Meandering waters of Guang Xi Photo: Anne Rogers
Acupuncturist/ Owner - Erik Isaacman, L.Ac.
Graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and a concentration in East Asian Studies. He moved to Portland to study acupuncture at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, graduating in 2004 with a Masters in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.
Erik's study of Chinese language and culture began in 1988. He first experienced acupuncture in China where, while preparing for a month long bike tour, he became hampered by post surgical knee pain. After experiencing the immediate benefits of his first acupuncture treatment, he became intrigued by the practice of Chinese medicine and decided to explore a facet of Chinese culture which, until this point, remained foreign to him.
Erik leaves Portland and returns often to China to continue to advance his training in both acupuncture and Chinese herbs. He spent five months studying Chinese Herbs in the Internal Medicine Department and the Gynecology Department of the TCM hospital in Wenzhou, China. In 2007, he became an adjunct professor at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine here is Portland. His main role is leading a group of graduates to China for five weeks each year, where the students further their training in Chinese herbs and acupuncture in the local hospitals. Erik's work has helped foster strong ties between Portland and China.
Erik combines acupuncture and tuina massage in the treatment of a wide array of musculoskeletal problems including those resulting from sports injuries and surgery recovery. Erik also focuses on women's health and digestives disorders, using a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbs and diet therapy to achieve the best results.
Acupuncturist/ Owner - Oliver Leonetti, L.Ac.
Graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland with a B.S. in Biology. In 2004, Oliver graduated from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, also in Portland, with a Master's degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine.
After suffering from a sport's injury to his foot and the subsequent surgery oliver stumbled into an acupuncturist who introducted him to Chinese medicine. The treatment he recieved quickly reduced his pain and swelling allowing his foot and helped him fully recover from his surgery. The treatments also sparked a life long love of natural medicine and acupuncture.
Oliver uses a gentle acupuncture technique. He combines this acupuncture with tuina massage to achieve the best results for chronic and acute pain. He uses his knowlegde of yoga, stretching and movement to help design treatments and home therapies to empower patients to take charge of their health.
Women's health has been a focus of Oliver's practice. He has attended seminars and worked to develop with relationships with other Portland doctors to help women achieve their medical goals. He has had success with infertility issues, menstrual irregularities, and pregnancy related issues.
Oliver spent a lot of time traveling abroad before he settled here in Portland. His travels have helped to deepen his respect for cultural diversity and individual expression. He is a fluent Spanish speaker and enjoys working with a wide diversity of patients.
Oliver specializes in women's health, digestive health, and musculoskeletal pain, including sports injuries, chronic pain and surgery recovery.
Acupuncturist - Casey McGuire, L.Ac.
Attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in Psychology from 1995-99. After college, he moved to San Francisco where he became a social worker for a homeless youth agency providing services to HIV+ street kids. During his employment, he witnessed the profound effect that Acupuncture had on his clients. Acupuncture allowed them to experience fewer side-effects from their medications, assisted with drug withdrawal symptoms, and eased emotional stressors. He immediately became intrigued.
In 2001, Casey moved to Portland where, in 2002 began his three-year Master's program in Chinese Medicine at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. A special interest in pain-related disorders prompted him to take on extra classes and more clinic time to study advanced acupuncture and massage techniques that now provide a deeper, more effective healing modality to his acupuncture treatments.
Casey's focus on musculo-skeletal pain disorders, headaches and migraines is complemented by his ability to effectively treat poor digestion, auto-immune diseases, and menstrual disorders.
Casey enjoys spending his free time hiking, biking, listening to music, traveling around the world, and spending time with his wife, his new son, Knox, and his faithful dog, Barkley.
Acupuncturist - Tanya Zhu, LAc.
Graduated from the University of Minnesota with a major in Psychology and minor in Spanish. It was during a study abroad trip that she discovered a love of Chinese medicine and acupuncture and decided to pursue it as a career. She landed in Portland a few years later to attend the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, where she deepened her knowledge of acupuncture, herbs and Asian massage. In 2008, she graduated with a Master's degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and decided to stay in Portland.
Tanya's approach to health and wellness stems from her upbringing in a traditional Chinese family. She remembers eating foods that were "cooling" or drinking herbal teas that "nourished blood". She also watched as her grandmother went about a daily regimen of acupressure on various acupuncture points on the body. To Tanya, health is about the intersection of mind, body and spirit. She hopes to provide the best traditional Chinese medicine for patients, incorporating acupuncture, herbs, Asian massage and qigong as a means to balance both the physical and emotional aspects of health.
Tanya's specialties include women's health, emotional issues, digestive disorders and musculoskeletal pain. She's received additional training in various types of Asian massage and enjoys incorporating bodywork into her acupuncture treatments. When not working, Tanya is known to make a jaunt or two out of Portland to the great outdoors and hike amongst the beautiful northwest scenery with her husband and her dog.
