Dr. Carla Edwards began her academic training at the University of Wisconsin where she earned B.S. degrees in Biology and Biochemistry. Dr. Edwards then continued her training at Loyola University of Chicago where she earned both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry with an emphasis in Medicinal Chemistry. 

For over a decade , Dr. Edwards worked at Abbott Laboratories in the Anti-Infective section of the Drug  Discovery Division. While at Abbott, Dr. Edwards was named as a co-inventor of over ten Anti-Infective drug discoveries and was named as a co-author on several papers. As a research fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Dr. Edwards completed her post-doctoral training in the area of Alzheimer’s Disease Research. After leaving Northwestern, Dr. Edwards continued her medical studies in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).at the Chicago campus of the San Diego based Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Edwards completed her residency at the Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital of Zhejiang Province, also known as the Red Cross Hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China's first three-level integrated combination of Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital. Dr Edwards is Nationally Board Certified in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs and certified in NAET®. Dr. Edwards is a member of the Society for Acupuncture Research.

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