Professor Lixing Lao, Ph.D., Professor and President, Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM), Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Prior to his position at VUIM, he was a professor and the Director of the School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong holding Vivian Taaam Wong Endowed Professorship in Integrative Medicine during 2013-2019. He is elected vice president of the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies (WFAS). Graduated from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in 1983 and obtained a Ph.D. in physiology at UMB in 1992, Professor Lao has been conducting research, practicing and teaching acupuncture and TCM for 40 years. He also published over 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers. He currently serves the Editor-in-Chief in the Journal of Integrative Medicine.