Efrem Korngold, L.Ac., O.M.D. has been a pioneer in the practice of Chinese medicine in America for the last 30 years as an educator, writer, and practitioner. He is a co-author, with Harriet Beinfield, of the best-selling Between Heaven and Earth, as well as the Chinese Modular Solutions Handbook for Health Professionals, the pamphlet Chinese Medicine: How It Works, and many articles.

His studies began at the College of Traditional Acupuncture in England in 1972, continuing in China during the early 1980s at the Kunming Traditional Medicine Research Institute and the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese medicine.

Efrem Korngold has lectured widely, including at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital in New York, Andrew Weil’s Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, and many meetings in the USA and in Europe. He is an adjunct professor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as being a founding director and member of the Advisory Board of the Holistic Pediatric Association.

Licensed by the State of California since 1976, he is engaged in the active practice of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine at the San Francisco clinic, Chinese Medicine Works.