Patricia E. Martin PLLC

Patricia Martin, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM), is currently licensed as a board-certified acupuncturist in Arizona. She has previously been licensed in both Florida and Georgia.  She is a graduate of the Florida School of Acupuncture and was an active member within the Florida State Oriental Medical Association until moving to Arizona in 2006. She was board member of the Arizona Society of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture (AzSOMA). Patricia has built a successful private practice in Arizona, She has also completed over 5,000 hours of continuing education courses since first becoming licensed. Patricia is also a former Board Member of the Arizona State Acupuncture Board of Examiners, an appointment by the Governor of Arizona.



Patricia has been a faculty member in Florida and the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture Schools. She also taught on behalf of the Florida State Oriental Medical Association. Additionally, she was the Vice President of the Florida State Homeopathic Medical Society. After becoming licensed, she spent a half-year in Asia where she trained and worked in hospitals in Shanghai and Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China, and Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, while backpacking solo through eight Asian countries and treating numerous fellow trekkers along the way. Wow! Was that fun!

Since 2006, Patricia has been teaching at RISE University, a life-long- learning program affiliated with Rio Salado College in Arizona. Patricia has completed numerous courses of study in varying subjects including Toya Hari Japanese acupuncture, an advanced one-year program based on the philosophy and complex style of Japanese masters (many of whom are blind). Patricia has studied auricular (ear) acupuncture at length, which is a sophisticated model of micro-acupuncture, along with nose and scalp micro systems, differing from the more widely known meridian acupuncture. Patricia has also received the coveted certification in nonsurgical facial rejuvenation. The use of sound and color is a routine part of her practice, further enhanced by the use of tuning forks and/or heat or liniment treatment. She has further studied in depth the complexities of brain/memory acupuncture and endeavors to include it in every treatment she does. She desires her patients to be able to continue to think for themselves.