Dr. Emilie Salomons’ passion lies in gynaecology, fertility, mental health and obstetrics. Aside from training under and working with some of the top Chinese medicine gynaecology, fertility and pregnancy specialists in the world, she is also a birth Doula. When not working at OAK, Dr. Emilie works at the BC Women's and Children's Hospital as the contract resident acupuncturist for the Families In Recovery Unit (FIR), Evergreen Unit and will be also joining the Reproductive Mental Health outpatient unit. 

As a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr. Emilie is a registrant in good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture of BC. After graduating from her 5-year Doctor of TCM program in 2005, she spent eight months in Beijing, China, doing postgraduate studies at the Dongzhimen University Hospital.

Emilie is the Co-President of the Obstetrical Acupuncture Association (OBAA), and was a fellow of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine from 2011 to 2021.  She has also co-developed and teaches the first Acupuncture training program for Midwives in Canada.

In 2015, Emilie became a cluster lead and board member of Maternal and Infant Health Canada, based out of the University of British Columbia. In 2021, Emilie became a cluster member of the UBC Research Excellence Cluster, Advancing the Science of Physiological Birth, and is most recently, a full member of the Women's Health Research Institute. 

In keeping with her commitment to work at the community level, Emilie has volunteered several times in Uganda, Nepal, India, Somaliland and Mexico, teaching Nurses, Midwives, OBs, allied health workers and Traditional African Medicine Practitioners. She has also worked and volunteered at St. Paul’s hospital treating patients in palliative care and as an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and at the Lincoln Detox Center, in the Bronx, New York.

Emilie lives in New Westminster with her husband and their two children.

Follow her on Instagram: @dr.em_tcm