William Schlesinger is a licensed and California board-certified acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. He graduated from Pacific College of Health and Science (formerly Pacific College of Oriental Medicine) as part of the first graduating class to receive a Doctorate of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine. His training included a year of clinical internship at the Pacific College clinic, as well as internships at Rady Children’s Hospital, where he treated inpatients and outpatients in the chronic pain program, and at the UCSD sports complex, treating college athletes.
Dr. Schlesinger holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from the University of New Mexico, with coursework in Botany, Human Evolution, Immunology, and Developmental Biology. He is also an instructor of traditional Okinawan karate and weapons arts, and has brought what he has learned about body mechanics, mindfulness, and the philosophy of martial arts to his practice of medicine.
