Overview
Integrative health expert specializing in Five Element Acupuncture with 40 years of clinical experience in Eastern and Western medicine. Skilled educator, practitioner, and advocate committed to advancing MUIH’s mission of “relationship-centered integrative health education, care, and leadership.”
Professional Memberships: American Holistic Nurses Association; American Society of Acupuncturists; Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses; Maryland Acupuncture Society; National Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Acupuncturists.
Professional Narrative
Simons is MUIH’s only faculty member with Teacher Training Certification from the Worsley Institute. She studied with Dr. JR Worsley in England and throughout the United States. An instructor at MUIH since 1996, she has been an outside lecturer and curriculum writer in her field and an invited participant in the Worsley Five Element Master Apprenticeship Program.
She began her career as a registered nurse in the high-risk labor and delivery suite at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Simons also served as a massage therapist with advanced certification in bodywork for the childbearing year, infant massage, Maya Abdominal Massage, and trauma recovery. An advocate for women’s health, Simons worked as a nurse consultant on product liability and women’s health legal claims.
Simons has her own acupuncture practice in Bethesda, MD, specializing in Worsley Five Element Acupuncture, women’s health, integrative care, hospice, and palliative care.
Selected Publications & Presentations
Academic Speaker Maryland University of Integrative Health Commencement 2024
Coming Together as One Medicine: Treating the Whole Person. American Society of Acupuncturists: 2023 ASA National Conference. Washington, DC.
Five Element Consultation Clinic. 7 PDAs. Crossings: A Center for the Healing Traditions. Silver Spring, MD. 2024
Cultivating A Healing Presence. 13 PDAs. Four Gates Wellness Center. Columbia, MD. 2024
Coming to Our Senses: Acupuncture Training for Practitioners of Acupuncture. 14 PDAs. Crossings: A Center for the Healing Traditions. Silver Spring, MD. 2010 - 2022
Clinical Observation for Acupuncturists. 16 PDAs. Crossings: A Center for the Healing Traditions. Silver Spring, MD 2019- 2023
The Practical Application of the Laws of Nature in Women’s Health. The Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2012: Continuing the Journey. The Marina del Ray Hotel, Marina del Ray, CA.
Classical Five Element Acupuncture Panel Member. The Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2012: Continuing the Journey. The Marina del Ray Hotel, Marina del Ray, CA.
Awakening the Senses: Body/Mind/Spirit. The Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2011: Continuing the Journey. Viceroy Santa Monica. Santa Monica, CA.
Classical Five Element Acupuncture Panel Member. The Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2011: Continuing the Journey. Viceroy Santa Monica. Santa Monica, CA.
Keynote Address: An Integrative Approach to Women’s Health. Clinical Symposium. Tai Sophia Institute. Laurel, MD. 2011
Nature’s Wisdom: How to be a Healing Presence for Others. The Five Element Acupuncture Symposium 2010: Continuing the Journey. Viceroy Santa Monica. Santa Monica, CA.
An Integrative Approach to Patient Care; Classical Five Element Acupuncture Panel Member. Clinical Symposium. Tai Sophia Institute. Laurel, MD. September 2010
Keynote Address: Nature’s Wisdom: How to be a Healing Presence for Others. Clinical Symposium. Tai Sophia Institute. Laurel, MD. September 2010
Courses
APP612 Becoming a Healing Presence: Healership
APP615 Healing Presence III Rapport Intensive
APP616 Healing Presence IV Originally developed course
AOM612b Constitutional Acupuncture I
AOM613b Constitutional Acupuncture II
AOM 713 Advanced CFEA - Senior Selection Originally developed course
AOM 713 Women’s Health - Senior Selection Originally developed course
AOM 632 Diagnostic Skills II
AOM 653 Clinical Observation I
AOM 654 Clinical Observation II
AOM 645 Clinical Theater Lab
AOM 655 Clinical Theater
Clinical Supervision in the Student Clinic - Acupuncture
Awards
Faculty Teaching Award - 2020
Faculty Teaching Award Nominee - 2021
Faculty Teaching Award Nominee - 2022
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