Dr. Choo serves as the President Emeritus of the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine. He has had a wide-ranging career studying, practicing and teaching Integrative Medicine since 1980. He received his Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea, universally recognized as the premier Integrative Medical University in the world. While at Kyung Hee University Integrative Medical Hospital, he had extensive, highly specialized experience working with stroke and herniated intervertebral disc patients. During the course of his professional career, Dr. Choo has treated over 250,000 patients with an extensive range of diseases. He is considered a Master Practitioner of two of the safest and most effective methods of acupuncture, SaAm Acupuncture (Korean 4 Needle Technique) and Master Tong's acupuncture and as such has been a widely sought out practitioner for over 35 years. Dr. Choo has also worked as a full time professor, clinic supervisor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine at Samra University of Oriental Medicine in Los Angeles, CA. A highly respected and popular lecturer and advanced Continuing Education seminar presenter on the topics of Integrative Medicine, SaAm Korean Four Needle acupuncture and Master Tong's acupuncture both domestically and abroad, he continues to lecture overseas at venues including the International Congress of Integrative Medicine in Seoul, Korea, the TCM Kongress Rothenberg in Germany, the Chiway Academi at Wenterthur, Switzerland, the European Institute of Integrative Medicine in Munich, Germany and Shou Zhong Institute for Chinese Medicine in Berlin, Germany. He was also invited to lecture on the practical application of acupuncture for pain at the U.S. Army Clark Health Clinic in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Dr. Choo has participated as a site visit team member for the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine (ACAOM), and has served on the Board of Directors for the California State Integrative Medicine Association(CSOMA). Dr. Choo has been a featured doctor in several television documentaries on the subject of Integrative Medicine including the documentary for the 40th Anniversary of MBC, the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation in Korea, entitled "Why Acupuncture?", and the Korean Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) documentary, "Eastern Medicine Goes To The World." Uihak and the L.A.Times. Dr. Choo holds professional licenses to Acupuncture from the California, Virginia and New Jersey; Doctor of Oriental Medicine from the Nevada; Diplomate in Integrative Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Integrative Medicine (NCCAOM); and Doctor of Korean Medicine from the Minister of Health Department of South Korea.