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Biography
Chit Chan Gunn, CM, OBC is the founder and president of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Gunn developed a process called Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) to treat neuropathic pain. In 2001 Dr Gunn was inducted into the Order of British Columbia and in 2002 into the Order of Canada for his contributions in the field of pain study. He is a clinical professor at the University of Washington and has been invited to lecture internationally on his approaches to pain therapy. He is also the founding director and past president of the Canadian Society of Asian Art.
IMS
Intramuscular Stimulation, or 'dry needling', is a diagnostic and treatment model for myofascial pain of neuropathic origin.
Awards
2015 - Chinese Canadian Legend Award
2001 - Order of Canada
2001 - Order of British Columbia
1997 - Honorary Fellow Peterhouse
Acknowledgements
| Publication | Author(s) | Permalink | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volumes 1-5 | William J Rea and Kalpana Patel | CRC Press | ‘Thanks to all the great anatomists and physiologists of the ages, especially ... Walter Cannon, MD and Chan Gunn, MD... and many others whose ideas and facts we used liberally to solidify the concepts of hypersensitivity and chronic degenerative disease’. |
| 100 Chinese-Canadians who are making a difference in British Columbia | Wency Leung, Michael Scott and Yvonne Zacharias | explorASIAN | "Chan Gunn's pioneering work on the concept of pain following neuropathy led to a major shift in the diagnosis and treatment of pain. His Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain has treated more than 10,000 patients in its first decade of operation". Vancouver Sun, October 21, 2006 |
| Bill 50, Traditional Chinese Medicine Act | Douglas Freer | OntLA | "I and a number of other physiotherapists in Ontario use is IMS. Dr. Chan Gunn from Vancouver developed intramuscular stimulation acupuncture. Dr. Gunn developed this type of acupuncture after working with WCB in the 1970s. He now teaches a course in Canada and 18 other countries. It is in recognition of this work that he has received the Order of British Columbia and the Order of Canada". Committee Documents: - 2006-Oct-30 |
| History of the Peterhouse Libraries | Peterhouse | "the College, supported again by generous benefactions, extended and completed that transformation, by converting the last unused gallery of the old Museum into a magnificent reading room (with adjoining computer rooms) – named the 'Gunn Gallery' after Dr Chan Gunn, an Honorary Fellow and its principal benefactor, who read Medicine at Peterhouse in the 1950s". |