Dr. Changzhen Gong received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and his B.S. and M.S. from Shandong University, China. He is the president of the American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and executive director of TCM Health Center. He has served as the chairman of the Continuing Education Committee of the Acupuncture Association of Minnesota. He currently serves as a board director of US-China Business Connection, advisory board member for the Integrative Health and Healing Program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, and consulting member for the Pre-Acupuncture Program at Duluth Business University. Dr. Gong also serves as an editorial board member of Acupuncture Research, published in Beijing, as well as being an associate editor of International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, published in New York. Dr. Gong came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship. He was an assistant professor in the Business School at Shandong University and an instructor at the University of Minnesota. He served as an adjunct professor at Concordia University. Currently, he instructs two courses at the American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine: TCM and Chinese Culture and Practice Management.