Instructor
Clinical Supervisor
dtoone@chicago.iceam.org
David Toone is the founder of Red Earth Acupuncture in Fayetteville, Georgia, and has practiced in Georgia since 2007. He is an ICEAM Instructor and Clinical Supervisor, and teaches Fukushin, Dr. Iwashina’s method of Japanese abdominal diagnosis, for ICEAM in North America. Red Earth is an authorized ICEAM clinical training site. David began training in Canonical Chinese Medicine with Dr. Arnaud Versluys in 2011, became a Diplomate in 2013, and was among the Institute’s first Clinical Fellows in 2015. His acupuncture training is in the lineage of Master Anryu Iwashina (“Dr. Bear”) of Morioka, Japan. He studied with Dr. Iwashina from 2004, trained in his Morioka clinic in 2008, and assisted his teaching in the United States until Dr. Iwashina’s death in 2022. David holds a BA from Utah State University, a JD from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley. Before medicine he worked in telecommunications regulation for a technology startup. He practices at the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and teaches the Japanese martial art Shorinji Kempo.