About the Columnist

James Whittle, MS, LAc, is an acupuncturist and an expert in traditional Chinese medicine. James has been to China eight times and spent nearly eight months working in Chinese hospitals with some of the most respected doctors in China. He is a graduate of the internship program at The Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

He completed a four-year clinical master's degree in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture at Bastyr University in Seattle and did his undergraduate work at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

James now teaches and speaks on many issues related to contemporary medicine, acupuncture and complementary modalities of healing. Most recently, he was invited to teach cancer nurses at the annual Oncology Nursing Society in Seattle about integrating Chinese medicine with cancer care in U.S. hospitals. He specializes in pain conditions, women's health including infertility and cancer.

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