Heidi Most

Dr. Most is a Professor in the Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Department of MUIH/NDMU. She is published in the areas of Five Element acupuncture, acupuncture and dry needling, and acupuncture education. She co-created the acupuncture protocol for — and was a practitioner in a pilot study of — Acupuncture, Physical Therapy, and Low Back Pain, completed at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Most is the chair of the Society for Acupuncture Research Special Interest Group on Education and has been a principal investigator for a survey of subject matter experts, stakeholders, and students, in order to improve acupuncture research education. Among other courses, she developed and taught the Integrative Science of Acupuncture — which explores the past, present, and future of acupuncture research — Mind Body Science, Chinese and Western Dietary Therapy, Foundations of Oriental Medicine, and Interdisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment (Doctoral program), and has been a clinical supervisor. Dr. Most graduated from Maryland University of Integrative Health with her DAc in 2017 after earning her MAc from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in 2001. She currently teaches History and Evolution of Acupuncture Research at Daoist Traditions.