Kristen Tipaldo DHSc, A.P., M.S./Founder
Kristen is a Nationally Board-Certified Doctor of Acupuncture with over 20 years of industry experience ranging from small businesses to a military hospital. Proven ability to adapt within any environment with proficiency conveying reliable concepts to reach patients and colleagues on any level. Experience with analyzing internal processes and implementing necessary changes. Team leader with experience identifying and addressing needs. Her expertise lies in addressing patient and medical and holistic businesses.
She supports the advancement of the profession by being an educator for students and Acupuncturists. She does this through her continuing education classes and as an adjunct professor at East West College of Natural Medicine.
Her goals in the field of Chinese Medicine include solving problems that others can't for Acupuncturists and patients. Her goals with businesses is to create quantifiable easy solutions.
Her goals with patients is to utilize Traditional Chinese Medicine and its adjunctive modalities to provide the best possible care with the experience and knowledge to refer out if necessary.
She served a 4-year Senate appointment on the Florida Board of Acupuncture designed to uphold the standards and regulations of the profession.
She is a published author in Psychosomatic Society Journal, Sleep Journal and Acupuncture Today.
Lastly, she is completing a traditional doctoral program with Nova Southeastern University.
Certifications/Licenses
Board Certified in Acupuncture Florida AP1770
Board Certified in Acupuncture New York 006276
CITI Certified Human Research CITI Certified Human Research 42913612
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Society of Behavioral Medicine Society of Behavioral Medicine 38157
Continuing Education Provider National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
Acupuncture Injection Point Certification 19753
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Advanced Clinical Rotations, May 2019
Experience
8/21-Present, Acupuncturist, Private Practice, Tampa, Florida/Lutz, Florida
8/20-8/21, Acupuncturist, Naval Hospital Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida
1/20-3/21, Acupuncturist, Aligned Modern Health, Chicago, Illinois
9/19-1/20, Acupuncturist, Botanica Day Spa, Clearwater, Florida
1/07-1/20, Acupuncturist, Private Practice, Tampa, Florida
9/05-12/07, Acupuncturist, Celebrity Cruise lines, Miami, Florida (Shipboard)
1/03-9/05, Acupuncturist, Private Practice, Tampa, Florida
Teaching/Supervisory
1/22-Present, Adjunct Professor, East West College of Natural Medicine, Sarasota, Florida
1/22-8/23, Clinical Supervisor, East West College of Natural Medicine, Sarasota, Florida
1/17-Present, Private Practice, Continuing Education Provider, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
9/05-12/07, Supervisor, Celebrity Cruise lines, Miami, Florida (Shipboard)
Awards/Honors
2023, Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi
2019, Tampa Bay Best Acupuncturist Runner Up
Posts
6/21-6/24, Board Member, Florida Board of Acupuncture
6/21-6/24, Director of Community Relations, Florida Board of Acupuncture
6/22-6/24, Director of Unlicensed Activity, Florida Board of Acupuncture
Publications
Tipaldo, K. Seixas, A., Chery, M., Bernard, M., Girardin, J. L., Blanc, J. (2023, May 29) Acupuncture and its effects on various patterns of insomnia. Sleep, 46(1). DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad077.0341
Tipaldo, K., Chery, M. Blanc, J. (2023). Post-COVID symptoms and their arbitrary nature among Acupuncture service seekers. American Psychosomatic Society, 475
A Holistic Approach to Insomnia | Acupuncture Today
Education
1/22-Present, Nova Southeastern University, Ph.D. Health Sciences
1/00-1/03, Florida College of Integrative Medicine, M.S. Traditional Chinese Medicine
9/96-6/99, University of Connecticut, B.A. Psychology
