Joy Yue Zhang

EDUCATION

 

11/1986 - 11/1987

 

China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine   Beijing, P. R. China

 

·         An advanced doctor (TCM) training class for advanced studies

 

09/1979 - 08/1984

Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   Shijiazhang, Hebei, P. R. China

 

·         Bachelor of Medicine

 

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS

 

09/1983 - 08/1984

Hebei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shijiazhang, Hebei, P. R. China

 

·         Residency

 

CERTIFICATIONS AND BOARD LICENSES

 

·         Licensed Acupuncturist in Massachusetts (License No. 580), 1996

 

·         Licensed Acupuncturist in New Hampshire (License No. 072), 2002

 

·         NCCAOM[1] Diplomate in Acupuncture (Certificate No. 952-0628-859), 1996

 

·         NCCAOM Diplomate in Chinese Herbology  (Certification #: 006790), 1996

 

 

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

 

09/03 – Present

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute   Boston, MA

Acupuncturist

 

07/97 – 10/98

Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Spence Center   Cambridge, MA            

 

Acupuncturist

 

08/84 - 07/94

 

Hebei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shijiazhang, Hebei, P. R. China

Physician in charge (TCM)

 

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

 

09/98 – Present

China Acupuncture Health Center   Westford, MA   

 

Acupuncturist / Founder

 

12/96 – 7/98

New England Acupuncture and Oriental Herbal Services           Arlington, MA

 

Acupuncturist

 

08/84 - 07/94

 

Hebei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   Shijiazhang, Hebei, P. R. China.

 

Physician in charge (TCM)

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

01/1996 - Present

 

New England School of Acupuncture (NESA)  Watertown, MA

 

Associate professor and clinic supervisor

 

08/1984 - 07/1994

 

Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   Shijiazhang, Hebei, P. R. China.

 

Assistant Professor and clinic supervisor

 

RESEARCH

 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute   Boston, MA

06/2004 – Present (Research period: 2004 & 2005)

 

Project Title: NESA- Harvard Acupuncture Research Collaborative

 

·         Participating in the NCCAM[2], NIH[3] funded research project: Acupuncture for chemotherapy induced neutropenia (project # U19-AT0020022 NCCAM, NIH). The project is conduced in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

·         Member, Massachusetts Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine

 

·         Member, Acupuncture Society of Massachusetts

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

 

·         Yue Zhang, “Ophthalmology of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Relationships Between Eye and Organs, Eye and Meridians”, New England Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp40, Summer 2003.

·         Yue Zhang, “Case Report: Diabetes Complicated With Oculomotor Paralysis”, Chinese Journal of TCM Ophthalmology, Volume 2, Issue 4, April 1992.

 

·         Yue Zhang, “The Significance of Xuanfu Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine”, Hebei Journal of Traditional Medicine, additional edition, pp46, Dec.1989.

 

 

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

05/2002 - Present

Senior Editor, New England Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine


[1] NCCAOM – National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

[2] NCCAM - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

[3] NIH - National Institutes of Health.