Khensu Carter
Dr. Kenneth “Khensu” Carter is the current President of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) with many years as a NADA Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (ADS) and then a NADA Registered Trainer. He began his comprehensive acupuncture education–as a rising 3rd-year medical student in 1982 at Lincoln Detox under the tutelage of Mr. Carlos Alverez, Mr. […]
Alaine Duncan
Alaine Duncan has a unique approach acupuncture that integrates polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of the self-protective response with ancient healing principles of Chinese medicine. This clinical fascination has carried her heart to places and people she never imagined when she graduated from acupuncture school in 1990, and completed Somatic Experiencing training in 2007. Alaine […]
Andrew Nugent-Head
Andrew Nugent-Head, founder and president of the Association for Traditional Studies, moved to China in 1986 to study Chinese medicine, internal cultivation practices, and martial arts. He was privileged to learn in a traditional manner from the last generation of practitioners born and educated prior to the arrival of communism in 1949, one of the […]
Belinda (Beau) Anderson
Dr. Anderson earned her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Sydney (Australia), and her Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA, Boston, MA). Dr. Anderson has over 20 years of administrative, clinical, research and teaching experience. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at Albert […]
Bill Helm
Helm is the director and lead instructor at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego and the former department chair of the massage and bodywork program at Pacific College of Health and Science. He has been studying Chinese martial and healing arts since 1965, specializing in taijiquan, tui na, qigong, and herbal medicine. Helm is a […]
Brandon Hoffman
Brandon Hoffman is the Market Development Executive for American Acupuncture Council. Coming from a family of Allied Health professionals, he has been exposed to acupuncture and chiropractic throughout his life. Since joining the organization full-time in 2015, Hoffman has lectured on risk avoidance, practice management, and professional ethics alongside Marilyn Allen and Dr. Nell Smircina, […]
Bridgette Shea
Bridgette Shea is a NYS licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner. She is the owner of Ageless Healing Arts and Wellness Education Center, where she combines Chinese and Ayurvedic medicines with yoga, energy medicine, and visualization practices. A practitioner and teacher of yoga and the healing arts for over 25 years, Shea is also the […]
Camilla Yu
Camilla Xio Yu, MSc, LMHC, LPC, NCC, is a licensed psychotherapist and a trainer and clinical supervisor for counseling and social work interns. She is an advocate and a lecturer with expertise in trauma, cultural humility, equity, diversity and inclusion and LGBTIQA+ awareness. Her work focuses on collective healing of the Asian communities across the […]
Cari Schaefer
Cari Schaefer, DACM, LAc, has been nationally board-certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbology since 1999. In private clinical practice, she has focused on women and family health through integrative holistic nutritional medicine and a blend of muscle testing, lab analyses, and clinical evaluation. Schaefer’s Amazon bestseller The Food Solution, released in 2016, educated the public […]
Claudia Citkovitz
Dr. Claudia Citkovitz has directed the inpatient acupuncture service at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn since 2004, where she and her team provide postgraduate instruction in inpatient care. Her PhD study on acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation was the first in the U.S., as was her 2006 study of acupuncture during birth. Claudia teaches and practices acupuncture […]
