Our core TCM faculty received their TCM training at colleges and universities in either Taiwan (Republic of China) or the People's Republic of China.
They received, at a minimum, master's degrees, meaning that they completed five years of college and two to three years of graduate study before entering an internship program at a hospital. Each member of our faculty has experience in teaching traditional Chinese medicine in both Chinese and English languages to domestic and foreign students.
Our bio-medical sciences faculty were selected for their expertise in the required subject areas. Prospective students are welcome to attend a class as a guest before enrollment to confirm the preeminence of the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and its faculty.
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Maoyi Cai, M.D., M.S., B.M., R.Ac. (Canada)
Biomedical Sciences Director
Registered Acupuncturist, Alberta, Canada - present
M.D., Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA;
Medical Council of Canada (MCC), Canada
Master of Science, Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso
Bachelor of Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Fu Dan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University)
Dr. Maoyi Cai has served as a board member of the Acupuncture Committee of Alberta, Canada, since 2003. He was also the Dean of Academic Affairs at Alberta College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, between 1997 and 2005. Dr. Cai passed the American and Canadian medical licensing examinations, and was certified as an M.D. in 1997 and 1999, respectively. Between 1990 and 1996, Dr. Cai taught a variety of biomedical science courses at colleges and universities in Texas and New Mexico. Dr. Cai practiced medicine, in the Shanghai Medical University, from 1984 to 1990. Dr. Cai joined the faculty of the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in January, 2006. |
Hai Tao Cao, Lic. Ac., Ph.D.
Research Director
Ph.D (China), Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
M.S. in Traditional Chinese Medicine specializing in Internal Medicine, Shaanxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Dr. Cao joined the TCTCM faculty in January of 2007, brining with her over ten years of experience as a clinician, instructor, and researcher in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has published in journals such as Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Digestion and has edited volumes such as Methodology of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine. She holds a Distinguished Visiting Professor Acupuncture License from the State of Texas.
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Yong Cui, Lic.Ac.
Director of Clinic StudiesMaster of Medicine in Prescriptions of TCM, Shandong University of TCM
Doctor of Medicine, Shandong University of TCM
Prior to joining the faculty of the Texas College of TCM, Cui served as Assistant Lecturer (1992-1997) and Lecturer (1997-2001) at Shandong University of TCM, teaching TCM courses to both native Chinese speakers and English-speaking students. His teaching is enriched by eight years' experience at Shandong University's Affiliated Hospital. A published author, Cui also served as researcher and Vice-Chief Editor of Modern Research and Application of Prescriptions of Compendium of Chinese Materia Medica (Ben Cao Gang Mu), and Practical Prescriptions for Apoplexy. Cui teaches Fundamental Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Meridian Theory, Point Location I-III, Treatment Modality of Acupuncture I-II, and Clinical Internship courses, and has been a member of the faculty at Texas College of TCM since 2001. |
Jian Hua Mu, Lic.Ac.
Master of Oriental Medicine, Shandong University of TCM
Director of Acupuncture Dept.
Doctor of Medicine, Shandong University of TCM
Mu has taught TCM at the university level since 1984, serving as Assistant Lecturer and Associate Professor at Shandong University of TCM, and as Professor at Menesze Medical University in Brazil prior to joining the faculty of Texas College of TCM. Mu was an acupuncturist in the affiliated Hospital of the Shan Dong University of TCM for 15 years. Mu's publications include four books: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Changes; Chinese Ear Acupuncture; Dictionary of TCM in Chinese and English; Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and four research papers: Clinical Research of Coronary Heart Disease with Ear Acupuncture; The Relationship Between Auricular Heart Point and Heart Organ - 60 Case Reports; The Review of Auricular Acupuncture Research in Western Medicine; and The Effect of Electro-Acupuncture at Auricular Heart area on the Electrocardiogram and Cardiac Function. A recipient of many honors from various professional organizations, Mu is also member of the China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (the most authoritative professional TCM organization in China), the Jinan Research Institute of the Human Body, and the Texas Association of Acupuncturists. His current teaching assignments include: CPR and Emergency Techniques, Special Needle Techniques, Clinical Observation I-II, Meridian Acupoint Energetics, Treatment Modality of Acupuncture I-II, Scalp and Ear Acupuncture, and Clinical Internship. Mu joined Texas College of TCM's faculty in 1999. |
John Su, Lic.Ac. , Ph.D.
Director of Acupuncture
Ph.D. Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Master Science in Oriental Medicine, Texas College of TCM
Dr. Su's interest in traditional Chinese medicine is deepened and informed by his own family's long-time involvement with TCM in China. Su serves as an instructor for Chinese Terminology and Phonetics, Qi Gong I-III, TCM Sports Medicine, Clinical Observation I-II, and C. |
Guili Zheng, Lic.Ac., Ph.D.
