I graduated in 1998, from the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, where I studied a variety of styles of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I earned a Master’s of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and hold NCCAOM national certifications in both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I am licensed to practice in the states of Missouri and Washington.
After graduating and practicing in Seattle for a few years, I got curious about how Chinese medicine was practiced in Asia and so moved to Taiwan to study Chinese, with the intention of then spending time in Mainland China furthering my understanding and skill.
Those travels of over over five years had me spending time in both Taiwan and Mainland China. I had the good fortune to study medicine at Beijing TCM University and work with doctors in the crowded hospitals of Beijing, where patients seek Chinese medicine treatments for conditions unimaginable in the West.
In addition to studying herbal treatments in the digestive, respiratory and dermatology clinics of Beijing’s Dongzhimen hospital, I had the good fortune to study acupuncture with Dr. Wang, Ju-Yi a richly experienced scholar/doctor who never stops seeking deeper knowledge. In Taiwan, I regularly sat beside Dr. Jiang Tong, a 95 year-old practitioner who comes from a family of doctors, and learned his unique way of using granulated herbs.
After returning from Asia I spent three years running Yong Kang Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Seattle, and continued to travel regularly to Asia, both to study and occasionally lecture. Additionally, I translated a book on the use of classical herbal formulas from Han dynasty, which was published in July of 2009.
I recently returned from another extended stay in China, and now devote my time to running the Yong Kang Chinese Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri.
When not treating patients, I can be found working on translating some of the great wealth of Chinese medical texts into English, or acting as chief editor and publisher of www.junkyarddaoist.com, an online journal of Oriental medicine for practitioners of the art.
