Author Biographies

Bruce Robinson

Bruce Robinson was a board-certified surgeon. Graduating with high honors from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, he completed another five years of post-graduate internship and residency at the university, and a research fellowship at St. Bartholomew's Medical College in London. During his 30 year medical and surgical practice Bruce treated over 80,000 patients. Now that he is no longer in practice, he has dedicated his professional career to bridging the gap between Western medicine and Chinese medicine. He served as president and board chairman of Meridian Institute of Integrated Chinese Medicine, formerly located in Monterey, California. Bruce has been on several extensive trips to China, and maintains close contacts there with medical universities located in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Beijing. He serves on the board of directors of the National Board of Internal Medicine for Acupuncturists, the Acupuncture and Integrated Medicine College in Berkeley, and he is the medical advisor for the Secara Herbal Corporation.