Following Neurology residency training at Columbia University, Dr. Dimitrova pursued a Post-doctoral research fellowship at OHSU’s ORCCAMIND (Oregon Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Neurologic Disorders). Her research focus has been to localize and characterize the effect of acupuncture on the peripheral nervous system, correlating the Traditional Chinese Medicine concept of meridians to peripheral nerves. Dr. Dimitrova is funded for these studies by the National Institutes of Health. She strives to be a compassionate and competent physician and to treat the whole person, not just the condition.