Tony Burris, L.Ac., provides women in mid-life with acupuncture and natural health solutions for menopause and perimenopausal syndrome. His practice focuses on long-term wellness strategies for bone health, weight maintenance, cardiovascular health and hormone balancing and all of the 34 symptoms associated with menopausal life transition.
Tony is a 15-year practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and was an instructor at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) in San Diego. His reputation and successful work with professional athletes was the inspiration and subject of a feature story in the San Diego Union-Tribune . More recently he was interviewed by the Eagle Independent, the Valley Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Orlando Sentinel, the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Morning Call, and the Hartford Courant as well as Fox News 13 in Seattle, Fox News 5 in San Diego and WGN-TV in Chicago.
Tony graduated with honors from Bowling Green State University and went on to Pacific College of Oriental Medicine where he was a Helio Scholarship winner and graduated magna cum laude. He is a long-time practitioner of tai chi, qi gong and meditation and spoke at the University of California at San Diego Medical School on the subject of alternative therapies.
Tony studied the classic Chinese medical texts Shang Han Lun and Jing Gue Yao Lue with Dr. Jian Min Fan, one of the foremost experts on those books. Tony also spent several years of formal study at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego, where he was ordained as a Tao Shih (道士), a title given to those formally recognized for their knowledge and cultivation of Taoist traditions and practices.
Did you know? Tony was a collegiate fencing champion.
