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Thirty years ago, we embarked on an ambitious venture. We founded Five Branches University with a mission to set the standards for Traditional Chinese Medicine education and healthcare in the West. 19
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The seed was planted early in his family’s herb shop in Taiwan. Young Po-Lin Shyu spent many weekends working there, observing the treatment of patients and the preparation of herbal formulas. When h
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Mary is a faculty member at the Santa Cruz Campus since 2007, practicing Five Element Acupuncture along with TCM. During her time here, Mary also founded the Veterans’ Clinical Externship, which provi
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\"I have always known that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up, but I was afraid of blood.\" This is what brought young Kevin Zhu to the University of Beijing to study Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Last year Five Branches University\'s Senior Professor Dr. Jeffrey Pang, L.Ac., MD (China), collaborated with one of the University\'s oldest alums, Adam White, L.Ac, to write and publish a textbook o
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Ron Zaidman, President of Five Branches University and Joanna Zhao, Academic Dean traveled to Vietnam in March to establish two new hospital externships in Saigon and Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam has a ric
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On December 16th, 2012 Five Branches University graduated 60 students from its Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine program, its largest graduating class to date. Accompanied by the lovely piano mel
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On September 15th, 2012, President Ron Zaidman exchanges a gift of gratitude with Dr Li Candong, Vice-President of the Fuijan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the signing of our Cooperati
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Five Branches University is proud to have earned the highest level of institutional and programmatic re-accreditation, 7-years, for its Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Master of Traditional
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