Acupuncture & Fertility Research | Conception Channel Podcast

The Conception Channel Podcast

Interview with Lee Hullender Rubin, DAOM, LAc, FABORM

Lee is clearly a decorated mover and shaker (see CV below). She is playing such a huge role in furthering the understanding of how Chinese medicine as a whole (which includes but is not limited to acupuncture) can help improve IVF success rates. Her research is pioneering and is the first to attempt to capture the true holistic essence and power of Chinese medicine, so that healthcare providers and women struggling to get pregnant can more deeply trust and embrace this wonderful resource. If you haven't done so already, it's time to find yourself a Chinese medicine doctor with experience in reproductive health.

~ Spence

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Website http://www.pdxacustudio.com

Professional Profile Began practice in Washington state in 2002, and currently has an active license in Oregon since 2011. Awaiting news of California License.

LICENSES and CERTIFICATIONS

State of Oregon Acupuncture License #153822 2011 – Present Oregon Medical Board Supervisor Approval 2011 – Present Fellow, American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM) 2008 – Present Fellow, International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases 2017 - Present Diplomate of Oriental Medicine 2005 – Present National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) State of Washington Acupuncture License #1879 2002 – 2016 Diplomate of Acupuncture 2001 – 2005 National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) Clean needle certification 1999 Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science 1998 – 2000 Bastyr University, Kenmore WA Natural Health Science in Oriental Medicine Certificate 2001 Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Shanghai, PRC 2001 Advanced Herbal Studies in Gynecology, Internal Medicine & Trauma Master of Science 2000 – 2001 Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 2007 – 2009 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, OR Women’s Health and Geriatrics Capstone: “Acupuncture improves in vitro fertilization pregnancy rates: a retrospective chart review” Mentors: Richard Hammerschlag, PhD; Tim Chapman, PhD; Elizabeth Burch, ND Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2011 – 2012 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland OR Certificate 2011 – 2013 Human Investigations Program Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Professional Achievements Lee Hullender Rubin, DAOM, LAc, FABORM, is a clinician, international academic, and published researcher specializing in reproductive medicine, women's health, and female sexual pain. In practice since early 2002, she spent more than 5 years managing an acupuncture program at a western fertility clinic in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Hullender Rubin was the first OCOM postdoctoral research fellow funded by a National Institutes of Health educational grant. Her most recent publication is the first cohort study to report an increase in birth outcomes associated with the addition of Traditional Chinese Medicine to In Vitro Fertilization. She recently completed a pilot study investigating the effect of acupuncture and lidocaine to treat chronic vulvar pain. She is on the faculty at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and New Zealand School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is Visiting Research Faculty at the Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Hullender Rubin is relocating from Portland, Oregon, and her practices at the Portland Acupuncture Studio and Oregon Reproductive Medicine to San Francisco to pursue her dream job at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF.