Linda Simons

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.”
 

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, as well as 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.  Simons worked as a nurse consultant on product liability and women’s health legal claims.
 
Simons, who has her own acupuncture practice in Bethesda, MD, specializes in women’s health, integrative care, hospice, and palliative care.  She is currently a doctoral candidate at MUIH where she serves on the Acupuncture Leadership Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.