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PRACTITIONER
Kristianne Seelye, M.Ac.O.M., L.Ac., Dipl.O.M. (NCCAOM) graduated with her Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine- Cum Laude, at Northwestern Health Sciences University from the Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine on December 13th 2008. She is nationally board certified in Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), which included taking both the Acupuncture and the Chinese Herbal boards (Dipl.O.M.). She is licensed by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and has spent over 3,056 hours of didactic and clinical instruction in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology during her schooling. In April 2009, Kristianne had the opportunity to study at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Tianjin China for three weeks which included practical study in the hospital as well classroom study by well-known Chinese practitioners. In addition, internships include Edith Davis Teaching Clinic, in Bloomington Minnesota, Pillsbury House, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Abbot Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and Courage Center in Golden Valley, Minnesota where she treated a multitude of ailments which include patients with cerebral vascular accidents (strokes), spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, infertility, chronic migraines, and fibromyalgia to name a few. In 2007 she had the opportunity with Northwestern Health Sciences University to be a part of a team with the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Center for Spirituality and healing to develop and implement the first ever student run free-clinic facility at Pillsbury House in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis.
In June 2008, Kristianne decided to further her education in a Facial Rejuvenation course through Mary Elizabeth Wakefield and is now certified in Advanced Constitution Facial Rejuvenation. Through her clinical internship at the Edith Davis Teaching Clinic Kristianne has treated over 53 patients in Facial Rejuvenation alone. Kristianne received her Third Degree Reiki Master certification in 2004 at the Meta Institute in Golden Valley (now currently located in Edina Minnesota).
Kristianne is a member in good standing with the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM), The Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Association of Minnesota (AOMAM) as well as the Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alumni Association where she serves on the board.
Why Kristianne chose Oriental Medicine as a career
Kristianne became a Certified Surgical Technologist in July 1993. She was employed full-time at the University of Chicago Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois assisting surgeons in surgeries such as Neuro, Ortho, Transplant, Vascular, Reconstructive, Thoracic, Craniofacial Reconstruction and Gastro Intestinal. After three years of inspiration with the O.R. team Kristianne decided to work for the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois as a Bone and Tissue Procurement Technician, removing bones and tissues from donors.
“It was the love I have for people and the desire to better the quality of life for others that made it possible for me to work in a stressful but rewarding environment,” said Kristianne. And that’s all that she needed to propel her forward into eventually finding the career in Oriental Medicine.
“I wanted to be a practitioner of medicine since I was a child. I have a passion in helping others heal, but prescribing Western Medicine didn’t feel like the right fit for me, as I was taught that our bodies had their own innate way of healing themselves if given the right environment and tools. Then I remembered receiving acupuncture in 1982 at age 11 for chronic leg pain (reflex sympathetic dystrophy)," said Kristianne. "My parents had gone to every doctor possible that they thought could help and through my great-uncle, Dr. Edward Koziol (who was a Naprapathic Doctor) and his connections we found an acupuncturist."
"I didn’t know what he was doing but once my treatment was over he showed me the needles. I remember feeling more relaxed and pain-free for the first time in months (which feels like years to a child). After raising two children and starting my son in Kindergarten I decided to go back to school full-time for my pre-requisites that I was missing in January 2005."
One year later, 62 credits, a 4.0 GPA and a member of the National Honors Society, Kristianne was accepted into the Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for a start date of January 2006.
Kristianne’s hobbies include spending time with her family and friends, horseback riding and ground training, kayaking, backpacking and learning something new every day.
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