Pacific College, Author at Pacific College Pacific College of Health and Science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 /wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-PCHS_Icon_Gradient-1-32x32.png Pacific College, Author at Pacific College 32 32 Alum Dr. Kerry Boyle Named Small Business Person of the Year in Vermont /news/alumni-spotlight/2024/04/10/alum-dr-kerry-boyle-named-small-business-person-of-the-year-in-vermont Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:01:14 +0000 /?p=33346 Congratulations to Pacific College alumna Dr. Kerry Boyle, DAc, LAc, a 2020 graduate of PCHS’ online Doctorate Completion Program (“transitional doctorate”), who has been named the 2024 Vermont State Small Business Person of the Year! In 2008, Dr. Boyle founded her practice, Integrative Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, in Vermont. Since then, they’ve expanded to three …

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]]> Alum Dr. Pia Franco Featured in “SD Magazine” on Cosmetic Acupuncture /news/alumni-spotlight/2024/03/19/alum-dr-pia-franco-featured-in-sd-magazine-on-cosmetic-acupuncture Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:19:11 +0000 /?p=32297 Congratulations to Pacific College alumna Dr. Pia Franco on her feature in San Diego Magazine! Dr. Franco first graduated from Pacific College’s San Diego campus with her master’s of science in acupuncture, then continued on to earn her doctorate in acupuncture and cosmetic acupuncture certification from Pacific College. The author of the article received a …

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]]> Dr. Gudrun Wu Snyder, PCHS Alum, Discusses Facial Acupuncture and Ear Seeds on WGN News /news/alumni-spotlight/2024/03/19/dr-gudrun-wu-snyder-pchs-alum-discusses-facial-acupuncture-and-ear-seeds-on-wgn-news Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:54:02 +0000 /?p=32252 Congratulations to Pacific College alumna Dr. Gudrun Wu Snyder, DAc, LAc, DiplAc (NCCAOM), MSAc, for her feature on WGN, a major TV news channel in Chicago! In Dr. Snyder’s feature, which aired on International Mind-Body Wellness Day, she educated listeners about the benefits of facial acupuncture and ear seeds. Dr. Snyder earned her doctorate in …

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]]> Emily Tepper Dove into the Future of Integrative Medicine with an Acupuncture Doctorate /news/alumni-spotlight/2024/02/27/emily-tepper-dove-into-the-future-of-integrative-medicine-with-an-acupuncture-doctorate Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:43:25 +0000 /?p=28199 Dr. Emily Tepper, DAc, LAc, CST, CD, graduated from Pacific College’s unique Doctorate Completion program. Designed for working practitioners, this online program offers an integrative healthcare focus, can be completed by taking as little as one course per semester, or by enrolling full-time and completing in as few as two semesters! “The PCHS Doctoral Program …

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]]> Holly Ledbetter, New York Massage Alum, Shares Unique Techniques for Working with Queer/Trans Patients /news/alumni-spotlight/2024/02/27/holly-ledbetter-new-york-massage-alum-shares-unique-techniques-for-working-with-queer-trans-patients Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:35:35 +0000 /?p=28130 “I am a queer trans licensed massage therapist and an alum of Pacific College. My practice, True Bearing Bodywork (@truebearingbodywork), specializes in supporting people through times of discomfort or change. This includes working with trans and queer folks specifically around surgeries, prenatal and postpartum clients, folks living with chronic pain, and those at end of …

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]]> Celebrating Pride with Sam Fish, PCHS Alum and Now Faculty /news/alumni-spotlight/2023/12/12/celebrating-pride-with-sam-fish-pchs-alum-and-now-faculty Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:38:40 +0000 /?p=28122 Everyone is welcome here at Pacific College and Sam’s message is a reminder of the beauty in a “found family.” Professor Fish graduated from Pacific College in 2015! After graduation, he worked with UC San Diego’s Center for Integrative Medicine where he primarily focused on family medicine, general care, chronic pain management, and oncology support. …

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]]> Amy Lathrop: October Student Spotlight Winner for the FACE Cosmetic Acupuncture Program /news/alumni-spotlight/2023/11/01/amy-lathrop-october-student-spotlight-winner-for-the-face-program Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:38:34 +0000 /?p=28202 Amy recently graduated from the FACE program, a certification program designed for licensed acupuncturists to provide cosmetic acupuncture treatments. She is also a full-time Faculty and Clinic Supervisor at Pacific College and treats patients at Kind Health Group in San Diego. “It is with great honor that I nominate Amy Lathrop as the October Student …

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]]> Sandra Chiu, Pacific College Alum, Interviewed by Well+Good on Cosmetic Acu /news/in-the-news/2023/09/21/sandra-chiu-pacific-college-alum-interviewed-by-wellgood-on-cosmetic-acu Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:46:37 +0000 /?p=27276 Sandra Lanshin Chiu, LAc, MSTCM, a PCHS alum who earned her acupuncture master’s from our New York campus in 2005, was recently interviewed by Katie Baxter for an article on cosmetic acupuncture in Well+Good, a publication that reports upon and highlights wellness and lifestyle trends. “Over time, Chinese medicine developed to treat all kinds of …

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]]> Giving Back to the Community with a Doctorate: May Tran /news/alumni-spotlight/2023/09/14/giving-back-to-the-community-with-a-doctorate-may-tran Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:51:26 +0000 /?p=26758 “My name is May Tran, and I just finished the final term of my doctoral program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM). It’s been an incredible journey, and I can’t believe I’ve reached the end of this chapter in my life! Early Encounters with Acupuncture and Heritage I was born in Vietnam, and my great-grandparents …

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]]> New NIH Database to Map Acupoints Using MRIs /news/blog/2023/07/12/new-nih-database-to-map-acupoints-using-mris Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:22:54 +0000 /?p=24774 July 12, 2023 Dr. Helene M. Langevin, MD, who directs the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), the arm of the US government’s NIH (National Institutes of Health) devoted to the exploration of complementary and alternative medicine, recently announced their plans to develop an open-access project with the goal of correlating the anatomy …

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