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Marilyn Allen is a well-known expert in the fields of acupuncture and medical malpractice. She holds an M.S. degree from Pepperdine University and teaches courses in acupuncture practice management and ethics at a variety of TCM schools in southern California. She is also the current director of marketing for the American Acupuncture Council.
BA: Biology, State University of New York John Barber has nearly two decades experience in teaching energy movement, and has helped thousands of students of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of these dynamic movement arts. A graduate of Yo San University, he is a member of the Qi Development faculty and is the current Qi Department Chairperson. He is certified in several Ni family forms, including Eight Treasures, Self-healing Qigong, meditation, Dao-In, Harmony Style Taiji and Taiji Sword. He also holds a triple B.S. in Biology, Psychology and Computer Science, and an M.S. in Computing. In his previous career, he worked as an intelligent systems developer, internal consultant, project manager and program manager for several Fortune 500 companies. He has a private medical practice in Venice.
Julie Chambers was introduced to Chinese medicine in 1991 and began her studies in Chinese medicine at Yo San University the same year. After graduating with the University's highest honors in 1996, she began her private practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine. Julie joined the administration at YSU in 1998, serving as Associate Academic Dean and then as Academic Dean until 2001. She teaches Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Herbal Formulas, has been on the faculty in the herbal department since 2000, currently serving as its Chair. In addition to her teaching and private practice, several times per year Julie visits other acupuncture and Chinese medicine schools around the country as an ACAOM site visitor. Julie maintains a raw herbal pharmacy at both her practice locations, in the Yo San building and in Santa Monica. She is married, with three children and three grandchildren, and lives in Santa Monica.
Western Medicine Departments
Brady Chin has over twenty years of experience in athletics, yoga, qigong and martial arts, endowing him with an athlete's understanding of the issues that arise in Sports Medicine. He is a member of the academic and clinical faculty at Yo San. He graduated from Samra University and previously served in various administrative roles at several other schools of Oriental Medicine. He has a private practice in Westwood.
BA: University of California, Los Angeles
David Cohen has a B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmore College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State College. He received his Acupuncture Certificate from the California Acupuncture College in 1985 and has been in private practice since 1986, specializing in internal medicine, especially problems of aging such as menopause, aging in men, and inflammatory and immune-compromised diseases. David has taught at Yo San since the school first opened in 1989, teaching Principles and Theories of TCM and TCM Diagnosis. He served as clinic director here from 1997-1998.
Laraine Crampton has taught several Ni family qigong forms for ten years. She considers qigong one of the most valuable self-care assets in her own life, as well as in the lives of her patients. She graduated from Yo San University and is a member of Yo San's Qi development, academic and clinical faculty. She is editor and co-author of Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology and has a private practice in Santa Monica.
Dr. Margo Deleaver is a board certified physician, trained in both Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She received her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and received her TCM Master’s degree from Yo San University. She also has a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica in California and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Besides teaching Western medical classes at Yo San, Dr. DeLeaver privately practices both pediatrics and acupuncture.
BA: Hampshire College, MFA: Film and Photography, Art Institute of Chicago
BA: University of Texas, Dallas Marc Gomez has over sixteen years of practical experience in taijiquan, qigong and Taoist practices. He is currently a Master's degree student at Yo San and is a member of the Qi Development faculty. He is certified to teach several Ni family forms.
Amy Halikman is an experienced medical doctor with specialization in the OB-GYN field. She is a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) and teaches several Western medicine classes at Yo San.
Herbal Medicine Department
BMed: Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, MS: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
BMed: Heilongjiang University of TCM, China
Chinese Medicine Department BMed: Luzhou University Medical School, China, MMed: Luzhou University Medical School, China Born into a long family tradition of Chinese medical doctors, Yue-ying Li earned her degrees in Chinese Medicine at the Luzhou University Medical School in 1982 and spent the following year in the hospital's emergency room, sharpening both her Western medical and TCM skills. She then served for many years as a TCM Internal Medicine Specialist, attending physician, and assistant professor, treating a large number of patients, teaching medical students, and conducting research in cardiovascular diseases and dermatological disorders. She went on to do advanced training in internal medicine, acupuncture and dermatology at Luzhou, Chengdu University of TCM and Sichuan Institute of Dermatology, studying under two of China's leading dermatologists. She left China in 1993 and spent two years practicing TCM in London, England, before moving to Los Angeles to join Yo San's didactic and clinical faculty.
