Jaime began his martial arts training in 1965, studying Aikido, Judo, Jujitsu and Karate. He is a second-degree (Nidan) Black Belt in Judo, and is one of the highest-ranking and recognized Sifus in the world-renowned Plum Blossom International Federation. In 1972, Jaime began his TCM studies with the famous Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong, Ph.D., O.M.D. in San Francisco, California, who represents direct second-generation lineage to Yang Cheng-Fu. He earned his M.T.C.M. from Five Branches University and is a California state certified Traditional Physical Therapist.
Sifu Marquez has been training champions in Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan and Choy Li Fut Kung Fu for over 30 years. He was president and head instructor for San Francisco City College’s Martial Arts program and a Tai Chi Instructor at the San Francisco Medical College of Acupuncture. As an active member of the Santa Cruz Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Commission, Jaime was instrumental in bringing acupuncture into the juvenile hall for the treatment of incarcerated youth. He also provides instruction, educational counseling, and physical fitness programs for at-risk youth. He is on the advisory committee for the Santa Cruz County Office of Alternative Schools where he introduced martial arts into the physical education curriculum and helped to establish physical fitness standards.
Jaime is currently a professor and clinician specializing in Traditional Body and Movement Therapy for health, rehabilitation and injury recovery. He is the founder and director of the Golden Dragon Health and Physical Fitness Programs and maintains a private practice in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Big Sur, California. Professor Marquez teaches in the Department of Complementary Studies.
Mojgan Bina Moghaddam
L.Ac., DAOM, Ph.D.
Instructor
Faculty Since 2009
Dr. Bina Moghaddam received a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1996 from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in Oakland, and a DAOM degree in 2008 from the Five Branches University. She has had extensive apprenticeship with several masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine including Dr. Miriam Lee. She has invented her own unique style of acupuncture treatment combining the trainings she obtained from her teachers, and treats a broad spectrum of ailments, including general internal and preventive medicine, pain management, gynecological diseases, weight management, and cosmetic and facial rejuvenation acupuncture.
She has worked at Kaiser Permanente, San Jose since 2002, and is in charge of Patient Quality Control at the Complementary Alternative Medicine at Kaiser. She has also worked at Stanford as part of a research team studying the impact of acupuncture. She has many years of experience as a clinician, lecturer, and researcher in the field of Chinese Medicine, and has published articles in scientific journals. Her lifelong passion is to continuously learn, and expand her knowledge to help others achieve their optimum state of health and well-being.
Byung-Gook Park
M.D. (South Korea)
Professor
Byung -Gook Park completed his Western Medicine training in South Korea in 1978, followed by 3 years of service in the Army. In 2000, he moved to Pennsylvania and completed a 3-year residency in Family Practice Medicine at Wyoming General Hospital. His areas of specialty include gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. In his free time he enjoys being an amateur ham radio operator. Professor Park teaches in the Department of Western Medicine.
Heerei Park
R. N., L.Ac., DAOM
Assistant Professor
Faculty Since 2006
Heerei Park graduated from Seoul National University College of Nursing in 1977. She worked at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz on the oncology and med-surgical units. She graduated from Five Branches University Master's and DAOM program and specializes in pain management, women’s health and internal medicine. In her free time she enjoys traveling, cooking and gardening. Heerei Park teaches in the Department of TCM Herbology.
Maureen Rozenn
L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM), DAOM
Associate Professor
Faculty Since 2005
After graduating from Five Branches University, Maureen worked in community clinics, developing protocols for hepatitis C treatment. In 2005, she founded the Hepatitis C Treatment Clinic at Five Branches University. As an assistant professor, she enjoys teaching students to assess and treat both hepatitis C symptoms and Western antiviral drug side effects. Maureen is the director of Cedar Street Healing Arts, home to both her private Chinese medical practice and the Santa Cruz Primary Care Hepatitis C Center, a Western medical approach to Hepatitis C treatment. Maureen is a member of the Hepatitis C Task Force of Santa Cruz County, where she works in conjunction with community leaders, county health workers, nurses and doctors to manage this epidemic. She is a community lecturer, researcher and is on the advisory board of the local non-profit HELP! (Help & Education for Liver Patients).
In addition to liver disease, Maureen specializes in treating male and female infertility. She offers joint Chinese medicine and Naturopathic medicine fertility enhancement programs through her clinic. In conjunction with the Fertility Physicians of Northern California she is conducting research on acupuncture and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Additionally, she is coauthoring a book on Chinese medicine and fertility enhancement and is the lead acupuncturist and co-author of a research project examining the effects of acupuncture and Western treatment on unexplained infertility.
Maureen teaches classes on treating Hepatitis C with an integrated Chinese and Western medical model. She offers externships to students who want to study with her in the intensive setting of her private practice. She is currently attaining her PhD in Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine through Zhejiang University, China. Maureen balances her busy professional life with sculpture, martial arts and dancing. Maureen has a black belt in Aikido, and enjoys practicing and teaching this martial art. Dr. Rozenn teaches in the Department of TCM Clinical Training.
Bill Schoenbart
L.Ac., DAOM
Professor
Faculty Since 1997
Bill Schoenbart graduated from Five Branches in 1991. His specialty is in herbal medicine, working with both Chinese and Western herbs. Bill has practiced TCM in California, Hawaii, and North Carolina. He was the Clinical Director and taught herbal medicine at the Hawaii College of Traditional Oriental Medicine on Maui, and has taught cross-cultural herbal medicine at the American School of Botanical Medicine in Santa Cruz. He is a contributing author to the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, and he wrote two books on Chinese medicine: Pocket Guide to Chinese Patent Medicines and Chinese Healing Secrets.
