Dr. Ruth McCarty practices Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) delivering Integrative Care to residents of Orange County from infancy to adulthood. Dr. McCarty has spent her career working to integrate these methods into Western medical institutions to maximize the healing and comfort process for patients. This care is continued in her private practice, Open Mind Modalities, with locations in Aliso Viejo and Orange California. Today, she serves as the Clinical Director of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Program at CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California. She co-founded this program with her husband, neurosurgeon William Loudon, M.D., Ph.D. She is currently participating in two clinical in patient trials at CHOC. She also serves as an associate faculty member at Southern California of Health Sciences(SCU) in the College of Eastern Medicine in Whittier California. Ruth began the Traditional Chinese Medicine Internship Program at CHOC Children’s in 2015. Choc and SCU partner in the clinical training of TCM doctorate candidates.

Dr. McCarty earned her Doctorate Degree of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine(PCOM) in San Diego, California and completed internships at PCOM and at the San Diego Hospice Inpatient Care Center. She completed fellowships in pediatrics and internal medicine at the Traditional Chinese Medicine University Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Dr. McCarty has participated in medical missions to India, the Dominican Republic and Kenya.

LAc, California, United States, 7963, Active, 2001, January 2025, 1912145772

Clinical Director of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) May 2002, PRESENT