General Information

Dr. Tae Cheong Choo, Ph.D, KMD, L.Ac. 

Dr. Choo currently serves as President Emeritus of the Virginia University of
Integrative Medicine. He has pursued a distinguished and wide-ranging career in
Integrative Medicine since 1980 as a clinician, educator, administrator, and
international lecturer.

He earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from Kyung Hee
University in Seoul, Korea—widely regarded as the world’s premier institution for
Integrative Medical education and research. During his tenure at the Kyung Hee
University Integrative Medical Hospital, he gained extensive and highly
specialized clinical experience in the treatment of stroke and Musculo-
 skeletal disease.

Over the course of his professional career, Dr. Choo has treated more
than 300,000 patients with a broad spectrum of disorders. He is recognized as
a Master Practitioner of two of the safest and most effective acupuncture
systems—SaAm Korean Four-Needle Acupuncture and Master Tong’s
Acupuncture—and has been a highly sought-after clinician for over three
decades.

Dr. Choo has served as CEO and President of the Virginia University of
Integrative Medicine, as a full-time professor, and as a clinic supervisor at Samra
University of Oriental Medicine in Los Angeles, California, and at Wongu
University in Las Vegas. A respected and popular lecturer, he has presented
advanced Continuing Education seminars on Integrative Medicine, SaAm
Acupuncture, and Master Tong’s Acupuncture both nationally and internationally.
His international teaching venues include the International Congress of
Integrative Medicine in Seoul, Korea; TCM Kongress Rothenburg in Germany;
the Chiway Academy in Winterthur, Switzerland; the Shou Zhong Institute for
Chinese Medicine in Berlin, Germany; and Graz Medical School in Austria. He
has also been invited to lecture at the U.S. Army’s Clark Health Clinic at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina, on the practical application of acupuncture for pain
management.

Dr. Choo has participated as a site visit team member for the Accreditation
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and has served on
the Board of Directors of the California State Oriental Medicine Association
(CSOMA).

Course Objective:

This course investigates the distinctive environmental and climatic characteristics
of the twelve primary meridians as interpreted within Sa-Am Acupuncture and
classical East Asian medical literature. Particular emphasis is placed on how the
theories of the Six Qi, the Five Elements, and the foundational principles of
the Huangdi Neijing and Shang Han Lunare integrated within Sa-Am Medicine.
Students will analyze how the inherent nature of each meridian reflects
corresponding climatic influences and will learn how this relationship informs the
diagnosis and treatment of both root (ben) and branch (biao) patterns. In
addition, the course highlights the safety, simplicity, and clinical efficacy of the
Sa-Am system, which relies on distal point selection and minimal needling.

 

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