Our Mission

Root & Branch translates millennia of medical tradition and clinical practice into potent, modern Chinese medicine designed to serve a broad spectrum of patients.

Travis C. graduated from Chinese medicine school with a particular interest in finding the sources of health and disease. Travis has found success treating patients with a variety of chronic conditions who have sought many different types of treatment, but have had difficulty finding relief. His treatment style focuses heavily on building the patient/practitioner relationship and working with the unique experience of the person.

Travis grew up in Syracuse, New York with a mother who works as a marriage and family therapist, a father who works in insurance, and a brother who works as a musician. Combining a deep interest in the roots of a person's experience with the creativity and structure of a disciplined practice makes Chinese Medicine an ideal fit for Travis.

Travis enjoys using acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, tea therapy, and lifestyle advice to help patients overcome obstacles and embrace their own unique expression of health.

Travis C. works as a general practitioner, treating people for everything from the common cold to symptoms concurrent with cancer. His clinical focus is especially geared toward understanding the connection of the body and mind. Some of the most common chief complaints of his patients are: anxiety, depression, grief, fatigue, insomnia, diabetes, pain, peripheral neuropathy, UTI, vertigo, allergies, as well as chronic, "difficult to treat" conditions.

Travis K. graduated from OCOM interested in exploring where our medicine comes from and the growing and processing of Chinese herbs. This academic interest in herbs led to a deep appreciation for their clinical application and the complexity involved with creating potent medicine from plant and animal sources.

Clinically, he most often works with patients managing chronic health problems like Crohn's disease, resistant skin inflammations, and chronic fatigue and has developed a particular interest in diseases of the skin and of digestion.

Growing up in New Orleans as the son of a dietitian and in a very social household, Travis K. has always had a keen interest in food. He trained as a professional chef and had his first career in catering and restaurants. Now with his training in Chinese medicine, he is now able to channel that passion for the good life into delicious and therapeutic Chinese nutrition consultation. Food has always been the first medicine, and now it can again become the core way in which people establish good health.

Schedule with Travis K. particularly for digestive disorders, skin conditions like psoriasis, acne, dermatitis, and infections as well as hard-to-explain conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic pain.

• Owner of Alpenglow Healing Arts

• Education: BA, MAcOM, DACM

• Currently not accepting insurance

Megan began her journey into Chinese medicine through the experience of helping her father navigate integrative therapies during his journey with chemotherapy. After accompanying him to countless doctor appointments, each physician with their own specialty, they finally found a medical provider who embodied a holistic and compassionate approach for a dynamic body and spirit. Listening to the Chinese medical practitioner speak about the deeper understandings of acupuncture and Chinese medicine sparked her curiosity and eventually led to an impassioned exploration and study of Chinese medicine. She has been consistently inspired by how the medicine’s multiple therapeutic modalities are able to awaken the body’s natural healing process and restore harmony and balance using the body’s own innate wisdom.  

Megan has a multifaceted background, pivoting as needed while raising 2 children solely on her own. She has worked as an EMT, a Montessori school teacher and a photographer while waiting tables off and on to make ends meet. Megan has a deep love and appreciation for the arts, with darkroom and alternative forms of photography such as cyanotype and platinum palladium prints. Spending time out in nature is also a constant. Growing up as a native Portlander, Megan has spent endless time growing up and raising her own kids up at Mt Hood, frolicking in the Gorge, trips to the coast and day hikes around Portland’s many trails and hidden gems.

• Owner of Microcosm Medicine

• Education: BS, MAcOM, DACM

• Currently not accepting insurance

Elisa first felt a call to East Asian Medicine at the age of 12, when she was introduced by her brother to qigong and not long after, Daoist philosophy via the Tao Te Ching. From her childhood growing up in the Catskill Mountains of Woodstock, NY to her present day home in Portland, OR, her lifetime awe and respect for the natural world has only continued to grow. She found when she began to formally study Chinese medicine in her doctoral program, that her long fascination with understanding patterns was given a thorough, new framework. This solid foundation juxtaposed with her own intuitive nature, offered an incredible lens to view the nuances of our entire being. 

Elisa has sincere compassion for those feeling lost or alone within the difficulties of their body & seeks to bolster one’s sense of empowerment. She also has a fascination with the inner narratives humans weave & therefore how to reshape those narratives through modalities such as acupuncture, where each acu point has its own story.

Elisa has an additional educational background in philosophy and nutrition science. She enjoys making healthy meals and consuming a significant amount of tacos, baking gluten-free treats destined to survive 48 hours max, hiking, exploring the endless waterfalls of the PNW, pondering our crazy existence within the cosmos, nerding out on finding medicinal plants in the wild, making delicious herbal elixirs, dabbling in Taoist face reading and listening to music; she has a long-time love for sound healing as well. In addition to her love for acupuncture and herbalism, she is also trained & certified in craniosacral therapy. She enjoys incorporating this as well as tuning forks, fire-cupping, guasha and moxibustion into her treatments.

 Elisa has a special interest in treating conditions such as depression, anxiety and grief, stress and burn-out, as well as sleep disturbances, allergies, auto-immune disorders and health presentations that are difficult to understand.

• Owner of The Body Temple Acupuncture

• Education: BA, MAcOM

Sage came to Chinese Medicine after his own history with profound illness and injuries led him to explore multiple paths to healing. Personal chronic pain from injuries, volunteering in Hospice, and working as a survival guide and Search and Rescue in the Idaho desert led to the development of a compassionate and trauma-informed medical ethos. Eventually he realized he had enough skills that he should study and learn how to put those skills to work helping others more formally. After a long eclectic self-motivated career in the Arts, Sage finished his Master’s Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 2019, and took a position as Acupuncturist in a very busy Multi-Disciplined Integrated Pain-Management Clinic here in Portland for 2 years before moving into his private practice at Root & Branch.

Sage also is a writer, artist and teacher and has been a licensed tattoo artist for over 25 years. He is a lifelong learner, lover of herbs and nutritional therapy, and has a deep desire to understand medicine more deeply and to use that understanding to help others in these troubled times. Outside of work, he loves to cook, be with his family and dogs, and play Dungeons and Dragons! He recently published his first novel, a YA fantasy choose-your-own-path adventure.

Sage has always been motivated by compassion and trauma-informed care, and working as a general practitioner. He has focused treatment around helping with acute and chronic pain management, IBS and digestive conditions, pre- and post-natal Mom care, as well as auto-immune inflammatory conditions, and age-related health issues in both men and women.