Bob Quinn, DAOM earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees from OCOM in 1998 and 2008 respectively.  He began his studies of Traditional Japanese Medicine in the winter of 1999 in the form of a post-graduate certificate program in Seattle. Included in that program were Shudo-style Meridian Therapy, Manaka’s Yin-Yang Channel Balancing, Sotai, and shonishin. Since then he has continued his studies in various styles, including Kuma-style with Iwashina Anryu Sensei (Dr. Bear), Koshi Balancing with Jeffrey Dann, Shudo-style Meridian Therapy (MT) with Stephen Brown, Sotai with Peter Thompson, Stephen Brown and Jeffrey Dann, shonishin and Toyohari with Brenda Loew and Dan Zizza, Shakuju with Kobayashi Shoji Sensei, Mizutani-style moxibustion with Mizutani Junji Sensei, and MT with Funemizu Takahiro Sensei. He practices a fusion style that shows the influence of all these teachers. In the bodywork field Bob has trained in shiatsu, traditional Thai massage, qigong tuina (a gentle system of yin-yang pulsing) and Trager. Bob teaches full-time at the National University of Natural Medicine’s School of Classical Chinese Medicine in Portland, OR. There he offers courses in MT, Koshi Balancing, Shonishin, and Sotai. Additionally he supervises interns in the student clinic. With a partner Bob hosts CE seminars in Japanese acupuncture, bodywork and moxibustion through their business, Portland Traditional Japanese Medicine Seminars. In Bob’s private practice he treats diverse complaints but has a special focus on shonishin-pediatric care and severe, longstanding conditions, particularly chronic Lyme disease. In his private time Bob practices qigong, studies Jungian dreamwork, does trail running, and sits Zen.