Co-Presidents’ Letter

 Welcome!

We are delighted that you are exploring the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine (SIEAM). This catalog introduces you to our programs and philosophy so you can determine whether SIEAM is the right home for your training, an education that will lead to your future practice.

For more than thirty years, SIEAM has taken an approach unique in graduate degree programs: hands-on clinical experience from the very start, close mentorship with seasoned practitioners, and an emphasis on developing sensitivity to qi in oneself, in patients, and in one’s surroundings. Our faculty bring deep clinical expertise to their instruction, with a minimum of ten years in practice before entering the classroom. We believe this lived experience is essential to the transmission of East Asian medicine.

Students at SIEAM gain access to classical texts and Chinese language resources, while also learning a range of modalities to meet the needs of diverse patients. Patient care is at the center of all that we do. Through this integration of clinical practice, scholarly study, and personal cultivation, our graduates leave prepared to serve with skill, integrity, and compassion.

We encourage you to visit our campus, meet our students and faculty, sit in on a class, and experience treatment in our teaching clinic. SIEAM is an intentionally small, vibrant community; you may feel that when you step through our doors.

We are proud of what has been created here—and of how our students and alumni carry this medicine into the world. We hope you will consider joining this learning and healing community.

With warm regards,

Kathy Taromina and Kathleen Lumiere

Co-Presidents Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine