Professional 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 in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Berlin, Paris, Milan, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Lisbon, London, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, from 1990 until the program collapsed and NY state allowed the Catholic hospital system to go bankrupt.

 

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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Since completing the IFM curriculum, have spent more and more time with Dr. James Greenblatt (functional psychiatry) and Dr. Sam Yanuck (functional immunology), both gems of men and teachers and, I presume, clinicians. Dr. Greenblatt is based in Waltham, MA; Dr. Yanuck, in Chapel Hill, NC.

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

• 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)

• Link to Dr. Samuel Yanuck's "Functional Immunology" as well as his North Carolina practice

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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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Location: 117 Dobbin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11222; (646) 470-9365

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Book: in-person on virtual (Q&A only/introduction sessions only) at this link (TK)

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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.