Testimonials

Here are some of the teaching and clinical evaluations that best describe Dr. Su's professional strength and performance.

  • " Dr. Su has an amazing knowledge of herbs and formulas and an insightful way of presenting them. I especially appreciate the ways that he brings insight and correlations to Chinese culture"; " Dr. Su is a magical storyteller and not only in a lyrical way, but in true transmitting the essence of what herbs are and how they work in a way that is engaged and vital"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Form-Materia Medica / Herbal Formulas 2-Winter 2005" at Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine.

  • " Dr. Su is so knowledgeable and articulate in discussing herbs and formulas. I appreciate his anecdotes and sharing of personal experiences with the herbs" "Excellent class-I especially enjoy Dr. Su's organic way of describing the herbs-with tangible descriptions and examples of the functions and uses of the herbs"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Form-Materia Medica / Herbal Formulas 3-Summer 2005" at Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine.

  • "Dr. Su teaches a variety of classes at NIAOM and receives consistently good evaluations from students in all of his classes"
    --- Quoted from "Formal Evaluation by the Director, Academic Programs" at NIAOM..

  • " Dr. Su is very knowledgeable and also very humorous-he tells funny stories to make the class fun. I really like Dr. Su a lot and am glad he is here at NIAOM"; " Dr. Su has a great deal of clinical experience with these conditions"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Tally Form-Acupuncture Therapeutics Immunology /Dermatology-Fall 2001"

  • " I appreciate Dr. Su's vast knowledge of TCM/acupuncture. He really makes the medicine live"; " Well-organized and very clear presentation"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Tally Form-Acupuncture Therapeutics-Digestive-Winter 2001"

  • " Dr. Su does an excellent job of discussing the herbs and formulas in a way that we learn and understand them. He is a great teacher"; Instructor gives great examples of diseases Western and TCM"; " Very thorough and knowledgeable"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Tally Form-OM Therapeutic Digestive- Winter 2000"

  • " Dr. Su's expert knowledge of the subject"; " Clear and concise. Learned some key formulas pretty darn well"; " Dr. Su is excellent! So is Li Jin"; " Su and Jin are NIAOM's strongest pair"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Tally Form-Herbal Formula I-Fall 2000"

  • " Dr. Su is the major strength of this course and his knowledge of TCM very deep"; " Dr. Su! Excellent choice to teach this subject"; " Great review and discussion / overview of what we've learned in real case studies"
    --- Quoted from "Course Evaluation Tally Form- Clinical Problem Solving II- Fall 1999"

  • " Dr. Su's knowledge is encyclopedic"; " My most solid academic and clinical experiences have been with him"; " Dr. Su is an excellent supervisor. His genuineness is infectious. He is encouraging, honest, supportive, and very very knowledgeable. It was great to witness what this medicine can actually do"
    --- Quoted from "Clinical Faculty Evaluation Summary Sheet, Winter 2002".

  • " Dr. Su-please know that we, your students, have nothing but the highest respect for your expertise and superlative conduct as a member of both the clinic and college. As an instructor, you have raised our own standards for excellence, demanding true comprehension of the material presented and have guided us toward excellence as heath practitioners. Recognizing how essential and rare such a leadership is, we would suffer a great loss in your leaving..."
    --- Quoted from an evaluation from students at Emperors College of TOM in 1999.