Ann Cecil-Sterman runs a wellknown, bi-weekly chat session where practitioners present their most difficult cases and discuss issues that arise in the practice of acupuncture, and the philosophy and application of Chinese Medicine. She is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Advanced Acupuncture: A Clinic Manual, a required text in many acupuncture schools in the United States. The book is considered a landmark text, known for being the first and only text with complete protocols for the practice of the Complement Channels: the Sinew, Luo, Divergent and Eight Extraordinary Channels, derived from her deep study and clinical practice.

Her second and third books, The Art of Pulse Diagnosis, and Tongue Diagnosis, also acclaimed, are in use in five continents. Since her first book’s publication, Ann has travelled often, to Spain, Australia, Belgium, Italy, England, Canada, Mexico and all over the United States teaching the application and methodology of the Complement Channels, pulse diagnosis, and the use of food as medicine.
For many years she taught Advanced Clinical Observation and was a senior clinic supervisor at her alma mater: the school of acupuncture that was founded by Dr Jeffrey Yuen in 1997 in Manhattan. Throughout the 3000 hour course she received direct transmissions from Dr Yuen in all the channels of acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, Chinese philosophy and clinical skills. She is one of fewer than 200 people who graduated from Dr Yuen’s school in the 13 years it was open.

After graduation, Ann embarked on twelve more years of direct study, traveling to almost every city Dr Yuen was teaching, often with her children in tow. The subjects included acupuncture, food as medicine, Chinese medical history, herbal medicine, qigong, essential oils, stone as medicine, and philosophy. Currently, she divides her time between teaching both internationally and domestically, and her patients who come from all over the world, working through chronic degenerative illnesses or on personal cultivation. Ann also paints, capturing concepts of Chinese Medicine on canvas, and sometimes tours as a flutist with Philip Glass. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, the food writer and musician, Andrew Sterman, and their two teenage children.