About Lisa Tongel, MAcOM, LAc

Lisa Tongel, MAcOM, LAc, has specialized in reproductive health since 1999. She has spent her 27+ year career providing integrative medicine to fertility and OB/GYN patients, working in a variety of integrative health settings.

Lisa is passionate about using integrative medicine to support all families who want to grow. She has special interests in endometriosis, recurrent pregnancy loss, and transgender fertility.

Since graduating from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1998, Lisa has been a successful practitioner, always seeking to further the acupuncture profession in GYN settings. She loves participating in projects that introduce acupuncture to wider GYN audiences. In 2020, Lisa secured a grant to develop and implement an integrative medicine program for peri-operative gynecology patients. This program became the standard of care for surgery patients at a Portland-based gynecology clinic. She has also been a co-investigator in research studying the effects of acupuncture on IVF outcomes, and is on the Board of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Special Interest Group.

Lisa also brings her significant experience to her teaching, making her an excellent resource for her students at NUNM. Lisa feels an earnest desire to help other acupuncturists succeed not only clinically, but in business as well. The professional excellence she sees possible for the field of acupuncture makes her passionate about supporting students to start their careers with the best foundation for success in all aspects.

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