President

John Paul Liang , Houston

John Paul Liang is currently the Dean of Clinical Training at the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine and the liaison for all of the College's clinical outreach at Methodist Hospital, Memorial Hermann, Rice University, and University of Houston Clear Lake Health Center. John Paul Liang received his Bachelor of Science from the Cornell University in 1997 and his Master of Science in Oriental Medicine degree from the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine in 2001. He is working with Methodist Hospital in the claudication research and was involved with osteoarthritis research in conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine and immunity research with University of Houston. He speaks regularly to the community and healthcare professionals in organizations including the Texas Women's University, Texas Children's Hospital, and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. Currently, he is a practitioner at the ACAOM outreach facility of Methodist Hospital and an instructor at the Methodist Research Institute. He is a Diplomat of the NCCAOM in acupuncture, herbology, and Oriental medicine, and a licensed acupuncturist in Texas. He has also served as a site visitor for the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine.

J. Paul Abadie, Houston

J. Paul Abadie is licensed to practice Physical Therapy and Acupuncture/Herbology in the state of Texas with Master of Science Degrees in Physical Therapy (Texas Woman’s University ’91) and Oriental Medicine (American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine ’03).  He is a Diplomate in Acupuncture, Herbology, and Oriental Medicine certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).  Mr. Abadie is a qualified manual therapist for spine and extremities and is skilled in Asian Bodywork.  He has practiced in the Houston/Galveston area for the past 15 years.  He is director of an integrated wellness clinic -- the Memorial Hermann Prevention & Rehabilitation Center in Downtown Houston.  He holds a faculty position at Houston’s American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine where he mentors and trains interns and lectures on acupuncture and western sciences.

Treasurer

Cathy Liu, Houston

Dr. Cathy Liu studied  medicine which includes western and Chinese medicine from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. After receiving her medical degree in 1982, she had intern, residency training, and fellowship with well known doctors of TCM in Sichuan Province Hospital. Afterwards she spent several years doing clinic research, practicing, and teaching Chinese medicine before coming to the US.
Dr. Cathy Liu is a licensed acupuncturist in The State Of Texas. She is a former executive board director of Texas Association of Acupuncture and Orental Medicine. She has been an active member of TAAOM since 1992.

She has been practicing acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and nutrition as well as preventional therapy for female and male, children and elderly ,acute and chronic problems for over 26 years.

Secretary/Legislative Chair

Wally Doggett

Wally Doggett holds a BA in Music from the University of Texas at Austin (1993), and is a graduate of the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin (2004). He is licensed by the State of Texas to practice acupuncture, and is an NCCAOM diplomate in Oriental medicine. He is co-owner of South Austin Community Acupuncture, which he has operated since 2006. In addition to his studies at AOMA, Wally apprenticed with senior herbalist Wu Peirong and acupuncturists Allen Cline and James Phillips at Turtle Dragon Health Services in Austin. He is a member of the Community Acupuncture Network, and enjoys sharing the community acupuncture vision with the community and future practitioners.

William R. Morris, PhD, DAOM, LAc

Will Morris is the president and CEO of the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin (www.aoma.edu). He has a Master’s of Science in Education with a focus on medical education through USC and a PhD in transformative studies from CIIS. His interests are in Chinese medicine and leadership with a focus on personal and collective transformation.Will teaches Chinese pulse diagnosis and moderates the pulse diagnosis Yahoo group with more than 800 people participating world wide. He also founded the web site www.pulsediagnosis.com. Morris has studied pulse diagnosis since 1980, beginning with European five element balancing methods.

Will discovered the compass method and was the first to publish in English on the eight extraordinary vessel and six channel pulse methods of Wang Shuhe. He completed his PhD dissertation, Pulse Diagnosis: Epistemology, Practice and Tradition in 2009. It is a synthesis of conventional, canonical and family lineage forms of practice that is deconstructed in terms of how clinical knowledge is built. 

Director/Membership Chair

Betsy Lu LAc

Chia-Li "Betsy" Lu is a national certified, Texas licensed acupuncturist operating the Yin & Yang Clinic in Houston, Texas. She received her Master degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine from the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is an active member of several local charity groups. She has been invited to give presentations in acupuncture and wellness maintenance.

Director/Fundraising Chair

Charng-Jian Jin

Director

Mei-Fun Liu "Marie" Tsai , Houston

Dr. Mei-Fun Liu Tsai is a diplomat in Acupuncture, Herbology, and Oriental Medicine, certifiedby the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She graduated in 1996 from the American College of Acupunctureand Oriental Medicine and has beeb licensed to practice in the State ofTexas since 1997. In 2004, she received her Ph.D. degree from the American Liberty University. Currently, she continues to expand her knowledge of Western Medicine in pain management, and new advances in Eastern Medicine. Dr. Tsai practices Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal medicine, and nutrition by serving the community, and helping children, adults, and the elderly with acute and chronic issues. Dr. Tsai always promotes the benefits of acupuncture to the general public. She has given several interviews on Fox 26 News, the Houston Chronicle, and lectures to various organizations.

Director

Tam Khai Thai, Brenham

Acupuncture to Dr. Tam Khai Thai is as natural as his second skin. He learned the essentials of ACUPUNCTURE from a family tradition that had been passed-on from generations to generation. At a tender age of nine, his first teacher was his paternal grandmother, who practiced Oriental Medicine in Vietnam. He then had four other teachers/mentors, who refined his skills not just in acupuncture but also in martial arts.

He was one of the few pioneer acupuncturists licensed in Texas. When the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (“ACAOM”) opened in Houston, Dr. Tam Khai Thai was one of the original professors. Aside from being a current board member, he had been a former board member and treasurer of TAAOM in its formative years. Nationally, he is also a concurrent active member of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM).

Today he operates two clinics: one located in Brenham and another in Conroe. These clinics had been established since 1985. All these years, his specialty also covers acupuncture treatment for horses with his ardent partner Dr. James Brown, DVM in Brenham, TX.

Leslie Graham, M.S., D.C., L.Ac.

Dr. Graham received her B.S. from the University of California in 1978, her M.S. from Texas A&M University in 1983, her Doctorate in Chi ropract ic f r om Te x a s Ch i r o p r a c t i c College in 1991, and her M.S. in Oriental Medicine in 2002 from the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist via the Texas Board of Medical Examiners and is nationally certified by the NCCAOM in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, and Oriental Medicine. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles while working at Baylor College of Medicine and has been an adjunct faculty member at the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) in Houston since 2003. She has her own practice in Clear Lake, TX and runs the ACAOM extension clinics at the Southeast Memorial Hospital and University of Houston Clear Lake sites. Dr. Graham is also a student and teacher of the martial arts with over 26 years experience in the Daoist art of Wu Jia Tai Chi (qi) Chuan and Won Hop Loong Chuan.

Leslie Myers, LAc

Leslie Lynn Myers, a graduate of the Academy of Oriental Medicine in Austin, Texas, has been licensed to practice acupuncture since 1996. She also received a Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's University Law School in 1984 and worked with the State Bar of Texas in its continuing education department until 2005. Just to round things out, she also graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in 2001.

Leslie has served as president, vice-president, secretary, and legislative chair during her association with TAAOM. Her company, Blue By-Ways, LLC, has worked with the TAAOM to produce its annual CEU event since 1999 and continues to offer programs on its own throughout the year. She has also spoken many times on the topic of acupuncture ethics.