 
“Giving
individuals the power to
determine
and manage their own health
and destinies is the secret of true
healing.”
Dr.
Effie Poy Yew Chow “The
work of Dr. Chow is impressive. She has had remarkable success where
others have failed”
Dr.
Thomas Malone
Former
Deputy Director
National
Institutes of Health
In
July 2000, Dr. Chow was appointed by President Clinton to the
original 15 member White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy. She is a world-renowned qigong energy
healer, acupuncturist, author, international speaker, Humanitarian,
Futurist, and Visionary. She wielded the female influence in the
world at a time when it was only talked about. Recipient of the
“Visionary of the Year 1997” “The Humanitarian of the Year
1999” and “The Visionary of the Decade 2000” Awards, Dr. Effie
Poy Yew Chow has for over 40 years been working to integrate Qigong
and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Western Medicine. Toward
this goal, she founded the East West Academy of Healing Arts (EWAHA)
in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988 an arm of that organization, The
EWAHA Qigong Institute, was established within EWAHA to promote
research and clinical work in medical Qigong. In 2003 she was
appointed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to their
National Task Force on The 21st
Century Initiative on Life and Health. In 2004 she was invited onto
the 15 member international Advisory Board of the CAM Health Expo,
and in 2005 onto the 20 member Advisory Board of the National Library
of Medicine-Asian American Health Website Users Group. May, 2005
Vancouver General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Assoc. awarded Dr. Chow as
the “Most Distinguished Nurse Graduate”. In 2006, became an
Associate of AHA! Ventures Int’l & GIMN. In 2007, the
Editorial Board of the Boardroom Inc., Bottom Line Women’s Health
Publications, and Editorial Board of the prestigious new “super
peer-reviewed publication, ”The
Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes”.
Also in October, 2007 AAAOM honored her as one of the
“Pioneers and Leaders of Oriental Medicine in the USA”. November,
9, 2008: Was Knighted as Dame by
the
Sovereign
Order of the Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem.
2008, Advisory Board Member to PBS’ new 30 show series “New
Discoveries in Alternative Medicine”. 2009, PBS produced a ½ hr
documentary on her work with Qigong and TCM., 2009, named a Chinese
American Hero for her contributions to Integrative Medicine. 2010,
Featured on FOX News; Was invited and accepted as a member of the
Transformational Leadership Council. 2011, from
the World Organization of Natural Medicine Registry: Doctor of
Humanitarian Service, appointed as TCM-Health Ambassador at Large,
Board Certified Doctor of Integrative Medicine from Board of
Orthomolecular & Integrative Medicine established per the World
Health Organization Alma Ata 1978 declaration and awarded affiliate
Status with the World Organization of Natural Medicine. Strathmore
Who's Who of the World. Clients
come from all parts of the world to consult with Dr. Chow. She
travels internationally to see clients, give seminars and train
practitioners. She has personally made presentations to over 700,000
people of all cultures, and to more than 1,000 corporations,
including Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, health clinics,
universities, and governmental agencies. At
the Stanford Medical Center she was a research nurse in the
pioneering arenas of kidney transplant, sleep and dream analysis, Dr.
Shumway mitral valve procedure, morbid obesity, role of DNA in
cancer. Dr.
Chow has a Ph.D. in higher education, and a master’s degree in
behavioral sciences and communication. She is a registered public
health and psychiatric nurse and Qigong Grandmaster with over 40
years’ experience. She is a National Diplomate in Acupuncture
(NCCAOM) and a California-licensed acupuncturist since 1977. Dr. Chow
received her training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Martial Arts,
and Qigong in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and the United States.
Her Qigong experience includes Frolic of Five Animals, Six Sounds,
Taoist Qigong, Eight Silk Brocades, Dayan, Taiji (Tai Chi), Wai Tan
Kung, Shaolin, Microcosmic Orbit, and others. She
is the only Qigong Grandmaster-Nurse-Acupuncturist in North America
who has been active in the development of national health policies
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the
field of cultural diversity, alternative and ethno-medicine. In the
early development (1970’s) of acupuncture licensing law in
California, Dr. Chow was a consultant to Senator Moscone and other
legislators. For over 35 years she has been consultant with the DHHS
in various areas, such as the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute/NIH, and the Minority Task Force. She has served as an
appointed member of the National Advisory Council to The Secretary of
DHHS on Health Professions’ Education for Medicine, Osteopathy,
Dentistry, Veterinary, Optometry, Pharmacy and Podiatry (MODVOPP). Dr.
