Medical acupuncture in Chiasso

Dr. Cui Rui, who graduated from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1987, began her medical career as a neurology/acupuncture specialist at Beijing Hospital of Chinese Medicine. She devoted herself to this role until 2002, when she took on the role of Medical Director at the hospital. Focusing primarily on headaches, cervical spondylosis and various medical conditions, Dr. Cui Rui has honed her expertise through continuing education and fruitful collaborations with eminent figures such as Professor He Puren.
Her commitment to the evolution of acupuncture therapies is demonstrated through notable publications and contributions to renowned medical journals, particularly highlighting his expertise in acupuncture treatment for those facing the fight against cancer. Especially the use of fire acupuncture therapy to treat various difficult and complicated diseases. Additionally, she excels in mastering the use of fire acupuncture therapy to treat various difficult and complicated diseases.
Fluent in Chinese, Italian and English, Dr. Cui Rui is committed to teaching and actively contributes to holistic patient care. Since 2005, she has been practicing as an acupuncturist in Chiasso and Lugano, Switzerland, offering her skills for the overall well-being of her patients.

Dr. Landgraaf is a highly passionate and experienced physician with over 15 years of experience in the medical field as a general practitioner and acupuncturist and currently the scientific director of Sinomedica and PhD researcher of the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC).
Dr Landgraaf has a medical degree from the Amsterdam UMC with specialization in family medicine and has been trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine by the Dutch Medical Acupuncture Association. He also has a master in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.
As scientific director of Sinomedica, Dr. Landgraaf promotes the scientific development of medical acupuncture. The current focus of the research is the treatment of obesity with a combination of very low carbohydrate diet and acupuncture. Under guidance of Dr. Landgraaf a large retrospective study of over 11.000 patients has been performed and is now published in “Acupuncture in Medicine”, a prestigious publication and on PubMed. Dr. Landgraaf is also the author of a literature review now published in “Frontiers in Endocrinology” and on PubMed.
He has worked as a GP and TCM doctor and acupuncturist in the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland and performed research in Nepal and India. He works as a volunteer for the mountain rescue team in the Italian Alpes and trains Dutch medical doctors in the field of Lifestyle medicine and Integrative medicine. He is fluent in several languages, including Dutch, English, Italian and speaks Spanish, German and French.

Dr. med. Giulia Fornai joined Sinomedica in 2023.
She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Siena in October 2017, with a thesis entitled "Cardiovascular complications in Paget's bone disease", under the supervision of Professor Luigi Gennari.
She completed a two-year internship in the Department of Medicine-Surgery and Neuroscience at the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, working simultaneously as a general practitioner and on-call physician.
Since 2018, she has been working as a surgical and acupuncture physician.
In 2020, she deepened her knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine by collaborating with Dr. F. Cracolici, WFAS vice-president, acupuncturist and director of the Florence School of Traditional Acupuncture. During this period, she gained valuable clinical experience in the integrated oncology department of the Alta Val d'Elsa Hospital.
Since 2021, Dr. Fornai has been a member of the scientific committee of AMAT, the Tuscan Aps Acupuncture Association. She is a teacher and practitioner of yoga gymnastics and vital meditation 2nd level, Ananda Ashram holistic school, Tuttoèvita training, CSEN. Biorisonance operator according to Paul Schmidt from March 2022, training at Università Popolare BioMed, Vicenza.