The Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture clinic
is permanently closed as of June 30, 2015.
Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture is a community-style acupuncture clinic established to serve veterans, their families, and active duty military personnel. The clinic is staffed by a team of volunteers.
Clinic Staff
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| Team Leader: Christine Jablonski, MSOM, MB, C.Ac., BSN |
Ms. Jablonski is a Registered Nurse and Certified Acupuncturist. After graduating from Marquette University's College of Nursing in 1975, she worked in a wide variety of health care settings in Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Germany.
After several years of study at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine (Chicago, Milwaukee, and Guangzhou, China), Ms. Jablonski obtained her Master's Degree in 1998. She is a member of Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) and credentialed in their two-day training course, "Healing
Community Trauma: How to do Acupuncture in the Field for Traumatic
Events," in 2011.
Ms. Jablonski has practiced at the Wheaton Franciscan Center for Complementary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and owned her own clinic -- the Heartland Clinic of Alternative Medicine -- in Wauwatosa for five years. She served as the sole acupuncturist for ProHealthCare Medical Associates in Waukesha County (WI) for six years.
Currrently, Ms. Jablonski is employed as one of the acupuncturists at Jensen Health & Energy Center, S.C. in Elm Grove, WI.
Other staff:
Ms. Jablonski has practiced at the Wheaton Franciscan Center for Complementary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and owned her own clinic -- the Heartland Clinic of Alternative Medicine -- in Wauwatosa for five years. She served as the sole acupuncturist for ProHealthCare Medical Associates in Waukesha County (WI) for six years.
Currrently, Ms. Jablonski is employed as one of the acupuncturists at Jensen Health & Energy Center, S.C. in Elm Grove, WI.
Other staff:
- Acupuncturists (licensed/certified or MD-trained acupuncturists in state of Wisconsin)
- Non Acupuncture Health Professionals, such as Nurses, EMTs and Paramedics, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, etc.
- Greeters /Receptionists
All acupuncture volunteers have malpractice insurance in place and follow OSHA guidelines at all times in the clinic setting. In addition, all staff volunteers have been screened and have received training in the clinic’s operations. (Info for volunteers here.)
The MVA Clinic is affiliated with the group Acupuncturists Without Borders.
Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) was founded in October 2005 in response to Hurricane Katrina. Over 25 teams of AWB practitioners traveled to New Orleans and delivered free ear-points acupuncture treatments to evacuees, displaced residents, relief workers, emergency responders, and many others. AWB collaborated with mental health organizations, free medical clinics, homeless shelters, New Orleans firefighters, police and SWAT teams, the military and Coast Guard, FEMA, and a variety of recovery groups. All told, nearly 8000 people were treated.
The AWB vision to help veterans and active duty personnel suffering from stress and trauma was born from the huge impact that acupuncture had on the healing of the people of Louisiana. For more information about Acupuncturists Without Borders, see their website at www.acuwithoutborders.org.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Banner Image: Misty Fields. Photographer: Lou Host-Jablonski of Design Coalition
Webmaster: Judith A. Jablonski