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.
潘寧 Pan
Professor
2005 年以來在校任教
潘教授投身中醫源於他對武術氣功和中國文化的 熱愛 。他以優異的成績畢業於廣州中醫大學並獲得醫學學位， 師從金教授與彭教授，是杰出的中國針灸師。 2006 年，於南灣大學獲得博士學位。 潘教授曾於桂林中醫醫院工作十余年。他與 李博士和錢博士等著名的中西醫醫學博士一起，發展了獨特的針灸方法。 潘教授善於治療各種疼痛症，軟组織損傷，偏癱，胃病，與粉刺。他在 相關领域已經發表多研究論文。 潘教授曾擔任桂林中醫院的主治醫師，桂林針灸協會會長。作為客座學者，他於 1998 年访問日本， 2001 年來到美國。目前他在美國中醫大學與加州中醫藥大學任教，並在 San Bruno 有他的私人診所 . 。
在針灸和臨床培訓部任教。
Heerei Park
Instructor
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 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.
Byung-Gook Park
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.
Maureen Rozenn
Assistant 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
Associate Professor
Faculty Since 2004
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.
As director and founder of The Longevity Center, Arnold Tayam conducts a clinical practice and teaches Medical Qigong, Taijiquan, Bagua Zhang, and the Taoist arts. He began his studies over three decades ago, and offers programs integrating the three major schools of Qigong: medical, martial, and spiritual. Professor Tayam has designed and currently teaches courses at Stanford University hospital and clinics. His work is also featured in several Qigong and Taiji video and book publications. He has served as director of the National Qigong Association. Professor Tayam teaches in the Department of Complementary Studies.
Phu Tran
Assistant Professor
Faculty Since 2006
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
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.
Benjamin Walker
Instructor
Faculty Since 2006
Benjamin Walker received his B.S. in Neurobiology in 2005 from the University of California, Irvine. As an undergraduate, he conducted biomedical research in the molecular biology of Alzheimer’s disease. Benjamin has attended numerous scientific conferences and received multiple awards and scholarships from the University of California. His current research interests are in the neurobiology of learning and memory and he plans to pursue these interests in graduate school. Benjamin Walker teaches in the Department of Western Medicine.
Janice Walton-Hadlock
Professor
Faculty Since 2001
Janice Walton-Hadlock received her B.A. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine 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. The European branch of the Parkinson’s Recovery Project is the Yin Tui Na Centrum of Amsterdam, also a non-profit, that focuses primarily on treatments for Parkinson’s disease using techniques developed by Janice.
As a founding member of the Santa Cruz-based Parkinson’s Treatment Team, 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 two books: Almost Icarus or Recovering from Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding its Cause and Mastering an Effective Treatment (published by the Parkinson’s Recovery Project, 2008, 690 pages) and Medications of Parkinson’s or Once upon a Pill (Parkinson’s Recovery Project, 2003, 650 pages).
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.
Guan Wang graduated from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, earning both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She had a clinical acupuncture practice with Professors Li Rui and Wang Juyi, who are among the most distinguished acupuncture physicians in China. She also was the instructor for the visiting western physicians and TCM students at the Guang An Men Hospital and China Academy of TCM as well as Xi Yuan Hospital. She has written a number of publications including Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and Other Miscellaneous Diseases with Notations, one of the Four Classics of TCM series, and was the project editor for Eczema & Atopic Dermatitis, to be published in The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine. Guan Wang teaches in the Departments of TCM Theory and TCM Acupuncture.
Stephen Woodley
Professor
Faculty Since 2006
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.
Zinan Ye
Professor
Faculty Since 2005
Zinan Ye is a faculty member in the graduate School of Translation and Interpretation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and also teaches Chinese Studies at Foothill College on a part-time basis. He graduated in 1982 with a major in English language and literature from Hangzhou University in China (now Zhejiang University). He later obtained his Master’s degree in language teaching from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He has been teaching languages for more than 20 years both in China and in the States. Zinan teaches Chinese language and culture at Five Branches Institute. Professor Ye teaches Chinese language and Chinese History and Philosophy in the Department of Complementary Studies.
