Jian Min Fan, MD brings dual credentials in Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine to his San Diego acupuncture practice, holding both an MD and a Master of Science in TCM from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He earned those degrees during the 1980s at one of China's most prominent TCM institutions, where he also served as a professor and staff physician at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of TCM before relocating to the United States in 1991. Dr. Fan's needle therapy draws on the same neurological rehabilitation principles used in physical therapy at Embody Physical Therapy and Yoga, though his protocols target acupuncture meridians mapped through classical Chinese anatomical systems rather than Western kinetic-chain models. His California acupuncture license is AC4519, registered under NPI 1205115532 at 5030 Camino De La Siesta, Suite 408, in the 92116 area. Since arriving in San Diego, he has taught as a professor and clinical supervisor at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, training the next generation of acupuncturists while maintaining a private caseload focused on chronic pain, emotional disturbances, and injury recovery. The integrative framework he applies — combining Western diagnostic understanding with classical point prescriptions — parallels the cross-disciplinary mental health treatment model at Transcend Behavioral Health in Normal Heights. Dr. Fan contributed to multiple editions of the national standard TCM textbook used across Chinese medical universities, a publication record that anchors his clinical methodology in peer-reviewed pharmacopoeia and classical formula architecture.