Robert Johns, LAc OMD

It is my genuine pleasure to write this review for Dr. Robert Johns OMD. He is a highly trained compassionate doctor who operates his practice with integrity. After many years of training with master acupuncturists and herbalists in China, Dr. Johns has developed extraordinary diagnostic skills from which I have benefited enormously.
I met Dr. Johns five years ago as I was beginning an arduous year of cancer treatment. The treatment was very challenging but my Western doctors and I were amazed at how well I managed the side effects while maintaining a higher than expected level of energy. Thank you, Dr. Johns!
On my first visit Dr. Johns spent two hours interviewing me about my medical history. He was also interested in knowing about me and not just the cancer. That is when I knew I was going to be treated as a whole individual not just someone with cancer.
For the last five years Dr. Johns has treated the full range of conditions which resulted from the cancer treatment. He has educated me about the tenets of Chinese medicine; how Chinese medicine looks at the body as a whole. He’s also been the driving force behind the positive health changes I’ve made since I completed treatment. With regular acupuncture, herbs and education, I’ve been able to control aspects of my health I thought I was just going to have to live with.
Dr. Johns is distinguished by his seemingly unstoppable presence, focus and compassion. He has a unique intuition for honing in on the essence of the problem. He is not just about one’s physical state but delves into what is the root cause of the pain or disease rather than just treating the symptoms.
I respect that Dr. Johns always tells me in the most straight forward way possible what I need to hear to continue to heal myself.
I always leave each session calm and relaxed remembering his advise to «be one with the table» meaning the treatment table where I access the best quality of sleep.
Robert Johns is a true master healer. I am grateful to have him as my doctor.

And, I might add that he has skillfully used acupuncture, moxa, and chinese herbs caring for me and has a wealth of knowledge that he has learned over the years. He also works with many children and infants which is a skill I am sure not many acupuncturists possess!

I recommend reading the reviews that have been «filtered» as well.

My son was born with mild cerebral palsy. After working with physical and occupational therapists weekly for about a year we thought that we could be doing more. Neither his PT or OT had heard of acupuncture for treating CP, but we had been hearing Dr. Johns’s name from two friends who were students of his, and raved about his work with children.
We wonder now why it took us so long to make that first appointment. Dr. Johns wanted the whole family to come in, and be ready to be there for a couple of hours. He needed to observe my son for a while before he could start any treatment. This was more than 5 years ago, and we have been seeing him every week ever since. He still takes the time each week to observe my son before treating him. There are lots of toys and things in the waiting room for the kids to play with or read.
Dr. Johns’s knowledge is amazing. He helps our family through seasonal colds and flus all year, through back pains, and anything else that comes up for us. But it’s not just his skills as a doctor that are remarkable. He is special when it comes to kids. He connects with them, understands them, engages with them in a genuine way that kids can feel and respect. He is serious and silly, firm and playful. We now have a second child who always wants to come to Dr. Johns with his older brother. He also wants a «pinch» and tells us how brave he is, and that it didn’t hurt, or only hurt for a second.
After about a year or treatment with Dr. Johns, my son’s occupational therapist (who has worked with kids with cp for decades at a county center) remarked to me that when I’d first brought my son to see her at 1 year old she had treated so many kids that she knew what he’d be able to do with his body at 12 years old. At 3, with additional treatment from Dr. Johns, he had already passed those benchmarks. She began seeing Dr. Johns for her own healthcare (and saw dramatic improvements). She had never seen anything like my son’s progress before. The difference with my son from all the other kids she’d seen: Dr. Johns.
I want anyone thinking about taking their kid to a Chinese Medicine Doctor to go to Dr. Johns. He not only cares so much and so deeply about the kids he treats, he is also has a natural ability to be genuine with them that builds the trust necessary for this kind of treatment.

Extremely talented and compassionate practitioner. Helped me with an allergic reaction that no western medicine or other acupuncturists could treat. Highly recommended.

I’ve been dealing with incomplete paraplegia since the beginning of 2010. I was in a wheelchair when I met Dr. Johns. I was skeptical at first; I had received acupuncture treatments before from others for various things, which failed. I learned that there are a lot of not-​highly-​skilled acupuncturists out there. But he came highly recommended so I went to see him. Plus he was just across the street from Alta Bates Herrick where I was for three months.
My occupational therapist at the time, who was as skeptical as I was, accompanied me on my first treatment. Upon leaving Dr. Johns’ office, we were both amazed. I walked out only mildly impaired by spasticity. It was clear that this was the way to go. The way to heal fast was to get rid of the spasticity long enough to allow correct movement of the legs, subsequently to build strength, coordination and energy in all the right areas. And as the right muscles got stronger, the spasticity subsided. That’s what’s happened. It’s been a long year, but I’m walking, sometimes using cane. I’m almost completely off the anti-​spasticity meds. I went hiking/​backpacking and camping at Pt. Reyes last June. And I’m getting close to running again.
My neurosurgeon thinks it’s a miracle I’m walking, Hearing this, Dr. Johns shrugged his shoulders and says to me, «what they don’t know.» This doctor is a genius, a local treasure, and a true humanitarian.

I started seeing Dr. Johns for extreme anxiety and bottomed-​out energy about a year ago. The acupuncture has been the cornerstone in my recovery. I feel like I’m in very capable hands working with him.

Dr. Johns RAWKS!
I had one of those «what do I want my headstone to say» heart problems. Extremely unpleasant. I saw all sorts of Emergency Room excitement, involving contrast dye, imaging, way too many electrodes and sharp, shiny things. The first time Dr. Johns treated me, I said to myself «Wow, I am going to live.» And I here I am, eight years later, heart on rhythm, able to surf, hike and travel to foreign climes. I really can’t thank him enough. I had a friend who had a problem carrying to term that he treated and I was there when her baby was born.
I refer people like mad. But only if they are going to be charming clients, because I do not want to annoy the man. His mind is a terrible thing to waste.