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Jundong Jie completed her  six-year Chinese Medicine program at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1990. She has over 30 years of experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also trained in Haemodialysis at Xiehe Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and in Cardiovascular disease treatment at Anzhen Hospital and Guang’anmen Hospital. Specializing in nephrology, acupuncture, and herbal medicine, she worked at Beijing Jiaotong Hospital, where he served as head of the hemodialysis Unit and attending physician in cardiovascular medicine.

From 2003 to 2021, Jundong was a senior physician at Ma Kuang healthcare Group in Singapore, training and mentoring junior TCM practitioners and advancing research in "Green Dialysis." Since 2021, she has been an instructor and clinical supervisor at Acupuncture and Massage College in Miami, FL.

Jundong has published extensively on nephrology, cardiovascular medicine, and acupuncture, and has been actively involved in media outreach, professional training, and research projects. Her expertise covers a wide range of conditions, from pain management to internal medicine, using acupuncture and herbal therapies. Passionate about TCM, she even applied acupuncture to successfully treat paraplegic dogs.

At Five Branches University, she teaches in the TCM Theory and TCM Acupuncture departments and supervises clinical training.

LeTa Jussila, is a graduate of Five Branches University and has also studied at the Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Hangzhou, China. She has a diverse background and holistic approach to medicine. LeTa owns Optimal Health and Fitness, a Santa Cruz based company focusing on integrating breath and connection to nature through physical movement and has a private practice, The Santa Cruz Center for Traditional Medicine in Santa Cruz, California, where she practices integrative medicine. She specializes in sports injury, metabolic syndrome, weight loss and food as medicine. LeTa has had a very high success rate with helping men and women lose weight, eliminate food allergies and learn how to exercise properly. In her free time, LeTa is a documentary filmmaker, classical violinist and world traveler. LeTa teaches Career Development in the Department of Complementary Studies.