Patients can make appointments on their own or by referral.
Acupuncture services will be provided by Dr. Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, who directs the pediatric pain management service at Lucile Packard Children's Health Services at Stanford, and others who are trained in both Western medicine and in acupuncture as a specialty practice. Lin, an associate professor of anesthesia and of pediatrics, claims that acupuncture can help patients suffering from pain, reduce the need for medications, and that it can be useful in a variety of other conditions, even constipation. He has a special interest in using acupuncture to treat soft tissue, spine and sports injuries. He received basic acupuncture trained at the UCLA Medical Acupuncture for Physicians Program, where Lin also studied after receiving initial acupuncture training in his native Taiwan. Neither Lin, nor Fredericson are Licensed Acupuncturists, and the Clinic has no plans to hire better-trained personnel to give the acupuncture treatments.