Life journey (and links)

Worked as a clinical research assistant & medical writer at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NY, attending & presenting at medical conferences all over the world, from 1990 until it closed.

 

In 2009, enrolled in full-time study of what at the time was called Oriental Medicine— two years in Los Angeles (link to dula.edu) followed by three years in NYC. The entire program requires 3 1/2 to 4 years of full-time study. (In China, according to my AMAZING teacher, Dr. ChunYi Qian (link to ChunYi & husband Dr. Zheng QiWei at their Beverly Hills acupuncture practice), one is discouraged from taking on even a part-time job or girlfriend-boyfriend, expected instead to focus 100% on one's studies. And so I did.) NY license (link) was awarded in June of 2014.

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From 2018 to 2020, coursework with the IFM* to become a certified practitioner of functional medicine, a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease, with a focus on nutrition & gut health. (see IFM link, "What Is Functional Medicine?)

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Functional medicine precepts & methods seemed to dove-tail nicely with Chinese medicine philosophy as well as to extend, refine & modernize bits of its diagnostic methods-- and to offer a more quantitative understanding of how (& why) both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can be so effective clinically.

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• Link to IFM profile (the Institute for Functional Medicine)

• Link to A4M profile (the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine), although I'm not a big fan of the term "anti-aging;" I think we should instead be "pro-aging," if only on our terms!

• PubMed.gov link to peer-reviewed publications

• Link to IMMH (Integrative Medicine for Mental Health), if only because I really respect their work

• Link to James Greenblatt's "Psychiatry Redefined" webinar library, again, because I am so grateful for his ground-breaking work (& advocacy)

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In addition to acupuncture home service, I offer phone, video and in-home consults, including East Asian herbal medicine consults. I am licensed to practice in NY, NJ and PA.

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* The IFM curriculum consists of seven modules: Bioenergetics, GI, Detox, Hormone, Cardiometabolic, Immune, Clinical Applications, and takes two to three years (and a cool $18K) to complete. Check out their free videos (most are from 2017 but feature storied presenters: Alessio Fasano, Dale Bredesen, Nathan Price, Jeffrey Bland, Robert Hedaya) at this link.