Archives: Faculty
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Dr. Yueying Li, LAc, DACM
Dr. Yueying Li is a licensed acupuncturist with specialization in dermatology and over 36 years of experience teaching and practicing Chinese medicine. Dr Li has been a professor at Yosan University of TCM in Los Angeles California since 1995, where she teaches both the master’s and doctoral programs. Dr. Li established her private clinic practice…
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Claudia Baben
Claudia’s personal journey in holistic and alternative therapies for self-healing started in the United Kingdom in 1999. In 2002 she obtained her Master Certification in Reiki, amidst the beautiful and endless rolling green hills of the Midlands, in Stafford. Claudia pursued her interests in the Eastern Philosophies to Chiang Mai, where she immersed herself in…
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Sandra Guynes
Sandra Guynes, MSN, RN, is one of the leading forces behind Pacific College’s Medical Cannabis programs, teaching in both the medical cannabis certificate and the Master of Science in medical cannabis therapeutics (MS-MCT). She is a nurse educator with a passion for holistic health and healing. She earned her BS in Nursing from Hampton University…
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Dr. Cynthia Edmunds, DACM, MSHHP, LAc
Dr. Edmunds is a board-certified licensed acupuncturist, Health and Human Performance coach, and certified practitioner of medical qigong. She completed her initial acupuncture studies at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine (2014) and received her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science (2019). She then received her Master’s in…
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Yahaira Paulino
Yahaira Paulino BS, LMT, LE (she/her) Yahaira Paulino is a Pacific College of Health and Science MT graduate, a NY licensed aesthetician and health coach certified via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Previous to her various trainings within the field of healthcare, Yahaira graduated with a degree in political science and international relations from Purchase College…
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Jenny Hipscher
Jenny Hipscher, MA, LMT (she/they) Jenny Hipscher (she/they) has been a licensed massage therapist since 2005, establishing practices in New Mexico, California, Missouri, and now New York. She has worked in physical therapy clinics, spas, retreat centers, with college and professional athletes, and most recently at Third Root Community Health Center in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Jenny…
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Christián Jovanovíc DACM, L.Ac
As an educator and clinician, Dr. Christián Jovanovíc has strived to advance the ethical and patient centered practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine. With a background in integrative medicine and higher education, he has assisted in creating a broader dialogue concerning the practice of Chinese Medicine in Minnesota and ensuring the training of future practitioners is…
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Timothy Byars, MS, Cannabis Science and Therapeutics
Timothy is Pacific College’s Director of Cannabis Programs. He is a researcher, writer, and curriculum developer with over 20 years of experience writing, editing, and developing content, and has been active in the cannabis industry since 2014. In 2015, Timothy co-founded The Agathist Collective, a consulting and delivery service that helped members—most of whom were…
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Adam Baritot
Adam is a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist with more than 15 years of clinical experience. He studied his craft at the Finger Lakes School of Massage in Ithaca, NY, followed by a two-year Journeyman Apprenticeship with renowned massage master Ettia Tal, specializing in Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, and Deep Tissue Massage. In…
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Anita Lee
Anita Lee has run her own private practice in acu/herbology since 2001 specializing in internal medicine, neurological issues (post-stroke, Parkinson’s disease. Bell’s palsy, etc and women’s health. Her education is as follows: Education: Tianjin Zhong Yi Xue Yuan (First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM) Pacific College of Health and Science, NY Mentorship with…