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Who am I
A Chinese Medical Practice
Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbologist
Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM)
Ph.D. in immunology, postdoctoral research at the NIH
15 years experience in Western medicine and Chinese medicine
14 years experience in biomedical research
Specializing in acupuncture & herbology for stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation.
Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbologist
Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM)
Ph.D. in immunology, postdoctoral research at the NIH
15 years experience in Western medicine and Chinese medicine
14 years experience in biomedical research
Specializing in acupuncture & herbology for stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation.
I am Sue Sabol (Chinese name is Suping Zhang). You may call me Dr. Zhang, because my university and patients from China and Japan know me as Suping Zhang. You can call me as Dr. Sabol as well as Dr.Zhang. I am a licensed Acupuncturist, Board Certified in Maryland. At age 17 I studied acupuncture under a famous Chinese acupuncturist. Later I have worked as doctor of Surgery at the Dongzhimen Hospital affiliated with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Hospital, as a resident of urology at Juntendo University, Tokyo, and as a postdoctoral behavioral genetic researcher at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
I have had excellent training in both western medicine and Chinese medicine, specializing in pain, stroke, anxiety, acupuncture (style of Chinese and Japanese), acupress, and herbology.
Formal Graduate Education:
Ph.D., (Dr. of Medical Science), immunology, Juntendo Univ. Postgraduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.M.D., Department of Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing, China, 1983.
Professional Experience:
1974 -1978: Trained under famous Chinese Acupuncturist at Yantai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.Department of stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation. Main treatment of: anxiety, depression, insomnia, stroke, spinal cord pain, neck pain, back pain, sciatica, headache, knee pain, arthritis, auto injuries, sport injuries.stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation. 1978-1983: Student in Department of Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing, China. 1983 - 1987: Doctor of Surgery at the Dongzhimen Hospital affiliated with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Hospital, Beijing, China. Mainly treated cancer and infertility. stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation (Western and Chinese medicines). 1987 - 1988: Residency in Urology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine , Tokyo, Japan. Cancer and pain rehabilitation treatment (Western and Chinese medicines). 1988- 1992: Graduate student in immunology, Juntendo University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Doctoral thesis on complement C3 pathway in major liver disease, liver cirrhosis. Also worked as part-time acupuncturist. treated stroke, pain, neurological rehabilitation. 1992 - 1995: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. Performed research on diphtheria-toxin repressor. 1995 - 5/2000: Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellow: Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Behavioral genetic studies, anxiety-related traits, depression, cigarette smoking, personality traits, novelty seeking, sexual orientation.Certification:
L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist (Maryland)Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM)