Third generation in healing profession, Katayoon is a licensed Acupuncturist and certified Herbalist and Massage Therapist, with Master's degree in Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, California with postgraduate advanced training in China.

Graduated with a bachelor degree in chemistry and worked as a chemist in Silicon Valley. As a child she grew up with medicinal and culinary herbs, "when my sister and I had cramps, my mom would brew a tea made from borage and valerian with dry lemon".
Her uncle had his own medicinal herb garden and was known as a medicine man in his town. He had expertise in pulse taking. Both her father and grandfather were doctors and prescribed herbal medicine for their patients. This is how she inherited last name, HAKIM, which means healer.



She has extensive training in western and Chinese herbal medicine prior to going to Acupuncture school.

She has had extensive training in Orthopedic Acupuncture and women's health and holds a certification from Acupuncture Orthopedic Board. She is also a participated practitioner for a research study on "Acupuncture and Pregnancy" which conducted in Stanford University and worked with pregnant women.

In her practice, she uses a holistic approach that includes diet, nutritional counseling and acupressure to enhance the effectiveness of treatments. She also combines both western and eastern medicine tools for more appropriate diagnosis, such as blood test, saliva test for hormone level, and urine and stool analysis for any digestive disorder.
She specializes in treating musculoskeletal, gynecological and gastrointestinal disorders.

She believes through the use of Acupuncture, patients can regain the healing power of their body. She uses balancing techniques in order to help patients to gain strength and deal with root problem of the disorder.