Life Gate Acupuncture
Kara Romanko, DAOM, L.Ac.
Monday-Wednesday: 10am-7pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 10am-6pm
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.
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 was Director of Transition, Dean of Clinical Education at her alma mater ACTCM, which closed at the end of 2023 and is Clinic Coordinator at the Berkeley acupuncture school AIMC.
Emily is a California-licensed acupuncturist and herbalist with a clinical focus on pain management and women’s health. She is board-certified in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine through the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (NCBAHM) and licensed by the California State Board of Acupuncture.
Originally from Philadelphia, Emily has made California home for the past eight years. Her path to East Asian Medicine began when she sought acupuncture for chronic headaches, a transformative experience that sparked her passion for holistic health and wellness.
Emily earned her Master and Doctor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley. During her training, she completed clinical internships at the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco and at UC Berkeley, where she provided care for student athletes.
Catherine Power, CMT, DAOM, L.Ac.
Catherine graduated from ACCHS in Oakland with a Master's in Acupuncture in 2005 and received her Doctorate in Acupuncture from 5 Branches University San Jose in 2013.
Catherine has worked in a Variety of clinics such as Public Health Clinics, Fertility Centers, Chiropractor Offices and Community Acupuncture Clinics . She likes to treat a variety of issues such as Pain Management, Fertility, Asthma, TMJ, Anxiety, Insomnia, Headaches, Digestion etc.
Catherine's treatments are enhanced by her knowledge of other modalities tailored to the client's needs. Catherine's Spirituality helps her to come from a compassionate and nonjudgmental place to support the recovery of her patient.
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