Hello, I’m Dr. Emily Siy
I am (She/They) a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) and a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) in NY and NJ, with a practice based in Chinatown, NYC. You can also visit my Hudson Valley location on some weekends in Wallkill, NY.
I am nationally board certified in Chinese Herbology and a Diplomate of Chinese Medicine by the NCCAOM. I received my Masters and clinical Doctorate degrees in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Health Sciences (PCHS). Chinese Medicine is vast and a life long study, therefore, I continue to study Classical Chinese Medicine on a weekly basis with my long time teacher Dr. Stephen Jackowicz at the Institute of Classical Asian Studies (ICAS). The National board and state licensures require continuing education units to be completed every few years. I am currently focusing a lot of my studies on long-covid and fertility. I am also a supervisor at the Pacific College student clinic in downtown, New York on Tuesdays.
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS
Chinese Herbal Medicine (NCCAOM)
Medical Qi Gong (ICAS - 4 year program)
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture
Yoga Teacher Training 200 hrs
Pre-natal Yoga (YogaWorks)
Structural Yoga Anatomy
36 Classical Needle Techniques (ICAS)
Examination of Daoist Medicine (ICAS)
Medical Feng Shui (ICAS)
Acu Micro Microneedling for Acupuncturists
Acu Micro Microneedling for Acne
Acu Micro Microneedling for Hair Loss
Acupuncture Vaginal Steam Therapist
Contact Tracing
Reiki Levels I-III
Huang Di Nei Jing translated by Dr. Jackowicz (ICAS)
Examination of Buddhist Medicine (ICAS)
A Story of Origins
As a child and grandchild of immigrants living in the United States—my grandparents moved from China to the Philippines, where my parents were born, and they then moved to NY where I was born—being interrogated about my identity, nationality, ethnicity and family’s origins because of my appearance has been unavoidable. Listening to the stories of where my family came from, what their journeys from place to place opened up for them, and what they carried with them through their experiences became a part of the piecing together of my identity. The more I searched for these stories, the more I encountered colonial erasure of the culture, medicine and healing practices of my ancestors. This has motivated me greatly in my continued journey of understanding where I come from as well my relationship with the world around me.
Chinese Medicine contains deep understandings of how the world works, of our communities, of family and of the environment. Because it is based on the nature of the universe, its teachings are directly applicable to our world, no matter how rapidly it may change. Modern lifestyles create complications and environmental stresses that can adversely impact our health. Our bodies want to find balance. Acupuncture helps us to reconcile the imbalances that our lifestyles and world around us create.
New Yorkers are really, really busy people. Really.
Getting ahead of ourselves and forgetting about self-care easily becomes our MO.
But showing up for self-care isn’t as hard as we might think. Stepping into an acupuncture session is a great way to hit the pause button on your hectic life and actually check in with yourself. Acupuncture allows for your mind and body to catch up with each other, which will in turn enable your nervous system to go into a repair state. It is hard for your body to heal when you’re running around the city creating the New York life you crave while trying to catch subways, get to work or to your side hustle, make it to networking or apartment-hunting meetings, and keep up with social media and your favorite events and other happenings around town.
I love dogs, learning, being an advocate for social change, health justice and all things New York City. I strive to be better in a changing world, while activating others to do the same. I am mostly an introvert who binge-watches true crime and C-dramas. I am also a Sagittarius and I do my best to be a cool Auntie/Ah-yi/Tita.
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