Melissa Carr

Dr. Melissa Carr is a registered Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, lecturer, and health writer. She has a degree in kinesiology and worked in medical research in Japan prior to her Traditional Chinese Medicine studies in both Canada and China. As a result, she loves to blend Eastern and Western natural health knowledge and therapies.

In practice since 2001, Dr. Carr enjoys providing her patients with the knowledge and tools that help deliver the best patient outcomes. Having worked with some of the top names in sports and entertainment, Dr. Carr was chosen as one of the few acupuncturists for Vancouver’s 2010 Olympics and Paralympics, and she also volunteered at the World Police and Fire Games.

As a passionate educator, Dr. Carr has been a teaching assistant for anatomy, a nutrition instructor, and has served on the Editorial Advisory Board for Alive magazine and Integrative Practitioner. She continues educating the public about natural health matters and TCM via lectures, including to the David Suzuki Foundation and the University of British Columbia, and her work has been featured in Alive magazine, Integrative Practitioner, European Journal of Pharmacology, and the Oprah Winfrey Network show Buy.O.Logic.