Gainesville Faculty


Eduardo Alvarez

ACADEMIC DEAN/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…

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CLINIC DIRECTOR (GNV), FACULTY MEMBER (GNV)

Dianne Voitle is an acupuncturist practicing in Gainesville, FL. She evaluates and treats patients based on the concepts of oriental medicine. Acupuncturists complete their evaluations by getting a patient history and looking at and touching the body. Then, they place…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Mary graduated from FSU with a BS in Biology in 1991, and from Nova Southeastern College of Pharmacy with her Pharm.D. in 1994. She has spent her career as both an active Pharmacist as well as Educator for over a…

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Dr. Whyrick has been involved in the field of natural medicine since 1996.  A history of chronic asthma led him to investigate alternative approaches to traditional western medicine for management of associated symptoms.  In this search, he discovered detoxification and purification strategies…

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Bradenton Faculty (inc Distance Education)


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…

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Lisa Anderson

CLINIC DIRECTOR (BDT), FACULTY

Lisa graduated from Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine in 2011, and subsequently attended Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, earning a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in June 2021. Lisa has also provided…

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Dr. Whyrick has been involved in the field of natural medicine since 1996.  A history of chronic asthma led him to investigate alternative approaches to traditional western medicine for management of associated symptoms.  In this search, he discovered detoxification and purification strategies…

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Dr. Jessica Fritz, DACM, AP is a nationally board-certified and Florida licensed Acupuncture Physician and Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She holds a doctorate from Pacific College of Health and Science and a master’s from the Academy of Oriental Medicine at…

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Dr. Scott Schulz began his journey in Chinese Medicine in 2007 and earned both a Masters andDoctorate degree from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Prior to that, his undergraduate andgraduate education was in the field of Biology from Southern and…

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