Pauline Sok Yin Hwang
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112 Merton St (Located in Eight Branches Healing Centre) , 3rd floor
Toronto, ON, Canada
M4S2Z8
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Biography
Pauline Sok Yin Hwang graduated with an Honours BSc degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from McGill University, completing her research thesis in the Faculty of Medicine. Coming from a family of medical professionals, and passionate about how our minds, bodies and environments are connected, she went on to complete eight full years of basic and advanced studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – obtaining a Diploma of Acupuncture (Institute of Traditional Medicine), a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Diploma (Eight Branches Academy of Eastern Medicine) and a Master’s degree in Medicine, with a major in TCM Internal Medicine and Integrative Oncology (Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine). She interned at the Jiangsu Provincial Chinese Medicine Hospital, one of the top-rated integrative medicine hospitals in China. She has been registered with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario since its inception, and holds memberships in the Society for Integrative Oncology, the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada and the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association. She has completed post-graduate training in classical and anatomical acupuncture, classical herbal formulas and oncology acupuncture (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center). Through the personal experiences of her family and friends, Pauline has come to realize the great need for comprehensive, holistic, high quality support for individuals and families facing cancer. This led her to create Oncology Acupuncture Toronto, which cooperates with the Marsden Centre for Excellence in Integrative Medicine, one of the leading naturopathic oncology clinics in Canada, to offer effective, evidence-informed natural supportive care to people with cancer and their loved ones. In addition to her clinical training, Pauline is passionate about scientific research in TCM and integrative medicine. Her Master’s thesis project focused on TCM herb selection and safety during conventional breast cancer treatment (surgery, chemo, radiation, targeted and endocrine therapies), completed under the supervision of Dr. Ye Li Hong, Professor of TCM Oncology at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, and Dr. Xiaoshu Zhu, Associate Dean of University of Western Sydney’s School of Science and Health, and key senior cancer researcher at the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM). Pauline is a past recipient of a National Science and Engineering Research Council grant, China Scholarship Council funding, and is currently preparing several manuscripts for submission to scientific journals. She has given lectures at NJUCM, served as a preceptor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, and been invited to teach at two Toronto-area TCM colleges. Outside of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pauline has been practicing insight meditation since 2005, a key ingredient of her own healing, and has also developed and led an eight-week mindfulness meditation training course. She has decades of experience in the community health and social justice fields, and draws from her training in active listening, trauma-informed counselling, anti-oppression and facilitation to support individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and needs. In her spare time, she enjoys dance, camping, reading, meditation, yoga, writing, playing piano, drawing and volunteering.
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Mandarin
Education
- McGill University (Grad. 2003)
- Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Grad. 2018)
Areas of Expertise
- Influenza (flu)
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Liver cancer
- Nonulcer stomach pain
- Stomach cancer
- Breast cysts
- Menstrual cramps
- Arthritis
- Prostate Cancer
- Common cold
- Indigestion
- Breast cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Infertility
- Colon cancer
- Tension headache
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck pain
- Lung cancer
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Cervical cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
- Back Pain
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Constipation
- Chronic cough
- Osteoarthritis
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cysts
- Gastritis
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Diarrhea
- Insomnia
Pauline is so easy to talk to. I was able to share things with her that I haven’t shared with anyone for decades. She understood how these traumas continue to affect my health, and validated how related they are. It’s only been a few treatments but already my condition has improved greatly. Thank you Pauline!
Submitted March 26, 2024