Practitioners & Clinic Staff
Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine and its practitioners offer Integrated Chinese Medicine consultations and treatment plans. Integrated Chinese Medicine incorporates all the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – acupuncture therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, moxibustion, cupping, diet and nutrition, exercise, acupressure/massage – within a framework of integrative medicine and integrative health.
All the practitioners at Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine provide services in a caring environment that puts the person – not their illness – at the center. Through consultations and ongoing case management, relationships are developed with clients and practitioners across the country as well as here in San Francisco.
Misha Ruth Cohen, OMD, L.Ac.,
Clinic Director & Practitioner
Misha has been practicing traditional Asian medicine and integrative medicine for 48 years. She founded Chicken Soup in 1990 in the Mission District of San Francisco. Currently, Misha is the clinical director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, former Research Specialist of Integrative Medicine at UCSF, and is an active member of the Society for Integrative Oncology.
Misha developed the system of integrative medicine called Integrated Chinese Medicine to provide complex consultations and Chinese medicine in cooperation with Western medicine.
In the early 1980's, she co-founded the non-profit Quan Yin Healing Arts Center to provide services to the underserved, particularly people with AIDS, and continues to provide services to underserved people through the Misha Ruth Cohen Education Foundation.
Misha is an internationally known teacher and mentor. She has authored seven books on Integrated Chinese Medicine, HIV, HCV, and gynecology. Misha also created Integrated Chinese Medicine protocols for PMS, infertility, hepatitis, HIV, endometriosis, HPV-related diseases and menopause that are used by many practitioners of Asian medicine.
Misha’s herbal formulas are popular among people who have liver diseases, cancer diagnoses, severe gynecological diseases, immune disorders, HIV, chronic viral illness, fibromyalgia, and the common cold.
In her free time, Misha raises a vegetable garden, runs a Shih Tzu meetup, and loves life and her family.
Matthew Kammerer, MSTCM, L.Ac
Licensed Acupuncturist
Matthew has been practicing traditional medicine since graduating from ACTCM in San Francisco. While in school over 10 years ago, he interned at Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine. After graduation he moved to Mendocino County and helped establish Traditional Healing Arts, a clinic in Hopland.
He returned to the Bay Area and reconnected with Misha Cohen. At Chicken Soup, he is appreciating the opportunity to develop his skills in complex consultations, following Misha Cohen’s system of Integrated Chinese Medicine.
Matthew enjoys serving diverse patients. He offered community acupuncture in the Bay Area and Mendocino County. He’s served indigenous communities in Ecuador and Colombia with acupuncture and herbal medicine, and fundraising coordination. He continues his work with underserved people through the Misha Ruth Cohen Education Foundation.
Matthew remains a dedicated student, who studies with well-regarded practitioners, and maintains interest in research- from historical literature to biochemistry and clinical trials. He now enjoys collaborating with Misha on treatment plans and herbal formulae.
After pursuing an internship with Peg Schafer, author of The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm, Matthew created a medicinal herb garden, cultivating over 30 Chinese varietals.
In his free time, he continues to help friends on their small farms, and appreciates the love for animals, plants, and music.