Bill works as a research consultant in the dietary supplement industry. He was a member of the board of trustees of the American Herbal Products Association, where he worked to protect the public’s access to herbs, as well as to maintain quality standards for herbal medicine. Bill has given presentations on herbal medicine at various international conferences, such as the International Conference on Modernization of Chinese Medicine (Hong Kong) and the World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Thailand). Bill Schoenbart teaches in the Departments of TCM Theory and TCM Herbology.
Having studied at Five Branches University, Phu Tran maintains his private practice in chiropractic and acupuncture in San Jose. He specializes in musculo-skeletal problems and sports injuries.
Dr. Tran teaches in the Departments of TCM Acupuncture and TCM Clinical Training.
Anthony Von der Muhll
L.Ac., M.T.C.M., DNBAO
Assistant Professor
Faculty Since 2003
Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac, DNBAO, received his BA degree in History at UC Santa Cruz in 1987. He became interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine while working for Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinics in San Francisco as a community organizer. After studying taiji/qi gong and tuina as well as anatomy and kinesiology for several years, and experiencing TCM to treat a variety of his own health conditions, he decided to pursue his Masters-level training in Chinese Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and at Five Branches University.
Anthony received his Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University in 2002, and was licensed by the State of California as an acupuncturist in 2002. He was the first recipient of Five Branches’ Certificate in Integrative Sports Medicine in 2003. He completed his board specialty training in Acupuncture Orthopedics through Lerner Education at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Beverly Hills in 2005, and was certified as a Diplomate of the National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics in 2006. He now specializes in acupuncture orthopedics, sports medicine, and pain management. Anthony has earned certificates as a Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, and as Sports, Deep Tissue, and Acupressure Massage Therapist. He has worked in sports and physical medicine clinics since 1997 as a physical therapy aide, athletic training assistant, massage therapist, and licensed acupuncturist.
He enjoys working with people from all walks of life for healing and vitality of the integrated body-mind-spirit. He integrates his clinical training and experience in both Eastern and Western sports and physical medicine with his personal, intuitive exploration of self-healing potential. He enjoys blending the best of ancient and modern science to provide optimal patient care. For health and relaxation he enjoys cycling, swimming, racquetball, and backpacking. Information about Anthony Von der Muhll may be found at: http://www.ihcsc.com. Anthony Von der Muhll teaches in the Departments of TCM Acupuncture and TCM Clinical Training.
Janice Walton-Hadlock
L.Ac., DAOM
Professor
Faculty Since 1998
Janice Walton-Hadlock received her B.A. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Doctoral degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) from Five Branches University.
She is the founder of the Parkinson’s Recovery Project (www.pdrecovery.org), a non-profit organization that provides free information about the latest findings regarding the cause and treatment of Parkinson’s disease from the perspective of Asian medicine. She is a founding member of the Parkinson's Treatment Team of Santa Cruz and a member of the European branch of the Parkinson’s Recovery Project, the Parkinson Stichting of Amsterdam, also a non-profit. Both the Treatment Team and the Stichting focus on treating people with Parkinson’s disease and training health care practitioners in the use of techniques she developed.
Janice is an active researcher in the field of Parkinson’s disease. She has published her findings in many journals, including the peer-reviewed American Journal of Acupuncture and in the Journal of Chinese Medicine. Her analysis of a Parkinson’s drug study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine’s correspondence section. She is the author of three books: Trouble Afoot, a book about the underlying causes of idiopathic Parkinson's disease and the effective treatment for this disorder (published by the Parkinson’s Recovery Project, 2008, 690 pages), Medications of Parkinson’s or Once upon a Pill (Parkinson’s Recovery Project, 2003, 650 pages), and Tracking the Dragon, a classroom text on advanced channel theory (published by Fastpencil.com). All are available at www.pdrecovery.org
Janice’s specialties include channel theory, scar tissue work, and Yin Tui Na. In her private practice, she primarily treats movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. Her other long-term interests include western medicine, modern physics and chaos theory, and raja yoga practice and theory. Professor Walton-Hadlock teaches in the Department of TCM Clinical Training.
Stephen Woodley received his Masters degree from The Academy of Chinese Cultural and Health Science in 1999. He has taught hundreds of students focusing on the areas of TCM Foundations, Diagnosis and TCM herbal medicine. He is the director of Shang Han Lun Seminars and a CEU provider, specializing in Classical Chinese Medicine. Stephen Woodley teaches in the Departments of TCM Theory and TCM Herbology.
Peter Yang graduated with a B.A. from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute. He earned an M.A. in sociology from Beijing Foreign Studies University and a second M.A. in American Social Studies from the University of Kansas. He was a professor of English and Chinese for 11 years at Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (Beiwai), China, specializing in the design, teaching and testing of CFL, ESL, EFL, translation and interpretation, and cross-cultural studies. From 1986 to 1993, he was a professor at the University of Kansas, teaching Chinese language, Chinese cultural traditions, and Eastern civilization. He worked as an adjunct professor at Myotherapy Institute, teaching Chinese breathing exercises and acupressure. Professor Yang has also done translation and interpretation for corporations. Professor Yang teaches in the Department of TCM Theory.
