About NOOCI

NOOCI Scientific Advisory Board

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  Dr. Wendy Wong

  PhD, BCM
  Founder of Dr. Wendy Wong’s Clinic; Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

  

  Integrative Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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  Dr. Robin H. Miller

  MD, MHS
  Integrative medicine specialist, Founder of Triune Integrative Medicine

  

  Integrative Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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  Jillian L. Capodice

  MS, LAC
  Assistant Professor, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  

  Integrative Medicine, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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  Professor Justin Wu

  MD

  Founding director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine CUHK, President of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology

  

  Integrative Medicine, Gastroenterologist

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  Dr. Wajahat Mehal

  MD, DPhil

  Professor, Yale School of Medicine (Gastroenterology)

  

  Gastroenterologist

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Dr. Wendy Wong, PhD, B.Sc (Hons.), B.C.M.

Honorary Scientific Advisor

Wendy is a Hong Kong registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner with deep experience in primary care evaluation research, bridging Western Medicine doctors and Chinese Medicine practitioners together. She started her private practice as the director of the Yat Hei Hong Kong Company Limited focused on cancer care and women’s health. She is the Adjunct Associate Professor of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine (HKIIM) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Wendy was former Assistant Professor of HKIIM of CUHK and Post-doctoral Fellow of the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Hong Kong. She is a Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in Biomedical Science and Chinese Medicine. In her Chinese Medicine Practice, she focuses on cancer care, women’s health and the body constitution measurement.

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Dr. Robin Hardy Miller, M.D., M.H.S.

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Robin Miller is a renowned general internist and integrative medicine expert. She is a national consultant for physicians dealing with complex patients and the founder and medical director of Triune Integrative Medicine. Dr. Miller holds an MHS in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She also completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona under Dr. Andrew Weil.

Dr. Miller’s dedication to promoting a holistic understanding of health through cutting-edge research has gained significant recognition in the media. She hosts a medical call-in show and produces a weekly medical advice segment for NBC5 News. Her notable achievements include producing the award-winning health series called “Is There a Doctor in the House?” She has authored several books, including “Healed: Health & Wellness for the 21st Century” (co-authored with David Kahn), “Kids Ask the Doctor,” “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Midlife & Beyond: A No-Nonsense Approach to Staying Healthy after 50" (co-authored with Janet Horn) and most recently; Invisible or Invincible, Your Choice and Heal Now: Time to Un-Sick Yourself with the 21st Century Guide to Wellness.

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Jillian L Capodice, MS, LAC

Scientific Advisor

Jillian Capodice is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology and directs Integrative Urology and Wellness for the Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

She is a leader in the field of complementary and integrative medicine and is one of a few specialists in integrative and holistic urology. She is a Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrative Medicine practitioner who specializes in acupuncture and moxibustion, dietary supplements and traditional herbal medicine, diet and nutrition, lifestyle medicine and coaching, exercise and physical activity coaching, and mind-body medicine such as meditation and qi gong. Her clinical expertise includes integrative cancer care, urologic and gynecologic health, headache, and pain.

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Dr. Justin Wu, MBChB, EMBA, MD, FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), FHKAM (Med), AGAF

Scientific Advisor

Professor Wu is a distinguished figure in the medical field, holding key positions at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), including Associate Dean for Health Systems in the Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of CUHK Medical Services. His expertise lies in gastroenterology, specifically functional gastrointestinal disorders and gastroesophageal reflux disease, with over 300 publications in top journals like New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Gut, and Gastroenterology.

He is currently serving as the President of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), and previously as the President of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology. He is also the Scientific Chairman of Asia Neurogastroenterology and Motility.

Professor Wu is the founding director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine at CUHK, focusing on the integration of Western and Chinese medicine. In the arena of medical innovation, Professor Wu is an active director and advisor to biomedical technology companies and venture capital funds. He is also a dedicated supporter of biomedical tech startups through incubator and accelerator programs.

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Wajahat Mehal, MD, DPhil

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Mehal is a tenured Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in gastroenterology with a focus on nutrition, obesity, and metabolic diseases. He earned his medical education and D. Phil from Oxford University and currently maintains a busy clinical practice at Yale School of Medicine alongside an NIH-funded research laboratory. In addition, Dr. Mehal also teaches Yale medical students, residents, and fellows. Notably, he established and serves as the Director of the Yale Metabolic Health and Weight Loss Program and the Yale Fatty Liver Disease Program.

His research includes investigations into the health benefits of natural substances on the microbiome and immune function, as well as the mechanisms of sterile inflammation through inflammasome activation in various metabolic diseases and organ fibrosis development. Mehal’s contributions to the field are evident through his publication of over a hundred original scientific articles, reviews, and editorials in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, in addition to holding several patents.