Michelle Phillips, Dr. Ac

Dr. Michelle Phillips is a full time practicing Doctor of Acupuncture, with a Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  She also holds a BSc in Genetics from the University of Alberta and a MS in Human Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health.  After 15 years of work in Canadian hospitals, Michelle commenced further studies and completed the Doctor of TCM program at CITCM in Alberta.  For fifteen years she has worked full time in private practice in her Acupuncture and TCM business and has been dually registered in Alberta and British Columbia.     

Michelle is the past president of the CAA and currently sits on the Board as a Director. She is the current chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. She also sits on the Boards of the Canadian Alliance of Regulatory Bodies of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists, the Alberta Federation of Regulated Health Professions and the Registry of Allied Animal Health Practitioners of Canada. She has served previously as the Vice-President & President for the Alberta Association of Acupuncturists & TCM Doctors (AAATCMD).  She has supported the CAA as chair of the TCM Regulation committee, as a member of the RPRC committee and as a member of the Minimum Standards Ad Hoc committee.  She has also been a board director and member of the Professional Advisory Council for the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Society and an instructor at MacEwan University and the Canadian Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

 At the request of the CAA, on behalf of the steering committee for the transition to the Health Professions Act, Michelle provided, as a subject matter expert on TCM point injection therapy, a presentation to support acupuncturists’ provision of TCM point injection therapy, for the Government of Alberta Ministry of Health.  She worked with the Acupoint and Regeneration Injection Association of BC (ARIABC) and participated as a subject matter expert in the development of competencies and performance indicators for TCM injection therapy in BC.  She has also collaborated with numerous regulated health professions in BC and AB to help establish recognition and regulation of allied animal health practitioners across Canada.  

Experience includes special interest talks, medical consulting, organizational strategy, program development and implementation, education and training, and collaborative research.   

Outside work, Michelle enjoys weight training, Muay Thai, target shooting, scuba diving, running, yoga, camping, reading, and hanging out with four-legged companions.