Our Authors are important to us.
Here is a small list of their qualifications:
| Professional Experieince | ||||
| 2007 | Freelance Translator/Lecturer/Author/Farmer | Taos, New Mexico |  |
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| 2004 - 2006 | Paradigm Publications | Senior Editor | Taos, New Mexico | |
| 1997, 2003 - 2004 | Department of History, Pima Community College | Adjunct faculty/online course development | Tucson, Arizona | |
| 2002 - 2003 | University of Arizona, Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Integrative Medicine | Research assistance/grant development | ||
| 2001 - 2004 | Asian Institute of Medical Studies | Faculty | Tucson, Arizona | |
| 2001 | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica | Visiting scholar | Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 1991 - 2000 | Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona | Adjunct faculty, research assistant, teaching assistant | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Fall 1999 | Munich University, Institute for the History of Medicine | Translator for Dr. Paul U. Unschuld | Munich, Germany | |
| Education | ||||
| 2003 | University of Arizona | Ph.D. in East Asian Studies | Major: Chinese Studies Minor: Medical Anthropology Dissertation: “The Female Body in Medieval Chinese Medicine: A Translation and Interpretation of the ‘Women’s Recipes’ in Sun Simiao’s _Beiji qianjin yaofang_.” |
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| 1997 | University of Arizona | A.B.D. in East Asian Studies | Major Fields: Early Chinese Thought and Religion, Chinese Buddhism, Medical Anthropology< br/> Minor Fields: Japanese Popular Religion, Chinese Archaeology | |
| 1992 | University of Arizona | M.A. in Chinese Studies | Thesis: “Childbirth Customs in Early China.” | |
| 1989-1990 | Tunghai-University | Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China | Studies of modern and classical Chinese language | |
| 1988 | Fu Jen University | Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China | Studies of modern Chinese language | |
| Publications | ||||
| 2010 | Formulas from the Golden Cabinet with Songs | Jin Gui Fang Ge Kuo, Volume I-III | The Chinese Medicine Database | |
| 2010 | The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, Volume I | The Chinese Medicine Database | |
| 2010 | Visceral Manipulation in Osteopathy | Translator, for Eric Hebgen | Thieme International | |
| 2009 | Fertility in Chinese Medicine | With Andreas Noll, eds. | Thieme International | |
| 2009 | Trigger Points and Muscle Chains in Osteopathy | Translator, for Philipp Richter and Eric Hebgen | Thieme International | |
| Forthcoming in 2010 | “Nurturing the Fetus in Medieval China. Information from the Classic of Childbirth” | in Chinese Medicine and Healing: An Illustrated History by Linda Barnes and TJ Hinrichs, eds. | Harvard University Press | |
| Forthcoming | Concise Introduction to Chinese Medicine | With Nigel Wiseman, Feng Ye and Eric Brand | Paradigm Publications | |
| Forthcoming | Jin gui yao lue: Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer | With Nigel Wiseman and Feng Ye | Paradigm Publications | |
| 2008 | Essential Prescriptions worth a Thousand in Gold for Every Emergency | Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang Volumes 2- 4 | The Chinese Medicine Database | |
| 2007 | “Nurturing the Fetus in Medieval China: Illustrating the Ten Months of Pregnancy in the Ishimpō 醫心方.” | in Globalizing Chinese Medicine by Vivienne Lo and Wang Shumin, eds. | Brill | |
| 2005-2007 | Pathomechanisms of the Five Viscera /(separate books on the Heart, Liver, Lung, Spleen, and Kidney) | Translator for Yan Shilin | Paradigm Publications | |
| 2006 | “The Formation of Textual Knowledge in the Development of Medieval Chinese Gynecology.” | in Studies on Ancient Chinese Scientific and Technical Texts by Hans Ulrich Vogel, Christine Moll-Murata, Gao Xuan, eds. | Elephant Press | |
| 2006 | “‘Ten Times More Difficult to Treat’: Female Bodies in Medical Texts from Early Imperial China.” | in Medicine for Women in Imperial China by Angela Ki Che Leung, ed. | Brill | |
| 2005 | “The Transmission of Medical Knowledge on ‘Nurturing the Fetus’ in Early China.” | in Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity 2 | ||
| 2005 | “The Art and Science of Menstrual Balancing in Medieval China.” | in Menstruation: A Cultural History by Andrew Shail and Gillian Howie, eds. | Palgrave | |
| Presentations | ||||
| February 7, 2010 | "Fertility and Embryology in Early Chinese Medicine." | Webinar presented at the TCM TV Live Fertility Webinar Conference | ||
| July 18 and 19, 2009 | “The Roots of Chinese Gynecology” and “The Life and Work of Sun Simiao.” Full-day workshops | School of Integrated Medicine, University of Westminster | UK | |
| July 4-5, 2009 | “Embryologie in Mittelalterlicher Chinesischer Medizin.” 2-day seminar, presented in German | International Society for Chinese Medicine (SMS) | Munich, Germany | |
