He graduated from Zhongshan Medical School with a MD degree in 1983. When practicing Western medicine in the past, Dr. Mai incorporated acupuncture techniques, e.g. acupunctured anaesthesia was used during and after operations. He lived in England for seven years where he had a private acupuncture clinic and was a Clinical Research Fellow at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. In order to provide more effective treatments to his patients, Dr. Mai also completed a Physiotherapy Course in England. He moved to Canada in 1997 and set up China Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic in Port Coquitlam and in Burnaby, with his wife Nancy Zhu, M.D. He practises Eastern medicine incorporating Western therapeutic techniques since.Qualifications: