Dan Bensky, DO
Dan has a long-term interest in Chinese and Chinese medicine, having obtained a diploma in Chinese medicine from the Macau Institute of Chinese Medicine in 1975, a Masters in Classical Chinese from the University of Washington in 1996, and a Doctorate in the Discussion of Cold Damage from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in 2006.
He also graduated with a Doctor of Osteopathy from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1982, where he was a research assistant for John Upledger. He has studied with many notable osteopathic practitioners, including Robert Fulford and Jean-Pierre Barral.
In addition to teaching for both professions, Dan has been working on utilizing the connections between osteopathy and East Asian medicine for over thirty years. He is currently a medical editor at Eastland Press and has a private practice in Seattle.
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Chip Chace, LAc
The East Asian medical world lost one of its most extraordinary teachers and practitioners when Charles ‘Chip’ Chase passed away on the 3rd of November 2018.
Chip maintained a longstanding interest in the medical literature of China and was the translator of a wide variety of books and articles, on premodern approaches to acupuncture and Chinese medicine including a translation of the first textbook of acupuncture from 100 C.E., The Yellow Emperor’s Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Huang Di Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing), and Li Shizhen’s An Exposition on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, Acupuncture, Alchemy and Herbal Medicine (Qi Jing Ba Mai Kao), the seminal text on the extraordinary vessels. He was also a long-time student of a wide range of palpation-based forms of practice in both the acupuncture and osteopathic traditions.
Chip has practiced acupuncture for over thirty years and was on the faculty of the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine where he taught palpatory approaches to acupuncture. He held a clinical practice in Boulder, Colorado.
Read more about Chip and his life through the eyes of Craig Mitchell and Dan Bensky.
Marguerite Dinkins, MAcOM, LAc
Marguerite has been a student of acupuncture and palpation since 1997, when she began her studies at the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine. Since that time, she has continued to study palpation with Dan Bensky and Chip Chace, and for many years has assisted them in teaching palpation in the practice of acupuncture.
She has also completed three years of osteopathic training at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Vancouver, BC.
Since 2007, Marguerite has been instrumental in making palpation a central part of the clinical experience at the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine. In addition to her extensive clinical experience, Marguerite has a unique ability to understand the specific needs of her students, especially those grappling with the early challenges of developing palpatory awareness.
Marguerite has maintained an active private practice since her graduation from SIEAM (formerly SIOM) in 2000.