Anna Lin is a Licensed Acupuncturist who has taught Chinese medicine, acupuncture and herbology at several Los Angeles area oriental medicine colleges.She has authored 'The Tao of Longevity' and 'Urology and Male Sexual Dysfunction' published by Blue Poppy press. She has a Bachelor's degree n TCM from Guangzhou TCM College in China and a Master's degree from Emperor's College.She has owned and operated a Chinese medical clinic since 1983.
Benny Lin, L.Ac. received his BS at Guang Xi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. He received his OMD at South Baylo University.
Dr. Lu is a current faculty member, past Clinic Director at Yo San University and has a private practice at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Center in Los Angeles.
BS: Western Michigan University Cathy McNease, B.S., M.H. is the co-author of 101 Vegetarian Delights and The Tao of Nutrition. She has received degrees with honors from Western Michigan University and Emerson College of Herbology. She holds a National Diploma in Chinese Herbology (NCCAOM) and is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. Ms. McNease is currently clinic director and a professor of nutrition and herbology at the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine in Southern California.
DOM: Samra University Dr. Dao was born into a close-knit family where the healing arts spanned thirty-eight generations and seventy-five generations in Taoism. Dr. Dao began his studies as a young child with his father, Hua Ching Ni, a world renowned physician of Chinese Medicine in traditional Taoist healing and Chinese Medicine. In the Ni family, it was expected that Dr. Dao and his brother Maoshing Ni, L.Ac., D.O.M., Ph.D. would someday fill their father's larger-than-life shoes. Rigorous training began early in childhood, with the boys memorizing the medical classics such as The Yellow Emperor's Classic on Medicine--Nei Jing and apprenticing in their father's busy clinic. They were trained in the martial arts, taijiquan, meditation and the study of the Chinese spiritual classic I-Ching, the Book of Changes. While others went to summer camp or vacations, the future doctors attended their father's "healing camp". It was only years later that they appreciated the wisdom of their family's tradition. In 1975, as a Taoist master of healing and spirituality, Master Ni was invited to teach Taoist philosophy and arts as well as Chinese Medicine in the United States. The family immigrated to the U.S. in 1978. Dr. Dao continued training in Chinese medicine in a traditional apprenticeship from father to son. He went on to obtain degrees from Samra University in Los Angeles and a license to practice in the state of California. After completing his doctorate degrees in Oriental Medicine, Dr. Dao completed his post-graduate residency in Dong Zhi Meng Hospital, an affiliated teaching hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing and Xuan Wu Hospital, an affiliated teaching hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanjing. In these prestigious hospitals, Dr. Dao observed doctors of Chinese Medicine and Western medical doctors working side by side and learned first-hand how these two medical traditions can be integrated to best serve patients' needs. The brothers co-founded the Tao of Wellness Clinic in Los Angeles, California, where Dr. Dao practices general medicine and specializes in reproductive medicine and women's health. He is highly regarded in both the Western and Oriental medical community and has worked hard to create the model of integrative healing that embraces the best of natural medicine and western medicine. Drs. Dao and Mao co-founded Yo San University in 1989, which offers educational training in Chinese Medicine and actively promotes the integration of Chinese and Western medicines. Dr. Dao is currently a professor of Chinese Medicine as well as a trustee at Yo San University.
Dr. Maoshing Ni co-founded Yo San University with his brother Daoshing Ni in 1989. Born and raised in a family medical tradition that has spanned 38 generations, Maoshing studied first with his father, a renowned Taoist Master, physician and author. He earned his Doctorate in Oriental Medicine and Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine, with an emphasis in Nutrition, at Samra University in Los Angeles. Dr. Ni completed postgraduate training at Shanghai Medical University. In addition to maintaining a busy practice at the Tao of Wellness in Santa Monica, California, Dr. Ni also lectures and teaches workshops on Chinese Medicine and longevity across the country. He served as President during the early years of the University.
