About the Author
Edward Chiu, LAc, DAOM has been teaching acupuncture case report writing for over ten years as a faculty member at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and has also served on the faculty at the National University of Natural Medicine and Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology at Harvard University and worked several years as an educator at the Museum of Science in Boston developing programs and exhibits encouraging visitors to engage in scientific skills. After earning his Master’s in Acupuncture from the New England School of Acupuncture and his Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) from OCOM, he spent time in apprenticeships studying acupuncture in Taiwan and has also been involved in acupuncture research studies in the U.S., at both Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Arizona. He has over two decades of private practice experience and represents the third generation in his family to follow in the tradition of practicing Chinese medicine.