Faculty180 - Vita and Individual Profile Data Sheet

Henry Hwang, DC, MAOM, L.Ac

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

Assistant Professor II

[email protected]

Current Position

Position: Director of Clinical Education, Eastern Medicine Department

Biography

After graduating from University of California, Irvine with a degree in biology, Dr. Henry Hwang enrolled at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic. After working for a few years as a chiropractor at a busy multidisciplinary work injury clinic, Dr. Hwang developed a bad habit of eating lunch at his desk while working and having late dinners, and wondering why his stomach was a mess. When western medicine seemed to only alleviate his symptoms temporarily, he eventually turned to acupuncture. After a few months of treatment, his stomach was happy once again. That was when he decided he wanted to broaden his scope of practice and enrolled at Southern California University of Health Sciences and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and became certified by the California Acupuncture Board shortly thereafter.

Dr. Hwang has come to believe that pain and disease are not simply an inconvenience, but rather information: our body’s only way of telling our brain that we’re doing something it doesn’t like. “What makes chiropractic and acupuncture such powerful tools is their ability to help the body get more out of its own natural healing resources, and return the body to its homeostatic state.” With over 24 years of clinical experience, Dr. Hwang has seen chiropractic and acupuncture get patients out of pain and return them to their daily activities; and he loves sharing these powerful treatments with everyone.

Post-Graduate Training

California Department of Public Health, X-ray Supervisor & Operator, June 2000, Ongoing

UCLA, Symposium on Potential of Chinese Medicine in the U.S., UCLA – Center for East-West Medicine, July 2017, July 2017

eLotus, Integrating The Classics with Tung's Acupuncture, Henry McCann, June 2018, June 2018

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Article

Completed/Published

Melka, Hiwot A., Hector Rivera-Melo, Simone Jordan, Henry Hwang, and James Whedon. 2020. “Cervical Vertebral Body Erosion Due to Vascular Abnormality: A Case Report.” Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 19:65–69.