Dr. Arthur Yin Fan, Fan Ying, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Herbology, Tuina, Cupping, Guasha, Tai Chi, Taiji, Qigong, NCCAOM certificate, Vienna, Virginia, Washington DC, acute & chronic pain, migraine, tension headache, sinus infection, allergy, neuralgia, bladder dysfunction, bed wetting, cervical (neck) pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, post-operative pain, gastric problem, asthma, hemorrhoids, fatigue, anxiety, depression, ADD, ADHD, fibromyalgia, infertility, PMS, PTSD, nausea, vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome, IBS, cancer, Parkinson disease, anemia; Dr. Arthur Yin Fan; Tuina, Cupping, Tai Chi, Qigong, McLean, Falls Church, Annandale, Arlington, Alexandria, Rosslyn, Ballstone, Reston, Herndon, Rockville, Fairfax, 22101, 22102, 22043, 22042, 22180, 22182, 20007.

*A licensed acupuncturist and Certified Oriental medicine doctor in Virginia and Washington DC since 2002;

*A physician in both Chinese medicine and Conventional medicine (in China, from 1986 to 2001, 16 years'experience in a major hospital in Nanjing), chosen by the Chinese government as a High-level(top) physician in Chinese Medicine (1999-2000);

*A Ph.D. in Chinese Internal Medicine, and had special training in TCM neurology and Gynecology(in China);

*A researcher/scientist/author in acupuncture and Chinese herbology studies(safety and efficacy), was an NIH fellowship in Chinese medicine;

*An associate Chief-editor for Journal of Integrative Medicine (JIM, an SCI journal with IF 4.3 in 2023), and an editorial board member of other 8 SCI journals. *A peer reviewer for main stream medical journals, such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM), Phytomedicine, PlosOne; and book publishers;

*An academic consultant for the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore (since 2006 to 2014); A research consultant for Stanford University

*A board director in Virginia state acupuncture society(2008-2010)(ASVA);

* The founder and president of Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine(VITCM);

Dr. Fan has extensive experience in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) with a focus on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)* research and clinical work. He trained in both Western medicine and TCM in China and the United States. As an acupuncturist and herbologist, he currently heads the McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC. He also serves as a consultant for CAM research, with a focus on TCM, at the University of Maryland medical school's Center for Integrative Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Fan is an expert in using TCM as a complementary remedy in the treatment of neurological, endocrinological, immunological, and inflammatory disorders, and cancer. This page details his educational background, licensure, work, and teaching experience.

Education and Training:

08/02 - 06/05: Research scholar, Traditional Chinese Medicine department of the Center for Integrative Medicine (National Institutes of Health CAM research center), University of Maryland school of medicine. Research field: Acupuncture mechanism on pain and inflammation, cancer pain; safety and efficacy of Chinese herbs and formulae on inflammation, arthritis, cancer and pain.

06/01 - 08/02: Research scholar, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown Medical Center, Georgetown University; Washington, D.C. Research field: pharmacology and toxicology of herbal medicine and nutrition in the treatment of hypertension, high cholesterol and triglycerides, liver disorders and diabetes.

09/99 - 10/99: Senior visiting scholar (high-level short-term postdoctoral training), National Advanced TCM Physician Training/Research Center, run by the China National Administry of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Changchun, China.

09/95 - 06/98: Study culminating in the Ph.D. in Medical Science, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Coursework in the methodological study of intractable diseases and their TCM treatment, methods and principles; TCM clinical and basic science research, with a speciality in neurology. Nanjing University of (Traditional) Chinese Medicine is one of China's four flagship TCM schools and a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center of Traditional Medicine and WHO Acupuncture Training Center. Mentored by Dr. Zhou Zhongying, one of the top five TCM doctors in China.

06/90 - 12/90: Attending doctor; Visiting Scholar (postgraduate medical training), neurology and medical psychology, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing University of Medical Science.

09/81 - 07/86: Study culminating in the M.D. in TCM (including acupuncture), Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Coursework included four years in the study of TCM and Western medicine and a one-year hospital internship.

07/85 - 07/86: Intern, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Licensures:

Licensed Acupuncturist in Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Licensed since 2002.
Deplomate in Oriental Medicine (includes in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology and Asian Bodywork), (American) National Certification Commision for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). In China, licensed physician in TCM since 1986 and licensed physician in Western medicine since 1990.

Work Experiences:

11/06 - present: Consultant for CAM research (focus on TCM), Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland medical school in Baltimore.

06/05 - present: Clinical doctor in acupuncture and Chinese herbology, McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine PLC, McLean/Vienna, Virginia.

08/02 - 05/05: NIH Research Fellow, Center for Integrative Medicine (formerly the Complementary Medicine Program), University of Maryland School of Medicine.

06/01 - 08/02: Researcher, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, D.C. (Worked under the instruction of Dr. Harry G. Preuss, former chair of the American College of Nutrition.)

08/98 - 05/01: Clinical physician, professor, hospital administrator and researcher.

--Deputy Director and Researcher, Nanjing Institute of Chinese Medicine.

--Deputy Director and Researcher, Center oof Stroke Research and Treatment in Nanjing, a national key center for stroke treatment and rehabilitation, credentialed by the China National Administry of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

--Director and physician, Neurology Departtment, The Third Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Supervised more than 40 employees treating neurology patients in 56 beds (cuurent over 200)

--Mentor of graduate students in medical sscience and associate professor, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

06/96 - 10/98: Expert in Neurology (part-time), Nanjing Yuhua Hospital.

08/91 - 09/95: Physician-in-Charge (attending physician), Neurology Department, Third Hospital, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

08/86 - 06/91: Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Third Hospital, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Teaching:

2003-present: NCCAOM Professional developing Activity(PDA) provider / Continuing Medical Education (CME) teacher in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine for Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Medicine Association of Greater Washington, D.C.

1999-2002: Part-time CME teacher, Nanjing Continuing Medical Education Projects, Nanjing Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

10/98-present: Mentor of graduate students in medical science, and associate professor at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Clinical professor in TCM internal medicine for senior undergraduates, interns and visiting physicians.

02/99-07/99: Part-time teacher (evening school in Yuhua District, Nanjing) in herbology and acupuncture for Nanjing Rural Physician Training Program.

02/97-11/97: Part-time teacher in TCM internal medicine for undergraduates, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

08/90 - 09/95: Part-time clinical instructor in TCM internal medicine for senior undergraduates and interns, Third Hospital, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.