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The UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Visiting Scholar Training Program is designed to equip visiting scholars with a global perspective of integrative medicine in the United States and at UCLA in order to facilitate greater collaboration between international academic institutions.

Current Visiting Scholar

                                                                                                               

Monika Rybicka

Monika Rybicka is medical doctor, internal medicine specialist and PhD student at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Dr. Rybicka has been a mentee of Professor Ka-Kit Hui since 2014 when she came to the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine as a graduating medical student. She has almost ten years of clinical experience in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine, as well as in the primary care setting and nursing home.

Dr. Rybicka has completed many internships abroad, including in the US, Germany, Russia, Austria and Sweden. Her PhD thesis compares medical acupuncture to NADA protocol ear acupuncture in older adults with low back pain. In 2018, Dr. Rybicka organised a conference on integrative health at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. This was the first university-level conference on integrative health in the country. She plans to bring what she has learned from the Center’s East-West integrative health model back to Poland.

Past Visiting Scholars

  • Sun, Zhifang (Health Management) - Hangzhou Normal University, China, 2021
  • Wang, Ling (TCM Translation) - Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, China, 2020
  • Li, Guanying (TCM Translation) - Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China, 2019
  • Zhang, Wenli (Chronic Disease Management) - Health Management Entrepreneur, 2019
  • Qiu, Zhaoxiong (Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tuina) – Beijing Union University, China, 2019
  • Chen, Shaofang (Digestive Diseases) – Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, 2018
  • Wu, Xiaqiu (Women's Health) – Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, China, 2018
  • Chen, Jui-Kuang (Infectious Diseases) – Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, 2018
  • Zhao, Linhua (Diabetes) – Beijing Guang’anmen Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2018
  • Gao, Xiaolian (Nursing) – Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, China, 2018
  • Zhang, Xinguang (Pediatrics) – Shanghai Municipal Hospital of TCM, China, 2018
  • Li, Zhonglong (Acupuncture and Tuina) – Beijing Hospital, China, 2017
  • Yin, Yuting (Herbal Pharmacology) – Jiangxi University of TCM, China, 2016
  • Ren, Rongzheng (TCM Translation) – Shanghai University of TCM, China, 2016
  • Liu, Yi (Nephrology) – Fudan University, China, 2016
  • Zhang, Yanhong (Outcome Measurement) - China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,China, 2012
  • Wang, Junwen (TCM information) - China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2012
  • Jiao, Joe (TCM information) - China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2011
  • Zhao, Jing (Infectious Diseases) – China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2010, 2014
  • Su, Daming (TCM Information) - China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2010
  • Fan, Weiyu (TCM Information) - China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China, 2009
  • Chen, Qianjun (Breast Diseases) – Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, China, 2009
  • Piao, Yuanlin (Diabetes) – Peking University Medical Hospital, China, 2008
  • Li, Xuejun (Diabetes) – Xiamen First People Hospital, China, 2006