Wei Liu, DAOM, LAc

Professor Wei Liu graduated from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine majoring in acupuncture and orthopedics. Dr. Liu, a licensed acupuncturist, practices in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the founder of East Wind Acupuncture and Tuina Healing Center, Inc. and is a well known clinician and professor of acupuncture across the U.S. Dr. Liu co-founded the Department of Acupuncture at Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU) in 2000. He continued as a professor of TCM at NWHSU until 2017. In 2004, Dr. Liu was invited to be the visiting professor for the first cohort of the Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) program at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM), and currently continues to function in that capacity. Dr. Liu has been welcomed as a prominent and beloved speaker at different TCM conferences and programs, such as the Pacific Symposium, Great River Symposium and the international acupuncture courses at Harvard Medical School. In June 2016, he was appointed as the guest professor and committee member of the Experts Committee by China-America Acupuncture Rehabilitation Institute and established the “Dr. Liu’s Acupuncture Workshop.” In April 2017, Dr. Liu was also appointed as the guest professor by Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. In May 2017, he was selected by the Chinese 100 Overseas Projects as one of the first ten TCM experts abroad.Dr. Wei Liu’s profound knowledge of acupuncture was passed down through his family. His acupuncture methods and techniques adhere to the ancient classical style, yet are also innovative. He has formed his own style, the Dr. Liu Style, and created several sets of acupuncture needling series, methods and techniques, such as Liu’s Scalp Acupuncture, Liu’s Abdominal Acupuncture, Kite-Needling, and Liu’s Structural Energy Acupuncture. Dr. Liu has been a coveted instructor from coast to coast on variety of topics of acupuncture. His teaching style is straightforward, lively, and full of humor, expressing profound meanings with simple words. Dr. Liu’s acupuncture style has won the most applause from his colleagues in the field, and earned him the reputation as a grandmaster in acupuncture.

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