At a Glance

Physician  |  Owner  |  Medical Director  |  Practice  Architecture Consultant |  Medical Aesthetics ·  Micronutrient Therapy  · Traditional Asian Medicine  |  Ayurveda  |  Neuro-Wellness 

DEPTH IN EACH

A Western physician first (board-certified family medicine, 1996) and, by formal training rather than acquaintance, a physician of Asian medicine (board-certified medical acupuncture, 2000): two full physician acupuncture certifications (UCLA/Helms 2001; Helms/Stanford 2012), 270-hour Chinese herbal medicine certification, and a gubernatorial appointment as Physician Advisor to the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board (2015–2017). Ayurveda studied through Bastyr University with Vivek Shanbhag (2004–2006), pulse diagnosis with Vasant Lad, and with Shekhar Annambhotla and Aparna Bapat; twice a presenter at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association; guest lecturer on Ayurveda in UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine's integrative curriculum; student of and informal advisor to the Himalayan Institute; collaborator on panchakarma with Ayurvedic providers, including Pure Life Ayurveda (Raleigh, NC). Twenty-five years of acupuncture practice, fifteen of Chinese herbal medicine, twenty of Ayurvedic lifestyle prescription. Everything below rests on that foundation.

WHAT SHE BRINGS TO A LIFE HUB IN NEW YORK

A New York medical director and, where wanted, the physician-owned medical entity itself; or, where a medical partner is already in place, the compliance advisory alone. In whatever role MSpa's structure calls for: Kireina as the medical entity with MSpa as manager; medical director within an entity MSpa or the owner establishes; physician partner who builds the structure with you; or compliance advisor to the partner you have. In every case: New York compliance from the inside, selection and supervision of clinicians, written standards and in-house training for Ayurvedic technicians and for infusion, injectable and energy-device services, and the clinical depth in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and neuro-wellness that lets Life be practiced here as it is in Phuket.

CLINICAL FOUNDATION AND AESTHETICS

Family medicine across the full lifespan, including obstetrics and clinical faculty appointments at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia and St. Joseph's. Physical medicine and pain management (Associate Medical Director, Manhattan Total Health; practice owner 2005–2024). Minimally invasive aesthetics practiced and medical directed since 2017: neurotoxin, HA and biostimulatory fillers, Kybella, PRP, ablative and non-ablative lasers, RF microneedling, threads, sclerotherapy, body contouring, Ultherapy, IPL; Fellow, ASLMS. Infusion therapy under a complete governance system (written protocols, ingredient monographs, provider training and competency examination). Additional training in neurological scalp acupuncture (Hao/Helms), auricular therapy and IgE-mediated allergy desensitization (Soliman/SAAT).

PRACTICE OWNERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT

Owner and medical director of several New York practices since 2005, including a pain-management practice run for nearly twenty years and a minimally invasive aesthetics practice; current owner and medical director of several aesthetics practices under management-company arrangements. Has supervised dozens of physicians, PAs and NPs and built the policies, quality systems, HIPAA/OSHA training and in-service curricula that make oversight real. Principal, Valence Medical Consulting, advising practices on turning attorney-drafted structures into durable, statutorily compliant operations.

NEURO-WELLNESS

Early research in cellular electrophysiology (patch-clamp, Loewenstein lab; single-channel recording, Cameron lab). Advanced practitioner of scalp acupuncture as a neuromodulatory technique; working familiarity with TMS and its principal investigators; certified September 2026 to prescribe the Flow neurostimulation device. Presenter, BrainMind Summit 2024. Developer of Integrative Neurocosmesis™, a tiered program bringing aesthetics and touch-based care into the service of nervous-system balance. Author of two Global Wellness Institute pieces on the brain–skin axis, Traditional Chinese Medicine and neuroaesthetics.

NETWORKS AND PLATFORMS

Global Wellness Institute: byline contributor for the aesthetics working group; advised Chair & CEO Susie Ellis on evidence review and AI integration for the Wellness Evidence portal. BrainMind: attendee and presenter.

CREATIVE WORK AT THE NEURO-WELLNESS FRONTIER

2026 New York State Council on the Arts grant for Forms of Fire, a multimodal theater work on the neuroplastic aftermath of trauma, staged with biosensed (EEG) integration; writer and producer, with medical-animation pioneer David Bolinsky, of a medical explainer in development.

 

Licensed in NY, CT, NJ, FL, PA, VA, NC, OH and CO  ·  Diplomate AAFP, AAMA; Fellow ASLMS; Member, Society for Acupuncture Research  ·  Wellesley College (Phi Beta Kappa); University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Family Medicine Residency

 

917-756 2312  ·  lynneavillanova@kireinamedical.com  ·  kireinamedical.com/partnerships

 

Shared in confidence. The concepts and language here are the work of Lynnea Villanova MD and Kireina Medical

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Fields of collaboration:

  • Aesthetics - injection procedures: neurotoxin/HA & PLLA filler/PRP/Kybella/etc; CoolSculpting; EmSculpt, Sofwave; full range ablative, non-ablative and CO2 lasers, RF and RF microneedling; Ultherapy; PDO threads, sclerotherapy  (Morpheus8, Fraxel, Lumecca, AviClear etc)

  • Micronutrient /Neurowellness –IV micronutrient therarpy, scalp acupuncture (CNS), auricular acupuncture (ANS), Flow Neuroscience (US) transcranial electrical stimulation prescriber, vagus nerve stimulation, working familiarity with transcranial magnet stimulation depression protocol

  • Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine – including weight loss, wellness, longet

  • Physical Medicine including evaluation, injection procedures and acupuncture. EMG trained (not practiced). Familiar with regenerative medicine

  • Medical Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (expert), Ayurveda

  • Board Certified Family Medicine and Medical Acupuncture, Member ASLMS

Additionally, I have practiced acupuncture for 25 years, Chinese Herbal Medicine for 15, and was appointed to the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board from 2015-2017 by then-governor McCrory. Integrating Eastern and Western medicines formed the basis of my integrative (direct patient care) practice

I have owned and operated my solo integrative medcial practice since 2001, as well as a limited pain management practice employing physician and mid–level providers since 2005. From 2017-2019, I owned and operated a small, minimally–invasive aesthetics practice, also employing providers. Currently also the Medical Director of a well established aesthetics practice in lower Manhattan, in the past, I have served as the Associate Medical Director of a Pain Management/Sports Medicine practice, have worked and taught in residency programs, provided Pediatric, Adult Medicine, and Obstetrical clinical services, and worked with underserved communities. I have lectured on Acupuncture and Ayurveda to UNC Medical School’s elective alternative medicine curriculum, and have served as an allopathic and Asian medical consultant on a Sirus Satellite Radio program

Licensed - NY, FL, NJ, CT, PA, NC, VA, OH, CO

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