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ATCA Advisory Board
 Dr.
Li-Chuan Chen
Dr. Li-Chuan Chen is currently the
Editor-in-chief of Integrative Health & Healing, an education and informational
magazine advocating integrative medicine. He is also an
assistant professor at Capital University of Integrative
Medicine, Washington, D.C., teaching research methodology and
guiding the student thesis projects. He is also appointed to the
Ph.D. steering committee, Faculty Advisory Committee and
Institutional Review Board. In addition, he sees clients for
intuitive health reading, both privately and in various medical
and dental offices. He also gives talks at professional
conferences and conducts workshops on Qigong and self-care
techniques.
Dr.
Chen graduated from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,
in 1981 with his B.S. in Agricultural Chemistry. He received his
doctor degree in Toxicology from the University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky, in 1991. He then spent the following five
years conducting post-doctoral research at National Cancer
Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1996 he was recruited by
Wayne Jonas, M.D., then the director of the Office of
Alternative Medicine at National Institutes of Health to
investigate two alternative cancer therapies under a
professional contract. As the results of investigation, he wrote
several reports.
Dr.
Chen is also a Scientific Advisor for the National Foundation
for Alternative Medicine.
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more about Dr. Chen
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Dr. Roger Jahnke
Roger Jahnke, OMD (Oriental Medicine Doctorate), has dedicated his life to sharing the powerful ancient healing traditions of China. With over two decades of clinical practice as a physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine and eight research tours to China, Dr. Jahnke has practiced and taught Qigong and Tai Chi in the United States, Canada, and Asia for over30 years.
Dr. Jahnke has presented at major conferences on advances in complementary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and San Diego. He has lectured on self-healing and alternative medicine to numerous hospital systems and health care associations, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Articles written by Dr. Jahnke have appeared in numerous professional journals. He has published a popular Qigong instruction video, Awakening and Mastering the Medicine Within You. He is co-author of the Qigong chapter in the ground breaking book Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide. He is also the author of two books: The Healer Within: Using Chinese Techniques to Awaken Your Body’s Inner Medicine, (Harper - San Francisco, 1997 and 1999), and The Healing Promise of Qi: Supreme Wellness through Qigong and Tai Chi (Contemporary Books, a division of McGraw- Hill, 2002).
Roger is one of the founders of the National Qigong Association (NQA) and the founder and director of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC). He is a consultant on Qigong and Tai Chi research for the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and numerous universities receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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more about Dr. Jahnke
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 Dr.
Keith Jeffery
Dr.
Keith Jeffery, a 25 year Tai Chi veteran in British Columbia,
Canada, is a world leader in the field of Tai Chi for fitness
and health promotion. He has created many very popular and
effective Tai Chi instructional videos and nutritional
audiotapes. Much of his time is devoted to teaching "4 Minute
Fitness" to businesses and organizations, helping employees learn
easy and effective ways to decrease stress and find balance and
peace. In addition, Dr. Jeffery certifies instructors and
teaches the general public "Easy Tai Chi" for health enhancement
through videos, web based distance learning programs and
international seminars.
Dr.
Jeffery has an extensive Western medical background (companion
animal veterinarian) and Eastern Complementary and Alternative
training in Tai Chi and Qigong. By integrating the health
benefits from Western and Eastern medicine, he developed
consumer-oriented Tai Chi video programs such as "Tai Chi
for Busy People" and "4 Minute Fitness",
emphasizing the need to easily and effectively create balance
and vitality in a fast changing, time-pressured society.
Dr.
Jeffery is committed to promoting Tai Chi for health
improvement. He is an outstanding public speaker and coach of
the coaches. He is a pioneer using the Internet to deliver Tai
Chi concepts to overcome "9-11" mental disruption.
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more about Dr. Jeffery
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 Dr.
Paul Lam
Dr. Paul
Lam, a family physician in Sydney of Australia, is a world
leader in the field of Tai Chi for health improvement. He has
produced several Tai Chi programs, instructional videos and
written books that have helped many people improve their health
and lifestyle. His "Tai Chi for Arthritis" program is
supported by many Arthritis Foundations worldwide. His "Tai
Chi for Diabetes" program is supported by Diabetes
Australia.
Dr.
Lam has been a family physician in Sydney, Australia since 1976.
He graduated from the medical school of The
University of New
South Wales, Australia
on
a university scholarship. He has been a clinical teacher with
the Family Medicine Program and lecturer in the University of
NSW for nearly 20 years.
The
founder of the Better Health Tai Chi Chuan Academy that was
established in the year of 1984, Dr. Lam conducts global
workshops to train instructors of the "Tai Chi for Arthritis" and
"Tai Chi for Diabetes" programs, and is participating in several
research projects. He has given numerous talks and presentations
on the subject of Tai Chi for health at international and
regional conferences. Dr. Lam is the co-author of 2 books:
"Overcoming Arthritis" and "The 36 Forms Chen
Style Taijiquan". He also translated "The Qigong
Boom". In addition, he regularly contributes articles to
several international Tai Chi magazines, and has been featured
on their covers.
Dr.
Lam is committed to promoting Tai Chi for health improvement. He
has combined his knowledge of medicine, Tai Chi and coaching to
further this purpose. He enjoys working to bridge the gap
between East and West, traditional and modern Tai Chi stylists.
In recently years, Dr Lam has written "Teaching Tai Chi Effectively" and "Tai Chi for Beginners and the 24 Forms" books. The former is the first such book to systematically share effective methods to help students and teachers fulfilling their objectives based on scientific evidence and experience. The later is a multi-layer book for students and teachers of different levels. He has also designed a new program "Tai Chi @ Work" together with medical and industrial experts to help manage stress and turn that into a source of strength.
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more about Dr. Lam
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 Ms.
Susan A. Matthews
Ms. Susan A. Matthews has been teaching
Tai Chi and Qigong for more than 20 years. She studies various
internal martial arts, including Wu and Chen Style Tai Chi,
Xing Yi, and the Lan Shou System. She is certified in the
MiZong School of Medical Qigong. As founder of the Shanti
School of Taijiquan in Durango, Colorado, she has developed a
unique Orthopedic Integration Therapy for chronic pain, based
on Taiji principles of natural movement. Many practicing
professionals have studied with her. She particularly has
emphasized women's health in her practice, documenting nearly
10 years of case studies of women students progress through
taijiquan and qigong
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Ms.
Matthews has distinguished herself through her work to
integrate internal martial arts training with some 15 years of
study in the biomedical sciences and metaphysics. She bridges
modern western medical knowledge with her internal martial
arts practices and study. In addition to her internal martial
arts training, she draws her one-of-a-kind approach from
baccalaureate degrees in Molecular Biology and
Anthropology/Archeology, and a Master of Science degree in
Anatomy and Neurobiology from the University of Texas Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences where she studied
neuroendocrinology, circadian rhythmicity, melatonin, and
pineal gland. Currently, she is engaged in
doctoral research in the Department of Cell and Neurobiology
at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. In her Ph.D. work, she
focuses on the neural circuitry of the spinal cord, and
the molecular and electrical connections involved in synchronized movement.
Susan
has produced instructional videos on tai chi, including "Blood
Circulation and Energy Gathering Qigong." She is asked
regularly to bring her dynamic, effective style of teaching to
a number of locations in the United States, while sharing
information with a worldwide audience through her extensive
informational
website.
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more about Ms. Matthews
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