Doctor of Acupuncture Completion Track
About Our Online Doctoral Program
VUIM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Doctor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, are ACAHM accredited, Doctoral completion programs for graduates of the MAc and MAcHM. Our newly redesigned program now consists of an efficiently concentrated 25 credits and 300 hours of study that can be completed 100% online, in the comfort of your own home.
Only 25 Credits and 300 Hours for completion.
Now encompassing four, in-demand areas of clinical practice taught by industry subject matter experts.
Increased Affordability with Reduced Credits and Financial Aid Options Available.
Our Refined Curriculum
Our curriculum has been carefully curated to encompass four captivating areas of clinical medicine: Orthopedics, Cancer Care, Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Care, as well as Reproductive Health.
Our Faculty
Dr. Lixing Lao, PhD, LAc is a professor and the President of the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM). He has been appointed since October 2019. He also serves as the Director of the Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) program. At VUIM, Dr. Lao teaches Acupuncture, Tuina (Chinese massage), Clinical Training, Research (evidence-based medicine), and advanced acupuncture courses in the DAOM program. He also serves as a mentor for capstone projects for the DAOM students here.
Dr. Lao graduated from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SUTCM) in 1983 and completed his Ph.D in Physiology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) in 1992. Before VUIM, Dr. Lao taught Family Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine of the University of Maryland School of Medicine between 1992 and 2013. In 2013, he became the Director of the School of Chinese Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). In 2014, Dr. Lao was appointed to hold the Endowed Professorship in Integrative Medicine there and taught until 2019. Dr. Lao is an elected vice president of the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), and the immediate past Secretary General of the Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM).
Dr. Katherine Taromina, DACM, MSTOM, L.Ac., is an Oncology Acupuncturist for the Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine Program and a Research Acupuncturist with the Greenlee Studies Team at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Kathy also serves as Academic Dean and faculty for the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine. Her clinical practice is focused on providing supportive care to adults and children with cancer both on and off therapy. Kathy has previously served as a Research Acupuncturist and Program Manager for the Integrative Therapies Program at Columbia University Medical Center and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Society for Integrative Oncology. As a clinical researcher, Kathy’s main interest is in trials that will expand patient access to East Asian Medicine
Anthony Von der Muhll, DAOM, DNBAO, L.Ac., has served patients with pain, orthopedic and sports injuries, and other neuro-musculoskeletal conditions since 2003 using acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, dry needling, myofascial trigger point needling, prolo-acupuncture, gua sha, tui na, suction cupping, and Traditional East Asian herbology. He integrates traditional acupuncture with contemporary neuro-anatomical approaches to needle therapy. founded the Santa Cruz Acupuncture Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic in 2003, and relocated to the Sports Acupuncture Clinic at Bamboo Family Acupuncture in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2022. He is the only Licensed Acupuncturist in Charlottesville who is a credentialed Fellow of the Academy of Integrative Pain Management, and is also certified in Integrative Sports Medicine, in Acupuncture Orthopedics, and as a Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist (dry needling).
Dr. Caroline Radice, DACM, L.Ac., is licensed by the States of New York and New Jersey, as well as Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).Caroline has practiced in the Metro New York area since 1995 where she was a founding partner of Soho Herbs and Acupuncture and has taught at the major institutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine in New York City, including the Pacific College of Health Sciences (formerly PCOM), Tri-State College of Acupuncture, Mercy College Graduate Department of Oriental Medicine, and Touro College Graduate Department of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, as well as at the New York Medical College in the Medical Acupuncture Program for Physicians. More recently, Caroline has lectured on Women’s Reproductive Health and Menopause for Doctoral Programs. Presently, she is on Faculty at SIEAM (Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine) and VUIM (Virginia University of Integrated Medicine) lecturing on Clinical Integrated OB-GYN and is an adjunct for Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles.
Receive PDA Units from the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
We are pleased to announce our groundbreaking collaboration with the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Fundamentals of Oncology Acupuncture Program.
Through our work with MSK, our licensed acupuncture students are able to earn 12.5 PDA Units of Continuing Education upon successful completion of the CM700 – Cancer Care course within our Doctoral Degree program.