CELINE CHANG

Professional Experience

• Led and mentored three associate acupuncturists as Lead Acupuncturist, fostering professional development and ensuring high standards of patient care.
• Treated patients with central nervous system disorders, including cognitive decline, neurodegenerative conditions, and traumatic brain injury (TBI), utilizing neuro-acupuncture protocols to improve neurological function and autonomic regulation.
• Received consistent referrals from licensed psychotherapists for patients with PTSD, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and insomnia, integrating acupuncture to support stress modulation, sleep regulation, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis balance.
• Administered acupuncture care for women’s health and fertility patients, utilizing cycle-based treatment strategies to optimize treatment outcomes.
• Collaborated with MDs and multidisciplinary providers in an integrative medical setting, enhancing comprehensive patient care through effective communication and treatment coordination.
• Increased clinic patient volume from fewer than 30 patients per week to approximately 80 patients per week across five treatment days.
• Contributed to clinic expansion from one location to four locations.

• Developed customized rehab plans to address individual patient needs.
• Managed 6-10 patients per hour, providing focused treatments in community acupuncture settings.
• Treated patients with substance addiction, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and related emotional issues impacting pain and insomnia.
• Provide employee treatment and consultation time for institution to keep work and healthy life balance.

• Successfully recovered patient from insomnia, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.
• Experience in treating four patients hourly.
• Multiple successes of treating sports injury, joint inflammation, and water retention of patients who needed artificial joints replacements.
• Coordinated with the neurosurgeon to process patients for post-surgical recovery.
• Analyzed scientific research of acupuncture to patients and explained how oriental medicine theory applies to western medicine.
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.