Zhenbo Li, PhD (China) and LAc, has more than 30 years of university level teaching and clinical experience in both the U.S. and China. Dr. Li holds acupuncture licenses from Oregon and Washington. She is an herbalist certificated by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Li specializes in Gynecology and Oncology. She believes that the complementary use of acupuncture, Chinese medicine, modern science, and Western medicine is more powerful than a single approach. Her goal is to spread Chinese medicine in the world and help people to live healthier lives.
Prior to her retirement, she was a professor at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM). She taught Traditional Chinese Medicine Gynecology, Internal Medicine, and Oncology for the Master’s and Doctoral programs. She also supervised student interns at the teaching clinic. Prior to teaching at OCOM, she taught for combined 10 years at Shandong University, First Teaching Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, and the American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Minnesota.
Dr. Li earned a bachelor’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in 1986 and a master’s degree in TCM Internal Medicine in 1991, both from Shandong University of TCM. In 1998, she graduated from Guangzhou University of TCM with a PhD, specializing in internal medicine and hematology. She has published books on traditional Chinese medicine and authored many essays. She is fluent in Chinese and English.