This year's speakers include:

Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, RN, FAAN, LAc
Director, Center for AIDS Research
Director, Integrative Therapies in Primary Care Subspecialty Program
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY
Dr. Joyce Anastasi is the Helen F. Pettit Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing, and Director of both the Center for AIDS Research and the Integrative Therapies in Primary Care Subspecialty Program. She also maintains a private acupuncture practice. Dr. Anastasi received her degree in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture from the New York College of Wholistic Health, Education and Research. She holds a PhD in Nursing from Adelphi University as well as an MA in Nursing from New York University. Dr. Anastasi has written several articles on symptom management and CAM therapies in HIV/AIDS and has been awarded federal funding from the NIH and HRSA to conduct research on symptom management for persons with HIV/AIDS and graduate education programs in the areas of HIV/AIDS and CAM. She was appointed to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public. Dr. Anastasi was recently awarded the Excellence in Research Award from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and the New York State Distinguished Researcher Award.

Joseph Acquah, LAc, OMD, MS, Diplomate NCCAOM
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Joseph Acquah is a nationally recognized Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM). He is the former Clinical Director and Internship Coordinator for the California Acupuncture College. Joseph began practicing acupuncture in 1981 and has taught at several colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, most recently, the New England School of Acupuncture. An expert in the art of Tai Chi Chuan, Joseph also holds a masters degree in Clinical Psychology.

Frances L. Brisbane, PhD
Dean, School of Social Welfare
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
Dr. Frances L. Brisbane is professor and dean at the School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is also dean of the Black Alcoholism and Addictions Institute and the National Black Alcoholism and Addictions Council in Washington, D.C. She is co-founder of Counseling and Treating People of Colour: An International Perspective, a conference that discusses health, mental health, substance abuse, AIDS, violence, and education across cultural lines. Dr. Brisbane is also the creator of the 100% Drug Free Clubs, which operates internationally as a model primary prevention program. She has also developed a model training program, Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, for professionals in human services who deal with challenging social-service problems ranging from abandonment to end-of-life issues.

Marc Brodsky, MD
Clinical Director, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Staff Physician, ULCA Center for East-West Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Marc Brodsky, MD, is board-certified in family medicine. He is interested in incorporating a new East/West paradigm in solving challenging problems for patients in the primary care setting. He has been a teacher in primary care and is currently working with the UCLA medical school leadership to help introduce this paradigm into the core medical school curriculum.

Decheng Chen PhD, OMD, LAc, MD (China)
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Mineola, NY
Dr. Decheng Chen is a professor of the New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is licensed to practice acupuncture in the state of New York and Florida. He has a Ph.D. in acupuncture and graduated from Nanjing University of TCM China in 1997. For three years Dr. Chen studied with Qiu Maoliang, the greatest authority of our time in this discipline. Before coming to the United States Dr. Chen worked as a doctor and professor at the Acupuncture Institute of China Academy of TCM in Beijing. He has had more than 20 years of clinical and teaching experience in China, Russia, Egypt, Dubai, U.A.E. and U.S.A. He has published eleven books (see the author's publishing list-author's bibliography), including The Chinese Single Point Acupuncture and Moxibustion and The Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Cosmetic and Anti-aging, etc. two VCD (see the author's publishing list-author's discography), The Single Point of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Simplified Review for National Examinations in Acupuncture and Clean Needle Technique, and more than 70 articles on Chinese Medicine and has received numerous prizes and honors for his work.

Yemeng Chen, LAc, FICAE
Academic Dean, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Editor-in-chief, American Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, New York, NY
Mineola, NY
A graduate of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr. Yemeng Chen has directed the Medical and Health Care Department of Shanghai International Health Center as well as the Acupuncture Department of Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University. He is currently academic dean of the New York Institute of Chinese Medicine and editor-in-chief of American Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is also serving a five-year term as a member of the New York State Board of Acupuncture.

Effie Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
President, East-West Academy of Healing Arts
Member, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow has been working to integrate traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine for more than thirty years. In 1973, she founded San Francisco's East West Academy of Healing Arts [http://www.eastwestqi.com/]. In 1988, the Qigong Institute was established within EWAHA to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong. Dr. Chow received her formal training in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, and the United States. She is an internationally recognized Qigong master. Active in the fields of alternative and ethno-medicines, she is an appointed member of the White House Commission for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Dr. Chow is the co-author, with Charles T. McGee, MD, of Miracle Healing From China: QIGONG.

