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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
• Mandarin
• English

Education

• McGill University (Grad. 2003)
• Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Grad. 2018)

Other Specialties

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Areas of Expertise

• Breast cancer
• Back Pain
• Indigestion
• Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
• Menstrual cramps
• Gastritis
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Chronic cough
• Common cold
• Osteoarthritis
• Infertility
• Ovarian cysts
• Breast cysts
• Neck pain
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
• Influenza (flu)
• Arthritis
• Nonulcer stomach pain
• Stomach cancer
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Colon cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Myofascial pain syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Ovarian cancer
• Endometrial cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Tension headache
• Insomnia

Awards & Recognitions

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Publications & Research

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