Medical Acupuncture
Integrative Pain Management
Michigan Head & Spine Institute
Office Locations
Meadowbrook Medical Center – Novi Office
Dr. Alison Lee specializes in medical acupuncture as a part of a program of integrative pain management. Medical acupuncture is defined as acupuncture practiced by a physician using methods grounded in an understanding of both classical Chinese medicine and conventional Western medicine. She is board certified in medical acupuncture and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, which is the highest level of recognized achievement in the profession.
Treatment may include the use of other modalities to enhance the effects of acupuncture to help patients obtain maximal benefit. Dr. Lee provides nutritional and lifestyle counseling and may also recommend evidence-based and time-proven herbal and nutritional supplements. Dr. Lee collaborates with each patient's physician to help patients achieve the best possible results from acupuncture treatment.
Dr. Lee has lectured widely including at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, published work in professional journals, and was founding president of the Acupuncture Society of Michigan. She also served on education committees for the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and chaired annual meetings.
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Education
M.D.: State University of New York Medical School, Buffalo, NY
Internship in Internal Medicine - St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Roosevelt Division, New York, NY
Residency: Anesthesiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Fellowship: Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Pain Management, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Fellowship: Pediatric Pain Management, Harvard Medical Center Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston MA
Medical Acupuncture for Physicians: University of California, Los Angeles, followed by extensive continuing education including study in Beijing, China
Prior Appointments
Medical Director Barefoot Doctors Integrative Chinese and Western Pain Management, Walled Lake, MI (practice relocated from Ann Arbor)
Director of Pain Management and Attending Anesthesiologist, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, State University of NY at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Concurrent Fellow in Pain Management, Yale Medical Center
Attending in Anesthesiology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
Memberships
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Honors
HOUR Detroit Top Docs: 2023, 2021
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