Felice Dunas, PhD, LAc
An international lecturer and educator, Dr. Felice Dunas was among the first non-Asian acupuncturists in the U.S. She serves as a consultant to corporations and hospitals on lowering health-care costs with acupuncture. She served a three-year apprenticeship in San Francisco with noted Japanese and Korean acupuncturists before earning her bachelor's degree in sociology/international health care from UCLA. In 1988, she completed her doctorate degree in clinical Chinese medicine and pharmacology at Samra University, a U.S.-based sister school of the Medical College of Shanghai. She is the author of the best-selling book PASSION PLAY: Ancient Secrets for a Lifetime of Health and Happiness Through Sensational Sex. Her writings have appeared in Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Ms. Magazine, Fitness, Men's Health, and other publications.

David L. Felten, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Graduate Medical Education
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
Dr. David L. Felten is a neuroscientist who has helped to establish the field of psychoneuroimmunology and provide some of the mechanistic foundations for the physiological understanding of complementary and integrative medicine. He is the founding executive director of the Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and a professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine. Dr. Felten is a recipient of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship and two 10-year MERIT awards from two separate institutes (Aging and Mental Health) at the National Institutes of Health. He is co-editor of the definitive scholarly text in this field, Psychoneuroimmunology, and was a co-founder and editor of the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
Conference Co-Chair
Founder and President, Gaynor Integrative Oncology
Clinical Assistant Professor Weill Medical College, Cornell University
New York, NY
Dr. Mitchell L. Gaynor is a board-certified oncologist, hematologist, internist, and medical director of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College in New York City. He has served as a member of the Executive Review Panel at the Department of Defense, Alternative Medicine for Breast Cancer section. He is also a member of the medical board of advisors for the Sass Foundation of Medical Research. Dr. Gaynor did his postdoctoral research in the molecular biology of nutrient-gene interactions at Rockefeller University. He is the author of three books: Healing Essence: A Cancer Doctor's Practical Program for Hope and Recovery (Kodansha); Dr. Gaynor's Cancer Prevention Program (Kensington Publishing Corporation); and The Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice and Music (Shambhala).

Leon Hammer, MD
Chairman, Governing Board
Dragon Rises School of Oriental Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Dr. Leon Hammer is a clinician, teacher, and writer. Recently he assumed leadership of the governing board of the Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. He is a graduate of Cornell University, Cornell Medical College and the William A. White Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry. He is the well-known author of Dragon Rises, Red Bird Flies: Psychology and Chinese Medicine – a study of the relationship between Chinese medicine and Western psychology. His most recently published book is Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary Approach (Eastland Press). He is currently working on a sequel to Dragon Rises, which will focus on diagnosis and treatment.

Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
Professor, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Director, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Ka-Kit Hui, MD is a professor of Clinical Medicine in the UCLA Department of Medicine, director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, and co-director of the UCLA Center for Integrative Medicine. He is a clinician, educator and researcher whose broad-based knowledge of comprehensive medical care stems from multiple areas of specialization, including: internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, geriatrics, traditional Chinese medicine, and integrative medicine. His basic and clinical investigations have provided him with unique insights into the concepts of regulation, homeostasis, and balance. The Center for East-West Medicine, founded in 1993, has a dynamic clinical program with more than 5,000 patient visits, with the majority referred by more than 100 UCLA physicians. Dr. Hui and his staff have developed expertise in blending traditional Chinese Medicine with Western biomedicine to create a unique healthcare paradigm. Dr. Hui's current research interests lie in acupuncture and cardiovascular regulation; the correlation between brain MRI and Chinese medical diagnostic systems in hypertension; the development of educational programs in integrative medicine that include outcome evaluation, drug discovery - particularly from plant-based products, and optimization of clinical approaches to improving quality of life for patients with chronic pain or cancer.

