Archives: Faculty
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Dr. McCoy, Leslie, LAc, DAOM
Leslie has worked as an acupuncturist in integrative healthcare for the past 15 years. She has worked with other integrative healthcare professionals, including physicians in private practice, midwives, and the integrative pain team at Rady Children’s hospital in San Diego. Her doctoral work explored the use of manual needle techniques in the treatment of painful…
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Ji, Dong, PhD, LAc
Dr. Dong Ji began his education in traditional Chinese medicine in China at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1991 and received his medical degree after a five-year program focused on both Chinese and Western clinical medicine. Because of the enthusiasm for the discovery of scientific basis of acupuncture, he went to the Neuroscience Research…
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Javaherian, Mohammad, LAc, MSOM, BSTCM, NanJing
Dr. Mohammad Javaherian is from the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences and the Toronto School of TCM where he was a faculty member and clinic supervisor for eight years. Dr. Javaherian graduated from Northwest Institute of Oriental Medicine in 1982 and then moved to China in 1984 where he studied Chinese and completed a…
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McCann, Henry, DAOM, Dipl OM, LAc
Henry McCann, DAOM, LAc is a licensed acupuncturist (NY, NJ, OR) with a private practice in Madison, NJ. Dr. McCann is a graduate of Oberlin College and was a Fulbright scholar to Japan before studying Chinese medicine first at the New England School of Acupuncture and then at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. The…
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Mattson, Brendan, DACM
Brendan practices acupuncture and Chinese medicine, with extensive training in integrative care for cancer patients. As academic dean of graduate studies at Pacific College of Health and Science in Chicago, Brendan draws upon his training in TCM, bodywork, qigong, Chinese language, and Chinese history in his curriculum development and teaching. Brendan studied TCM internal medicine…
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Fuenmayor, Marianne, MS, LAc
After a career as a ballet/modern dancer in New York City, Marianne trained as a shiatsu therapist and teacher at the Ohashi Institute (NY). She founded her own Shiatsu school, The Motherhand Society, in 1991, and graduated more than 90 students. Marianne graduated from Pacific College of Health and Science (PCHS) with a Masters degree…
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Flowers, Laura, LAc
Laura Flowers is a New York State Licensed Acupuncturist and Nationally Certified Herbalist practicing in New York City. She holds a Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, where she is now on faculty and teaching in the Herbology Department.
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Douat, Joseph, LAc
Joseph Douat started his journey in Oriental Medicine in 1980 studying shiatsu massage and macrobiotic principles. Since then he earned a BA in psychology from Chapman University and an MTOM from Pacific College. He has worked in a variety of medical settings: at the Macrobiotic Health Center of Vermont providing shiatsu massage and macrobiotic cooking…
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Denmark, Lois, MS, LAc, DiplOM
Dr Lois Denmark, DACM, L Ac, Dipl OM (NCCAOM) is ranked as Professor and is an Adjunct Clinic Supervisor in the PCHS NY Clinic. Lois is also Director of Program Review since 2022; Chair of CPR (Curriculum and Program Review) NY from 2020 through 2022; and has been active in Faculty Governance and a CPR…
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Sol, David Rich, DAc, LAc, LMT
David Rich Sol is an Illinois licensed acupuncturist (LAc) and massage therapist (LMT), a National Guild of Hypnotist’s certified hypnotherapist (NGH-CHt) and a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer (NASM-CPT) who has been practicing bodywork and the healing arts since 1999. David specializes in acupuncture for orthopedic and pain management, Integrative Body Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy,…