March 16 2024 – 1:00PM to 6:00PM – Integrative Geriatrics

Dr. Wen-Shuo Wu is a Medical Doctor (M.D.) from Taiwan. He graduated from China Medical University in 1987. He earned his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from UCLA in 1992 and his Master of Science in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (MSAOM) from South Baylo University in 1994. He passed his California Acupuncture License Exam in 1994. He earned his Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) from Pacific College of Health and Science in 2019.

Dr. Wu has great teaching and administrative experience. He worked as full-time faculty and clinical supervisor in South Baylo University from 1994, and then became the Academic Dean in 1998. In 2000, he was appointed as the Founding Dean of the College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine at SCU. Dr. Wu currently is the part-time faculty for South Baylo University.

Dr. Wu is a fifth (5th) generation Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner from Taiwan. His father, Dr. ShuiSheng Wu, is his mentor and teaches him the knowledge, diagnosis and treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has great experience in Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture. He has always integrated Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine in his teaching and clinical practice. He also has given speeches to several colleges and universities in USA, China and Taiwan regarding the AOM education and practice. He is involved on several research projects with the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and California State University – Fullerton (CSU-Fullerton). He currently practices at Diamond Bar, California.


This course focuses on the integrative approach of TCM and Western Medicine on the elderly patients. Main areas of discussion include advocacy and empowerment, long term care, geriatric assessment, coping with age-related changes, guardianship, adult protection, and care giving. 

This course will cover TCM and Western Medicine diagnosis and Acupuncture/Herbs treatments for the most common seen medical conditions (cancers, cardiovascular diseases, dementia, delirium and falls). 

There will be case discussion and Q & A at the end of class.

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