PhD, OMD, L.Ac.

Dr. Ping Wang – PhD, OMD, L.Ac

Founder and Lead Practitioner, Balance Healthcare

Dr. Ping Wang, PhD, OMD, L.Ac., is a California-licensed practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture and the founder of Balance Healthcare in Santa Monica. She has over 25 years of clinical experience and nearly two decades of academic and clinical work within the UCLA medical system. Trained in both traditional Chinese medicine and modern biomedical science, Dr. Wang brings an integrative perspective to patient care, combining the diagnostic depth of traditional Chinese medicine with modern biomedical understanding to provide highly individualized treatment. She also maintains ongoing clinical work within university-affiliated medical systems, including the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine in the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Wang’s clinical work focuses on comprehensive, personalized care rather than protocol-based treatment. Patients frequently seek her care for conditions such as chronic pain, women’s health and fertility concerns, facial rejuvenation, insomnia and anxiety-related conditions, digestive and metabolic disorders, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer supportive care, and other complex or long-standing health conditions. Many patients come to her practice after trying multiple treatments elsewhere and value her careful evaluation, clear communication, and thoughtful, individualized treatment strategies.

Dr. Wang received her medical training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She subsequently completed her clinical residency training and later served as an attending physician at Liaoning Hospital of Integrative Eastern–Western Medicine, where she gained extensive hospital-based clinical experience. She later pursued advanced academic training in Japan, earning her PhD in Medicine from Chiba University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, followed by postdoctoral research training at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Wang has an extensive background in biomedical and translational research. Her research spans oncology, reproductive health, regenerative medicine, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, as well as disorders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. Her work has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature, The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), Circulation, and other high-impact medical journals.

Dr. Wang has served as a research scientist at UCLA and has held academic teaching appointments at South Baylo University, School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She also remains actively involved in academic medicine and clinical education, working with medical students, fellows, and multidisciplinary trainees within university-affiliated clinical environments.

Dr. Wang’s medical path was deeply influenced by her family background. Her mother was a highly respected physician specializing in integrative Eastern–Western medicine with more than six decades of clinical experience. Inspired by this legacy, Dr. Wang has developed a clinical style that integrates classical medical training, modern biomedical science, and decades of cross-cultural clinical experience.

Patients often appreciate Dr. Wang’s calm and attentive manner, her careful listening, and the clarity with which she explains complex health conditions. Her practice reflects a long-standing commitment to evidence-informed integrative medicine, clinical rigor, and meaningful continuity in the patient–physician relationship.

Patients seeking thoughtful, personalized integrative care are welcome to schedule a consultation with Dr. Wang at Balance Healthcare in Santa Monica.