Andrew Schlabach, MAcOM, LAc earned his MAcOM from OCOM in 2008. He is the co-founder and President of the Acupuncture Relief Project since 2008, an organization that has provided acupuncture treatments to patients living in rural villages outside of Kathmandu, Nepal. He is an accomplished mountaineer with expedition experience in the Himalayas, distinguishing himself as an instructor at the prestigious Himalayan Mountain Institute in Darjeeling, India. Mr. Schlabach is also a veteran of the U.S. Army. He has been in private practice in Vancouver, Washington since 2008. He had been a member of OCOM faculty and clinical faculty since 2014.