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. […]

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 […]

CT Holman

CT Holman has authored two textbooks, Treating Emotional Trauma with Chinese Medicine and Shamanism in Chinese Medicine. With over 20 years practicing Chinese medicine, he operates a busy general family practice in Salem, Oregon. Holman trained with several leading teachers in China and the USA. To emphasize the effectiveness of music in medical treatments, he […]

Felice Dunas

Felice Dunas began her studies in 1970, before acupuncture colleges or a profession existed outside Asian communities in the U.S.  Serving as an apprentice to noted Japanese and Korean practitioners provided Dunas with unique insights into the ever-changing face of Chinese medicine as it transformed into a viable profession. She devoted 25 years to building the profession in […]