About Me:

After receiving my BS in biology and chemistry in 1986 from Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio, I began medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1988.  I changed my mind about a career in conventional medicine during my first year at UVA and moved to Manhattan and then Los Angeles where I worked in film production.  While in Los Angeles I enrolled in the master's degree program in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Samra University.  The four year program at Samra included extensive training in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese diagnosis and treatment theory, yin yang and five element theory, wen bing and 5 level differentiation of disease, moxabustion and cupping techniques, tui na massage, Qi Gong, Tai Qi and basic Chinese language comprehension and use.  The program also included extensive coverage of western pathology, anatomy and physiology, as well as diagnosis and treatment.

Since receiving my Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM), I have acquired experience practicing in California, Virginia and Massachusetts.  Although I treat all disorders and diseases, I have a special interest in treating headaches/migraines, stress and anxiety, musculo-skeletal pain and infertility.  I am currently licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Virginia to practice acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in all of its forms, and am board certified as a Diplomat of Oriental Medicine (DOM) by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).  Additionally I have post-graduate certification from the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) in clean needle technique, and have been trained in the specialty of Facial Acupuncture (Acupuncture Face lift), as well as the NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) protocol for substance abuse support and detoxification.