Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the acupuncture community on the front lines for addressing this epidemic.
Fred Lerner, DC, PhD, FACO
Dr. Fred Lerner graduated summa cum laude from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 1979 and earned his PhD in electromedical sciences from City University of Los Angeles in 1985. He is board certified in chiropractic orthopedics and maintains a private practice specializing in chiropractic, electromedicine and distress disorders.
Although a great deal of Dr. Lerner's professional training is related to chiropractic, he is nevertheless quite familiar with the practice of acupuncture. Since 1993, he has served as chair of the National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics. He is also an associate professor at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, California, and has designed and conducted numerous certification programs in acupuncture orthopedics for licensed acupuncturists.