Clinical Acupuncturist
Applied Wisdom Health Institute, Tempe — integrative practice and community clinic leadership.
My first career in information technology allowed me gain more than 20 years of experience in systems analysis, workflow optimization, project management, and technical training. Developing IT solutions for various industries, such as banking, energy, manufacturing, agriculture, education, textile, hospitality, healthcare, ecommerce, taught me to think in systems, to value evidence, and to build tools that make complex work simpler.
Later, a growing interest in human health, led me to learn biomedical sciences, research, and, ultimately, to Traditional Chinese Medicine. I earned my doctorate diploma at the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture (PIHMA) and became a Licensed Acupuncturist in Arizona and a Board-Certified Diplomate of the NCCAOM.
My main focus is to practice integrative medicine by combining acupuncture, herbal medicine, targeted nutritional supplementation, and acupuncture point injections with evidence-based clinical approaches. My most confident topics on helping patients with complex chronic conditions, including neurologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, immune, pain-related, trauma, PTSD, migraines, and age-related disorders.
Applied Wisdom Health Institute, Tempe — integrative practice and community clinic leadership.
PIHMA, Phoenix — teaching clinical sciences, mentoring research, and leading AcuDetox training.
Beeond, Baltimore — IT project management, database design, ETL and workflow automation.
Finansbank, Koç School & BSD — financial systems, mainframe support, and IT training.
A snapshot of current and recent work.
Leading a community acupuncture clinic serving a low-income population, treating complex chronic conditions and supervising students and Acu-Detox trainees in Tempe, AZ.
Teaching evidence-based methods, microbiology, and pathophysiology while mentoring students through research projects in trauma, PTSD, and addiction recovery.
Founder and builder of practitioner tools — from a HIPAA-conscious EMR for AcuDetox practices to mobile reference and recovery-tracking apps.
Building a statewide community and public directory of licensed Acu-Detox specialists across Arizona.
Whether you're a practitioner seeking AcuDetox certification, a clinic exploring community programs, or a researcher with shared interests — I'd be glad to connect.
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