New York, NY: Matthew Yee
Fast facts Practice type: Community Specialties: Chronic pain, general wellness, musculoskeletal pain, sports injuries Styles: Community acupuncture, Japanese acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? For many great reasons, I decided to become an acupuncturist and make these studies a huge part of my life. But the main reason was that [...]
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New York, NY: Jane Terrana
Fast facts Practice type: Community Specialties: Allergies, digestive conditions, menstrual conditions, sports injuries, women’s health Styles: Community acupuncture, motor point acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? I saw how effective acupuncture and herbal medicine were while working in wellness centers through college. Many people who came through the doors had [...]
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New York, NY: Yuka Hagiwara
Fast facts Practice type: Community Specialties: Anxiety, depression, general wellness Styles: Community acupuncture, herbal therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? I was exposed to healing arts as a young girl when my mother, a shiatsu practitioner, taught me about meridian theory, and how to massage certain points to feel better. [...]
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Seattle, WA: Moses Jenkins
Fast facts Practice type: Private Specialties: Stress, women’s health Styles: Auricular (ear) acupuncture, herbal therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? I have always been fascinated with the human body, health and medicine. Originally, in my undergraduate studies, I majored in biology, planning to continue onto medical school. During the second [...]
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Meiners Oaks, CA: Apolonia Paulusse
Fast facts Practice type: Hybrid Specialties: Arthritis, brain injuries, epilepsy, pediatric conditions, women’s health, Styles: Herbal therapy, Japanese acupuncture, pediatric acupuncture Why did you become an acupuncturist? After I got myself much healthier and stronger through a macrobiotic diet, I was introduced to acupressure and Shiatsu (Ohashi and Masunaga were my teachers). I saw its [...]
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Longmont, CO: Stacey Donelson
Fast facts Practice type: Hybrid Specialties: General wellness, infertility, insomnia, stress, women’s health Styles: Herbal therapy, pediatric acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? To help everyone find balance and create health. To educate that we can heal ourselves. To improve community and personal health in a tangible, clear way. What [...]
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Perrysburg, OH: Tamara D. Willingham
Fast facts Practice type: Private Specialties: Digestive conditions, infertility, musculoskeletal pain, stroke, women’s health Styles: Dr. Tan’s Balance Method, Five Element acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? After eight years of practice as a massage therapist, I moved to Seattle to study acupuncture and herbal medicine. I wanted to better [...]
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Portland, OR : Danielle Melanson
Fast facts Practice type: Private Specialties: Anxiety, autoimmune conditions, digestive conditions, sports injuries, women’s health Styles: Dr. Tan’s Balance Method, herbal therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? I became an acupuncturist after Chinese medicine and needles healed me. When I became sick in 2003, a friend simply said, “You need [...]
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Lake Forest, CA: Eric Carlisle
Fast facts Practice type: Hybrid Specialties: Allergies, asthma, digestive conditions, musculoskeletal pain, pediatric conditions Styles: Classical acupuncture, herbal therapy, pediatric acupuncture Why did you become an acupuncturist? I became an acupuncturist because I was searching for answers to questions that I felt Western medicine and modern American culture failed to answer. I was also bored [...]
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Campbell, CA: Cindi Ignatovsky
Fast facts Practice type: Private Specialties: Autoimmune conditions, infertility, menstrual conditions, pregnancy and labor support, women’s health Styles: Herbal therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Why did you become an acupuncturist? Acupuncture helped me recover from a mysterious health condition. I was getting bounced from doctor to doctor and test to test, and no one could [...]
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