Ryan Brooks is the founder of Eight Branches. He has been practicing Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 20 years. Ryan studied at the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences in British Columbia and the Toronto School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is also a graduate of the Eastern Studies program at the University of Western Ontario. Following his studies in Canada, Ryan completed a clinical internship at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Hospital in the Sichuan Province of China.