Complex sentence: He received his Oriental Medical doctor's degree (OMD) from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture in 1987 and was part of the first group from the United States to study herbal medicine in China.
Split into simpler sentences: He received his Oriental Medical doctor's degree (OMD) from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture in 1987. He was among the first group from the United States to study herbal medicine in China.