book and the author (Dra. Electra Peluffo) in the Sala Altamira at the Universitaria Ciudad de Alicante.
Oct. 2003 have been given the post of correspondent in Spain for the Magazine of the Argentinian Society of Acupuncture covering an interchange of news, articles, and works on this topic.
May 2003 Author of Apuntes de Medicina China published by Miraguano Ediciones Madrid, Spain.
Jan. - May 2003 Gave a Masters course in Naturalistic, Homeopathic and Acupuncture (acupuncture section) Medicine in the Valencia Faculty of Medicine.
Member of SEPAR (Spanish Society of Respiratory Pathology).
Member of the Valencian Society of Cardiology.
Member of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Member of the British Geriatric Society.
Member of the Spanish Society of Naturalist Doctors.
Publication of diverse works in different magazines specializing in medicine.
Dec. 2002 Started active collaboration in the programming of concerts, conferences and activities related to music of l'Esperanca Coronada a society affiliated with the Ateneo de Denia and participates in the organization of these events.
Nov. - Mar. 2003 Teacher and coordinator of the First Course of Acupuncture and Moxabustion at the Official Medical College of Alicante.
Jan. - June 2002 Organized and dictated monthly private seminars for doctors on theory and practice of Acupuncture.
Jan. - May 2001 Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Lectured for the second course Diploma in Naturalistic, Acupuncture and Homeopathic Medicine.
Jan. - May 2000 Valencia Faculty of Medicine. Lectured for the inception of a course leading to a Diploma of Naturalistic, Acupuncture and Homeopathic Medicine.
Feb. 1999 Gave a course on Natural Medicine (acupuncture section) at the Official College of Doctors of Valencia.
Feb. - Mar. 1998 Seminar on the Theory of YinYang and the Five Movements in relation to the Yi Ching. Official College of Psychologists of Valencia, Junguian Psychological Section.
1998 Continuation of seminar on Yi Ching.
June 1999 - Nov. 1999 continuation and end of seminar on Yi Ching.Oct.
Noviembre 1999 seminario final sobre Yi Ching.
Diplomada en Geriatría por la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (1989).
1995 Member of a work group in the Medical College of Alicante for the development of a code of procedure and a course of medical treatment for senile dementia with a programme of continuous medical training.
1996 - 1998 Coordinator of the Group of Studies of the Marina Alta Region of the College of Doctors of Alicante. (Training continuing).
From 1988 to 1998 took part annually as only teacher in the geriatric course for ATS and auxiliaries at the Red Cross Clinic in Denia, Alicante.
Sept. 1995 worked as medical volunteer for the Saharan refugees in the Algerian desert.1994 Diploma in General Medicine granted by the Ministry of Health.
Redacta para su publicación el prólogo de la edición española del libro Tratamiento de las Enfermedades Mentales por Acupuntura y Moxibustión de su profesor chino el Dr. Ye Chenggu, editado por Miraguano Ediciones. Madrid (1991).
1984 - 85 Instructor of Practical Works for Students in the acupuncture course organized by the French School of Acupuncture and chaired by Professor Benlloch Zimmermann in the Faculty of Medicine in Valencia.
En el verano de 1982 concurre durante seis semanas a curso individual de puesta al día en Acupuntura en el Hospital Guang An Men de Medicina China en Pekín (China) con el Profesor Gao Li Shan, Jefe del Departamento de Acupuntura del Hospital
Oct. 1982 - Mar. 1983 Gave a course of lectures on Acupuncture Training for Doctors in the Faculty of Medicine, Granada, Spain.
1982 (summer) attended a six-week individual course on the updating of acupuncture given by Prof. Gao Li Shan, Head of the Dept. of Acupuncture at the Guang An Men Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Peking, China.
1982 Associate member of the British Academy of Western Acupuncture.
1976 Private medical practice in Denia, Alicante.
1973-1976 Interim specialist for Heart and Lungs at the National Health Group Practice in Denia, Alicante, Spain.
1972-1976 Specialist in Heart and Lungs for the National Health Service in Denia.
1971 Diploma in Health from the Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Madrid, Spain.
1971 Specialist in Heart and Lungs at the Escuela Nacional de Enfermedades de Torax, Faculty of Medicine, Madrid.
1971 Degree in Medicine from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Course 1969/1970. Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Medicine. Official Instruction. Four doctorate courses:
1) History of Medicine (Qualifying grade: Pass)
2) Colonial Medicine (Qualifying grade: Pass)
3) Radiology (Qualifying grade: Excellent)
4) Radioactive isotropes (Qualifying grade: Excellent)(note see 1962)
Jan. 1969 - Jun 1970 received grant from the National School of Thorax Diseases for a course specializing in Heart and Lungs, Madrid, Spain.
Nov. 1967-1968 Doctor at the Tornu Maternity Hospital for tubercular pregnancies. Buenos Aires, Argentina.1965-1967.
Chest Physician at the Tornu Maternity Hospital for women with tuberculosis. (1962-1964)
Diploma in Acupuncture and Moxibustion from the Academy of Chinese Medicine, (Hospital Guang An Men, Prof. Ye Chenggu) Peking, China.
Jan. 1965-1967 translator of resumes from English to Spanish on articles published for the Chinese Medical Journal in Peking, China.
Sept. 1964 - May 1967 worked translating English to Spanish and correcting style for the Foreign Languages Press in Peking, China.
Buenos Aires, Argentina:Degree in Medicine from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961.
