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Dr. Tony Willcox makes the grade on Newsmax Health‘s Top 100 Physicians Who Embrace Integrative Medicine. As the only Acupuncture Doctor to make the Top 100, Dr. Tony is making waves representing Acupuncture as an Integrative Medicine procedure. Being featured with the likes of Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. David Pearlmutter, Dr. Neil Barnard, Dr. Joseph Mercola, and Dr. Joel Furman is a step in the integrative direction.
His professional affiliations include serving on the Medical Team treating the NHL Florida Panthers and a UFC Fight Team with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His scientific Clinical Studies on Acupuncture’s Effect on Mild Cognitive Impairment at Florida Atlantic University further support his Integrative Approach to Acupuncture. He is pushing the boundaries of Acupuncture Education in the United States: in addition to the standard 4-year Master’s degree in Oriental Medicine, he excelled by earning a rare Double Doctorate in Acupuncture — a Clinical Doctorate (D.A.O.M.) in the United States (2 years) and a PhD in Acupuncture from the People’s Republic of China (3 years) — placing him in the top half of 1% of practitioners in acupuncture education nationwide.
Dr. Tony Willcox received the distinction of Summa Cum Laude for his studies in Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine from the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, in 2005.
In 2016, he earned a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (D.A.O.M.), the highest doctoral degree in Acupuncture offered in the United States. He was also awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Chinese Government to pursue his Ph.D. in Acupuncture in China.
Professor Yang Jun, one of the most renowned acupuncture physicians in China, mentored Dr. Tony during his PhD studies at the Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in Hefei, Anhui, China. In addition to his academic training, Dr. Tony gained extensive hands-on clinical experience by treating hundreds of patients in busy hospital settings across both major cities and rural areas in China. He managed a wide variety of conditions, with a particular focus on neurological disorders, which significantly strengthened his clinical skills and patient outcomes. Between 2016 and 2019, the rigorous work of completing a PhD in the birthplace of acupuncture proved well worth the effort.
The culmination of his doctoral research was a clinical study conducted at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, titled “The Effects of Acupuncture on Mild Cognitive Impairment.” This study, co-authored with world-renowned neurologist, researcher, and professor James E. Galvin, MD, MPH — a leading expert in Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body dementia (LBD), and cognitive aging — was published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinsonism in September 2019.
Dr. Willcox is the 1st Westerner to graduate with a PhD in Acupuncture from the Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in Hefei, China, in the university’s 60-year history.
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