Dr. Andrew J Pollak, L.Ac, LMT.
Dr. Andrew J Pollak is licensed as an acupuncturist and clinical Chinese herbalist in Colorado and Texas. He holds a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) from Southwest Acupuncture College and an Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) in Medical Massage from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy. He is board certified by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and a member of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado (AAC). Andrew holds a Diplomat of Acupuncture and a Diplomat of Chinese Herbs from the NCCAOM.
The five-year Chinese medical training curriculum included over 3200 hours of didactic and clinical education, more than 900 hours of clinical practice and rigorous academic research in the fields of male reproductive health and mental health. The 2 year massage therapy training curriculum spanned 1350 classroom hours and 300 hours of clinical practicum. Dr. Andrew served the local Google community with weekly massage from 2008-2019.
Dr. Andrew is a big fan of cats, crystals, coffee and anything creative, especially the visual and performance arts. An avid traveler, Andrew loves to learn about people and culture through immersive stays abroad, from riding the TranSiberian railway across Russia to open water diving in northeastern Brazil. Currently, Andrew translates quarterly case studies and current research in acupuncture and moxibustion from Japanese-English for the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM). He leads yearly acupuncture study groups with senior acupuncturists and researchers in the Tokyo area. Please see the retreats page for more information on upcoming Acu Abroad seminars!
Dr. Andrew's passion for deep healing in healthcare was born out of a love for languages. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he studied Linguistics and specialized in East Asian and Western European languages, notably Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew. Living abroad as an English teacher, he uncovered a dormant capacity for heartfelt listening while engaging his students in sincere conversation. Since then, he has developed many intuitive and scientific tools for hearing the issues in his patients' tissues.
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