Common Laboratory Tests Used by TCM Practitioners: When to Refer Patients for Lab Tests and How to Read and Interpret the Results

Partha Banerjee, MD, completed his medical training in Calcutta, India. He then moved to the US where he specialized in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Geriatrics. Formerly a professor at Wright State Medical School, he practiced medicine in Ohio for 30 years. He has received numerous awards including the "Laureate Award" by the American College of Physicians and was listed in the "Best Doctors of America" 1995 and 1998. Now in semi-retirement, he continues to instruct graduate level Western medicine at the East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, Florida. Christina Captain is a nationally board-certified (NCCAOM) and state-licensed acupuncture physician in Sarasota, Florida. She is the Founder and Medical Director of The Family Healing Center, an integrative, alternative healthcare practice that incorporates traditional Western ideology with Eastern and other holistic strategies. For 11 years she was a senior faculty member at the East West College of Natural Medicine where she was also its chief administrative officer, advisory board chairperson, and author of the Doctoral program in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.