Dr. Kien Trinh, MD, BSc, MSc, PhD (Cand), FCFP, FRSS, Diploma in Sports Medicine
McMaster University Health Sciences Medical Acupuncture Program Chair
Associate Clinical Professor, DeGroote School of
Medicine, McMaster University
Director, Ancaster Sport Medicine Centre
Medical Commissions and Team Physician, Boxing Canada
Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, Boxing Ontario
Dr. Kien (Ken) Trinh received his M.D. degree and residency training from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is licensed to practice Medicine independently since 1993. He holds a Diploma in Sport Medicine from the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. He earned his M.Sc. degree in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University. His thesis topic was on acute low back pain and acupuncture. Currently, he is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Health Research Methodology, Biostatistics program at McMaster University.
Teaching and Clinical
Dr. Trinh is an attending physician at the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, McMaster Hospital Site. He is the Elective Coordinator for the Acupuncture in Sports Medicine electives for undergraduate medical students at McMaster University.
His other involvement in the medical school includes serving as the Elective Coordinator for electives such as Acupuncture, and Sports Medicine. Furthermore, he is the Chair of Interviews for the M.D. Program Admissions at McMaster University.
He was a team physician for Canada for the 2003 Pan American Games in Dominican. He was a team physician for Canada again at the Pan American games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007. He was on the board of directors as the Medical Director for Boxing Ontario and is on the Medical Commissions for Boxing Canada. He is a team physician for Boxing at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece.
Research
His present research interests include Acupuncture, Sports Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine. He is the Principle Investigator for the project on Acupuncture in Neck Disorders; a Cochrane review. He is a coauthors or contributors to several Cochrane reviews for Neck Disorders.
He has lectured extensively to the medical profession and the public on the topic of acupuncture and has published numerous articles on acupuncture research methodology. Dr. Trinh serves on numerous international panels as an expert in acupuncture research methodology. He is the only Canadian acupuncture expert in the Exeter Consensus Symposium in 2001 where the STRICTA statement (a guide to acupuncture research methodology) was drafted. He is a member (the only Canadian acupuncture expert) of the advisory board for the Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Field.
Selected Publications
Trinh KV, Graham N,Gross AR, Goldsmith C et al.
Acupuncture for
Neck Disorders: A Systematic Review. Cochrane Collaboration
Library
2006.
Trinh KV, Phillips SD, Ho E, Damsma K. Acupuncture in
alleviation of lateral epicondyle pain: A systematic review.
Rheumatology. Jun 2004.
Trinh KV, Phillips SD. A Critique of a Cochrane
review. Explore: The Journal of Science and
Healing. January 2006.
Trinh
KV, Phillips SD. Needling the facts.: An evidence-based
review of
acupuncture. The Canadian Journal of Diagnosis.
March 2004. p81-84
Trinh KV. The challenges of non-pharmacological
trials: Blinding
and other issues in acupuncture research as an example. Drug
Information Journal. 36(4) 2002. p509-511
Trinh KV. Blinding
issues in acupuncture research: Should the treating acupuncturists be
blinded? The Journal Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine. 3(4)
2002.
White AR, Trinh KV. Performing systematic reviews in
acupuncture. The Journal Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental
Medicine.
3(2) 2002. p26-31
Trinh KV. Is one-month recovery too soon to
expect from patients with acute low back pain? A systematic review.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
33(5), S90,
2001.[Abstract]
Selected Presentations
1) Trinh KV. Evidence of acupuncture treatment in diseases of the locomotor system. First German Joint Acupuncture Congress. Plenum in Raum Frankfurt. One of the two invited international speaker. May 2007, Bad Nauheim, Frankfurt.
2) Trinh KV. Workshop: Acupuncture in Sports Medicine. First German Joint Acupuncture Congress. Plenum in Raum Frankfurt. May 2007, Bad Nauheim, Frankfurt.