Lonny Jarrett, MS, MAc, FNCAAOM
Stockbridge, MA
Lonny S. Jarrett is author of the texts Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine and The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine. He has practiced Chinese medicine since 1985. He is interested in the role Chinese medicine can play in promoting the evolution of consciousness.

Michael Johnson, MD
Psychiatrist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Boston, MA
Dr. Michael Johnson is a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Harvard Macy Scholar for 2003. As staff psychiatrist with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston, he is the principal psychiatric consultant to the Pain Program, where he works with TCM practitioners. He has been a student of breath meditation for 20 years. Dr. Johnson also serves as medical liaison for TCM World newspaper.

Lixing Lao, MD, PhD, LAc
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Director of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research
Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Lixing Lao, PhD, CMD (China), L.Ac, is an associate professor of the Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM), University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine. Dr. Lao graduated from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1983 after 5 years training in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and Western Medicine. He completed his PhD in physiology at the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1992. Dr. Lao has practiced acupuncture and Chinese medicine for more than 20 years. He has been actively involved in patient care, teaching and research. He is currently the Director of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Program in CIM. Lao served as a Board member on the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture which regulates acupuncture licensing. He was recently appointed as a guest professor in the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.As a principal investigator or co-investigator, Dr. Lao has been awarded grants from the NIH and the U. S. Department of Defense to conduct research on acupuncture and alternative medicine. He has many publications and has been invited to give presentations at many national and international conferences/symposia including NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture in 1997, and White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy in 2001. He currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board on the Journal of Alternative Therapies, the International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is also a board member of the Society for Acupuncture Research, and PDQ Cancer CAM Editorial Board, National Cancer Institute, NIH. Dr. Lao has a laboratory to conduct basic science study on an inflammation induced hyperalgesia animal models to explore the mechanism of anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammation effect of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

Xiu-Min Li, MD
Organizing Committee Chair
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunobiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Dr. Xiu-Min Li is associate research professor of pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. She obtained her MD in China in 1983 from Henan School of Chinese Medicine. She earned a master's degree in medicine specializing in clinical pediatric-immunology research in integrative Western and traditional Chinese medicine from the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has also served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Asthma and Allergy Center.

Yong Ming Li, MD, PhD, LAc
Attending Physician
Warren Hospital, NJ
President, Traditional Chinese Medicine Association (TCMA)
New York, NY
Dr. Yong Ming Li is a licensed physician, acupuncturist, board-certified pathologist, dermatopathologist, and herbalist. A lecturer on traditional Chinese medicine and a researcher in cancer and herbal medicine, Dr. Li earned a BM from Liaoning College of TCM, a Master's of Science from Illinois State University, and a PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Li is currently practicing pathology and dermatopathology, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine. He has published more than one hundred papers and abstracts in journals (Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, PNAS, and Cancer Research), magazines, and conferences. He served as an Editor-In-Chief for two books and has received several research awards, grants, and four issued US patents. He is currently a member of Study Sections at NIH-NCCAM and board member of CAM PDQ at NIH-NCI.

Henry Lu, PhD, DTCM, LAc
Principal, Chief Executive, International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Vancouve, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Henry Lu received his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He taught at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary between 1968 and 1971, and has practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine since 1972. Dr. Lu is the Principal of the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He also teaches Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Lu is best known for his translation of Nei Jing and Nan Jing from Chinese into English. Now over 23 years later, Dr. Lu has completely revised the translations. Dr. Lu has received many awards from acupuncture organizations in the United States and Europe.

Nan Lu, OMD
Founding Director and President, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
New York, NY
Dr. Nan Lu is founding director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation and its sister organization, the American Taoist Healing Center. He is a classically trained doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and a New York State-licensed acupuncturist. Dr. Lu holds a doctorate in traditional Chinese medicine from Hubei College of TCM, Hubei, China, and a master of science degree from City University of New York. Dr. Lu is advisor to the Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He is also a board advisor to the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation and to the National Association of Transpersonal Psychology. He recently completed a series of books for HarperCollins, which includes Traditional Chinese Medicine—A Woman's Guide to Healing from Breast Cancer. He is also founder and publisher of the nationally distributed newspaper Traditional Chinese Medicine World.

