Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Continuing Education Courses
License And Credentials
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
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Caitlin Isbister

Acupuncturist
Easthampton,MA

Summary

Self-motivated professional with more than 15 years experience. Comfortable working with people going through all types of health issues. Currently treating patients in busy office setting and adapt treatment to the individual. Experience in using EHR, billing, marketing and research.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Owner, Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

Isbister Acupuncture
11.2018 - Current
  • Currently treating patients in busy setting at Clinic Alternative Medicines with focus on insomnia, digestive issues, mental health issues, pain disorders and menstrual disorders
  • Charting, billing, research, marketing, updating Isbister Acupuncture website.

Owner, Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

Pet Acupuncture Works
04.2015 - Current
  • In-home acupuncture visits for dogs and cats for pain, digestive, and respiratory disorders and fatigue
  • Marketing, networking, advertising, creating and writing the PAW website.

Acupuncture Associate

Kate Ruma & Associates Acupuncture
11.2010 - 11.2018
  • Currently practicing acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in a busy office setting, with emphasis on acute and chronic pain disorders, women's health issues and infertility, digestive and sleep disorders, and allergies
  • Responsibilities also include patient education, charting, research, marketing, office organization, and supply ordering.

Systematic Review Reviewer

Samueli Institute
08.2014 - 08.2015
  • Reviewed literature remotely for the Samueli Institute, which supports research of complementary and alternative medicine
  • Screens and reviews literature, extract and cleanse data, conduct data analysis, assist in writing review manuscripts.

Acupuncture Resident

NESA Program at Boston Medical Center
01.2011 - 03.2011
  • Administered acupuncture to a diverse patient population in the outpatient setting of the Department of Family Medicine under the supervision of Ellen Highfield, Lic.Ac
  • Attended weekly guest lectures and Acupuncture Team and Integrative Medicine meetings at BMC
  • Gained experience with the Electronic Medical Record.

Acupuncturist

Google, Inc.
03.2013 - 03.2014
  • Administered acupuncture to Google employees
  • Responsibilities also included marketing the program to the employees
  • Learned to navigate Practice Fusion's Electronic Health Record.

Education

Master of Science - Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pacific College of Health And Science
Chicago, IL
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Medicinal Chemistry

State University of New York
Buffalo, NY
05.2001 -

Continuing Education Courses

  • Insomnia: TCM Experts Share their Unique Strategies for Treating Insomnia, 2022
  • Systematic Acupuncture for Back Pain, 2022
  • The Disease of Our Time: Strategies for the Treatment of Anxiety, Depression and Other Emotional Disorders, 2024
  • Scalp Acupuncture for Neurological & Psychosomatic Disorders, 2023
  • Ethical Considerations for the Treatment of Trauma Survivors, 2024
  • Scalp Acupuncture, 2023

License And Credentials

  • 238381, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 12/2008
  • Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (Dipl.O.M.), National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), 09/2008
  • Certificate of Completion, Clean Needle Technique, Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM), 08/2008

Accomplishments

    Crawford, Cindy BA; Teo, Lynn MAOM, MS; Yang, EunMee MS; Isbister, Caitlin MS; Berry, Kevin MD. Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Effective for Traumatic Brain Injury? A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the Literature and Recommendations for the Field. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 32(3):p E27-E37, May/June 2017.

Certification

NCCAOM

Timeline

Owner, Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

Isbister Acupuncture
11.2018 - Current

Owner, Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

Pet Acupuncture Works
04.2015 - Current

Systematic Review Reviewer

Samueli Institute
08.2014 - 08.2015

Acupuncturist

Google, Inc.
03.2013 - 03.2014

Acupuncture Resident

NESA Program at Boston Medical Center
01.2011 - 03.2011

Acupuncture Associate

Kate Ruma & Associates Acupuncture
11.2010 - 11.2018

Master of Science - Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pacific College of Health And Science
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Medicinal Chemistry

State University of New York
05.2001 -

NCCAOM

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