Ryan J. Milley, MAcOM, LAc, received his Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAcOM) Degree from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and is certified to teach Qigong and practice acupuncture, Chinese herbalism, and Tui na (Chinese massage). In addition to his clinical practice, Ryan serves as Informatics Director in the research department at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, where he helped develop AcuTrials™, a researcher-oriented database of acupuncture randomized controlled trials. He is a board member of the Society for Acupuncture Research and has co-authored journal articles as well as a recent book chapter, Controlled Clinical Trials of Acupuncture, in Complementary Medicine in Clinical Practice (2006).