Thea Wellness & Acupuncture is a Lake Merritt business that is deeply invested in the movement for patient-centered healthcare. Owner Tehea Robie trained in the Integrative Medicine Division in Highland Hospital – which offers acupuncture to patients in the emergency department and outpatient clinics. IM division bridges the gap between Western and Eastern medicine, as is the first program in the US in which doctoral level acupuncturists attend clinical rounds with future MDs. Tehea is a co-author of a recent, retrospective study, “Acupuncture in the Emergency Department”, which will be presented at the Society for Acupuncture Research in 2019. Tehea specializes in emotional distress due to trauma, pain relief and stress and burnout. She has a particular interest in the neurology of PTSD.