Erika Fayina Marie is a practicing acupuncturist licensed in Colorado and Oregon, a traditional Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master, and an advocate for integrative medicine and becoming. She graduated with a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) and Certificate in Shiatsu from the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in 2012. She is certified as a Diplomat in Acupuncture (Dipl. Ac) with the NCCAOM and holds Clean Needle Certification with CCAOM. She is also a current member of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado (AAC). Her acupuncture style is informed by Classical, Traditional, Tan, and Five-Element Acupuncture.
Erika graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2002. Her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering Psychology (Human Factors Engineering) and a F.O.S. in Systems Engineering. As a contributing member of the scientific research community, she designed, analyzed, and conducted multiple randomized-controlled trials, presenting and winning an award from the American Psychological Association for one of her projects.
Erika’s approach to disease and life is informed by more than her education. She has personal, in-depth experience with the struggle to reclaim health. As a survivor of an aggressive immune dysfunction and the mother of a child with an extremely rare blood disorder, Erika specializes in auto-immunity and complex disease in both adults and children. She offers hope and cutting-edge integrative treatments to patients who seek to thrive despite life-threatening disease. Prior to her medical career, Erika spent nearly five years in the military as an active duty Army personnel officer. She writes, paints, and speaks on the dynamics and power of integrative medicine, becoming one’s Highest Self, and ancient philosophy applied to modern life.
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