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Gabrielle LeCompte, M.D., L.Ac.

Director, VLEAD Medical Research Initiative

Dr. Gabrielle LeCompte is an integrative doctor, researcher, and educator whose work bridges conventional medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and functional and/or integrative medicine. She previously worked with Multidisciplinary Research for the Division of Integrative Medicine projects at Highland Hospital/Alameda Health System and is the current director of VLEAD Medical Research Initiative, mentoring high school and pre-medical students in collaborative research and scientific publication.

Dr. LeCompte earned her medical degree from the University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) and a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University along with doctoral training through the South Baylor OMD program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiological Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she conducted and presented her undergraduate thesis, “Energy Utilization and Specificity of Endurance Training,” to the Board of Kinesiological Sciences. She has co-authored peer-reviewed research in integrative medicine, including studies “Acupuncture for Pain and Nausea in the Intensive Care Unit: A Feasibility Study in a Public Safety-Net Hospital” and “Dermal Carotenoid Measurement is Inversely Related to Anxiety in Patients with Breast Cancer,” and served as a guest lecturer for the Integrative Medical Program’s Herbal Pharmacology Series at the University of California, Berkeley.

Through her clinical practice, research leadership, and teaching, Dr. LeCompte is committed to advancing evidence-informed integrative medicine while preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals and researchers.

Catherine F. Yang, PhD, MD (h.c.)

Director

Vice President of Academic Affairs & Research
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology/Clinical Biochemistry/Medicinal Chemistry/Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine/Graduate Studies
Dean of the College of Graduate Studies

Dr. Yang is a Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Clinical Biochemistry at the Department of Basic Science of College of Medicine of California Northstate University (CNU). At CNU she has been overseeing the operation of the new medical education program at CNU for its’ innovative system-based curriculum in the vicinity of a very diverse population in Northern California that medical students can be trained to treat a broad spectrum of diseases and coauthored a medical education article describing the CNUCOM integrated system-based curriculum and its pedagogy published in the AAMC Academic Medicine Journal (2020). And she is currently involved in the special interest group for the Artificial Intelligence in Frontiers of Medical Research & NAIRR national AI initiatives and her AI aided drug modeling generated a prostate cancer drug candidate. She also leads the Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences (IAiMedS).

Dr. Yang has over 25-y teaching experience in five universities in the US in the areas of Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Pharmacology, Oncology, AI-Aided Drug Design and Clinical Biochemistry with twice awards of wall of fame for being selected as the best professor who impacts their career the most. She also published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles, several biotechnology & clinical application books, and is an inventor of 10 patented inventions. She has also secured numerous grants from the NIH, NSF, Research Corporation and New Jersey Health Foundation as well as fundings from many corporations and health foundations. She serves on various review boards of federal, private and health foundation funding agencies. She also serves as chairman of board of an education foundation [a non-profit 501 c(3) organization].

Dr. Richard Chou

Director

“Dr. Chou currently serves as the alternate delegate to the AMA House of Delegates and his enthusiasm, knowledge, and determination continues to impress us,” Dr. Provenzano states. “He has a true understanding of how to represent ASRA Pain Medicine and move the society forward at the AMA level.”

Dr. Chou completed an anesthesiology residency at the University of California San Francisco in 2015, followed by an executive MBA program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 2019. Dr Chou is also a certified physician-executive through the American Association of Healthcare Leaders and fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He currently serves as the President-Elect of the Napa-Solano County Medical Society and a delegate to the California Medical Association. He also serves as member-at-large for the clinical leadership committee for California Association of Healthcare Leaders.

Before his anesthesiology residency, Dr. Chou’s notable experiences include being a US Navy flight surgeon taking care of Navy fighter pilots for Training Air Wing Two; a flight surgeon, senior medical officer, and department head for Branch Medical Clinic Point MUGU; a NASA contingency flight surgeon and flight lead for Human Space Flight Support, 45 Operations Group/Det-3 supporting astronauts of the space shuttle program during liftoff and landing missions; and senior flight surgeon for Strike Fighter Squadron One-Twenty-Two, flying in F-18 Super Hornets. He has flown over 500 hours in military aircraft.

As a member of ASRA Pain Medicine since 2019, Dr. Chou reviews and votes on health care policy as the alternate delegate to the American Medical Association Congress. He is also a member-at-large for the Practice Management Committee, and the Advocacy and Regulatory Committee.

Yong Ping Chen

Director

Yong Ping Chen, 58, of Camarillo, has been reappointed to the California Acupuncture Board, where she has served since 2020. Dr. Yong Ping Chen has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for twenty-nine years in China and the U.S.

She completed eleven years of medical school training and earned a MD Ph.D. degree in China, where she studied both Western and Chinese medicine. After receiving her MD in 1984, she worked as a surgeon for two years in her hometown Zhejiang Linhai. Seeking for nonsurgical and more preventative treatment approach, she went to Guangzgou TCM University to do the research on using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to treat digestive diseases. She also conducted a research on how acupuncture affects the stomach — colon electrical activities and brain-gut peptides in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients. She published eight books and sixteen research papers before she was invited to teach acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Chinese medical colleges in Los Angeles in 2002. She later moved to Camarillo to set up her clinic.

Chen’s Chinese Medicine in Camarillo is a general practice clinic treating the full range of conditions for which acupuncture is effective, including digestive diseases, immune and nervous system disorders, stress and pain related conditions, as well as providing general wellness and preventative health treatment. Chinese herbal treatments are also available in the form of herbal teas, pills, tablets, granules and fresh cooked herbal soups.