Traditional and Alternative Medicine

Chia-Lin Lin is a traditional Chinese physician who currently practices at the Renai Branch of the Taipei city hospital, where she completed her medical training after earning her degree at the Post-baccalaureate School of Chinese Medicine, Tzu-Chi university. Dr. Lin specializes in all forms acupuncture, management of osteoarthritis and tendinopathy and management of patients with metabolic syndrome. Dr. Lin is particularly adept at facial acupuncture, for which she received intensive training and is certified by the Taiwan facial acupuncture society. Facial acupuncture can be applied to patients with various neurological facial disorders including Bell’s palsy, post stroke facial asymmetry, trigeminal neuropathy and other similar diseases for symptom relief. Dr. Lin often collaborates with numerous neurologists, whom regularly refer patients following resolution of acute neurological episodes for long term symptom relief. Dr. Lin has also cooperated with neurologists to treat numerous patients seeking her advice due to nerve injury following acupuncture at various clinics. Dr. Lin’s numerous encounters with such patients prompted her to investigate and identify the most vulnerable patients, which resulted in this study.

Tatiana Zdyb, Ph.D., M.A., C. Psych is a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario and the British Psychological Society. She earned a Ph.D. in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Western Ontario, and completed all pre-dissertation course work and comprehensive exams in the Psy.D. program at Adler University, where she also completed a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology.

She is the founder of the Zdyb Centre for Health Promotion (2017), MindSetting (2020) and Audacity Health (2022).

She has worked in various clinical settings including the Student Development Centre at the University of Western Ontario, community-based private practices, and St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. Additionally, she acted as an external examiner in the graduate studies department of the University of Peshawar, worked as a medical consultant for Equitable Life of Canada, was the Vice Chair of the Mental Health Impact Council at the Middlesex-London United Way, Adjunct Faculty member in the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. She currently teaches in the Psychology Department at King’s University College at Western University and provides psychotherapy through Zdyb Centre for Health Promotion and Audacity Health.

Dr Madalina Petre began her long medical career in 2000 as a specialist in internal medicine and from 2010 also practiced as a gastroenterologist. Since 2013 she has been studying a variety of alternative medical therapies such as essential oils, Bach remedies, hypnotherapy, and meditation, and in 2019 she became an Eden Energy Medicine certified practitioner. Since then she has integrated all her medical knowledge as a combination of alternative and conventional medicine in her practice and since 2022 in a prolific online and offline educational activity under the name of preventive medicine.

Dr. Amanda has 22 years of significant experience in basic and clinical research in health care. She had the opportunity to work with KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) from multiple therapeutic areas (immunology, infectious diseases, cardiology, oncology). 2 years of international expertise in a multi-centric project, knowledge in Regulatory process (CEP/CONEP). Skills in interpreting, analyzing, and presenting scientific data, implementing and managing national and international multi-center research projects. From the great experience in the scientific area, it was possible to work in several different sectors of healthcare, where she had the opportunity to collaborate with a great team from different programs that gives me flexibility to work in multidisciplinary areas. She is currently a researcher and teacher collaborator and works in her acupuncture and integrative practices office. She has great skill with interpersonal relationships. She loves teaching, studying, encouraging, and positively influencing people, enabling her to establish lasting professional partnerships.