Michael Berletich, DAOM, LAc.

Dr. Michael Berletich has been in private practice for over 20 years and served as a faculty member for decades at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, Oregon, teaching graduate-level Chinese medicine. In addition to being a Professor there, he worked as a Clinical Supervisor, Department Chair of Chinese medicine, and Dean of […]

Tracy Gaudet, MD.

Tracy Gaudet, MD, is the Executive Director of the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) National Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, charged with leading VHA’s transformation to Whole Health, an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and live their life to the fullest. Dr. Gaudet served […]

Kiiko Matsumoto, Lic.Ac.

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 […]

Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, LAc.

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 […]

Heiner Fruehauf, PhD, LAc.

Dr. Heiner Fruehauf has researched East Asian civilizations and Chinese medicine for more than 30 years. After studying comparative literature, philosophy, sinology, and Chinese medicine at universities in Germany, China, Japan and the United States, he received a PhD from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. During five […]

John Chen, PhD, OMD, LAc.

Dr. John Chen, PhD, OMD, LAc, is a recognized authority on Chinese herbal medicine and Western pharmacology. Holding doctoral degrees from both USC School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University, he currently teaches at USC and other universities of traditional Chinese medicine. Chen actively participates in education and research, and lectures widely at conferences at […]