Nan Lu, OMD, is the founding director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) World Foundation and its sister organization, the American Taoist Healing Center. He holds a doctorate from Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hubei, China, and is a New York State-licensed acupuncturist. Dr. Lu is a master herbalist as well as a Taiji expert and Qigong master. He is also the best-selling author of three TCM books published by HarperCollins. His specialties include women's health, cancer and immune system disorders, and sport injuries. He helps educate health-seekers through his foundation's websites: www.tcmworld.org, www.tcmconference.org, and www.breastcancer.com. He is the founder of Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine, a landmark conference for healthcare professionals. Dr. Lu has served as an adviser to the Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He currently serves on the boards of the National Association of Transpersonal Psychology, and the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology and is an executive board member of the Center for Culturally Competent Education and Training, School of Social Welfare, State University of NY at Stony Brook.