​Virtual Lifestyle Medicine based on TCM principles
 

Cecilia grew up in the Netherlands in a family of Western doctors. Despite being accepted to the medical faculty of Groningen University (Netherlands), she chose to pursue her studies at the prestigious Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

 

After seven years of continuous study, Cecilia graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Chinese Medicine, which also incorporates the basic principles of Western Medicine. She practiced at various hospitals in Beijing, and commenced practice in Hong Kong in 1998. She founded the Vitality Center in 2001 which spans 25 years and has a strong long-standing reputation as a premier collaborative clinic for holistic health and alternative medicine.

 

Cecilia is a lecturer at SAMEDA, an association for physicians and medical acupuncture in the Netherlands (Stichting Artsen en Medische Acupunctuur). While Cecilia’s excellent academic credentials form the basis of her work, it is her empathy and insight that makes her method of healing truly unique.
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PHILOSOPHY

She likes to treat the whole person by incorporating lifestyle medicine and by giving patients agency over their own healing journey. In the Chinese Medicine Philosophy, it says that a Chinese Medicine doctor should try to be a teacher first.

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EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Medicine, Chinese Medicine specialty from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

 

LICENSE / PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Chinese Medicine Council of the department of health, Hong Kong (reg. 002835)

• Hong Kong Orthopedic Traumatology Association

• Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association

• WAVAN: Scientific Medical Association for Acupuncture Netherlands (Wetenschappelijke Artsen Vereniging voor Acupunctuur in Nederland)

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ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Many Continued Medical Education courses with a special interest in gut microbiome and nutrition, herbal medicine, female health, cancer, autoimmune and neurological diseases. Additional specialized trainings in various acupuncture techniques, cupping, and craniosacral therapy CST 1.

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AWARDS

Best TCM Doctor in 2021 by Liv Media.

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LANGUAGES

Dutch (native), English (fluent) and Mandarin Chinese.