3) Trinh KV. Evidence-based Sports Medicine: How to deal with uncertainty in the evidence. Invited speaker for the plenary session. Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine Annual Scientific Conference. March 2007, Quebec City, Quebec.
5) Trinh KV. Acupuncture for neck disorders; An update of a systematic review. American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and ICMART Congress May 2006, Washington DC.
6) Trinh KV. An overview of evidence for medical acupuncture May 2005. ICMART Congress, Prague.
7) Trinh KV. Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis; A systematic review May 2005. ICMART Congress, Prague.
8) Trinh KV. Acupuncture for neck disorders; A systematic review. ICMART Congress, Prague.
9) Trinh K, Medical acupuncture: An evidence based approach. April 2005. McMaster University, A special invited seminar for medical and allied health students.
10) Trinh K. The BMAS Annual Scientific Meeting. October 16, 2004. Topic: Neck pain. Served as an expert on an international panel. The Royal College of Physicians, London, England
11) Trinh K, Phillips, SD. The BMAS Annual Scientific Meeting. October 16, 2004. Topic: Epicondylitis: Clinical treatment and present evidence. The Royal College of Physicians, London, England
12) Trinh K, Phillips, SD. Acupuncture in alleviation of lateral epicondyle pain: A systematic review. Society for Acupuncture Research. October 2, 2004. San Francisco, California, USA
13) Trinh K. The BMAS Annual Scientific Meeting. October 5, 2003. Topic: Clinical heterogeneity: An example from a systematic review of acupuncture for neck pain. The Royal College of Physicians, London, England.
14) Trinh K. CIHR CAM Priorities Workshop. Toronto. February 10, 2002. Invited as an expert on acupuncture research methodology for the panel.
15) Trinh K. McMaster University. Complementary Medicine Day for Medical Students. November 21, 2001. Invited speaker. Topic of presentation: Acupuncture: An evidence-based perspective.
16) Trinh K. The 37th Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association. Denver, Colorado. July 7 to 11, 2001. Invited speaker and served as an expert on the panel for acupuncture research methodology. Topic of presentation: The challenges of non-pharmacological trials.
17) Trinh K. International Symposium on Acupuncture Research Methodology. Exeter, United Kingdom. July 2 to 4, 2001. Invited speaker and served as an expert on the panel for acupuncture and systematic review methodology. Topic of Presentations: i) Proper blinding in acupuncture research and ii) Best evidence synthesis: Limitations and problems.
18) Trinh K. The 2nd Annual KMH Laboratory CME Event. Deerhurst, Ontario. Invited Speaker. Topic: Common Sports Injuries for Family Physicians.
19) Trinh K. The 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. Baltimore, Maryland. May30 2001. Is One-month recovery too soon to expect from patients with acute low back pain? A systematic review.
20) Trinh K. Australian Pan Pacific Medical Acupuncture Forum. Gold coast, Australia. 14th October 1996. Topic: The Pattern of Acupuncture Utilization for Acute Low Back Pain in Ontario.
21) Trinh K. Hamilton Hygienists Society 13th November 1996. Hamilton, Ontario. Topic: Temporomandibular Joint syndrome.
Media Experiences
1. 2006 CFRB AM 1010 Radio interview on hepatitis in Boxing2. 2006 Boston Globe interview on neck pain publication
3. 2006 Medical Post interview on medical school admissions
4. 2006 Woman’s World Magazine & Health Behavior News Service on neck pain publication
5. 2006 Reader’s Digest article on Boxing for fitness
6. 2005 Fifty Plus Magazine on Boxing safety
7. 2004 CBC TV or CTV interview on Boxing safety
8. 2004 CHCH TV interview on Lateral Epicondylitis
9. 2004 Western Gazette Magazine interview on McMaster Medical School Interview
10.2004 Ancaster News August 6, 2004 on Boxing Olympic coverage
11. 2004 “Medical Students” Reality TV segment with Erin Carter
12. 1996 CHCH TV interview on Boating safety