Tiffany Hoyt

Dr. Tiffany C. Hoyt is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) with over 25 years of immersion in East Asian medicine, movement, and healing. She brings rare depth to her practice — not just as a clinician, but as a longtime meditator, martial artist, and teacher. Her work draws on all Eight Traditional Branches of Chinese medicine, weaving together acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, movement, and mindfulness into a genuinely whole-person approach to care. She specializes in gynecology, dermatology, chronic pain, and complex chronic conditions, with a particular focus on migraine, PCOS, Bell's Palsy, and psoriasis.

Tiffany's path into East Asian medicine did not begin in a classroom — it began in a martial arts studio. In 2001, she earned a black belt in gong fu from the Hung Tao Choy Mei Kung Fu Academy in Washington, D.C., where she went on to teach gong fu, tai chi, and qi gong. That training gave her a lived, embodied understanding of Chinese philosophy and energy practices long before she ever picked up a needle.

She began meditating in 1996, and by 2010 had become a meditation teacher herself. By the time she entered formal training in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, she was already deeply steeped in the tradition she was studying — which may be why her clinical work feels so integrated and natural rather than assembled from separate parts.

Her postgraduate path took her to the Stroke unit at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn and to the dermatology department at Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TCM in China — experiences that sharpened both her clinical skills and her cross-cultural perspective on medicine. Her doctoral dissertation focused on comparative approaches to the treatment of psoriasis, an area that remains central to her practice today.

Dr. Hoyt brings a level of range and depth that is rare even in integrative settings. No two sessions with her look the same — she meets each patient where they are, drawing from whichever of the Eight Traditional Branches of Chinese medicine best fits the moment. That might mean acupuncture, herbal prescribing, nutritional guidance, or bodywork. Often, it is some combination of all of these.

For patients who are nervous about needles, her training in Toyohari — a Japanese acupuncture style that uses a non-insertion, nearly touchless technique — offers a genuinely gentle alternative that is still clinically effective. Her background in SoTai body therapy and Reiki rounds out her capacity for hands-on work beyond the needle.

Tiffany also brings her meditation teaching into the clinic. For patients whose conditions are rooted in or worsened by stress, anxiety, or nervous system dysregulation, this dimension of her practice adds something special.

Tiffany's life outside the clinic looks a lot like her life inside it — rooted in movement, presence, and practice. She has been meditating for nearly three decades, holds a black belt in gong fu, and has taught martial arts, tai chi, qi gong, and meditation over the years. These are not just hobbies. They are the foundation of her clinical work, and they continue to shape how she shows up for her patients every day.

Another of her lifelong passions is linguistics and writing. Tiffany is always improving her Spanish and has some knowledge of a few other languages. She loves to travel and spends a few weeks each year in Canada and Argentina.