Elliot Wagner, L.Ac. has made acupuncture and Chinese medicine his passion and profession for over 20 years. Since receiving his degree in acupuncture and herbal medicine from San Francisco’s American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1985, Elliot has treated thousands of patients for a multitude of health concerns, focusing on chronic pain and illness and stress-related health problems. 

Perhaps most significantly, Elliot dedicated 14 years of his career to public healthcare, and provided over 30,000 treatments to patients while working in public health.  In addition, he served as Director of San Francisco’s Walden House Acupuncture Clinic, Director of the Tom Waddell Pain Clinic, and as Executive Director of California Acupuncture Resources.  His many years of practice have brought him a wealth of experience:

• He uses physiological acupuncture to get at the heart of orthopedic and neurological problems.  These include headaches and migraines, back pain and sciatica, post-surgical pain, pelvic pain, facial pain, Bell’s palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, osteoarthritis, and many other sources of pain.
• He has many years of experience in wellness practice – taking care of people to help ensure good health and wellbeing throughout their life.  Treatments including fertility enhancement, strengthening and improving patients’ overall health, and immune enhancement.
• His treatments are extremely helpful in improving health in chronic, manageable illness, including fibromyalgia, diabetes, asthma, and HIV/AIDS.
• Elliot has found that many behavioral, mental and emotional problems respond dramatically to acupuncture and herbal treatment, including insomnia, depression, anxiety disorder, phobias, dysthymia, and schizophrenia.  He has many years of experience treating problems of addiction.
• Based on his experience and training at British Columbia’s Victoria Pain Clinic, he developed Deep Release, a powerful combination of ancient Chinese medicine and psychotherapy designed to relieve symptoms of chronic pain and stress that plays an important role in his practice today. 
• Beginning in 1989, Elliot was among the very first to use Cosmetic Acupuncture to diminish the signs of excessive aging by combining local facial treatments with treatment of the underlying cause.  His treatments are dramatically effective.

Elliot has been a faculty member of the college from which he graduated, a speaker at health conferences nationwide, and the author of articles for a number of respected journals and magazines.  He has been honored for his dedication to his patients and his profession with certificates of appreciation and testimonials from both patients and colleagues.

A firm believer in a lifetime of learning, Elliot is as avid a student as he is a teacher. His thirst for furthering his knowledge and experience is unquenchable.  He spent two years studying orthopedic acupuncture with two of the country’s foremost teachers. In 2001 he expanded his horizons by joining Dr. Patch Adams and the Gesundheit Institute on a trip to Russian to entertain kids in orphanages and pediatric hospitals.  Elliot is currently studying Holistic Nutrition at Clayton College, and in early 2007 will complete his doctorate in Oriental Medicine (OMD) at South Baylo University.