All Members of The Association are bound by the Association’s Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Practice and must hold a university, college or other equal recognized professional qualification in Chinese medicine. The different categories of qualifications are designated on appropriately worded certificates issued by the Association.

All members who are currently practising TCM must be covered by professional and public liability insurance for TCM practice and this requirement is compulsory. ATCM has a Professional Block Insurance Scheme with Balens Specialist Insurance Consultants, which covers professional indemnity (malpractice), public liability and product liability.

For the purpose of insurance, ATCM is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Balens Limited, Bridge House, Portland Road, Malvern, WR14 2JR, who are authorised and regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority.

ATCM have three different types of members for the purpose of practice, and honour. These Types are:

Practicing Members: Ordinary Members; Associate Members; Overseas Members
Practicing Under Supervision Members: Student Members
Honorary Members: Fellow Members; Honorary Members

Practicing Members

FM

Ordinary Member – Full Member (FM)

If a member’s registration number prefixed with “FM”, that indicate that this member is qualified to practice Chinese acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and Tuina – Chinese therapeutic massage.

CA

Ordinary Member -Category I (CA)

If a member’s registration number prefixed with “CA”, this indicate that this member is qualified to practise Chinese acupuncture and Tuina – Chinese therapeutic massage.

CB

Ordinary Member -Category II (CB)

If a member’s registration number prefixed with “CB”, that means that this member is qualified to practise Chinese acupuncture only.

CC

Ordinary Member -Category III (CC)

If a member’s registration number prefixed with “CC”, that means that this member is qualified to practise Chinese acupuncture, Tuina – Chinese therapeutic massage and Chinese patent herbal medicine.

CD

Ordinary Member -Category IV (CD)

If a member’s registration number prefixed with “CD”, that means that this member is qualified to practise Chinese herbal medicine.

All Ordinary Members have the right of votes

AM

Associate Members

Associate Members must have received training in one or more aspects (such as tuina – Chinese therapeutic massage, cupping) of TCM to a standard acceptable to the Council of the Association. Their membership registration number prefixed with “AT”.

Associate Members have no right of vote.

OM

Overseas Members

Members who practice outside United Kingdom. Their membership registration number prefixed with “OS”.

Overseas Members have no right of vote.

Practive under Supervision Members

SM

Student Members

Student members are students of TCM. Student member is entitled to practice TCM under the supervision from accredited training institutes. Their membership registration number prefixed with “SM”.

Student members have no right of vote.

Honorary Members

Dr Xiaoping Zhai (Honoured in 2004)

Dr Xiao-Ping Zhai is the founder of The Zhai Clinic and is a specialist in reproductive medicine. She graduated in China and is qualified in both Western and Chinese medicine. She draws on both disciplines to treat patients in the most appropriate way.

She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Association of traditional Chinese medicine and Acupuncture UK and a member of the British Fertility Society. Dr Zhai is committed to promoting further research into the role of TCM in reproductive medicine and her work has attracted widespread journalistic interest. She contributes to professional journals and has been featured on radio, television and in national newspapers and magazines. She was one of the founders of ATCM.

Dr Bing Chung Chan (Honoured in 2006)

Dr Chan graduated from Guangzhou University of TCM at 1966 and qualified as a doctor of Chinese medicine since then. He practised Chinese medicine in Hong Kong until 1986; then he moved to the UK and practising in London since 1987. Dr Chan is one of the founders of ATCM and Fellow member of ATCM. He served as council members as the Treasurer for 12 years. He had been a member of programme development committee at Middlesex University.

Dr Shou Ming Zhong (Honoured in 2017)

Dr Shouming Zhong is the initiator and founder of ATCM(UK). Graduated in 1965 from China Pharmaceutical University, he became a pharmacist and worked in various sectors of pharmaceutical sciences before becoming a lecturer in Guiyang Medical College in 1975. Dr Zhong obtained his PhD in the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow in 1983 and later became a Professor in China Pharmaceutical University. In 1998 he was employed by UNIDO as an expert group leader stationed in Guatemala. After being invited as a Visiting Professor to the University of Strathclyde for 2 years, he joint TCM herbal medicine industry in Oxford, UK in 1992 and worked as Research Director, Director of New Products, Director of R & D, Company Board Director and Company Secretary, respectively, until 2008. It was in 1994 when he invited some TCM Practitioners mainly from China working in the UK to meet in London and created ATCM (UK).

With over 30 published papers/articles and various invited keynote speeches or presentations in international conferences, Dr Zhong also holds 12 GB or international patents, all of which were granted.

FL

The Fellow of ATCM is set up for praising and confirming members who devoted remarkable contributions to ATCM. More details of Fellow members can be found on Rules for the Fellow of ATCM. 

Kun Shan BU

卜昆山

 

Engin CAN

张恩勤

 

Bing Chung CHAN

陈炳忠

 

Min CHANG

常珉 

 

Min Ling CHEN

陈敏灵

 

Wei Xiong CHEN

陈伟雄

 

Ming Zhao CHENG

程铭钊

 

Xiao Lan DENG

邓小兰

 

Shu Jun DUAN

段姝均

 

Guang Xi FAN

范光熙

 

Qing Hao Fan

范庆浩

 

Ze Xin GUO

郭泽新

 

Yong Gang HAN

韩勇刚

 

Yu HAN

韩煜

 

Li HE

何莉

 

Xuan HE

何绚

 

Xiao Tie HUANG

黄晓铁

 

Dan JIANG

江丹

 

Song Xuan KE

柯松轩

 

Wen Qing LI

李文卿

 

Yong Zhi LI

李永芝

 

Bin LIU

刘斌

 

Da Rong Liu

刘大荣

 

Hui An LIU

刘会安

 

Xia LIU

刘霞

 

Alexander Brian Mearns

 

 

Hui NIE

聂卉

 

Li Yi QI

戚丽宜

 

Meng Zhu QIAN

钱梦珠

 

Hui Jun SHEN

沈惠军

 

Wen Rui SU

苏文瑞

 

Guo Bin WANG

王国冰

 

Jia Rui WANG

王家瑞

 

Li Bo WANG

王立波

 

Ruibin WANG

王瑞斌

 

Yan Jing WANG

王燕京

 

Cheng Hong WU

吴承红

 

Ji Dong WU

吴继东

 

Jun Hong XIA

夏均宏

 

David XIU

修运强

 

Ying XU

徐盈

 

Biao YANG

杨彪

 

Qin Jian YANG

杨勤建

 

Guidong YE

叶桂东

 

Li Ren YUAN

袁立人

 

Su Ya YUAN

袁苏雅

 

Xiao Ping ZHAI

翟小萍

 

Chao ZHANG

张超

 

Dan Feng ZHANG

张丹凤

 

Guo Wen ZHAO

赵国文

 

Li Qin ZHAO

赵丽琴

 

Ping Ping ZHAO

赵平平

 

Bai Fang ZHU

祝柏芳

 

Julie Hongying ZHU

朱红影

 

Yi ZHU

朱毅