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Pacific College Alumni Profiles

Pacific College of Oriental Medicine has many reasons to be proud of its alumni. Over the past twelve years, our graduates have averaged the highest pass rates on the California Acupuncture Licensing Exam. Practitioners who have trained at Pacific College are respected for their extensive knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and for their caring and dedication to their patients.

At Pacific, we are proud of our alumni and would like to share their stories with you. If you are a Pacific College alumni, and would like to share your story with us, please email us at: media@pacificcollege.edu.

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Alfred Russo L.Ac. MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2001, San Diego
Alfred Russo graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego campus in August 2001. Currently, Alfred works in an integrative practice that has offices in Conway and Myrtle Beach , South Carolina . Alfred's emphasis is on physical medicine, with a small percentage of internal medicine utilizing Chinese herbal medicine, Western nutrition, Standard Process and detoxification programs. 
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Allen A. Stovall, L.Ac., Dipl. OM
MSTOM Graduate 2003, San Diego
Website: www.5element.org
Allen A. Stovall L.Ac., a 2003 graduate of Pacific College , San Diego , was drawn to Oriental medicine during his 16 year career with the San Diego Police Department. Training in martial arts and participating in the Police Olympics, Allen often sustained minor injuries that were treated with acupuncture. Eventually, it was a class he took at PCOM with Alex Tiberi that helped him realize a new way to be of service after leaving the SDPD.
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Andrea Beth Damsky, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2002, San Diego

Beth Damsky is currently creating CEU classes for massage alumni at Northern Arizona Massage Therapy Institute and Arizona School of Integrated Studies.
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Andy Rosenfarb. L.Ac.
Andy graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine's San Diego campus in 1997. He is licensed in New Jersey, New York, and Florida and is National Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. After graduating PCOM, Andy continued his studies at Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China.
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Angela C. Lai L.Ac., Dipl.OM
Angela graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California in 2005 where she earned a Master's of Science Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM). She became Board Certified, and received her California and National (NCCAOM) Licenses in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology.
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Anna Navida Dolopo, M.S. L.Ac.
MSTOM Graduate 1998, San Diego
Anna Navida Dolopo graduated from Pacific College, San Diego in 1998.
She runs a thriving practice in beautiful Laguna Hills, a lovely city in South Orange County, California. Anna practices general medicine with an emphasis on helping patients graduate from their pain.  Anna is a dedicated student of Dr. Tan’s Balance Method.
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Anthony Burris, L.Ac. MSTOM
MTOM Graduate, San Diego
Anthony Burris treats NFL players, international Olympians, distance runners and NCAA athletes in various sports and events. Tony is also a recognized "Tao Shih" from the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego. He teaches seminars and is working on a meditation CD. Tony has provided acupuncture at the RIMAC Sports Center of UCSD and the UCSD Free Clinic-Downtown, which provides no-cost treatment to geriatrics and the homeless.
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Bernt Christian Ostensen, L.Ac,
Dipl. of OM 2003, New York
Acupuncturist, Certified Herbalist & Bodywork Therapist
Christian Ostensen L.Ac, Dipl.of OM graduated Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) in New York (N.Y) campus in 2003. He is licensed in New York City (N.Y.C) and National Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese herbology. After graduating PCOM, Christian started his practice in Greenwich Village.
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Brian B. Carter, MS, L.Ac.
MSTOM Graduate 2002, San Diego
Brian Carter, MS, L.Ac., is a 2002 Pacific College graduate. In 1999 he established PulseMed.org as a way to educate people and explain Chinese medicine in everyday language. He is the author of Powerful Body, Peaceful Mind: How to Heal Yourself with Foods, Herbs, and Acupressure and currently teaches medical terminology and medical report writing at PCOM, San Diego.
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Carrie Lynn Cimperman, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2003, San Diego
After earning her masters of science of traditional Oriental medicine from Pacific College, Carrie began practicing at two locations: Mission Valley Acupuncture and an integrative clinic in Temecula, CA. Both practices incorporate chiropractic and massage therapy. She is also a nationally certified diplomate in acupuncture and Chinese herbology by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
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Dawn Richard-Cvetkovic, BA, MS, L.Ac
MSTOM Graduate 2000, San Diego
Dawn currently works at Fallbrook Acupuncture clinic, a busy clinic in Fallbrook, CA and lives in Temecula with her husband and two children. She specializes in pain relief for the neck, back, knees, elbows, hands and fingers. She also treats arthritis and women's health issues. Dawn finds her work both rewarding and fulfilling.
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Deborah Turek, L.Ac.
Deborah Turek has a successful practice in Manhattanıs funky East Village . She has a general practice, but is especially passionate about working with back and neck pain. Deborah is eternally grateful to her teachers at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, especially Matt, Toan, and Colleen for the inspiration they provided. After PCOM, she completed a three-year program in Feng Shui. Deborah also teaches acupuncture to MDs at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn . She is licensed in NY, CA and by NCCAOM. Prior to studying Oriental Medicine, she worked in finance for 10 years with such firms as American Express and Salomon Smith Barney.

