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Dr. Chen Lifu(1899-2002) honored the first anniversary in 1994 by presenting a work of calligraphy representing the center’s name.

In 1929, Dr. Chen, a prominent politician, convinced the government to withdraw the abolishment of Chinese medicine. Subsequently, the government founded the Institute of Chinese medicine in the capital, which was a crucial step for the continual presence of Chinese medicine in China.

Media Coverage-2003

East-West Medicine treats body, mind. By Natalie Banach. Daily Bruin, October 21, 2003.
"With integrative medicine, we've worked out a Window's program ... it can address any person," Hui said, referring to the familar Microsoft program.
Along with Providing reatment for patients, the Center teaches courses at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, hoping to empower clinicians and researchers with tools necessary to practice integrative medicine. Click for this article online

East-West Medicine Center: A New Model VitalSigns Summer 2003
"We don't just treat a problem, we treat a person with a problem,"says Ka-Kit Hui, M.D., director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine. "We are championing a new health model that blends the best of Chinese medicine with modern biomedicine...... " Click for this article

Where East meets West: A UCLA health program bridges the gulf between two cultures to provide a new model for health care. By Nancy Sokoler Steiner. UCLA Magazine, Summer 2003,
"My original intention was to be a chemist/ pharmacologist and to develop a Western drug from herbal medicine,"says Hui, noting that there are more than 10,000 Chinese herbs, each with multiple uses. "The beauty of herbal medicine is how the herbs are mixed together and used in total." ......
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