About Our Clinic . . .

u Why is our clinic unique?

1.  Tsun-Nin Lee, M.D., Medical Director:

Dr. Lee is an established expert in both modern “Western” medicine and Oriental Medicine.  He is a graduate of Columbia College and received his M.D. degree from the New York University School of Medicine, and has been a licensed physician in California since 1971.  However, he has also received extensive acupuncture training in Asia in the 1970s.  Dr. Lee discovered that combining the best approaches of Eastern and Western medicine was most effective in treating his patients with medical conditions resistant to conventional therapies. 

In addition to being an experienced clinician, Dr. Lee is also a well-known researcher and lecturer involved in training numerous physicians nationwide in acupuncture.  He is also the author of many medical journal articles.  As the proponent of the landmark Thalamic Neuron Theory, which incorporates knowledge of modern and oriental medicine to explain the role played by the central nervous system – the brain and the spinal cord, in the causes and cures of various diseases.  As a teacher, he has trained many medical doctors all over the country to perform acupuncture.  You can learn more about the Thalamic Neuron Theory and Dr. Lee’s background on this website.

 2.  One kind of medicine - the one that works:

The distinction between modern western medicine and alternative (also known as complementary or integrative medicine) is artificial.  Our clinic does not employ alternative method or modern medical therapies to the exclusion of the other, but to combine them appropriately to promote effective healing.  For instance, physical therapy (a western modality) and acupuncture (an oriental healing method) can be employed simultaneously to maximally relieve pain and accelerate rehabilitation.  Likewise, trigger point injections (a modern technique) may be complemented by herbal therapy to improve therapeutic outcome.

 3.  Patients participate in the integral care.

Our patients actively participate in their own care by relating how they feel following a treatment session, making dietary changes to improve their overall health, and following lifestyle modifications to eliminate their symptoms and prevent future recurrences of their medical problems.  Most patients also receive additional education during their treatment programs. 

 4.  Reduction of reliance on medications or drugs:

In many instances, modern drug therapies only serve to temporarily suppress symptoms such as pain without eradicating the root causes of a disease process.  During our treatment programs, non-essential drugs that often produce side-effects are gradually reduced as the condition improves.  This is accomplished gradually, safely, and judiciously with vigilant supervision.  This goal has been found to be quite achievable in many patients when their symptoms are ameliorated by therapies received at our clinic. 

u Convenient Location

We are located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, just a few blocks from 19th Avenue (which is the major thoroughfare connecting Marin County from the north and the Peninsula to the south).  Bus #71 stops next to our Clinic.

u Free Parking

Free Parking is available immediately adjacent to the Pain Clinic.

u Office Hours

Please call our office to make an appointment for evaluation or for treatment. We will attempt to accomodate your schedule to minimize the need to lose time at work or school during the day.

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.1790 26th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 731-1330
(415) 665-1800 
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