Deborah Turek
Chrysalis Acupuncture
103 St. Mark's Place #C
New York, NY 10009
(212) 253-1330
ChrysalisAcupuncture.com

 

Diane Joswick, L.Ac. MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2000, San Diego
Diane Joswick, a 2000 suma cum laude graduate of Pacific College , is a licensed acupuncturist and the president and founder of Acufinder.com, a leading online acupuncture referral service and information resource for the general public. Acufinder.com was launched in October 2001. The site currently receives over 80,000 hits a month and features approximately 1,000 licensed medical and veterinary acupuncturists across the United States . Diane recently sold her private practice located in Del Mar, CA in order to devote her time solely to the development of the referral service.
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Donald Phillips, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2002, San Diego

Donald Phillips is a 2002 graduate. He lives in the Kensington area of San Diego. He currently teaches classes and assists in supervising at the Seniors Clinic, the Pacific Beach Homeless Clinic and the Community Clinic shift at Pacific College. He sees private clients in Bankers Hill area of San Diego.
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Dara Barr L.Ac.

Dara opened her private practice in June 2006 after graduating from Pacific College. Her office is located in the Flatiron District in New York about a stone's throw from the school's campus in a beautiful acupuncture clinic. In addition to seeing private patients, she also has worked with several of the city's herbal pharmacies and treats patients off-site in medical facilities that offer acupuncture pre/post IVF transplantation.

Dara Barr L.Ac.
Eastern Medicine  Acupuncture  Chinese Herbs
900 Broadway, Suite 404
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 917.523.1782
Fax: 484-492-3092
www.DaraBarr.com

 

