Dr. Dongcheng Li is the dean of Chinese Medicine programs at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He is a licensed acupuncturist in Oregon and a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM®). Dr. Li earned his doctoral degree in Education from Johns Hopkins University and is the founder of the Global TCM Education Center. He has held teaching and clinical positions at multiple Chinese medicine institutions across the United States and brings over 18 years of clinical experience to his work. Prior to relocating to Portland, he operated a private clinic in South Florida.

As a fifth-generation Chinese medicine practitioner, Dr. Li began his formal training at an early age in China. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chinese medicine and a master’s degree in Chinese Materia Medica from China, as well as a master’s degree in exercise physiology from a U.S. university. As an accomplished author, he has published multiple bestselling books on Amazon. Since 2009, he has actively taught preparatory courses for the national acupuncture licensure exams in the U.S., benefiting thousands of students worldwide. In recent years, he pioneered the innovative interdisciplinary concept of “Social & Health Studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHSTCM),” integrating social and health sciences into Chinese medicine research. This has empowered overseas Chinese medicine practitioners to conduct independent research and provided effective solutions for doctoral students at international Chinese medicine institutions to complete their dissertations.