Biographies for 2010 Featured Speakers

Brian Bender
Brian earned his B.S. in Education/Mathematics from the University of Colorado in 1975, and in 1984 he received a Master's degree from the McLaren College of Business Administration, University of San Francisco. After earning his MSTOM degree from Pacific College in 1996, he completed his certification in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture at the Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture in Santa Monica, CA. He is in the Master Apprentice Program under the guidance Prof. J.R. Worsley and Dr. J.B. Worsley. Brian also has over 20 years of training and teaching in the martial arts of Aikido and Iaido. Brian is currently an instructor and clinical supervisor of Oriental medicine theory, point location and needle technique, and acupressure at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He has been in private practice in Del Mar for over a decade and joined the DREAM Team at DREAM Wellness in March, 2010.

Brian Bender is speaking Sunday in the Panel Discussion.