Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Orthopedics Expert Witness

PROFILE:

Licensed Acupuncturist, medical examination and report-writing consultant regarding Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM), dry needling, and manual/massage therapy. Experienced expert witness/subject matter expert.

Professional Skills

• Acupuncture expert witness/consultant regarding litigation, insurance audits and regulatory board investigations.
• Doctorate-level and continuing education instructor regarding topics including safety training, professional ethics and risk management, and medical documentation.
• Acupuncture/electro-acupuncture and dry/trigger-point needling.
• Manual therapies: muscle energy technique, orthopedic massage, suction cupping and gua sha (aka  myofascial decompression and IASTM).

Professional Distinctions & Experience

• Served as subject matter expert for California Acupuncture Board, 2009-2022.
• Represented both plaintiffs and defendants as expert witness in malpractice litigation.
• Continuous experience since 2003 providing acupuncture in physician-lead clinics, and on referral basis with diverse medical professionals.
•  Consultant, Acupuncture Advisory Panel for Medical Insurance Exchange Corp.
• Guest editor and peer reviewer. Medical Acupuncture, 2023 – present.

AOM Instructor Professional History

• Clinical Supervisor, Associate Professor
  Clinic Orientation and Safety, Five
  Branches University of TCM,
  2005-2020
• Doctoral Instructor, Doctorate in
  Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
  programs, Academy of Chinese Culture
  and Health Sciences, 2017-present;
  Virginia University of Integrative
  Medicine, 2020-present
• Continuing Education Provider
  California Acupuncture Board,
  2014-present & NCCAOM,
  2020-present

AOM Degrees, Licensure, Certifications

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

• Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Five Branches University, Santa Cruz, 2002
• Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.), California Acupuncture Board 2003 + Virginia Dept. of Health,
• Certificate, Integrative Sports Medicine,
  Five Branches University, 2004
• Certificate in Integrative Sports Medicine, Five Branches University, 2004
• Diplomate, National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics, 2006
• Doctorate, Acupuncture and Oriental
  Medicine, Orthopedics and Pain
  Management specialty, Academy of
  Chinese Culture and Health Sciences, 2020

AOM Clinical Practice History

• Private Practice, Lic. Acupuncturist, Santa Cruz Acupuncture Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Clinic, 2003-2020; Sports Acupuncture Clinic 2021-present, Berkeley CA and Charlottesville VA
• L.Ac., SpineMed Associates, Aptos, CA, 2006-2008
• L.Ac., PRIME Pain Medicine Institute, Santa Cruz. 2013-2015
• Physical Therapy Aide and Athletic Training Assistant, Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Santa Cruz, 2000-2005

Additional Medical Education & Certifications

Integrative Medicine

• Fellow, Academy of Integrative Pain Management, 2014

Dry Needling Training and Certification

• Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist, Myopain Seminars, 2017

Manual and Exercise Therapy Certifications

• Acupressure Diploma, Acupressure Institute, 1998
  Certificate in Sports & Deep Tissue Massage, McKinnon Institute, 1998
  Certified Massage Therapist, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 1997
• Exercise Instruction
  Personal Trainer, American College of Sports Medicine, 2006

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Professional Member, Acupuncture Society of Virginia