Chow was recognized for her expertise in the field of alternative
medicine, Qigong and TCM through an appointment to the first Ad Hoc
Advisory Panel of the Congress-mandated Office of Alternative
Medicine (now the NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health
(research Division of DHHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. Other appointments
include: the Editorial Advisory Board of Rodale Press for special
publications on alternative medicine; Editorial Consultant to
Time/life Books; Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal
of Alternative and Complementary Medicine;
and the scientific Advisory Board of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal
Center for Alternative/Complementary Medicine at Columbia University
in New York; University of California San Francisco, a lecturer to
the medical/health students; Advisory Board for a special project of
Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine, Seattle, WA. She received
honored recognition by the Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Program
of the American Nurses Association.
On
over 700 occasions, Television/radio/news media publications
internationally have featured Dr. Chow. They come to San Francisco
from USA, Canada, Russia, Denmark, Australia, Korea, Japan, Rumania,
and England to film her. Over 15 one hour or half-hour TV/Radio shows
feature solely on her work. She is in a four-part TV series on
alternative medicine. Many continue worldwide re-showing. Numerous
awards honor her for being a pioneer/ leader in the fields of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Qigong, Natural &
general health care. A few are listed below:
2006 Awarded by
International Qigong Conference in Bangkok Thailand “International
Contribution to Status of Qigong”
Vancouver General
Hospital Nursing Alumnae Assoc’s “Distinguished Graduate Nurse”
Award, 2005
“Building
Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine 2004 Award”
from the World Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
“Year
2000: Qigong Promoter of the Year Award” for extraordinary
services in promoting the cause of Qigong in the world. World
Shaolin Chanmingong Association. April 23, 2000
“Visionary
of the Year” Award, from the Second World Congress on Qigong,
1997.
The
City and County of San Francisco proclaimed November 22nd
as “Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow Day”, and November 20th-26th
as “Qigong Week”, 1997.
“The
President’s Citation Award” of the American Assoc. for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 1989.
Distinguished
Award from the National Society of Acupuncturists of the Republic of
China, 1988.
Distinguished
Award: Ministry of Health, Department of Occupational Health,
Republic of China, 1988.
The
American Nurses’ Association (ANA) Award for Women’s Honors in
Public Service.
Award
in Entrepreneurship, given by the Human Rights and Minority
Fellowship of ANA, 1988.
Outstanding
Service Award towards the recognition, advancement and acceptance of
the Science of Acupuncture in the United States of America, given by
the National Acupuncture Association.
Listed
in “Women’s Who’s Who of the World”.
“The
Woman Warrior Award” from the Pacific Asian American Women’s Bay
Area Coalition.
Dr.
Chow is founder and president of East West Academy of Healing Arts,
American Qigong Association and World Qigong Federation. Qigong
Grandmaster Effie Chow is chairperson for the annual World Congress
on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Charles T. McGee, MD and
Effie Poy Yew Chow, PhD have co-authored a book “Miracle
Healing From China…QIGONG” (MediPress,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 1994). Chow Qigong System videotapes/DVDs:
vol.1 “Qigong Basics and Exercises”; vol.2 “Qi PressureTM”,
and a meditation CD are available. Dr. Chow is available to present
programs and consult with individual clients worldwide. Recently,
PBS-TV produced a half hour show on Dr. Chow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLL-Y4aDbo&feature=related
(5 Segments). As did Retirement Living Television.
"Effie
Chow is one of the strongest energy based healers and acupuncturists
I have met and I have seen with my own eyes some of the remarkable
results of her Qigong work" -
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
“She
(Dr. Chow and Qigong) can bring movement to legs that haven’t
walked in years, but is not
a
physician; can make pain disappear, but is not a magician; can help
one overcome life’s
pressures
and disappointments, but is not a psychiatrist.” -
Asian Week
East
West Academy of Healing Arts
117 Topaz Way
San Francisco, CA 94131
tel: (415) 285-9400
fax: (415) 647-5745
website: www.eastwestqi.com
e-mail: eastwestqi @ aol.com
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