Junella Chin

For over a decade, Dr. Chin lived and practiced medicine in California, a state with legalized medical cannabis since 1996. In California, their integrative clinic focused on children with intractable epilepsy, cancer, and autism. She has seen firsthand just how much medical cannabis can benefit patients. Dr. Chin is a chronic pain survivor. Doctors suggested opiate pain medications, steroids, epidurals, and ultimately surgery to fuse the spine. As a result of her experience, Dr. Chin decided to dedicate her medical career in finding effective, integrative and holistic approaches to patient care. Dr. Junella Chin has been an advocate for better understanding of the science and medicine of cannabis and has been profiled for her work in St. Jude’s Medical, , NY Hall of Science, Cornell Tech, Good Housekeeping , Huffington Post, USA Today, and NBC TODAY. Dr. Chin and her team of doctors are now bicoastal, servicing patients of California and New York. They have been integrating medical cannabis since 2001. Dr. Chin is a frequent keynote speaker on the science and medicine of cannabis and has spoken at hospitals, conferences, and events all over the world. Dr. Chin is the co-author of the book Cannabis and CBD for Health and Wellness: An Essential Guide for Using Nature’s Medicine with Ellementa’s co-founder and CEO, Aliza Sherman.