Mei Mao, MD, PhD
Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine Center
Woodmere, Long Island, NY
Dr. Xiao Mei Mao was born into a family of third-generation practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. She started reciting classical herbal formulas (usually created as poetry or song to help with remembrance) at the age of six under her parents' tutalege. In 1984, she earned her Western medical degree from the 1st Army Medical University in Guangzhou, China. She worked as an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and and also taught at this unversity for thirteen years. In 1997 and 1998 she continued her education with courses in traditional Chinese medicine at the 1st Army Medical University. In 2003, she completed her doctorate in Oriental Medicine at American Liberty University.

Les Moore, ND, LAc
Director, The Springs, Clifton Springs Hospital
Clifton Springs, New York
Dr. Les Moore is a Naturopath and Licensed Acupuncturist who serves as the Director of Integrated Health at Clifton Springs Hospital in Clifton Springs, New York. He also serves as the Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Special Projects, Office of Regulatory Reform and CAM, New York Department of Health, and as the Chair of the New York Spa Promotion Alliance (www.ny-spa.com). He received a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Ellen Schaplowsky
Conference Director
Vice President, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
New York, NY
Ms. Ellen Schaplowsky is vice president of TCM World Foundation, executive editor of TCM World, and co-author, with Dr. Nan Lu, of three books on TCM published  by HarperCollins. She is also executive vice  president and director of training at the public relations firm Ruder Finn, Inc., where she founded the Marketing for the Environment Group, and for 13 years ran America's largest cleanup and recycling program with more than one million volunteers annually. She is a founding member of the Sustainable Development Initiative at Columbia Business School, has served as a columnist for Earth Times, and has lectured extensively on environmental communications issues.

Xiao Tian Shen, MD, LAc, MPH
Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas
Austin, TX
Xiao Tian Shen L.Ac, MD (China), MPH, earned his first degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Chengdu TCM University and his second degree in Public Health at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Aside from teaching acupuncture and herbal medicine at two colleges in China, he is also a doctor of TCM at the Teaching Hospital of CCECK, a contributor of professional journals and a participant of several research projects. He's a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in both China and the U.S. and he currently serves as the Dean of Clinic Training at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas.

Joyce Smith, RN, BSN, BA, HNATM, Diplomate ABT
The Center for Health and Healing,
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Joyce Smith, RN, BSN, BA, HNATM, Diplomate ABT has been a registered nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center since 1991. She earned a BA in psychology from Montlair State University in 1982. In 1989, she graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Nursing. While working as a Psychiatric nurse for nine years, she became interested in studying Holistic Nursing and seeking a more integrative approach to patient care. Ms. Smith attended New York College for Health Professionals in Syosset, New York. There she earned a certificate in Holistic Nursing with a specialty in Eastern Nutrition and Amma Therapeutic Massage, a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine bodywork. She recently attained her Diplomate in Asian Bodywork Therapy from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Joyce now practices at the Center for Health and Healing, Hackensack University Medical Center, where she is able to integrate traditional Western and Eastern therapies in patient care.

Xiao Tian Shen, MD, LAc, MPH
Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas
Austin, TX
Xiao Tian Shen L.Ac, MD (China), MPH, earned his first degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Chengdu TCM University and his second degree in Public Health at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Aside from teaching acupuncture and herbal medicine at two colleges in China, he is also a doctor of TCM at the Teaching Hospital of CCECK, a contributor of professional journals and a participant of several research projects. He's a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in both China and the U.S. and he currently serves as the Dean of Clinic Training at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas.

Michael Taromina, Esq.
Michael A. Taromina, Esq., has an extensive background representing practitioners, institutions, and students in the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine field. He has served as counsel to alternative health care providers in disciplinary proceedings, licensing hearings, and a variety of civil and criminal matters and appeals. Designed and taught programs in Health Law, Ethics, Professional Liability and Practice Management while serving on the faculty at several institutions, including; Touro College, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York College of Health Professions, Eastern School of Acupuncture and Felician College. Mr. Taromina has also addressed audiences at New York University, Mount Sinai Hospital, Cardozo School of Law, CUNY Law School, Hofstra University, Brooklyn College and Long Island University. Author of Common Sense: How to Pass the New York State Bar Exam. Graduate of Fordham University (BA) and City University of New York Law School (JD).

