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Dr. Guang Xu, L.Ac., OMD, Ph.D., Dipl.Ac, is a national board-certified and Maryland licensed Acupuncturist, with 10+ years of experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Her practice areas include Acupuncture (Alternative Medicine), Chinese Herbal Medicine, Cupping, Moxibustion.
Dr. Xu graduated from Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China in 1984. After she spent five years of training in Chinese and western medicine, she received her Doctor of Medicine degree and worked in University Hospital as a physician of TCM (acupuncture, herb etc.) and Western medicine for 10 years. During her time at the hospital, extensive training and experience in acupuncture and Chinese medicine and herb applied to different diseases allowed her to gain a broad knowledge base, clinical diagnostic and treatment skills, and the ability to confidently manage her clinical practice. She specializes in the treatment of pain, stroke, women’s health, immune disorder, allergies, stress, depression, insomnia, some nervous system diseases, such as paralysis. From 1988 she studied ShuangJinHua (herbs) on antibacterial effect and immune functions, which earned the First Place of TCM Science Advanced Technology Award in Heilongjiang Provence, China in 1996. Dr. Xu acquired her Ph. D degree in Medical Science from Kagawa University School of Medicine in Japan in 1998. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on Macrolide Antibiotics as immunomodulators that regulate immune functions.
After moving to the US in 2001, Dr. Xu had conducted medical research at Howard University School of Medicine for five years. While there, Dr. Xu’s work focused on the neuroscience and pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. She also studied the effects of medications on food intake and body weight change.
Dr. Xu then worked at Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and Neurodiagnostic LLC for 12 years. She conducted clinical research in neuroscience and was one of the main members that completed the clinical trial in Alzheimer’s diagnostic.
Dr. Xu has published a number of scientific papers in peer-reviewed professional journals.
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| Ph. D. in Medicine (1998), Kagawa University School of Medicine, Japan M.Sc. in Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine (1991), Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) China MD. in Chinese and Western Medicine (1984), Heilongjiang University of TCM, China |
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| 1. Manaye K 1, Montun P, Xu G, Drew A, Lei D, Sharma Y,.(2013) Age-related loss of noradrenergic neurons in the brains of triple transgenic mice. Age 2013 Feb;35(1):139-47 2. Manaye K, Allard J, Kalifa S, Drew A, Xu G, et al. (2011)17α-Estradiol Attenuates Neuron Loss in Ovariectomized Dtg AβPP/PS1 Mice. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vol. 23, no 4, pp 629-639 3. Xu G, Chattopadhyay S, Jiang J and Richards AL et al. (2005) Short- and long-termimmune responses of CD-1 outbred mice to the scrub typhus DNA vaccine candidate: p47Kp. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences. 2005 Dec;1063:266-9. 4. Xu G, Fujita J., Negayama K., and Takahara J et al. (1996) Effect of macrolide antibiotics on macrophage functions. Microbiology & Immunology. 40(7): 473-479. 5. Fujita J, Yamadori I., Xu G., Hojo S., and Takahara J. et al. (1996) Clinical features of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. Respiratory Medicine. 90(1): 35-38. 6. Xu G, Fujita J., Negayama K., and. Takahara J. (1996) Effect of clarithromycin on cytocidal activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mice peritoneal cavity. [Japanese] Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. 70(1): 93-94. 7. Xu G, Fujita J. and Negayama K et al. (1995) Effect of Clarithromycin on macrophage functions. The Journal of The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. 69: 864-872. 8. Xu G, Fujita J. and Negayama K. et al. (1995) Effect of Erythromycin on macrophage functions. The Journal of The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. 69: 590-596. 9. Xu G, Fujita J. and Negayama K (1995) Effect of macrolide antibiotic on the migration of macrophage transformed. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 173: 1051-1052. 10. Xu G., Fujita J. and Yuube K et al. (1995) Effect of Cloarithromycin on endoxan-treated macrophage phagocytosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 172: 199-200. 11. Fujita J., Xu G., Miyawaki H., and Takahara J. (1995) Measurements of plasma elastase alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor complexes in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Chest. 107(5): 1350-1354. 12. Xu G., Fujita J and Yuube K et al. (1994) Effect of clarithromycin on macrophage phagocytosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine.170: 1095-1096. 13. Xu G, Guan Y., Nie Y. and Xu J. (1992) The role of Shuangjinhua on humoral immune responses. Second Symposium on Medical Science, Bibliography of Chinese Scientific Association. p 200-202. 14. Liu L, Wang X., Xu G. and Li Q. (1992) Differential role of leaf and stalk of Shuangjinhua on bacteria growth. ACTA Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology (Chinese) 3: 37-38. PRESENTATIONS: 1. Manaye K. F., Xu G., Lei D., and Drew A. 17α-estradiol inhibits oxidative stress and Aβ release in two in vitro models of Aβ production., Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, November 13-17, 2010. 2. Xu G., Sharma Y., Edossa A., and Manaye K. Age-related Loss of Noradrenergic Neurons in Locus Coeruleus of 3xTg Mice. Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Chicago, October 17-21, 2009. 3. Xu G., Wu M., Mack SO. Absence of an anorectic effect in Lesioning of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) with neuropeptide Y-saporin (NPY-SAP) Experimental Biology 2008, San Diego, April 5-9, 2008. 4. Mack SO., Xu G., Wu M., Haxhiu MA. Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) containing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) project to the preBotzinger region. Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Atlanta,GA, October 13-18 2006. 5. Xu G, Chattopadhyay S, Jiang J, Chan TC, Chao CC, Ching WM, Richards AL Characterization of the Immune Response of CD1 Out Bred Mice to Infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi ASM General meeting, Atlanta, GA. June 5-9, 2005. 6. Chattopadhyay S, Xu G, Jiang J, Chan TC, Chao CC, Ching WM, Richards AL. Murine spleen cell cytokine responses following immunization with the scrub Typhus vaccine candidate: Kp 47DNA. 4th International conference on rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases, Logrono, Spain, June 18-21, 2005. 7. Jin X, Xu G, Chin J, Ray P. Studies on Mustard Stimulated Proteases and inhibitors in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes (HEK): Development of Antivesicant Drugs. 2003 Joint service Scientific Conference on Chemical & Biological Defense Research. |
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