Dr Ooi Thye Chong Dr Ooi Thye Chong earned her PhD from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a focus on international women’s health, at Columbia University, New York (USA), a Master’s Degree in Chinese medicine (United States) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Psychology at the University of Sussex (UK). She is a Registered Nurse (USA, UK) and a National Board-Certified Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist (USA). Before joining the University of Edinburgh (UK) as a Lecturer, she was the Head of Integrative Medicine programs which she created in the New York University Langone Perlmutter Cancer Centre and the St Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre, New York, USA. Dr Ooi Thye Chong She teaches communication skill to the undergraduates, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Degree (BMChB), University of Edinburgh. Up until recently, Dr Chong treated women with chronic pelvic pain at the “Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Care and Treatment Centre “(EXPPECT Centre), Edinburgh. She practised a multi-faceted approach to affect the patients’ physical and the subtle non-physical aspects of their pain. This approach includes the Meridian Balance Method acupuncture, Five Element Style acupuncture, breathwork, imagery and inner sensing. She is passionate about creating a therapeutic relationship based on compassion and kindness. Dr Chong’s passion is reflected in her book “Acupuncture for chronic pelvic pain in women”, published by Singing Dragon. She is writing her second book entitled, “The transformative power of grief and loss”. She was a visiting scholar at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China where she explored medicinal plants that could be useful for endometriosis and ran a “Nourishing and Nurturing Self” workshop. Ooi-Thye Chong Honorary Daoist Chaplain Contact details Email: O.Chong@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-06-24
