 Dr. ROSS TURCHANINOV, MDDr. Turchaninov graduated from Odessa Medical School in the Ukraine in 1983 with honors and was selected for the Kiev Orthopedic Institute for Scientific Research. In 1985 he finished a two-year program at this institute with specialization in trauma surgery and posttraumatic rehabilitation under the supervision of Academician K.S.Ternovoy, M.D. At the same time Dr. Turchaninov began his scientific dissertation “Surgical and Rehabilitation Treatment of Patients with Bone Defects”. He obtained his scientific degree in 1989. During his residency, Dr. Turchaninov also studied electric acupuncture under the supervision of Dr. O. Leonenko, M.D. In 1985-1988 he worked as the chief supervisor of the rehabilitation program of the Ministry of Public Health of the Ukraine. In 1990 Dr. Turchaninov graduated from the chiropractic and medical massage program designed for medical doctors in the Kiev Orthopedic Institute. In 1988-1991 he worked as a senior scientific researcher in the Clinic of Trauma Complications in the same institute in cooperation with Professor N.K.Ternovoy. In 1992 Dr.Turchaninov moved to the USA because of consequences of the Chernobyl disaster and is now living in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Turchaninov is the author of 32 scientific articles and two patents in the former Soviet Union and Ukraine. He wrote three textbooks on medical massage in the USA: Medical Massage Volume I and Volume II, Therapeutic Massage. A Scientific Approach. CONNIE A. COX Connie A. Cox is the founder and President of the Stress Less Step in New York City, the largest massage/bodywork center in the United States. Living in fast-paced Manhattan, Ms Cox, a Harvard MBA, saw the need to escape from the stress of everyday life, and would relieve her own tensions with massage. Ms Cox believes that massage, once regarded primarily as a pampering treatment for the rich, is needed by people from every walk of life. After eight years, Ms. Cox has built The Stress Less Step into a million-dollar enterprise. And her vision has extended West. She recently opened a second center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to the Stress Less Step, Ms. Cox was a successful banker, corporate planner and business consultant for companies such as Citibank, General Foods, and McKinsley & Company. Her expertise: identifying new business opportunities, strategic planning and marketing. As a business executive, Ms. Cox published numerous articles on strategic planning and marketing. She is the author of Selling Information to U.S. Businesses, the first published documentation of the business information industry in the U.S. In 1994, she is also published the book Maternity Massage, written for the general public.  Dr. ALEX GOMBOYEV, MDDr. Gomboyev graduated from Tomsk Medical School in 1990. This is the one of the more prestigious medical schools in the Asian part of Russia. Dr. Gomboyev completed a full term of residency in the Neurology Department of Tomsk Regional Hospital and became a neurologist. In 1993 Dr. Gomboyev finished a one year program of alternative medicine especially designed for medical doctors in the Tomsk Medical School. He studied acupuncture under supervision of Prof. N.V. Lian, MD one of the most respected scientist in this field, and homeopathy with herbology under the supervision of Prof. A.G. Pashinsky, MD. Dr. Gomboyev is a native buryat. Buryatia is the southern part of Siberia which has closes ethnic and cultural relations with Mongolia, China and Tibet. This is actually only one region of Russia where part of the native population still live according to the Buddist tradition. Dr. Gomboyev was raised by his grandfather, one of the most respected natural healers in Buryatia. From his youngest years he became interested in Oriental medicine by helping his grandfather and later by studing the original ancient manuscripts which were transferred after Revolution from closed local Buddist temples to the library of Tomsk University. Dr. Gomboyev succefully combined the Eastern healing experience and modern Western medical education. This unique blend allowed Dr. Gomboyev to formulate his own, very unusual and effective approach to traditional acupuncture, acupressure and shiatsu. His clinical recomendations are succesfully used in many clinics and hospitals of Siberia. Dr. Gomboyev is author of several articles in Russian scientific magazines. He is currently living in Phoenix, Arizona. |
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