About Grandmaster Chow

 In July 2000, Dr. Chow was appointed by President Clinton to the 15 member White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.  Recipient of the "Visionary of the  Year 1997", "Humanitarian of the Year 1999", and "Visionary of the Decade 2000"  Awards. Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow has for over thirty years been  working to integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Western Medicine.  Toward this goal, she founded the East  West Academy of Healing Arts (EWAHA) in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988  an arm of that organization, The Qigong Institute, was established within  EWAHA to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong.

Clients come from all parts of the  world to consult with Dr. Chow. She travels internationally to see clients,  give seminars and train practitioners. She has personally made presentations  to over 250,000 people of all cultures, and to more than 350 corporations,  including Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, health clinics and universities.

Dr. Chow has a Ph.D. in higher education,  and a master's degree in behavioral sciences and communication. She is  a registered public health and psychiatric nurse and Qigong Grandmaster  with 35 years' experience. She is a National Diplomate (NCCA) and a California-licensed  acupuncturist since 1977. Dr. Chow received her training in Traditional  Chinese Medicine and Qigong in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and the  United States. Her Qigong experience includes Frolic of Five Animals, White  Crane, Taoist Qigong, Eight Silk Brocades, Taiji (Tai Chi), Wai Tan Kung,  Shaolin, Microcosmic Orbit and other styles.

She is the only Qigong Grandmaster  and acupuncturist in North America who has been active in the development  of national health policies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human  Services (DHHS) in the field of cultural diversity, alternative and ethno-medicine.  In the early development of acupuncture licensing law in California, Dr.  Chow was a consultant to Senator Moscone and other legislators. For over  25 years she has been consultant with the DHHS in various areas, such as  the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and the Minority Task Force.  She has served as an appointed member of the National Advisory Council  to The Secretary of DHHS on Health Professions' Education for Medicine,  Osteopathy, Dentistry, Veterinary, Optometry, Pharmacy and Podiatry (MODVOPP).

Dr. Chow was recognized for her expertise  in the field of alternative medicine, Qigong and TCM through an appointment  to the first Ad Hoc Advisory Panel of the Congress-mandated Office of Alternative  Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (research Division of DHHS)  in Bethesda, Maryland. Other recent appointments include: the Editorial  Advisory Board of Rodale Press for special publications on alternative  medicine; Editorial Consultant to Time/life Books; Editorial Advisory Board  of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; and the  scientific Advisory Board of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for  Alternative/Complementary Medicine at Columbia University in New York;  advisor to the Institute of Healing Arts and Sciences at the University  of California San Francisco and a teacher to the medical students; Advisory  Board of Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine, Seattle, WA. She received  honored recognition by the Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Program of  the American Nurses Association.

She has made over 250 television appearances  including Vision TV, CBC News, the Knowledge Network, Dini and Canada  Am . Dr. Chow has been interviewed frequently on radio, and has been  the subject of many news media publications in both North America and Europe.  She participated in a four-part television series on alternative medicine  which was shown in both England and Canada. She has received a number of  awards and other recognition for her significant contributions in the field  of Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Qigong, and health care. Included are: 

• In July 2000 was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the 15 member White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.
• "Visionary of the Decade 2000" Award, for  outstanding achievements in the field of Qigong at the Qigong Summit 2000 and  Third American Qigong Association Conference from Dr. Ivan Walks, Director, Department of Health,  District of Columbia, April 2000.
• "Year 2000: Qigong Promoter of the Year" Award, for  extraordinary services in promoting the cause of Qigong in the world, the World Shaolin Chanmingong Association, at the Qigong Summit 2000, April 2000.
• "Visionary of the Year" Award, from the  Second World Congress on Qigong, 1997.
• The City and County of San Francisco proclaimed  November 22^nd 1997 as "Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow Day", and November  20^th-26^th 1997 and November 15^th -21^st 1999 as  "Qigong Week".
• "The President's Citation Award" of the  American Association for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 1989.
• Distinguished Award from the National  Society of Acupuncturists of the Republic of China, 1988.
• Distinguished Award from the Ministry  of Health, Department of Occupational Health, Republic of China, 1988.
• The American Nurses' Association Award  for Women's Honors in Public Service.
• Award in Entrepreneurship, given by the  Human Rights and Minority Fellowship of ANA, 1988.
• Outstanding Service Award towards the  recognition, advancement and acceptance of the Science of Acupuncture in  the United States of America, given by the National Acupuncture Association.
• Listed in "Women's Who's Who of the World".
• "The Woman Warrior Award" from the Pacific  Asian American Women's Bay Area Coalition.

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"She (Dr. Chow) and Qigong can  bring movement to legs that haven't walked in years, but is not a physician;  can make pain disappear, but is not a magician; can help one overcome life's  pressure and disappointments, but is not a psychiatrist."

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