Dr. Greg Sperber, BMBS (MD)
MTOM, MBA, L.Ac.
Dr. Greg Sperber is a 1997 MTOM graduate of Pacific College , San Diego . Currently he is a professor and clinical supervisor at Pacific College where he will finish his doctorate of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in December 2005. Also, Greg is writing a book with Bob Flaws and is starting a magazine for the profession, slated to debut March 2006. He hopes to have a new practice up and running in the near future as well.
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Dr. Uchenna Egwuonwu, L.Ac.
Immediately following her graduation from Pacific College’s NY MSTM program, Uchenna Egwuonwu began her journey as part of the first doctoral program cohort in San Diego.  After receiving one of the first cohort DAOM degrees awarded by PCOM, she became the founder and president of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Initiative (CAMI), a not-for-profit organization based in Nigeria, Africa. 
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Eric is a graduate summa cum laude class of 1997 from Pacific College or Oriental Medicine in San Diego, holding a masters In Traditional Oriental Medicine
Website:www.acupuncturesandiego.org
A student of Asian culture for many years, Eric has spent time living and traveling in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Having immersed himself in a wide range of studies, as diverse as Japanese Tea Ceremony to Chinese Martial Arts, Eric was finally led to the field of healing and the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After returning form Taiwan in 1993 Eric enrolled at Pacific College.
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Farley C. Hom, LAc, OTR graduated 2005, San Diego.
Website:
www.beewellkidz.com
Farley C. Hom is currently practicing in Santa Monica, CA where he specializes in orthopedic sports injuries and chronic pain. He is also practicing Occupational Therapy (OT) at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Farley graduated from USC in 1994 with a BS in Occupational Therapy. He has 12 years of experience as an OT treating Stroke, Orthopedic, Traumatic Brain Injured, Cancer, Geriatric, HIV/AIDS, and Spinal Cord Injured patients.
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F. Joshua Eha graduated in 2005 from PCOM, San Diego.
Joshua Eha graduated from Pacific College, San Diego in 2005.  Today he is a Chinese medicine practitioner specializing in acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and medical Qi Gong therapy.  With over 10 years experience in meditation, Tai Ji and Qi Gong, he treats the root of disorder through an energetic approach that balances physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of disease.
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Franco Garritano, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2005, San Diego
Franco Garritano has been studying and practicing integrative medicine since 1996. At Pacific College, he interned at UCSD, RIMAC center for sports medicine and San Diego Hospice. He has studied with Jeffrey Yuen and apprenticed with Dr. Xi Qui, an acupuncturist and MD with over 40 years of experience. In his practice, Franco combines acupuncture and massage therapy techniques, movement therapies, stretching and exercise. He is located in San Francisco, CA.
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Frank Butler, L.Ac.
Frank Butler graduated from Pacific College in 1996 and has since founded the Global Acupuncture Project as well as co-founded Zheng Gu Tui Na. Frank has led many groups of acupuncturists on educational trips throughout China, and has studied with some of the most prominent Chinese doctors of the 20th Century.
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Hae Jung Park , L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2003, New York
Website:
http://www.dorajiacupuncture.com
Hae Jung Park is a New York State Licensed Acupuncturist and Nationally Certified Chinese Herbalist. She earned her Master of Science degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York in 2003. She owns and operates Doraji Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Brooklyn , NY .
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Jacques-Olivier Ramponi, L.Ac. MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2000, San Diego
Jacques Ramponi, a 2000 graduate of Pacific College , is currently attending classes at the Hu Bei College of TCM in China . In another two and a half years, Jacques will graduate from Hu Bei College with the state diploma, and though he doesn't know what the future will bring, he is already considering advancing his education to include doctorate in Oriental medicine.
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Jim Rohr, LAc, Dipl. OM. MSTOM MSTOM
Gradute 2005, San Diego
Jim Rohr gradute from Pacific College in 2005. He is currently an acupuncturist and herbalist with Evanstion/Northwestern Healthcate group hear Chicago...
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Jeannie Bianchi, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2004, San Diego
Jeannie lives in San Francisco, CA, where she works at a Chinese medicine clinic called Schizandra Health Center, and at an integrative pharmacy called Pharmaca. Although she has a general practice, she is currently learning more about supportive cancer care. Jeannie lectures both at Pharmaca and in the community about Chinese medicine's application to specific conditions. She also volunteers at a non-profit clinic for low-income women with cancer, called Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic.
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Jocelyn Joy, L.Ac. MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2001, San Diego
Jocelyn Joy, a 2001 graduate of Pacific College , is now a busy practitioner with Inner Spring Center for Health in San Diego , California . Jocelyn's specializes in Orthopedic Disorders with an emphasis on manual therapies such as Tui Na, Muscle Energy and Functional Indirect Techniques. Since graduating from Pacific College Jocelyn has also been busy developing Joy Seminars, a company that sponsors continuing education seminars for acupuncture students and practitioners. In addition, Jocelyn also coordinates Matt Callison's popular "Energetics of Structural Balance" seminar series in San Diego .
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Josha Shome, l.Ac
Joshua Shome graduated from Pacific College NY in June 2004, and started his practice at the Olive Lead Wholeness Center in Manhattan.  He opened a new office on Fifth Avenue in June of 2006. 
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Justin Ehrlich, L.Ac., MSTOM
MSTOM Graduate 2001, San Diego
Justin Ehrlich lives in San Diego, CA. He graduated from Pacific College in 2001 with a masters of science of Oriental Medicine. He currently works at CORE Orthopaedic Medical Center in Encinitas, CA.
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