Shelby Havens

Shelby is a graduate of the University of Florida and American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colorado. Her interests include mental health, holistic health, and social justice. She is a nurse practitioner at the Helping Hands Clinic in downtown Gainesville. She is a member of the Gainesville Ukulele Club.

CLINIC STAFF/FACULTY

Laisha has a long history with Dragon Rises College, including earning her Masters Degree, teaching, supervising in the clinic and working in administration, early on, as Registrar, Assistant to the Academic Dean and later as Clinic Director. She is a certified teacher of the Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis system. She has had a private Chinese medicine…

James “Jim” Brooks holds a BA in Psychology from the State University of NY at Albany, a Master of Social Work (MSW) also from SUNY Albany, and  Master of Acupuncture and Certificate of Advanced Study in Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, FL.  Jim is a licensed acupuncturist in…

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC DEAN, FACULTY

Dr. Dorian G. Kramer DACM, L.Ac. is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine specializing in the treatment of psychiatric disorders with a focus on PTSD, CPTSD, DTD, somatoform disorders, addiction, chronic pain, & geriatrics.Dr. Kramer utilizes acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tui-Na, manual therapy, and meditation, as well as his BA in psychology, and ten…

Eduardo Alvarez

ADMISSIONS/FACULTY

Eduardo grew up in a small city in Venezuela, home to Angostura Bitters (a medicinal tincture for stomach ailments designed in 1824). His broad experience in education includes K-12 substitute-teacher, 6th Grade teacher, and Education Coordinator at a private facility for youth at risk in Alachua County, FL. As Lead Faculty in the Academic Team at…