Dr. Dongcheng Li is the dean of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He is a licensed acupuncturist in Florida and holds a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM®). He earned his doctoral degree in Education from Johns Hopkins University and is the founder of the Global TCM Education Center. Dr. Li has held teaching positions at several TCM institutions in the United States. As a fifth-generation traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner, he received extensive training in China from a young age, holding a bachelor’s degree in TCM and a master’s degree in Chinese Materia Medica from China, as well as a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the United States. An accomplished author, he has published multiple bestselling books on Amazon and, since 2009, has actively taught preparatory courses for the national acupuncture licensure exams in the U.S., benefiting thousands of students worldwide. With over 15 years of clinical experience in acupuncture and TCM, Dr. Li operates his private clinic in South Florida. In recent years, he pioneered the innovative interdisciplinary concept of “Social & Health Studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHSTCM),” integrating social and health sciences into TCM research. This has empowered overseas TCM practitioners to conduct independent research and provided effective solutions for doctoral students at international TCM institutions to complete their dissertations.