Home Return Seminars Schedule Teachers Certified by DRS Leon Hammer Bio and books Articles By Leon Hammer Articles By certified teachers Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis Description Dragon Rises College Graduate Education Contact Us For more info Links To other resources Certified Teacher: Brian LaForgia, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Brian LaForgia apprenticed in Acupuncture and TCM with Dr. J.S. Yee in San Francisco from 1975-1978 and received his California Acupuncture license in February 1979. In 1979 & 1980 he studied TCM Theory and Herbal Medicine with Drs. Yat Ki Lai, Ken Pang and C.S. Cheung, MD. He interned with Dr. Ken Pang in 1980. From 1981 to 1985 he studied the Shan Han Lun, Spleen-Stomach, Phlegm disorders, Auto Immune disorders and Kidney disorders. In 1982-83 he apprenticed with Dr. Mang Sang Yu at the Yang Sang Herb Co in Oakland, CA. Other teachers with whom he has studied include Miriam Lee and Wei-Chieh Yang (Dong Acupuncture), Miki Shima (Japanese Acupuncture and Kanpo), Andrew Ellis (TCM Theory and Herbal Medicine), Shudo Denmei (Meridian Acupuncture), Jeffrey Yuen (TCM) and Max Hung Wu (TCM). Brian met Leon Hammer, MD in early 1992 and has studied Pulse Diagnosis intensively with him up to the present, becoming certified as one of the senior teachers of DRS. In the past, Brian has taught a California certified course in TCM Theory and Chinese Herbal medicine for graduate students to qualify them to sit for the California State Exams. Over the last few years, he has taught Introductory and Intermediate Pulse Seminars on the West coast and in Australia. Brian has been licensed and practicing Chinese Medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 23 years. He currently teaches Introductory and Intermediate seminars in Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis in the United States and Australia. For further information, Brian may be contacted via email at blaforgia@yahoo.com. For information on scheduled workshops, see Seminars Schedule on this website.