A New Chapter for Metro Acupuncture

Every practice, like every life, has chapters. Some are written in the quiet of the treatment room, where calm and peace fill the space. Others unfold in conversations with colleagues, where traditions meet new ideas and the future slowly takes shape. Today, Metro Acupuncture turns the page on one of those chapters.

I am honored to share that Dr. Fang Wan has become the new owner of Metro Acupuncture. For me, this moment is both personal and professional. I have spent more than two decades building a practice in Atlanta that blends East Asian wisdom with modern medical understanding while always focusing on patient care. To see that legacy carried forward by someone of Dr. Wan’s professional caliber is deeply meaningful.

Dr. Wan’s path to Metro Acupuncture is remarkable. She trained at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and spent more than a decade at Guang’an Men Hospital, one of China’s most respected institutions for traditional medicine. There she worked at a pace unimaginable to most American practitioners, treating as many as a hundred patients a day, and learned from master physicians whose wisdom had been refined across generations. Her focus has included endocrinology, supporting patients with thyroid disorders, diabetes, and hormone imbalance, yet her skill extends broadly across both acupuncture and herbal medicine. She brings not only technical mastery, but also a warmth of spirit that patients instantly feel.

The cultural bridge she carries is also profound. In China, acupuncture is often the first stop for those seeking to restore balance and health; in America, it is more often the last hope when other approaches have failed. Dr. Wan understands both worlds. She brings to Metro Acupuncture the perspective of a practitioner shaped by centuries of tradition, and the empathy of someone who delights in introducing patients here to the possibilities of this medicine for the first time.

She also brings something new to our practice: facial acupuncture. While some may think of it as cosmetic, in truth it reflects the holistic view that our inner health is inseparable from how we present ourselves to the world. As circulation improves in the tissues of the face through acupuncture, stress lessens, the face changes not artificially, but naturally, and vitality and confidence return.

Metro Acupuncture remains, at its heart, a team effort. Dr. Andrea Lewinter and Dr. Laura Bowman continue their dedicated work with patients. Our staff and systems will remain the same. What changes is not the spirit of the practice, but its leadership, and in Dr. Wan, we gain not only a steward of the rich history of Chinese Medicine, but also a guide into its future.

As for me, I will be stepping away from day-to-day practice and devoting the next season of my life to travel. My journey will begin in Kenya, and later continue in Taiwan and Vietnam. I am not yet sure which countries I will visit after that, but I trust I will be guided to where I am meant to explore. Leaving Metro Acupuncture is bittersweet, but also joyful. I leave with gratitude, knowing the practice will continue to thrive under Dr. Wan’s care, and that the patients we have been privileged to serve will remain in excellent hands.

Since 1998, Metro Acupuncture has stood for simple truths: listening, helping, and encouraging the body to heal naturally. With Dr. Wan’s arrival, I believe those truths will shine even brighter in the years ahead.