I graduated from Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China in 1985. After 5 years training in Chinese medicine and western medicine, I spent three years focusing on acupuncture and obtained an MSc degree from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. During my MSc course, I worked on specificity of acupoint effects through the comprehensive evaluation of the acupuncture effect on the animal model and humans. In addition to my research work, I received extensive clinical experience through my mentor, the well-known Professor Yong-Jiang Xi. After receiving my research master's degree in acupuncture, I worked as an instructor in Heilongjiang University of TCM and practiced as a physician of acupuncture in the affiliated hospital. During my time at the hospital, extensive training and experience on acupuncture applied to different diseases allowed me to gain a broad knowledge base and ability to confidently manage my clinical practice.

In 1996, I earned my Ph.D in Biomedicine from the Kobe University School of Medicine in Japan. In 1998, I was awarded a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and worked at NIH as a Research Fellow for five years. Immediately after finishing my research work at NIH, I joined the Neuroimmunology Clinical Research Division of the Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a faculty, and worked there for nine years. Over the sixteen years that I have worked in the states, I have published a number of scientific papers in peer-reviewed professional journals.

I believe that the vast experiences I have gained over the last 30 years, not only from study in University of TCM and clinical practice, but also from biomedical research in the fields of neurology and immunology allow me to treat my patients with the utmost professionalism.

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