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Specialties
Specializing in health, wellness, and vitality for a wide variety of pain, internal medicine, Ob/gyn, Cancer side effects and Parkinson’s Disease disorders.
History
Established in 1999.
Robert Chu is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist, specializing in the Master Tung painless Acupuncture methods in which he effectively treats pain, neuromusculoskeletal disorders, and a wide variety of internal diseases including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, gynecological disorders, Parkinson’s Disease and side-effects from cancer treatments. He is appointed by the Industrial Medical Council as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME).
Dr. Chu was formerly affiliated with the St. Vincent Medical Center, as the first fulltime Acupuncturist on staff and treated cancer patients with Acupuncture, Herbal Therapy, Qigong and Tai Chi. He has been practicing in Pasadena since 2001.
Dr. Chu’s philosophy of disease is simple: many diseases originate from lifestyle, diet and exercise and to really cure them, some changes may be necessary to get at the root of the problem.
Meet the Business Owner
Robert C.
Business Owner
Robert Chu specializes in Master Tung Acupuncture effectively treating pain, neuromusculoskeletal disorders, and a wide variety of internal diseases. Appointed by the Industrial Medical Council, he is a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME).
Dr. Chu regularly volunteers at Pasadena’s Wellness Community, where he does a weekly Qi Gong/Stress reduction class and monthly lifestyle/nutrition class. He also has a class at Huntington Memorial Hospital for Parkinson’s Disease. In July of 2004, Dr. Chu was selected as the Acupuncturist to Olympic athletes.
Dr. Chu also lectures nationally and abroad on Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine to provide continuing education to MD’s and Acupuncturists. In 2005, he founded ITARA — International Tung’s Acupuncture Research Association
He is presently on the faculty at Emperor’s College in Santa Monica, teaching students in the Doctorate program.