LIFE GATE ACUPUNCTURE
KARA ROMANKO, DAOM, LAc.
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We are EXCITED to announce the addition of Taylor Reno, DACM, L. Ac. to our staff. She will be seeing patients on Thursday mornings with an eye to transitioning to all days Wednesdays. Please see our About to learn more about her!
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Kara Romanko, DAOM/L.Ac is seeing patients​ on Tuesdays, Wednesdays evenings, and Fridays.​
Charity Burgess, DACM, L.Ac. is seeing patients Mondays.
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For questions about practice or insurance please check our Info/Rates or About or send email through Contact page on our website.
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Most insurances accepted (subject to verification), including; Anthem Blue Cross, BlueShield, Aetna, United, American Specialty Health(ASH), Landmark, Cigna, Healthnet, Kaiser(through ASH)
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ABOUT
Kara Romanko, DAOM, L.Ac.
Kara Romanko has been in practice since 2003. She is a graduate of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) earning her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Kara Romanko has returned from her sabbatical in-hospital position with the University of California @ Irvine Health Center in Orange, California, and has resumed seeing patients at Life Gate Acupuncture along with her associates (listed below). She has started as supervising faculty @ Summit Hospitals (Oakland/Berkely), through ICIM, for the residency where she was Chief Resident, primarily in Labor and Delivery at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
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Kara has, also, completed externships at Lutheran Hospital in New York in both neurology and obstetrics. Her extensive experience includes treating a wide variety of internal medicine disorders, HIV-positive patients, Hep C patients, as well as anxiety and depression. She also excels in treating women’s health issues including PMS, menstrual disorders, pre and post-natal, menopause, and infertility, as well as pain management and addiction. In addition, to TCM, Kara has training in the Kurmadani style of Japanese Acupuncture, which, provides a gentler but equally effective treatment for more sensitive patients, as well as Tung-style acupuncture.
In addition to private practice, Kara is finished her tenure as Director of Transition, Dean of Clinical Education at her alma mater ACTCM, which finish closing at the end of 2023 and is supervising at the Berkeley acupuncture school AIMC>
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About Charity
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Dr. Charity Burgess is an Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner, licensed by the state of California. She came to this profession, first as a dedicated patient for many years. After experiencing profound results that drastically improved her wellbeing and physical health, she decided she needed to understand this medicine and share it with others.
Charity graduated with a Master’s degree from The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in 2016 and was licensed the same year. In 2019, she graduated as a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from ACTCM.
Charity is passionate about offering her gifts as a healer and knowledge of Chinese Medicine to her community. She considers herself a sincere general practitioner, and has had success treating a wide range of conditions including pain, women's health issues, infertility, digestive issues, symptoms associated with chronic diseases and stress.
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Taylor Reno, DACM, L.Ac.
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Dr. Taylor Reno studied acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and other lineages of East Asian medicine at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San Francisco. She completed over 3,000 hours of clinical and didactic coursework over four years, working with patients at the ACTCM Community Clinic, as well as externships at Glide and the Women’s Resource Center, where she provided free auricular and community-style acupuncture. In her last semester, Taylor worked in an integrative setting, interning at the California Pacific Medical Center in its inpatient rehabilitation unit, assisting post-stroke patients and those with other neurological conditions. Taylor's intention is for others to feel safe, seen, and supported in their bodies. She believes that individuals are the experts on their own experiences. She enjoys working with clients who spend too much time in their heads, hold a lot of tension in their bodies, and wish to feel more at home within themselves. In her free time, Taylor can be found going on long, brisk urban hikes, at a local coffee shop drinking more coffee than any acupuncturist would ever recommend, practicing yoga, and trying to spend less time staring at her phone and more time enjoying the beautiful, sometimes gritty city.