Mr. Redmond is presently a S.I.C.U. nurse at Santa Monica Hospital and a senior faculty member and Chair of the Department of Western Medicine at Emperor's College. He has a wide range of clinical experience including trauma, intensive care, anesthesia, and home health, coupled with a voracious appetite for current information and a sense of the macabre allows for a vivid illustration of subjects that might otherwise be considered a little dry.
Marc Ryan is a graduate of Cornell University, a Licensed Acupuncturist in the State of California, a Diplomat of Chinese Herbology, NCCAOM, a Diplomat of Acupuncture Orthopedics, and a Yo San graduate. Mr. Ryan has over 10 years of clinical, research and teaching experience and currently practices at the UCLA Integrative Urology Program, a UCLA medical group which focuses on prostate cancer prevention and men's health issues. In addition, he is Yo San’s clinical supervisor at Venice Family Clinic, a free community clinic serving over 20,000 patients in the Los Angeles area, and he maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles.
Ed Shaheen studied and lived in a Franciscan monastery for six years before pursuing pre-medical studies at Loyola University of Los Angeles. He received his M.D. from Tulane University in New Orleans and completed his residency in Family Practice at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. He also trained at both Charity Hospital in New Orleans and USC-LA County General Hospital, and has worked as a family physician with a personal patient load of 2500 to 3000 patients for more than 30 years. During this time he has also taught medical students from UCLA and family practice residents in the clinic and at bedside. He has additional experience in the emergency room, urgent care and hospital care settings and is certified in both the American Board of Family Medicine and American Board of Medical Acupuncture.
BA: Northern Illinois University
BS: Southern California, University of Health Sciences, DC: Los Angeles College of Chiropractors DC: Southern California University of Health Sciences, CA, BS: Human Biology, Southern California University of Health Sciences, CA
BA: University of California, Los Angeles School of Law Mr. Tuggle graduated from UCLA School of Law and has been a practicing attorney since 1974. He has served as Judge Pro Tem of Division Five, Los Angeles Municipal Court and has been an arbitrator with the Los Angeles Superior Court and the American Arbitration Association. He is the founder and CEO of Great Marican Energy System, Inc. and Myanmar Trade and Investment, Inc. Mr. Tuggle brings to the Board his legal and organizational skills as well as a keen understanding of the practice of Taoism. Mr. Tuggle was a student of Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni for 25 years and has taught classes on Taoism for 15 years.
BMed: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, MS: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Huabing Wen received his medical training at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology, and also received a Master's Degree in Integrated Medicine from the same institution. He served as Physician-in-Charge in their Department of Internal Medicine from 1991-1993. He has been a faculty member of Yo San University since 1995 while maintaining a private practice in Los Angeles, specializing in internal medicine.
BMed: Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, MS: Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China PhD: TCM Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Chang-Qing Yang received both his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in TCM from Heilongjiang TCM University in China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Kobe University Graduate Medical School in Japan, specializing in TCM Internal Medicine and TCM Psychiatry. Dr. Yang is an academic and clinical faculty member at Yo San University.
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Margo DeLeaver, MD, FAAP, MA Spiritual Psychology 
Marc Ryan, L.Ac., Dipl. CH. 
Ed Shaheen, MD 
Ed Sullivan
William Thornton
Hua-bing Wen
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Last month, a lucky group of eight Yo San students found themselves in Taipei, Taiwan on a grand one-week adventure. These Yo San ambassadors, accompanied by Herb Lab Manager Yu-Hong Chen and Academic Dean Lawrence Lau, were the guests of Sheng Chang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., known to us here as Qualiherb. The Mission: to observe, share, study, and, as we would learn along the way, to EAT. It was a trip we will never forget. 
We visited private clinics and Chang Geng University Hospital's Chinese Medicine Department, with its computerized herbal pharmacy. We also toured some of Taipei's attractions, including the National Palace Museum, the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, and a natural hot springs spa. Some of us even got to be patients, experiencing acupuncture, herbal powders, and herbal steam treatments.