| April 30, May 1, and May 3, 2008 | “The Roots of Chinese Gynecology. Diagnosis and Treatment in the Early Chinese Classics in Both Theory and Clinical Practice.” "The Importance of Sun Simiao for Today's TCM." and "A Seventh-Century Pine Cone Eating Hermit. Discussing Sun Simiao's Life and Work on the Basis of Legends, his own Writings, and Historical Biographies." | Presented at the 39th TCM Conference | Rothenburg, Germany | |
| February 20, 2007 | “Translation of ‘Shi zhi’ [Nutritional Therapy], a mediaeval dietary treatise by Sun Simiao.” | Presented as part of the Medical Texts In Translation series (The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL) | London, UK | |
| April 27-30, 2006 | “Leaking, Flooding, and Gushing Below the Girdle: The Origins of Gynecology in Early Chinese Medicine.” | Presented at the Sixth International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine (ICTAM VI) | Austin, Texas | |
| September 14-17, 2005 | “Nourishing the Fetus in Medieval China: Illustrating the Ten Months of Pregnancy in the /Ishimpō./” | Presented at the Conference on “Chinese Medicine: A Visual History” | Beijing, China | |
| August 15-20, 2005 | “Female Pathologies and Treatments in Medieval Chinese Manuscripts.” | Presented at the 11th International Conference on the History of Science | Munich, Germany | |
| December 4, 2004 | “The Significance of the Female Body in Medieval Chinese Medicine.” | Barnard Medieval & Renaissance Conference, “Medicine Across Cultures: 600-1600” | ||
| March 11, 2003 | “Why Female Bodies Matter. Reproduction, Cosmology, and Cultivation of Life in Early and Medieval China.” | Presented at Mount Holyoke College, MA | ||
| March 4-7, 2004 | “From Leaking Discharge to Irregular Menstruation: The Conceptualization of Female Pathology in Medieval China.” | Presented at the AAS Annual Meeting | San Diego | |
| January 28, 2003 | “On Intercourse with Ghosts and Other Gynaecological Matters in Medieval China.” | Presented in the series on Medical Texts in Translation | Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UK | |
| January 25, 2003 | “The Art of Menstrual Balancing in Medieval China.” | Presented at the conference on “Menstruation: Blood, Body, Brand” | Liverpool University Medical Institution Conference Centre, UK | |
| November 6, 2000 | “Sun Simiao's Gynecological and Obstetrical Writings. Selections from his Essays.” | Presented at the Conference of the Council of Oriental Medical Publishers | University of California, San Diego | |
| Professional Experience | |||
| 2005 to present | Alhambra Medical University | Faculty since 2005, clinical supervisor 2008-2010. Acting Clinic Director, October 2009 to March 2010. | Alhambra, California |
| 2001 to present | Dongguk University | Faculty | Los Angeles, California |
| 1990 to 1998, and 2005 to 2010 | Samra University of Oriental Medicine | Faculty | Los Angeles, California |
| 2000, 2011 to present | Emperor’s College of Oriental Medicine | Faculty | Santa Monica, California |
| 1995 to 2005 | The Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic | Staff Acupuncturist | Los Angeles, California |
| Education | |||
| 2007 | American College of Complementary Medicine | Ph.D. in Classical Chinese Medicine | Dissertation on the use of moxibustion during the Ming dynasty. |
| 1988 | Samra University of Oriental Medicine | Master of Science | |
| Licensure and Certification | |||
| 1989 to present | Licensed by the State of California | (AC#3710) | |
| 1991 to present | NCCAOM licensure | (#4377) | |
| Publications | |||
| May, 2011 | The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, Volume IX | The Chinese Medicine Database |
| May, 2010 | The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, Volume V | The Chinese Medicine Database |
| June 2009 | Moxibustion: A Modern Clinical Handbook | Blue Poppy Press | |
| 2009 | San Fu Moxibustion and Lung-Related Disorders | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2008 | Heavenly moxibustion and medicinal application moxibustion | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2008 | The forgotten are of moxa-needling | Chinese Medicine Times | |
| 2008 | Moxibustion: The Power of Mugwort Fire | Blue Poppy Press | |
| 2007 | A translation of Zhang Yuansu’s Zangfu biaoben yongyao shi | Chinese Medicine Database, www.cm-db.com | |
| 2006 | The connection of the six channels with the five viscera and six bowels | Chinese Medicine Times | |
| 2006 | The concept of image in Chinese medicine | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2006 | What is an acu-moxa point? | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2005 | Moxibustion on Gao Huang Shu UB43 | New England Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine | |
| 2005 | A brief history of the moxa roll | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2005 | Master Cui’s four flowers points | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2005 | A history of preventive moxibustion | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
| 2004 | A survey and analysis of Zhu Danxi’s use of acupuncture and moxibustion | Journal of Chinese Medicine | |
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Database Created: June, 2006 | | Last Updated: February 05th, 2012
