About Robyn Choi
Robyn is a NCCAOM board-certified and licensed acupuncturist in New York. She received her master’s degree in Acupuncture from Pacific College of Health Sciences, where she is currently studying for her doctorate in Acupuncture. Robyn received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from St. John’s University in NY. She was a premedical student, and upon her graduation, she changed her path to follow her father’s footsteps in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Before becoming an acupuncturist, she has worked in public health, non-profit, and community organizations and became aware of health care issues and needs in New York. Working for the immigrant communities, she has witnessed many community members fail to get essential treatments due to economic, cultural, and language barriers and deep-rooted issues in the health care system.
Her past clinical experience includes working with HIV and immune-deficient patients at St. Vincent HIV/AIDS Center, treating previously incarcerated people at Fortune Society in NYC. She served as one of the founding members of Third Root Community Health Center in Brooklyn, established in 2008, which strives to service the under-served community members in New York City. She owned and operated her private practice in Maine from 2014 until she returned to NYC in 2018 to serve the NY community members, where she now lives and feels most home. She has always been interested in combining her training in Acupuncture with her interest in public health to bring many benefits of Acupuncture to New York City communities. She is a member of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) and the Acupuncture Society of New York(ASNY).
Her practice philosophy and style
She sees that a broken connection between mind, body, and spirit leads to chronic physical and emotional ailments in modern life. She strives to re-establish that balance for her patients through the unique combination of Acupuncture, mind-body medicine, nutrition guidance, and lifestyle suggestions.
She practices evidence-based medicine and keeps herself updated with the most recent research studies on Acupuncture and integrative medicine. She continues to take continuing education courses taught by thought leaders and teachers in the field. She believes that patients are best served with collaborative and integrative approaches and directs her patients to the most appropriate disciplines and practitioners. She empowers her patients to take charge of their health.
She uses her unique way of intuitive palpation on acupuncture meridians, which detects blockage in the channels to alleviate physical and emotional pain and discomfort. Her style is gentle yet effective. Often, her clients state they feel a sense of relaxation and ease at her sessions. More than ten years of her practice experience deepened her understanding of the human body and developed sensitivity to detect specific types of imbalances patients are experiencing. She encourages her patients to increase awareness of their minds, body, and spirit. She is often an investigator at the session, delving into many questions to better understand the symptom and a technician to fine-tune her skill set. She believes in making connections with patients is crucial for successful treatments.
Her focus areas are chronic pain, headache/migraines, sleep difficulty, anxiety, depression, autoimmune and chronic fatigue issues, digestive disorders, menopausal and peri-menopausal related issues. Robyn works with all age groups, including pediatrics.