Credentials

Sarah is a board certified licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac) in Maine and is certified as a Diplomate of Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).   She also holds Maine certification for custom Chinese herbal formulation.

Education

Sarah graduated from Lesley University in Cambridge with a BS in Mind-Body Studies and completed a study abroad program in Tibetan Buddhism in Kathmandu, Nepal with Naropa University where she became interested in Eastern Medicine.  She spent two years studying under Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Insititute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  In 2007 Sarah completed her Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) at the nationally accredited Southwest Acupuncture College in Albuquerque. 

While completing her Masters degree at Southwest Acupuncture College, Sarah chose to undertake a clinical mentorship with Dr. Jeffrey Meyer in Inochi medicine, a unique form of Japanese acupuncture.  Sarah spent over 800 clinical hours with Dr. Meyer studying this style of treatment.

Experience

As part of her clinical mentorship, Sarah worked extensively with families effected by abuse and trauma through an Albuquerque battered women's shelter and with foster children and parents through the treatment foster care organization La Familia.  Sarah has also worked with many children dealing with ADHD, autism and learning disabilities through Albuquerque's Community Lighthouse.  Through this clinical experience she discovered her love of working with children and families.  During her mentorship she completed over 1200 hours of clinical rotation, providing treatment to hundreds of individuals of all ages.

From January of 2006 to May of 2008, Sarah was the program coordinator for the international non-profit organization Acupuncturists Without Borders.  Sarah co-coordinated AWB's New Orleans Recovery Program, which provided 8,000 free treatments to the people of post-Katrina New Orleans.  She spent time on the ground in New Orleans in 2006.  Sarah also provided coordination for AWB's California Wildfire Relief Effort of 2007 and worked on a nationwide project to bring free acupuncture to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Prior to her involvement in the acupuncture community, Sarah worked as an herbalist for two of the nations leading Ayurvedic physicians, Dr Vasant Lad and Dr. Sunil Joshi.  She also taught yoga and had a practice in Ayurvedic medicine in both New Mexico and Hawai'i.

Sarah has been in private practice on Mt. Desert Island since 2009.

Personal

Sarah is a Maine native who grew up outside of Portland.  She is an enthusiastic hiker and paddler and a slow food devotee.  She currently resides in Seal Cove with her husband and two small children where they live amidst the constant renovation of their 125 year old farmhouse.