FREDA DREHER , M.D.
		Harkening from rural upstate New York, Freda attended the State University of New York to receive a Medical Technology degree, work at Rochester General Hospital and Eastman Kodak before attending SUNY Buffalo medical school. She pursued Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with the intention of practicing sports medicine, but somehow along the way became enamored with rehabilitation and the care of disabled.

After residency training, Freda moved to California and has worked at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in rehabilitation and at Kaiser Permanente as a chief of Integrative Medicine. These supported positions allowed her the time and experience to attend HMI for acupuncture training, continue her studies in acupuncture, treat many patients and work as a preceptor for the HMI program.

With all that having been done, she realized in 2006 that she had enough confidence to open her own private practice utilizing Medical Acupuncture and Physiatry to see a wide range of individuals and diagnoses. Freda now combines her love of athletics and health by supplementing her acupuncture practice with long distance running and daily Qi Gong.