Eugene Iwasa, L.Ac. is a California Licensed Acupuncturist and Nationally Certified Herbalist who began his training in Oriental Medicine as an herbalist apprentice in Japan in 1991. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley as well as the most prestigious Acupuncture school in the nation, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, California.

Eugene has also undergone extensive advanced clinical training overseas, first in the Acupuncture Department at People's University Hospital in Beijing, China with acupuncturist Dr. Wang Ju Yi. He then trained in the Acupuncture, Pulmonary, and Endocrinology Departments at Dongzhimen Hospital in Beijing, China, and also interned under Dr. Hao Wan Shan, a professor at Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine University. Eugene has also studied Japanese acupuncture with Dr. Koji Ichihashi, a former professor at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

While Eugene's native language is English, his fluency in Japanese and Chinese has enabled him to communicate with Japanese and Chinese doctors for even greater understanding in the Oriental healing arts. Eugene is a regularly published translator in the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine, and is working on translating articles and books on Oriental Medicine from Japanese and Chinese into English.

Eugene specializes in both Japanese and Chinese styles of acupuncture as well as herbal medicine.

In addition to his private practice in the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine in Santa Monica, Eugene is a member of the acupuncture staff at the Center for Health and Healing at St. Vincent Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles.

In the summer of 2001, Eugene and three other acupuncturists including Tim Moore traveled to Ladakh, India, to provide free acupuncture treatment to the local population. Click here for pictures.

Licenses: California Licensed Acupuncturist

Certifications: Diplomate in Acupuncture (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine)
  Diplomate in Chinese Herbology (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine)
Hepatitis C Professional Certification Program
  Certified Massage Therapist.

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