Founder
Dr. Ping Wang
PhD, OMD, L.Ac.
Founder of Balance Healthcare and an acupuncturist at UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, with more than 26 years of clinical experience across China, Japan, and the United States.
Practitioners
Meet the practitioners at Balance Healthcare
Meet founder Dr. Ping Wang and Dr. Wongwichai Cho, and find the practitioner whose clinical focus best fits your needs.
Two licensed acupuncturists in Santa Monica
Choose experienced care for complex concerns, pain and orthopedic conditions, nervous system regulation, or women’s health.
Meet the practitioners
Two thoughtful paths into personalized care.
Dr. Wang brings deep experience to complex, interconnected concerns. Dr. Cho focuses on pain, orthopedic conditions, nervous system regulation, and women’s health.
Licensed acupuncturist
Dr. Wongwichai Cho
DACM, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.
Board-certified and nationally certified in Oriental Medicine, Dr. Cho combines Traditional Chinese Medicine with orthopedic acupuncture, Master Tung, auricular and scalp acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, and therapeutic bodywork.
Patient results
What patients say about founder-led care with Dr. Wang.
The repeated themes are specific: careful diagnosis, meaningful pain relief, fertility cases after failed cycles, and trust that builds over time.
“After multiple unsuccessful IVF cycles elsewhere, the round supported by Dr. Wang was the one that finally led to pregnancy.”
Verified patient
Fertility and IVF support after repeated unsuccessful cycles
“One patient first came in for severe long-term back pain. After major improvement, the same family later returned for fertility support and eventually welcomed a baby after two years of trying.”
Verified patient
Back pain relief and the kind of trust that brings patients back
“Patients often say Dr. Wang is unusually careful, listens closely, and explains the treatment plan in a way that makes sense.”
Verified patient
Careful diagnosis, communication, and time spent with patients
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