Jong Hwa Lee

Dr. Lee, the founder of Acupia Wellness is fascinated with connective tissues and his passion for helping people in pain propelled him to explore the mechanism of acupuncture in a new approach. His quest to understand the complexity of human body and delicate connection between muscles has led him to finding an answer to treat pain in the largest structures – muscles – in our bodies.

Dr. Lee is one of the pioneers as a researcher and a clinician, in integrating science to explain the mechanism of acupuncture. He was a research assistant at the laboratory of Molecular Biology at KyungHee University Medical School and he received his doctoral degree at East-West Medicine on the mechanisms of inulin and Resveratrol for anti-obesity and diabetes. His research background gives him an edge to exploring acupuncture at a molecular level while treating his patients in a holistic approach.

He specializes in musculoskeletal disorders with the emphasis on postural alignment. From 15 years of experience treating over 100,000 patients, he created a new model for acupuncture: Vertex Synchronizing Technique (VST) acupuncture. His expertise in orthopedic acupuncture with ground-breaking development of VST acupuncture has redefined non-invasive approaches to musculoskeletal disorders.