Dr. Painovich - Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Dr. Jeannette Painovich began her studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1997 and completed her Masters Degree in 2000 and her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2006. Her private practice is in Seal Beach where she treats both children and adults with a wide variety of health issues while specializing in the area of women's health, gynecology and obstetrics. Dr. Painovich also has a passion for integrative medicine, which is defined as combining mainstream medical therapies with complementary and alternative therapies for which there is evidence of safety and effectiveness. In 2004, she founded the first ever inpatient acupuncture fellowship program for doctoral students at Good Samaritan Hospital. In 2006, Dr. Painovich was awarded a grant to conduct a two-year research program at this same hospital which examines the effectiveness of acupuncture in the inpatient setting. This innovative research project was touted as one of the top integrative programs in the country in 2006. Since that time Dr. Painovich has been actively engaged in research and has published articles on the effectiveness of acupuncture in the areas of acute care setting, menopause, cardiac ischemia and arrhythmias, and cardiac stem cells. She is currently collaborating on a study examining the effectiveness of acupuncture on hypertension. Prior to beginning her career in TCM, Jeannette worked as a masters degreed exercise physiologist for 12 years at Good Samaritan Hospital and specialized in cardiovascular disease.