The founder of Lotus Acupuncture, Dr. Thoa Ho has always been interested in the effects of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. She benefited from the power of Chinese Medicine when she was growing up in a traditional Vietnamese family. Dr. Thoa Ho comes from a family with generations of doctors in both Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her father served as an oriental physician (medicine man) and her ancestors were acupuncturist and herbologist. Her goal since her early childhood has been to relieve human beings from the suffering of disease and issues like infertility, Heart Stroke, Pregnancy, Anxiety, Weight Loss etc. and in turn she had originally chosen to pursue a chemistry career at Florida. She received her Masters in Oriental Medicine as well as a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Austin, Texas. Dr. Thoa worked with her sister, Dr. Su Ho, at Elements Wellness Center in Tampa. During her time there, she traveled back to Texas for Acupuncture- Oncology training at MD Anderson in Houston. She became more and more attracted to the philosophy of Chinese Medicine: maintaining health while still being healthy and relieving bodily imbalances as early as possible. This led to her belief that the practices of both Chinese and Western Medicine should grow to recognize one another, She help build the bridge by working for the Integrative Department at Florida Cancer and Specialist Research Institution. Dr. Thoa soon realized the positive results from patients suffering with Chemotherapy side effects (ie nausea, dry mouth, etc). After working with FCS and finding that there are no definitive treatments in existence for Chemo induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), she wanted to research more about CIPN. This curiosity led to her doctoral research program at Texas Health and Science University in Austin, Texas. She resides in Orlando for her research in CIPN and the majority of the didactic work will be completed in Texas. She plans to present her dissertation for the Texas school boards in June 2016 following the completion of her doctoral program. Dr. Thoa also specializes in infertility. She worked along side with the Reproductive Group in Tampa to help those who are going through various Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as but not limited to in vitro fertilization, and intrauterine insemination. She also help couple who want to conceive naturally. Dr. Thoa is nationally board by National Certification Committee on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and a Licensed Acupuncturist in Florida.
