Kiiko Matsumoto

Kiiko Matsumoto, LAc, is a world-renowned acupuncturist and teacher, best known for her ability to integrate the work of Japanese masters such as Master Nagano, Master Kawai, and Dr. Manaka into a coherent and clinically effective style. She is co-director of the KINKO Psychiatric Hospital in Yokohama City, Japan, researching and treating depression using Master […]

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 […]

Kenneth 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. […]

Neil Theise

Neil Theise, MD is a liver pathologist professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and an attending physician at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center. Through his scientific research, he has been a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity and the anatomy of the human interstitium. Dr. Theise’s studies in complexity […]

Yueying Li

Dr. Yueying Li is a licensed acupuncturist, with a specialization in dermatology, and over 36 years of experience in teaching and practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treating patients with a variety of illnesses including at hospitals as a TCM Internal Medicine Specialist. Dr. Li is recognized as an expert in dermatology, Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation, Women’s […]

Lisa Taylor-Swanson

Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD, LAc, is a dedicated women’s health researcher and licensed acupuncturist who is passionately committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare for midlife women. As an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing (CON) at the University of Utah (UU), she works to improve women’s health during the menopausal transition, ensuring […]