Louis Evan Teichholz, MD
Chief of the Division of Cardiology
Medical Director of Cardiac Services
Medical Director, Complementary Medical Program
The Center for Health and Healing, Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Dr. Louis Evan Teichholz received his AB degree magna cum laude from Harvard College and his MD degree cum laude from Harvard Medical School. He completed his fellowship training in housestaff and cardiology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He then served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Public Health Service and a staff associate at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School before going to Mount Sinai Medical Center as the associate chief of cardiology. During his tenure there, he became professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, associate director of the Cardiovascular Institute, and vice-chairman of medicine. In 1996, he began his tenure at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) as the chief of cardiology and medical director of cardiac services. Dr. Teichholz is also HUMC medical director of the Complementary Medicine Program, The Center for Health and Healing, and BEYOND, the day spa at the medical center.

Hai He Tian, AP, PhD, MD (China)
Professor, Chinese Acupuncture and Herbs Center
Largo, FL
Dr. Tian began his medical and acupuncture training in 1982. He studied with Dr. Dong Jian Hua, one of the most famous TCM doctors in China, for 11 years and received his BS, MS, and PhD from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology. After several years practicing at the TCM University Hospital in Beijing, he moved to Tampa bay, Florida where he has been teaching and practicing since 1997. Dr. Tian has served as an AAOM board member, as well as Academic Dean, Clinical Director, and Chairperson of the doctoral-developing program of a Chinese medicine school. He has authored and co-authored over 60 papers and 40 books and lectures frequently at the local and national level. He is currently president of the American Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and director of the Chinese Acupuncture and Herbs Center in Florida.  

Ann Michelle Wry, MD, Dpl
Attending Physician, Internal Medicine
Donna A. Sanzari Women's Health Center
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Dr. Wry is attending physician, Internal Medicine, at Hackensack University Medical Center, where she also has a hospital-affiliated private practice at the Donna A. Sanzari Women's Health Services, Education, Research and Resource Center. Her postdoctoral training includes an internal-medicine internship and residency at the State University of New York and an internal-medicine residency at the University of Miami, Jackson, Memorial Hospital in Miami. Dr. Wry has worked on women's health issues and has helped support patient education about traditional Chinese medicine.

Ruan-Jin Zhao, OMD, PhD
President, The Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Inc.
Member, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
Sarasota, FL
Dr. Ruan-Jin Zhao was born in 1963 in Henan Province, China. He has been engaged in practicing, teaching, and researching traditional Chinese medicine with a focus on hepatic disease, viral disease and cancer for more than twenty five years. After graduating from Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984, he studied with the renowned professor Du Zhou Liu at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology, where he earned his master's degree in medical science. Under the tutelage of Professor Ben Chang En, he began studying cellular biology and in 1990 earned his PhD in Chinese medicine and cellular biology. After teaching cellular biology at Beijing University of TCM & P, he immigrated to the United States and has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine in Sarasota, Florida where he is the president of the Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Inc. and a member of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

Helen Zhang, PhD, LAc
Ms. Zhang earned her medical degree and Ph.D. degree from the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and was attending physician at China-Japan Friendship Hospital. She is a member of the NCCAOM Chinese Herbology Exam development Committee and has conducted many workshops in acupuncture and pain control to physicians and dentists. She teaches herbology and is a Clinical Supervisor.

Guoping Zheng, OMD, PhD, LAc
Director, Natural Balancecare Center
Deputy Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine Association
New York, NY
Dr. Guoping Zheng has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for about twenty-five years and has great expertise in the field. Dr. Zheng earned a BM from the Fujian College of TCM in China, a Master in TCM with a focus of Gynecology from Hubei College of TCM in China, and a Ph.D. in the field of gynecology and reproductive endocrinology of TCM from Guangzhou University of TCM in China. Dr. Zheng's clinical research and practice has mainly focused on issues of women's health care and infertility. She has published more than twenty papers covering different topics such as infertility treatment with TCM, TCM menopausal care and TCM treatment for menstrual disorders. She is currently maintaining a full-time practice in acupuncture and herbal medicine in New York City and serving on the faculty of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.