Dr. Bandy offers traditional chiropractic treatments. As a supplement to chiropractic care, Dr. Bandy also uses Applied Kinesiology, a form of evaluation that uses muscle testing as a primary feedback mechanism to examine how a person’s body is functioning. This modality is used in addition to standard diagnostics to help determine the root cause of a health problem. When properly applied, the outcome of an applied kinesiology-based evaluation will help to determine the best form of therapy for the patient. Since Applied Kinesiology draws together the core elements of many complementary therapies, its use provides an interdisciplinary approach to healthcare....
Dr. Yongxin Fan has more than 20 years of clinical experience in treating muscular-skeletal disorders, pain, digestive disorders, and psycho-emotional disorders. Dr. Fan started his practice in acupuncture and Chinese medicine upon graduating from Beijing College of Acupuncture and Traumatology and Orthopedics in 1991. Fan subsequently practiced and taught as an attending doctor and instructor in the Acupuncture Institute at The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and at the Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center for ten years. In 2002, following several visiting professor stints at institutions abroad, he made Texas his home and became a full time...
Dr. Finnell is an Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine practitioner, a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, and a researcher in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). He earned his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and his Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University in Kenmore/Seattle, WA. Dr. John’s personal history provides a foundation for his philosophy regarding patient efficacy. Dr. John was born with clubbed feet and spent his formative years in and out of surgery, casts, and braces. The day his orthopedist gave up on the hope of his feet ever straightening out was the day that a spark ignited within him to...
Lesley Hamilton has been a licensed Chinese medical practitioner since 2003 and all the hallmark of her practice is found in the way she builds and nurtures her patient-practitioner relationships. Hamilton’s patients are loyal, with some having been treated by her over the course of 8-10 years. Hamilton genuinely enjoys being a part of her patients’ healing process and she recognizes that the journey is just as significant as the destination. Some patient visits are for the purpose of health maintenance while others tackle acute events of chronic conditions or the treatment responds to something new. Whether or not the patients can heal completely,...
Robert Laguna’s clinical work includes protocols for a wide variety of common ailments, a specialty interest in pain management, and the treatment of patients with chemical dependencies. He also provides integrative care in family practice clinics alongside Western physicians. “Acupuncture’s role on the detox process and the subsequent recovery from addictions is powerful,” Laguna says, adding that, “I also recognize that pain has physical and emotional causes and symptoms and often manifest as discomfort of all sorts. This is why I have trained over decades to utilize the most effective pain management tools that exist in...
As a child, Dr. Luo spent time every day with his great-grandfather, who practiced traditional Chinese medicine. “My great-grandfather always put his whole heart into patients’ well-being,” Dr. Luo recollects. “When he was 90 years old, a patient’s husband knocked at his door at midnight and asked him to help his wife who was having severe abdominal pain. Even though it was cold and dark outside and he was tired from working all day, my great-grandfather got dressed and went to help her without any hesitation. The most important thing I learned from him was how to take care of patients from the bottom of your heart.” Song...
Dr. Morris is a lifelong seeker of knowledge and has been a practitioner and healer since 1980. With licenses in California and Texas, he is also a member of the American Herbalist Guild. Morris has thus far earned two doctorates: a PhD focused in the area of Chinese pulse diagnosis and a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in pain management. His work reflects a long-held passion on the subjects of personal transformation and natural medicine. The basis underlying Morris’ philosophy is that of understanding the root or the source of the dysfunction. Such clarity is accomplished in part by taking the pulse as the patient reports his or her...
“Listening carefully to patients and reflecting on each case with healing intent makes the quality of care better.” Dr. Pollard provides integrative primary care for adolescents and adults. She strives to provide options for her patients that address the root causes of their issues and to offer a balanced holistic and allopathic medical approach to managing them. In fact, she brought her practice to AOMA in 2013 so she could better apply an integrated model of care for her patients. Dr. Pollard’s evidence-based, personalized approach to medical care is both preventative and participatory. She emphasizes nutrition and lifestyle and takes...
Dr. Xiaotian Shen is a 4th generation Chinese Medicine practitioner. As a small child and while growing up, he was surrounded at home by frequent conversations about the philosophies of healing and medicine. This experience instilled in him an abiding love for his cultural heritage and its capacity for healing. According to Dr. Shen, “The philosophical part of Chinese medicine most appeals to me due to its unique perspective of the universe and because of its deep-rooted heritage.” Shen taught acupuncture and herbal medicine at two colleges in China and was also a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at the Teaching Hospital of...
At just 17 years of age, Dr. Song knew that the study of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was her calling. She was introduced to the medicine from early childhood through her family, who use Chinese medicine for their own health care. Dr. Song’s passion for Chinese medicine is also inspired by its rich history. “Chinese medicine can solve complicated diseases in a simple way,” Dr. Song says. “There is a lot of Zen in the background of TCM, gathered from the wisdom of ancestors dating back 2,000 years. All those experiences and dimensions can still be applied today to heal a disease.” Becoming a practitioner of Chinese medicine...
Dr. Shengyan “Grace” Tan is the first PhD-trained TCM practitioner specializing in ophthalmology to teach in the United States. Her dedication to her medical practice is the result of both nature and nurture. She was born in Chengdu, China into a traditional Chinese medicine family, and both her father and grandfather are noted Chinese medical doctors. Her father, also a well-known university professor, is an expert in dietary therapy and herbal preparation. Whenever she got sick as a child, Dr. Tan recalls always being treated with acupuncture and herbs and not by Western medicine. This was her inspiration to pursue her PhD in traditional...
Dr. Qiao “Chelsea” Xu was born into a family that emphasized traditional Western medicine, and she always thought that she would follow in her grandfather and uncle's footsteps into this field. But then her grandfather developed a liver disease that was untreatable with Western medicinal techniques and it was traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that ultimately helped him to recover. Greatly affected by this turn of events, Dr. Xu changed her aspirations and began studying Chinese medicine as a result. Dr. Xu graduated in 1983 from the University of Liaoning Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. She started her career by working as a...
Zhongling Zhang has enjoyed a lengthy career in Chinese medicine that spans over two decades. Having practiced both here in the United States and in China, Zhang’s philosophy encompasses a keen interest in dietary therapy and the use of food and herbal interventions in her acupuncture and herbal treatments. In traditional Chinese medicine, certain foods are particularly valued for the health benefits they impart. Dr. Zhang believes in patient education regarding the benefit of healthy food choices and herbal strategies to promote lifelong wellbeing in those who seek her care. Zhang currently maintains a private practice at the AOMA...