Hello there,

Before founding Road To Wellness, I was a former biomedical researcher in the field of epigenetics and neuroendocrinology with a keen interest in using complementary alternative medicine (CAM) to treating chronic conditions.

When acupuncture resolved a shoulder injury from weightlifting after two treatments, I became so inquisitive on how it works that I refocused my career to studying and practicing CAM. It is my passion to learn, share knowledge, and help relieve pain in people’s lives. I believe that there are still a lot to be learned in medicine and I want to use my background in science to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western medicine. 

Many of the patients I have seen through my fertility and sports medicine fellowships have seen results that even I doubted. I delved deeper into the medicine and gained great insight, results, that landed opportunities to practice at Kaiser Permanente, setting up the service line as the Director of Acupuncture Services at Axis Community Health, and now leading the launch of the acupuncture program at City of Hope.

I pride my ability to help my athletes and pain patients because I most likely experienced it myself as a cyclist, a runner, and a weightlifter. I deeply empathize with patients who suffers from digestive health issues, depression, and anxiety, because I have been there too.

I look forward to meeting and working with you, guiding you on your road to wellness.

Kindly,

Amy Truong, DTCM, MPH, L.Ac

Certifications:

• California Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist

• Certified Personal Trainer – National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA-CPT)

• Fitness Nutrition Specialist – National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

• Certified TRX trainer

• Certified CPR & AED 

• Trained in Basi Mat Pilates

Education:

• B.S. Biochemistry – UCLA

• Advanced Bioscience Certificate – UC Berkeley

• M.S. Traditional Chinese Medicine – Five Branches University

• Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Five Branches University

• Master in Public Health expected June 2023 - UCLA

Publications:

Taylor, A.N., Rahman, S.U., Tio, D.L., Bando, J.K., Truong, A.H., Chiappelli, F., and Prolo, P. Long-term neuroendocrine-immune effects of traumatic brain injury. Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society #135, 2005

Taylor, A.N., Tio, D.L., Bando, J.K., Truong, A.H., Tsao, S.W., and Prolo, P. Gender impacts body temperature regulation in ethanol dependent rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29: 56A, 2005.

Taylor, A.N., Rahman, S.U., Tio, D.L., Bando, J.K., Truong, A.H., Chiappelli, F., and Prolo, P. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) blunts ethanol dependence and withdrawal in rats at 3 months post TBI. J. Neurotrauma 22: 1253, 2005

Taylor, A.N., Rahman, S.U., Tio, D.L., Bando, J.K., Truong, A.H., Chiappelli, F., and Prolo, P. Lasting Neuro-endocrine-immune effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Soc. Neuroscience 31: 471.1, 2005

Taylor, A.N., Tio, D.L., Truong, A.H., and Prolo, P. Progesterone depletion abolishes sex differences in temperature regulation in ethanol dependent rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30: 2006

Presentations

October 2004: New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate “Body Temperature Rhythms in Response to Alcohol Exposure and Withdrawal Differ in Male and Female Lewis, Fischer, and Sprague Dawley Rats”

April 2005:  30th Annual West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference  “Body Temperature Rhythms in Response to Alcohol Exposure and Withdrawal Differ in Male and Female Lewis Fischer, and Sprague Dawley Rats (Awarded Best Poster Presenter with co-presenter, Jennifer K. Bando)”

April 2006 31st Annual West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference “Long Term Effects of Alcohol in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients”

April 2007 32nd Annual West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference “Sex differences in the effects of Ethanol Dependence and Withdrawal on Body Temperature In Sprague Dawley Rats (Awarded Best Poster Presenter)”