Acupuncture Expert Witnesses
Acupuncture expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on acupuncture. The acupuncture expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Acupuncturist, Anesthesiology, Chiropractic, Internal Medicine, Pain Management - Medicine, and Rheumatology.
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Aaron Wiegand, DC
Dry Needling and Chiropractic - Instructor
ChiroNeedle
Phoenix, Arizona
Chiropractic, Acupuncturist
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Dry Needling, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Pneumothorax
Dr. Wiegand earned his Bachelor’s in Science in Physiological Science in addition to a Doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer West.
He was the recipient of his class’ Virgil Strang Philosophy Award and holds a Certification in Spinal Trauma (CCST). In his early career, Dr. Wiegand focused on Spinal Corrective Techniques/Spinal Biomechanics and rehabilitation. In private practice, the needs of his patients dictated that he branch out into treating a myriad of musculoskeletal injuries which led to expanding his interventions to include Dry Needling.
Dr. Wiegand has taught over 6,000 hours of Dry Needling to Chiropractors, and he was the first Chiropractor and first recipient of the designation of SFDN (Structure and Function Dry Needling) Advanced Certification. He has performed this technique on thousands of patient visits and it continues to be an integral application in his Phoenix, AZ practice.
Today, after 20 years of practice, Dr. Wiegand continues to see patients, consults on o...
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Andrew Shubov, MD
Pain MD - Acupuncture / Internal Medicine at UCLA
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Internal Medicine, Acupuncturist
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Integrative, Alternative, Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Hospital, Inpatient, TENS, TEAS, neck pain, Supplements, Complementary Medicine, Trigger Point, Sports Medicine, Chronic Pain, Myofascial, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Long COVID, low back pain, Chronic Lyme
Dr. Andrew Shubov is the director of the inpatient East-West medicine consult service at UCLA. As part of the service, he and other East-West medicine physicians provide acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic and treatment strategies to critically ill hospitalized patients. He also works in the outpatient setting to bring integrative East-West medicine to complex patients with multiple medical conditions. He is board certified both in Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Shubov believes that the integrative East-West approach is an excellent companion to traditional Western medicine, as it incorporates the treatment of the whole patient and minimizes side effects of common modern therapies. He frequently works with patients who have chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune disorders and chronic pain.
Dr. Shubov obtained his medical degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and completed his in...
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Gary Saff, M.D.
Pain management, interventional and medical-30 yrs
Integrated Pain Solutions of South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Acupuncture, Neuropathy, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Interventional pain, Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, Addiction, Complex regional pain syndrome, Chronic pain, Medical management, Neuropathic pain, Nerve injury, Independent medical exam, post laminectomy pain syndrome, Spinal, Spinal cord stimulation, Automobile injury
PRIVATE PRACTICE
October 2009 Integrated Pain Solutions of South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
PRIOR CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
January 2004 – Director Pain Management/Anesthesiologist September 2009 Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston, Florida
July 1994 – Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management; Director Pain
October 2003 Management Fellowship - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
TRAINING
July 1993 - June 1994 Pain Management Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
July 1990 – June 1993 Anesthesia Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July 1989 - June 1990 Medical Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July 1988 – June 1989 Medical Internship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION
July 1984 – May 1988 University of South Florida College of Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine
September 1980 – June 1984 Univers...
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Yousef Zarbalian, MD
Rheumatologist and Integrative medicine expert
East-West Rheumatology
Vienna, Virginia
Rheumatology, Acupuncturist
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Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Acupuncture, Ehlers-danlos, Hypermobility syndrome, Autoimmune disease, Herbal medicine, Chronic fatigue, Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus, Chronic pain, Vasculitis, Sjogren's, Gout, Steroid injection, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, PMR, Post-Covid, GCA
I am a Rheumatologist and internist who is also an expert in integrative medicine and licensed to perform acupuncture.
With regards to medicolegal work, as of February 2026, I have mainly performed independent medical evaluations (IME) and expert witness reports. I am able and willing to perform expert witness work in the areas of rheumatology, integrative medicine, acupuncture, and internal medicine. I will take a careful approach to your medical case review. As an expert in integrative medicine, I can go beyond just assessing whether standard of care was met, particularly for cases and medical conditions for which guidelines may be lacking. I will provide unbiased reviews for both plaintiff and defense cases.
In my own clinic at East-West Rheumatology, I frequently see patients who are dealing with chronic multi-organ illness that is not improving with standard of care therapies. Patients previously seen by multiple rheumatologists (including at quaternary care treatment centers...