About Karl

My interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) started in 1980 when I began my taiji study in San Francisco. After graduation from Five Branches Institute, a TCM school in CA, I traveled regularly to China to study with senior doctors in busy TCM hospitals. In China, the senior doctors practiced on a level where the medicine was as much an art as it was a science. I got to see the "possibilities" of the medicine and that inspired me to study more deeply.

I specialize in treating patients with gastrointestinal, gynecological, and musculoskeletal conditions. I do treat patients with other conditions.

I regularly take acupuncture & herbal seminars to improve my skills and I integrate what I learn into my clinical practice.

I strive to be consistent with my daily exercise practice so that I'll have the energy and health to give my patients effective treatments.

My favorite Beijing doctor, Chen Tongyun, said "treat each patient as if he or she was part of your family." I strive to give each of my patients the best possible care.

Clinical Experience
1994 - 2001 Council Bluffs, Iowa
1995 - 1996 Boulder, Colorado
2001 - 2006 Lincoln, Nebraska
2007 -          Loveland, Colorado

Education
Graduate of Five Branches Institute, Santa Cruz, CA, 1990-1994

Thirteen months of post-graduate clinical internships in Chinese Hospitals (Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai) on five trips between 1995 and 2005

Licenses and Professional Affiliations
Licensed Acupuncturist (L. Ac.) Iowa (1994), Colorado (1995), and Nebraska (2001)

Certified Diplomate (Dpl. Ac.) Acupuncture, National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), current since 1994 and Certified Diplomate (Dpl. C.H.) Chinese Herbal Medicine, NCCAOM, since 2006