Misha Cohen, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncturist, is the Clinical Director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, Executive Director of the MRCE Foundation, and Research Specialist of Integrative Medicine at the University of California Institute for Health and Aging, all in San Francisco. She is also an elected Fellow to the National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She has been practicing traditional Asian medicine for the past 38 years.

Dr. Cohen, OMD, L.Ac., is recognized internationally as a senior teacher and leading expert in Chinese traditional medicine. She was invited several times by the Chinese government to present her programs, and her articles on HIV/AIDS were officially translated for use in China.

She has trained Chinese medicine practitioners, including medical doctors, in Europe and the US in gynecology, HIV, hepatitis, and other subjects. She regularly attends and presents at international AIDS, hepatitis and cancer symposiums, as well as many Chinese medicine and lay conferences.