Jennifer Ross, L.Ac., DCCM, is a California-licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and massage therapist specializing in orthopedics, sports medicine, and pain management. She practices at the intersection of Eastern and Western medicine, integrating Western-style physical examination and diagnostics with classical Chinese pulse and herbalism, dry needling, prolo-acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and manual therapy
Jennifer’s orthopedic focus has made her a trusted provider for high-performance athletes, including Cal Berkeley collegiate athletes, Olympians, and NFL and MLB players. Her clinical approach draws on years of advanced post-graduate training in both classical and modern frameworks for treating pain, injury, and scar tissue.
Jennifer earned her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University in Santa Cruz in 2010, with a specialization in orthopedics, and completed an externship at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Hangzhou, China, focused on classical acupuncture technique.
In 2015, she began two years of advanced study in Dr. Anthony Von Der Muhll’s Acupuncture Orthopedics and Physical Medicine program — training that shaped her clinical foundation in physical exam and diagnostics, dry needling, prolo-acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and manual therapies, and that continues to inform how she practices and teaches today. She went on to complete certification in the Neuro-Meridian Integrative Acupuncture program under Dr. Poney Chiang, deepening her understanding of the correlation between classical acupuncture point locations and modern neuroanatomy — a natural extension of her orthopedic training and its focus on restoring neurologic function alongside pain relief
Jennifer is also a Diplomate in Canonical Chinese Medicine® (DCCM) through ICEAM®, having studied under Dr. Arnaud Versluys, L.Ac., Ph.D. Canonical Chinese Medicine is grounded entirely in the canonical writings of the Han dynasty; this training allows Jennifer to treat patients with an authentic, classically rooted herbal medicine system centered on restoring proper physiology from a classical Chinese perspective.
Before Chinese medicine, Jennifer earned a B.S. in Dietetics from the University of Florida and served as a Peace Corps Health Education Volunteer in Moldova, where she developed a health education curriculum for her village school. That experience sparked a lasting belief in education as preventative medicine — a philosophy that continues to guide her practice and her commitment to teaching future practitioners. Jennifer’s goal, in the clinic and in the classroom, is to empower others to understand and take ownership of their own health