Dr. Ping Wang: UCLA East-West acupuncturist in Santa Monica

Dr. Ping Wang - PhD, OMD, L.Ac.

Founder and Lead Practitioner, Balance Healthcare

Many patients come to Dr. Ping Wang when their health no longer feels simple. Fertility, pain, sleep, digestion, menopause, stress, respiratory concerns, facial vitality, and long-standing symptoms can overlap, making the body feel difficult to understand. Dr. Wang begins with the whole pattern: a patient's constitution, timing, history, and the ways in which symptoms influence one another.

Dr. Ping Wang, PhD, OMD, L.Ac., is a California-licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as the founder of Balance Healthcare in Santa Monica. Her care is comprehensive, highly individualized, and never protocol-based. It is informed by more than 26 years of clinical experience, hospital-based TCM practice in China, advanced academic training in Japan, medical research at UCLA, and ongoing East-West clinical work. Patients often value her careful evaluation, calm presence, clear explanations, and ability to adapt treatment plans as the body changes.

Dr. Wang received her medical training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed her clinical residency and later served as an attending physician at Liaoning Hospital of Integrative Eastern-Western Medicine, where she gained extensive hospital-based clinical experience. She then pursued advanced academic training in Japan, earning her PhD in Medicine, followed by postdoctoral research training at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Alongside her clinical practice, Dr. Wang has an extensive background in biomedical and translational research. Her work has spanned oncology, reproductive health, regenerative medicine, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, and disorders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. Her research has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature, The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), Circulation, Stem Cells, and other high-impact medical journals.

Dr. Wang has also served as a research scientist at UCLA and has held faculty and teaching appointments, including as a professor at South Baylo University's School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She remains actively involved in academic medicine and clinical education, working with medical students, fellows, and multidisciplinary trainees in university-affiliated clinical settings.

Dr. Wang's medical path was deeply influenced by her family background. Her mother was a highly respected physician and professor specializing in integrative Eastern-Western medicine, with more than six decades of clinical experience. Inspired by this legacy, Dr. Wang has developed a clinical style that brings together classical medical training, modern biomedical science, and decades of cross-cultural clinical experience.

Patients often appreciate Dr. Wang's calm and attentive manner, careful listening, and ability to explain complex health conditions clearly. Her practice reflects a long-standing commitment to evidence-informed integrative medicine, clinical rigor, and meaningful continuity in the doctor-patient relationship.

Patients seeking thoughtful, personalized integrative care are welcome to schedule a consultation with Dr. Wang at Balance Healthcare in Santa Monica.