Director of Herbal Department
Ph.D., Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology
Master of Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Dr. Zheng served as Assistant Professor (1986-1995), Associate Professor (1995-2001) and Associate Dean (1998-2001) at Shandong University of TCM. He is a member of the China National Committee of Chinese Medicinal Formulae, paper reviewer of Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Journal of Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition to his more than 20 years of teaching, research, and clinical research experience, Dr. Zheng has almost 20 papers and books of TCM published in both Chinese and English. He is currently teaching Herbology I-III, Prescriptionology I-III, Internal Medicine of TCM, TCM Gynecology, Clinical Patent Medicine, Practical Herbal Formulas, and Warm Disease Theory. Dr. Zheng's teaching and research address the treatment of gynecological disorders, pain syndromes, and Immune disorders with herbal formulas and acupuncture. Dr. Zheng joined the faculty of Texas College of TCM in 2001. |
Craig Williams, Lic.Ac.,
Clinical Herbalist, A.H.G.
Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Texas College of TCM
B.A., Religious Studies, Louisiana State University
B.A., English, Louisiana State University
Craig Williams studied Chinese medicine and Western herbs with Michael Tierra before pursing a master's degree in Oriental medicine at the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in New Mexico. While there, he also studied TCM diagnosis privately with Ping Chen, author of a well-known book on diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition to his studies in TCM, Mr. Williams has also studied ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico. A professional member of the American Herbalists’ Guild, Mr. Williams earned his Master's in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and undertook a private tutorial in ayurveda with Dr. David Frawley shortly thereafter. He currently operates a private practice in Austin, Texas, specializing in gynecology, and serves as a clinic supervisor at the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. |
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ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBERS:
Sherry Lynn Blakey, Ph.D., M.L.S.
Ph.D., Social Psychology and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan.
Master of Legal Studies., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
M.A., University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
B.S., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Dr. Blakey has over twenty five years experience in University and Corporate Education as well as Government, Non-Profit, and Business Corporate Research. She has also served as a Consultant and has facilitated various trainings.
In 2007, she served as a Faculty member in Virginia College's Paralegal Program in Austin, Texas. Prior to this she served for three years as the Legal Program Chair and Psychology Faculty at Austin Business College and as an Assistant Professor at Southwest Texas State University where she taught Health Research in the graduate school as well as a graduate seminar in Program Evaluation and Health Policy Research. Dr. Blakey developed and taught courses in Advanced Multivariate Health Data Analysis, Research Methods in Allied Health Science, Statistics for the Health Sciences, Human Resource Development, Evaluation and Research. Among the other assignments held by Dr. Blakey are a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Nebraska (1992-1994) where she researched psycho-legal procedural justice principles in the prevention of perinatal HIV, evaluation of statistical scientific evidence and judicial training centers, and professional ethics.
From 1991-1992 she served as a Visiting Faculty Instructor at Trinity University's Psychology Department Dr. Blakey has also been an Instructor for the Department of Environmental Services in Naples, Florida (Collier County Government), Edison Community College in Naples, Florida, and the Chrysler Corporation Training Institute in Highland Park, Michigan. From 1981-1986 she served as a Teaching Assistant at Wayne State University's Psychology Department and College of Life-Long Learning. Prior to this (1976-1977) she served as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Missouri's Psychology Department.
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Anthony A. Caprio, M.D.
Dean of Students, TCTCM
B.A., Saint Louis University, 1967.
M.D., Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Medical School, Mexico, 1972.
Dr. Caprio came to Austin in 2005 following a distinguished 30+ year career practicing Ambulatory Pediatrics in Nutley, New Jersey. Since 1978, Dr. Caprio had held the position of Clinical Instructor with the Department of Pediatrics at the New Jersey College of Medicine in Newark, New Jersey, giving him a strong background in continued medical education and a keen awareness of the needs of medical students and physicians in training. He planned regular lectures and provided clinical guidance on many topics in Pediatrics, utilizing his clinical experience from training at many teaching medical centers including:
Flower Hospital-Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, 1973
Mulenberg Medical Center-Rutgers Medical School, Plainfield, NJ, 1974
Children's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, 1975
Martland Medical Center, New Jersey College of Medicine, Newark, NJ, 1976
Since coming to Austin, Dr. Caprio has developed and taught an Applied History of Modern Clinical Medicine for the Lifetime Learning Institute in Austin, Texas.
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Jingyu Gu, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Fudan University
During his formal education, Dr. Gu has pursued his interest in classical Chinese philosophy and literature, and devoted himself particularly to the study of Taoist texts. In 1991, he founded the Tai Chi and Chi Kung Meditation Center in Austin, where he has continued his studies and teaching of tai chi and qi gong. Dr. Gu teaches qi gong at Texas College of TCM. |
Luzhi Guo, Ph.D., Lic.Ac.
