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Community Acupuncture

Individualized treatments in a quiet, group setting.

Melissa received her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2007. Soon after being licensed in 2008, she co-founded Circle Community Acupuncture, which was located in SOMA, and managed the clinic until its closure in 2023. Recently, she has worked on a pilot study examining chronic pain conducted by UCSF and begun working at the SF Department of Public Health offering private and group acupuncture in public health clinics all over the city. She has a special interest in using acupuncture to support mental/emotional health, menstrual and menopausal challenges, chronic and acute pain and digestive and immune health.

Melissa received her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of ... Read More

Lisa Shaw, L.Ac is a Nationally Certified and California Licensed Acupuncturist.

She received a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley,CA in 2016.

She has worked in the Sports Department at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Center For Elders Independence, the SF Homeless Prenatal Clinic and with Oakland Acupuncture Project. She is also certified in Facial Acupuncture.

Lisa Shaw, L.Ac is a Nationally Certified and California Licensed Acupuncturist. She received a... Read More

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