Jennum
I originally planned to go to Western medical school and considered physiatry and orthopedic surgery (especially after watching my own surgical procedure while it was being done!). During my undergrad, I volunteered in Hospice and relized that I wanted to be able to spend more time with patients and would ultimately like to help before surgical intervention was needed. I had been a patient of acupuncture but never considered it as a career until a random encounter led me to look into acupuncture schools in the US. After a few school visits, I met with the founders of TAI Sophia/Maryland University of Integrative Health and knew that’s where I needed to be.
I am currently not seeing patients in Maryland because our youngest son needed surgery out of state. I get to support people from afar and help support the practice as a whole so your wonderful providers can focus purely on your care. I loved working with patients in the office and miss teaching them about their health and symptoms. Luckily, the rest of the team shares their treatment successes with me so I get to experience that joy through them!
Personally, I relax after a long day by hanging out with my family. I am lucky to spend time with the best guys I know! I like to be outside as much as I can, in any weather. Many of my patients already know that I have been an athlete throughout my life – a competitive gymnast for over a decade, a springboard diver, I trained and taught hand-to-hand combat, have done multiple marathon ruck marches and continue to find interesting ways to stay active (mostly wrangling my wild kids)! When I want to expend a little less physical energy, I like to make ceramics, knit, and be nerdy about wellness and East Asian medicine. I love to fully live this medicine and I think that includes enjoying some things the classical texts and physicians may have advised against. I like a good cup of black coffee and the occasional ice-cold IPA. I think this only helps me as a provider because I will make suggestions to people without judgement, because I know I am far from perfect, too!
I am grateful to the amazing team of people who have kept offering exceptional care to our community while I cannot be there! I’m so glad to see people benefitting from this medicine and know that I get to play some small part in their healing.
Whether you’re new to Jennum O’Hara Acupuncture or have been in our care for years, this welcome packet has useful information for how to get the most out of your treatments with us.
Keep this to refer back to when a new symptom arises or you receive an unfamiliar treatment.
As always, reach out to us with any questions or concerns!