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Master of Medicine, Beijing Chinese Medical College, China
Bachelor of Medicine, Yunnan Chinese Medical College, China
Dr. Guo earned her Ph.D. degree in Biological Science at University of North Texas, with a concentration in Experimental Neurobiology; her Master of Medicine degree in Clinical Research, Cardiac Division of Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medical College, China; and her Bachelor of Medicine (U.S. Equivalent M.D.) at the Medical Department at Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medical College, China. She has also done advanced study as a World Health Organization Fellow, concentrating on Cardiac Electrophysiology (Arrhythmia and Sudden Death) Cardiac Division, Oklahoma Health Science Center. Her professional experience includes: Texas State Certified Acupuncturist/Instructor; Texas State Licensed Acupuncturist (since 1994); Instructor at Texas Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (now Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine); and Postdoctoral Research Associate in Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas. Dr. Guo has been affiliated with TCTCM as an instructor since 1994. |
Jane Hsu, Lic.Ac., Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S., University of North Texas
Master of Science in Oriental Medicine, Texas College of TCM
Dr. Hsu had twelve years' teaching experience prior to becoming an instructor at the Texas College of TCM. Among her previous teaching experiences are four years as a professional tutor in mathematics, chemistry, and biology, three years teaching biology at the secondary level in Taiwan, and seven years as a teaching assistant at the University of North Texas, where she earned her Ph.D. in Immunology/Parasitology. Dr. Hsu has five professional publications to her credit, including Eosinophil Response in Mice Infected with Trichinella spiralis or T. pseudospiralis as Measured by Lysophospholipase activity; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in the Measurement of Antibodies to Neisseria gonorrhoeae Detergent Soluble Antigens; and A Simple Method of Drying Virus on Inanimate Objects for Virucidal Testing. Dr. Hsu is an instructor for Surface Anatomy, Biomedical Diagnosis and Lab Tests, Pathophysiology, Biomedical Toxicology, Basic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clinic Sciences, and Clinic Medicine. |
Allen Lamar McMurrey III, M.A., B.A.
M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio
B.A., University of Houston
Allen L. McMurrey, MA., comes to us from the University of Texas Austin where he is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Policy and Planning. Allen earned his Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas San Antonio (2004) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston (2000).
Allen's professional background involves teaching (K-12) in Houston, Galveston and San Antonio and serving the Educational Service Center: Region XIII as a School Completion/Dropout Specialist. Allen has served as an educational consultant for several local school districts and the Texas Association of School Boards. Throughout his career Allen has earned several teaching awards and has been involved in several major academic publications regarding teacher quality and school improvement.
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Shaozhi Li, Lic.Ac., Ph.D.
Ph.D., Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Master Degree of Medicine, Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Doctor of Medicine, Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
A specialist in TCM diagnosis, Li has taught TCM for over 18 years in China, the U.S., and Russia. He served as Deputy Director at Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University, and Associate Chair at Hunan College in China. He has extensive clinical experience and numerous publications to his credit, including: Chinese Therapeutic Methods of Acupoints, Theories of Chinese Medicine from Traditional to Modern, Teaching and Study of Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment in Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Diagnostics, Exercises of Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Reference of Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Diagnosis and Differentiation of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Among Dr. Li's research papers are: On Diagnostic method of integrated diseases and symptoms of Nanjiang, Tan Riqiang's experience of treating fever, Primary observation on sphygmogram in the patients with heart-qi deficiency, and Observation on sphygmogram and cardiac output in coronary heart disease with heart qi deficiency. Li has been a faculty member at the College since 2001. |
Shujia J. Pan, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Doctor of Medicine, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Pan was an instructor in herbal medicine at Suzhou Medical School and has served as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin since 2003. A recipient of the first individual National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Pan's research has included the study of ginseng, cardiovascular physiology and diabetes. Dr. Pan is the author of 12 research publications, including: Ginseng's effects on glucose tolerance and mRNA animal model of type II diabetes; Effects of pharmacological interventions on emetine cardiotoxicity; and Effects of 6 weeks of panax ginseng on triglycerides and mRNA in an animal profiles in an model of type II diabetes. Her teaching assignments include Biomedical Pharmacology, and Hygiene, Public Health and Referral Modalities. Dr. Pan has been an instructor at Texas College of TCM since 1995. |
Jon Porter, J.D.
J.D., University of Arkansas
B.A., Southwestern University
Mr. Porter is a Partner in law firm McDonald, Mackay, and Weitz, L.L.P. His area of practice is licensure investigation and defense for health care professionals, administrative law, a specialization highly relevant to the field of health care professions. He has been a member of Texas bar since 1999, and a Partner at his firm since 2003. He is a former medical licensure examiner for the State of Texas. He has several professional publications relevant to the field of acupuncture and oriental medicine, and his teaching responsibilities at Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine are in the area of practice management, ethics, and legal regulation of acupuncture in Texas. |
Monday N. Rufus, M.B.A, C.G.F.M., C.P.A.
M.B.A., Angelo State University
B.A., Accountancy, University of Texas at Dallas
Mr. Rufus worked as project manager with the Texas State Auditor’s Office where he audited over fifty governmental agencies, universities, and non-profit organizations. He also served as director of internal audit with the City of Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department. In addition, Rufus has experience as Manager of Program Review at the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
Bindi Zhu, Lic.Ac., Ph.D. (China)
Ph.D., Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Master of Medicine, Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Doctor of Medicine, Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Dr. Zhu is a former Associate Professor at Heilongjiang University in China, and has taught Traditional Chinese Medicine at the clinical and university level since 1989. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine since 1992 and has taught courses in Herbology and Internal Medicine (Herbology). |
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