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Online Scheduling is now open for all patients.
Telehealth will continue to be available in the form Fertility Navigation and Herbal / Nutritional Medicine with Steve Mavros & Tansy Briggs. Choose “Telehealth” as your location and schedule online. E-mail with any questions.
Dejota Apostoli DTCM, L.OM.
Dejota holds a Doctorate degree from Five Branches University in San Jose, CA. He also received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
Over the years, Dejota has developed a well-rounded experience in treating everyone from infants to elders for a multitude of conditions. He spent a great deal of time working with indigenous communities in California, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, often partnering with western doctors, mental health professionals, and traditional spiritual and community leaders to address pain, injuries, diabetes prevention, mental health issues, and intergenerational trauma. In addition to his private practice, he also spent over five years seeing patients at a retirement home as part of a multidisciplinary team to treat depression, anxiety, gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiological, and water metabolism issues.
He practices Master Tung’s family style of Acupuncture which allows him to treat complex issues with fewer needles. He likes to meet the patient where they are at and uses acupuncture and herbs to create balance so the body can heal itself. He also teaches qigong, taiji, bagua, meditation and lectures on Chinese medicine, healthy living, and stress reduction.
Dejota holds a Doctorate degree from Five Branches University in San Jose, CA. He also received ... Read More
Mel Wolf
Mel Wolf, D. Ac, L. Ac is a board-certified, licensed acupuncturist with doctoral-level training in acupuncture and East Asian Medicine, dedicated to helping people find real relief from pain, stress-related symptoms, and complex or ongoing health concerns. Before entering this field, she spent 16 years working as a dental hygienist, where she developed a strong foundation in anatomy, clinical care, and a keen ability to recognize the subtle patterns in the body that often contribute to larger, chronic issues.
Her approach is grounded, intuitive, and results-oriented, blending modern clinical understanding with the principles of East Asian Medicine to support both physical and nervous system balance. She works with patients to reduce symptoms at the source while helping them feel more comfortable, more regulated, and more at ease in their bodies.
Mel Wolf, D. Ac, L. Ac is a board-certified, licensed acupuncturist with doctoral-level training ... Read More
Steven Mavros L.OM
Steve co-founded HAC and has been an acupuncturist and herbalist since 2001 and was named Best of Philly for 2017. Though he treats a wide variety of conditions, he has been focusing on female and male infertility since his first month of practice. Working hand-in-hand with reproductive endocrinologists and even treating on-site at fertility clinics, Steve has helped pioneer the acupuncture for fertility field in Philadelphia. His practice also includes other focuses including headaches and migraines, menstrual issues and menopause, anxiety, and fibromyalgia.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Psychology, Steve began his Chinese Medicine training in Shanghai, China at YueYang Hopsital. He went on to receive his Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the oldest acupuncture school in the US, the New England School of Acupuncture. He returned to Philadelphia with the hopes of bringing an integrated approach to hospitals, as he first learned in Shanghai, where eastern and western medicine were well intertwined for the betterment of the whole patient. After hitting many walls, he decided to start his own center and partnered with Dr. Silverman along the way.
Steve is the host of the fertility podcast Waiting for Babies. He is the former President of the Association of Professional Acupuncture and is faculty emeritus at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies. He’s been featured in Philadelphia Magazine, NBC 10, Philly Style, and CBS Health Watch for his work with infertility.
Steve’s Specialities: Male and Female Infertility, Chronic Pain, Migraines and Headaches, IVF Support, AutoImmune Disorders
ONLY accepting New Patients exclusively for Women’s health specific conditions and fertility.
Steve co-founded HAC and has been an acupuncturist and herbalist since 2001 and was named Best of... Read More
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