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Biography & Credentials
In San Diego, Monica worked with UCSD athletes, gaining extensive hands-on experience treating sports injuries through acupuncture. This was in addition to her work at Acusport, a well known clinic in San Diego specializing in treating sports-related injuries. She also studied with Z’ev Rosenberg, a well known Chinese medical herbalist and lecturer, gaining the extra knowledge and insight to treat a wide range of internal disorders. Upon passing the state licensing exam for the state of California, Monica moved to Taiwan to study Mandarin at the Taipei Language Institute. She began in Taichong and later transferred to Taipei, commencing her studies at Shi-Da, the National Taiwan Normal University. Monica established valuable mentorships and observed at a local acupuncture clinic, learning firsthand from doctors how the medicine is practiced in China. After spending seven months immersed in Taiwanese culture learning the language, customs, food, and history, Monica returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and opened a private practice in San Rafael, north of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was with her patients there that Monica established some of the most rewarding connections of her life. In 2006 she relocated to Santa Barbara, California, and while she misses the patients she left behind, she is excited to be running her clinic out of the beautiful Spa Medicus in downtown Santa Barbara. She is grateful to have already found a receptive and supportive community who appreciates her insightful, classical, and grounded training in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Monica also works at the world-renowned Issels Medical Center in Carpinteria, California (http://www.isselsmedicalcenter.com/drissels/ ). Monica works with naturopathic physicians, medical doctors, nurses, wellness educators, and massage therapists at this state-of-the-art clinic specializing in alternative cancer therapy. Monica finds working in an integrated medical facility inspiring and rewarding, and believes that the work being done at IMC is the future of not only cancer therapy, but of medicine. Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships include: ♦ Ted Papalos Memorial Scholarship 2002-2003 ♦ San Diego National Bank Scholarship 2002-2003 ♦ Helio Medical Supplies Scholarship 2004
♦ National Certification Commission for Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine: Diplomate in Chinese ♦ California Acupuncture Board, California Licensed Acupuncturist, 2005 (AC 10244)
♦ Member, Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine, certified in Clean Needle Technique ♦ Member, California State Oriental Medicine Association, CSOMA ♦ Published in Pulsemed, 2004 (Commencement speech) ♦ Guest Speaker, National Endometriosis Association meeting, Bay Area Chapter, April 2006 ♦ Board Member, California State Oriental Medical Association |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
Monica Bloch, M.S., L.Ac. |
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Monica Bloch is a licensed acupuncturist (both nationally
and in California). She received her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese
Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California.
