Suzanne Connole originally found her way to Chinese Medicine after acupuncture helped heal her own chronic debilitating pain. She graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 2003. During her studies she discovered her love of both herbal medicine and women’s health and followed that pathway by becoming a doula, lactation consultant and childbirth acupuncturist as well. She has been in clinical practice for 19 years and a teacher for 15 with a focus on women’s health, pregnancy and postpartum for most of her practice and loves to guide and support women through life’s transitions. She believes in learning through teaching and has taught at Pacific College of Health Sciences, was Director of Herbal Studies at Tri-State College. Presently she teaches herbal medicine at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies and nutrition and herbal medicine at The New England School of Acupuncture. She is proud to be on the board of both the Shen Nong Society for Herbal Medicine Studies and the White Pine Circle. After studying with various teachers she found a pathway to study classical medicine with Sharon Weizenbaum and has been both a participant and a TA for many years in the Graduate Mentorship. Suzanne lives and practices in Kingston, New York with her daughter Daphne and enjoys hiking and chasing waterfalls in the Catskill mountains.

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Sally has been practicing since 1998 and she has focused on classical herbal medicine for more than 15 years.  In 2016 she founded the Shen nong Society to provide an opportunity for practitioners of East Asian herbal medicine a time to gather together at an annual conference in order to share insights and information pertaining to our field.

She has studied with Sharon Weizenbaum, Yaron Seidman, Ed Neal and many other teachers. She has found that understanding the principles of the great sweeping motions clarifies clinical issues with many patients.  Initially after TCM school, there were complex cases that she found confusing to address; as she deepened her understanding of the classics, she was able to refine her diagnostic skills and help people with complicated conditions. By studying the basic formulas and seeing how they are the root of most other formulas, she has learned the intricacies of formula modification.  She loves teaching and mentoring to help other practitioners increase their understanding and knowledge of diagnostic principles , formulas and formula modification through the lens of the six conformations and the circular cycles of life based in yin/ yang principles. 

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After receiving her B.A. in Psychology and Biology from Boston University in 1990, Caroline taught and traveled in Asia, exploring the philosophies of the East. She returned to San Francisco where she received her Master’s of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine where she had the great honor of training with Dr. Lifang Liang, a Chinese Gynecologist specializing in Obstetrics and Infertility. Dr. Liang is the renowned author of texts on Gynecology and IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). Caroline also did post-graduate study in mainland China at the Nan Chang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and later completed her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City (now PCHS) where she is on the Faculty of the Department of Herbal Medicine. She has completed advanced training in Chinese Medical Dermatology with Dr Mazin Al-Khafaji and is listed on the International Register of Chinese Medicine Dermatology and is on the Board of the International Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology Association (ITCMDA). She completed advanced training with Sharon Weizenbaum in the two-year Graduate Mentorship Program, where she is a Teaching Assistant, and with Suzanne Robidoux in the 2-year Internship in the Feng-Shi Lun Jing Fang Herbal Medicine lineage. Caroline is also the co-founder and Vice President of a non-profit professional organization for practitioners of East Asian Herbal Medicine, the Shen Nong Society that sponsors an annual Conference for Herbalists in New York.

Caroline has practiced and taught in Metro New York area since 1995 where she was a founding partner of Soho Herbs and Acupuncture and has taught at the major institutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine in New York City, including the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Mercy College Graduate Department of Oriental Medicine, and Touro College Graduate Department of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, primarily in the Departments of Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Oriental Medicine, as well as at the New York Medical College in the Medical Acupuncture Program for Physicians. Presently, Caroline lectures on Women's Reproductive Health and Menopause for Doctoral Programs in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Virginia and on Introductory Herbal Medicine in the Master's Program at the Pacific College of Health Sciences in New York.  She has also lectured privately and for several Continuing Education Departments on the Treatment of Infertility and Pregnancy with Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She continues to specialize in the treatment of Obstetrical and Gynecological Disorders, Internal Medicine, and Dermatology.

Caroline is licensed by the States of New York and New Jersey, as well as Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She has sat on the Chinese Herbal Exam Review Committee for the NCCAOM and is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and NJAAOM: NJ Assoc for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

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