Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Teena Chopra, M.D., M.P.H., prof of Medicine successful the Division of Infectious Diseases astatine the Wayne State University School of Medicine, to the authorities Board of Acupuncture.
The committee works with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to oversee the signifier of astir 89 acupuncturists successful the state. The body’s work is to beforehand and support the public’s health, information and payment by ascertaining minimal entry-level competency of acupuncturists.
Dr. Chopra, who besides serves arsenic the firm aesculapian manager of Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship astatine the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University, arsenic good arsenic a founding subordinate of the WSU Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases, volition correspond licensed physicians connected the board. Her word began Dec. 1 and runs done June 30, 2025.